Topic: Microtracker firmware 1.4.5 released

[bewildered]

Im still getting incremental file names even after i format my card. What gives, i thought this was supposed to fix that? what happens when you reach 10,000.mp3, your MT blows up?

[dactylus]

Thanks, but where is the 2GB versus 2 billion bytes fix? 
Where is the seamless auto-reopen fix?
Is it never happening?

It will never happen...

[Nick Graham]

Thanks, but where is the 2GB versus 2 billion bytes fix? 
Where is the seamless auto-reopen fix?
Is it never happening?

It will never happen...

It's got to be a buffer issue. As long as MT owners have been asking about it, they'd have implemented it now if it was possible. Such a shame too, as it's gotten more stable and user friendly with every firmware update.

[jtessier]

Im still getting incremental file names even after i format my card. What gives, i thought this was supposed to fix that? what happens when you reach 10,000.mp3, your MT blows up?

The MicroTrack resets to file 0001 when you set to defaults. And also presumably when you get to the 10,000 file like you said.

J.T.

[bewildered]

Im still getting incremental file names even after i format my card. What gives, i thought this was supposed to fix that? what happens when you reach 10,000.mp3, your MT blows up?

The MicroTrack resets to file 0001 when you set to defaults. And also presumably when you get to the 10,000 file like you said.

J.T.

what do you mean when i set it to defualt? like i have to reset all my settings just to do what this firmware claims to do on its own? According to this firmware it should reset itself everytime i format my card. the file numbers should reflect the number of files on the card.

[willndmb]

mine never resets the file number rather i updated the firmware or i formated the card

[jtessier]

Im still getting incremental file names even after i format my card. What gives, i thought this was supposed to fix that? what happens when you reach 10,000.mp3, your MT blows up?

The MicroTrack resets to file 0001 when you set to defaults. And also presumably when you get to the 10,000 file like you said.

J.T.

what do you mean when i set it to defualt? like i have to reset all my settings just to do what this firmware claims to do on its own? According to this firmware it should reset itself everytime i format my card. the file numbers should reflect the number of files on the card.

Unfortunately (for you), that's not the way the MicroTrack firmware works and not how (IMO) I think it should.  If it worked that way you'd end up with conflicting file names on multiple pieces of media. I'd end up with a file0001.wav on each of my CF cards.  I want it to increment for every audio file it creates until I reset it. That's how my digital camera works. I don't end up with multiple dsc0001.jpg files.

And yes by set to defaults I mean using the set to Factory Defaults command from the system menu which will set all the changeable settings back to the defaults (input source, bit depth, contrast etc.).

What gave you the impression that it worked differently than this?  Maybe M-Audio has an issue in their manual?

I hope this helps make things clearer for you.

J.T.

[willndmb]

so after some time now
all in all

this update is good and worth doing in most peoples opinions?

[JoeKiller]

While running the openers to the Duo 12/2 I experience my first channel flip.  I was strange I have no idea how it happened or what the circumstances were.  Everything else ran fine after I reset the MT.   

Note this was my first flip with any of the firmwares, and I am up to 190 or so on recordings.

[gorlando]

Sometimes I am using the MT as a bit bucket with input from a CoreSound MIC2496.
When I upgraded the firmware to the 1.4.5 I had the pleasant surprise to have the MT meters actually working!!!
I have not seen this reported so far, so I think this info could be useful to somebody
Giovanni

[rodeen]

Which version of the firmware did you upgrade from?  I've had pretty good luck with the meters since the 3rd? version of the firmware.  I forget what version number that was but it's been while.  Once I figured out the scale (thanks GuySonic) of the meters I found them very useful.  I've been able to run my levels much hotter than I had with my M1 without "overs" and I think my recordings sound better for it.

[gorlando]

I had 1.4.3 before. However the point I want to make is that with the 1.4.5 the meters actually work with the MT used as bit bucket, i.e. recording a digital signal via the SPDIF digital input.
This is very convenient to me because the MIC2496 has only 2 leds to set the level and this is one thing I don't like of it. With the MT meters it is easier to set the right input level.
Giovanni

[rodeen]

I always used mine as a bit bucket too.  Can you describe what changed?  I'm not doubting it, I just missed it.

Thanks!

[ghibliss]

Nothing has changed with this update relevant to the merters working with the spdif input to the MT 24/96  I have the same set up and it has worked correctly on previous releases without problems.  The Mic 2496 lights are much faster repsonse than the meters on the recorder and allow you to accurately set a -12.5 db level and forget looking at the meters after that!  I am recording exclusively at 24/96 so using the -12.5 db level provides substantial headroom so that over saturation is not an issue.  The levels indicated on the Microtrack recorder seem to correspond well with the LED lights on the Mic 2496 as well.

[dallman]

Nothing has changed with this update relevant to the merters working with the spdif input to the MT 24/96  I have the same set up and it has worked correctly on previous releases without problems.  The Mic 2496 lights are much faster repsonse than the meters on the recorder and allow you to accurately set a -12.5 db level and forget looking at the meters after that!  I am recording exclusively at 24/96 so using the -12.5 db level provides substantial headroom so that over saturation is not an issue.  The levels indicated on the Microtrack recorder seem to correspond well with the LED lights on the Mic 2496 as well.

I agree, and mostly I am now using mt MT as a little portable recorder, using a various mics into a battery box that accepts the 1/8 jack on many mics, uses the MT's TRS jacks and sits atop the unit. I have always thought the meters were ok, but slow, (it took some time to understand them and what they are trying to communicate) but the leds were right on and I can record hot without distortion. The unit is pretty forgiving too, so it is ok to see them glow red occasionally. I do not think anything changed on this firmware upgrade regarding the meters. The biggest difference I noticed was that the unit is now more accepting of some CF cards that it struggled with before. Specifically for me I had a 4gb Kingston (45x or 50x I cannot recall which), and it would stop recording after a time. It works fine now with that card.