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

[spyder9]

from talking to the m-audio guys at the show they do not have any plans to fix the 2gig thing they think its fine and not a bug at all.
Mind you they were sales guys

Sales guys don't know sh*t.  They can't think on their own.  They get told what to say by the techies for those shows.

[svenkid]

so I downloaded the update, now what? usb into the computerto the mt and click?

[eric.B]

so I downloaded the update, now what? usb into the computerto the mt and click?

the instructions for adding the firmware are on the site where you downloaded it..

[John Kelly]

so I downloaded the update, now what? usb into the computerto the mt and click?

the instructions for adding the firmware are on the site where you downloaded it..

And in the file you downloaded as well.

[Steelcorner27]

Ed.-Yes.  Exactly.  Hit REC twice, it stops the first recording, saves it and automatically starts the second recording.

rdvdijk-The "tape flip"  took a total of five seconds.  However, you bring up a good point about the length of the file.  I only ran about a minute of signal for my first file before I tried this.  Perhaps it will take longer with a larger file.   I have to leave for the day, so hopefully someone else can give it a try, or I can try again tonight.

Seems to me that my 1.6 GB file took only about 1\2 sec to save..at least thats how long the message was up for  the actual wording escapes me right now.

Brad

[F.O.Bean]

Ed.-Yes.  Exactly.  Hit REC twice, it stops the first recording, saves it and automatically starts the second recording.

rdvdijk-The "tape flip"  took a total of five seconds.  However, you bring up a good point about the length of the file.  I only ran about a minute of signal for my first file before I tried this.  Perhaps it will take longer with a larger file.   I have to leave for the day, so hopefully someone else can give it a try, or I can try again tonight.

Seems to me that my 1.6 GB file took only about 1\2 sec to save..at least thats how long the message was up for  the actual wording escapes me right now.

Brad

and it only took about 5 seconds? I'm still not too fond of the whole 'tape flip' thing anymore, thats why I moved to DAT/Digital anyway

[JasonSobel]

in a reply from the M-Audio tech support email:

Jason,

Thank you very much for your feedback! We are working towards a solution to both issues you mentioned (S/PDIF at higher sample rates / eliminate 2 GB file size limit) and you should see an improvement in a future firmware update.

Thank you again for your feedback and best regards,
 

Roland
M-Audio Tech Support

FYI, the only "issues" I asked them about was S/PDIF recording at 24/96 and a work-around for the 2 gig file size limit.  I asked them nothing about analog inputs or battery life.

while it's the same thing they've said all along, (i.e. "it's coming in a future update"), it is somewhat reassuring to know that they are aware of the issues.

hopefully we'll see these sooner rather than later.

[cmoorevt]

Seems to me that my 1.6 GB file took only about 1\2 sec to save..at least thats how long the message was up for  the actual wording escapes me right now.

Brad

Sweet. So it looks like it probably works with larger files as well.


I also received an email from M-Audio today.  Roland must have been busy.

"We are actively working towards a solution for the 2 GB file size limit. You should see an improvement in a future firmware update. "

[neutrino]

"We are also looking into various possibilities to overcome the 2 GB file size limit as this is a very popular request. An automatic stop- / restart recording function is one of the options that is being looked at."  -Roland

Poor Roland.

Let's give him HELL!

[F.O.Bean]

is roland from M-Audio or from the actual Roland company sorry, I honestly have no clue?

[Sebastian]

here's what I got from him:

Sebastian,

 

Thank you for your feedback! The problem you are describing (level meters
never peak but LEDs do) was a known issue with the firmware version the
MicroTrack 24/96 shipped with, but this should be resolved after updating
the MicroTrack 24/96 firmware to version 1.1.5. From the Main Menu of the
MicroTrack, select System and then Version. If the Version number shown here
is not 1.1.5 then the firmware update wasn't yet successfully applied.

Thank you for your suggestion to label the meters according to the dB levels
and the comment about the lagging level meters. I will pass this on to our
engineering department. We are currently running additional tests regarding
the average battery life since we received a couple similar reports when it
comes to this.

 

We are actively working towards a solution for the 2 GB file size limit.
There are also plans for an improvement regarding the labeling of the
recorded files

You should see these improvements in a future firmware update.

Roland
M-Audio Tech Support

[F.O.Bean]

here's what I got from him:

Sebastian,

 

Thank you for your feedback! The problem you are describing (level meters
never peak but LEDs do) was a known issue with the firmware version the
MicroTrack 24/96 shipped with, but this should be resolved after updating
the MicroTrack 24/96 firmware to version 1.1.5. From the Main Menu of the
MicroTrack, select System and then Version. If the Version number shown here
is not 1.1.5 then the firmware update wasn't yet successfully applied.

Thank you for your suggestion to label the meters according to the dB levels
and the comment about the lagging level meters. I will pass this on to our
engineering department. We are currently running additional tests regarding
the average battery life since we received a couple similar reports when it
comes to this.

 

We are actively working towards a solution for the 2 GB file size limit.
There are also plans for an improvement regarding the labeling of the
recorded files

You should see these improvements in a future firmware update.

Roland
M-Audio Tech Support

+T man, I'm gonna let ya'll test these out until springtime, and then if theyre stable enuf, which they sound serious enough in fixing the issues, i'm gonna grab one of these and two 4GB flash cards

[udovdh]

and it only took about 5 seconds? I'm still not too fond of the whole 'tape flip' thing anymore, thats why I moved to DAT/Digital anyway

That's true but it appears to be quite reliable, 5 seconds and a new file is open.
Until the real 2GB auto-open fix this is OK.

[F.O.Bean]

and it only took about 5 seconds? I'm still not too fond of the whole 'tape flip' thing anymore, thats why I moved to DAT/Digital anyway

That's true but it appears to be quite reliable, 5 seconds and a new file is open.
Until the real 2GB auto-open fix this is OK.

very true, im sure id make due

maybe i will get one sooner then!

[sunrisemusic]

via a USB2 card reader, 2 gigs took me about 15 minutes to transfer to my computer.

Well I used a card reader over USB2.0 and 2gigs took about 35 minutes to transfer.

Even if the card reader is USB2.0, what speed is your card?  Surely a faster speed card = faster transfer rates.  When I called M-Audio after first getting the MT and asked them what speed card to get they said "faster is better", (though there seems to be differing opinions here about whether or not faster cards would affect battery life). 

(BTW I haven't got a card yet, still using the stock card, running mp3 files for rehearsals and rough recordings of some of my little dinky gigs, though I will need something bigger within about a month for some stuff I want to do.)