Topic: Microtracker Firmware Update v1.1.5 Beta 10/7/05

[F.O.Bean]

Has anyone heard when there will be a "Mono" selectable parameter added to the firmware (#7 parameter record settings menu)  Currently in the manual it states "In a later version of firmware, this option will cause the MicroTrack 24/96 to only record one channel of audio instead of two"

just record the stereo signal and convert to mono in soundforge 7.0 or something similar

[mfoley]

I understand how to deal with the audio...that was not my question...   Once there is a mono parameter, record times should double....

[JasonSobel]

I understand how to deal with the audio...that was not my question...   Once there is a mono parameter, record times should double....

M-Audio has been saying all along that this feature will be coming in a firmware update.  Since most of us here record in stereo anyway, it is not a priority for most of us here.  Because of that, we haven't been pressing M-Audio for this feature, we don't really know if it's a priority for them or not, and we don't know if it'll be in the next firmware or somewhere further down the line.

You'd probably get a better response just asking M-Audio directly.

[JasonSobel]

the mono x2 would be something that could be used in lieu of the 2GB autosplit fix to 2X longer runtimes than would be possible with poly/stereo wav file...it would require later mixing to get the merged stereo wav, but you cut in half the number of times you need to force a stop/start when recording

while dual-mono would be nice, I'd say in addition to the 2GB autosplit feature, definitely not "in lieu" of.

at 24/96, 2 gigs is about an hour.  if you record it dual-mono (with two different files), you can get 2 hours at 24/96.  I know I routinely tape sets that are 2 and a half hours in length, and need something to be able to continuously record for that time.

So it'd be a nice feature, but we still need a 2GB autosave and seamlessly start a new file.