Topic: M-Audio MicroTrack 2496 - *actual* real-life experiences thread

[WiFiJeff]

Alright, so mine is currently charging, and the battery light is flickering, not rising and falling, just quickly blinking.

Anyone know if this is normal?

Mine did this too.  I'm not sure what the hell it means.  The latest cycle I didn't have that response, no idea if it's a feature or a sign of battery/firmware problems.

Jeff

[rdvdijk]

Jeff,

The latest cycle I didn't have that response, no idea if it's a feature or a sign of battery/firmware problems.

How many times have you charged your MT so far? Do you feel the battery-life is getting any better?

Roel

[WiFiJeff]

Jeff,

The latest cycle I didn't have that response, no idea if it's a feature or a sign of battery/firmware problems.

How many times have you charged your MT so far? Do you feel the battery-life is getting any better?

Roel

Five or six times.  No improvement.  This latest cycle may turn out even worse than three hours, though the meter goes down fast and then keeps cranking out at 1/3 level reading for a while longer than I expect.  I charged it overnight and then some, but did not get a "charging complete" message, and am worried that in spite of near paranoid worrying I have screwed up the battery somehow.  If others start getting better hours I'll have to see if my battery is bad and can be replaced.

Jeff

[gewwang]

If others start getting better hours I'll have to see if my battery is bad and can be replaced.

Brings up an interesting thing I found on their website. 90 day warranty on the battery and $75 per replacement.

http://www.m-audio.com/images/en/warranty/MT_Warranty.pdf

[WiFiJeff]

Jeff,

The latest cycle I didn't have that response, no idea if it's a feature or a sign of battery/firmware problems.

How many times have you charged your MT so far? Do you feel the battery-life is getting any better?

Roel

Five or six times.  No improvement.  This latest cycle may turn out even worse than three hours, though the meter goes down fast and then keeps cranking out at 1/3 level reading for a while longer than I expect.  I charged it overnight and then some, but did not get a "charging complete" message, and am worried that in spite of near paranoid worrying I have screwed up the battery somehow.  If others start getting better hours I'll have to see if my battery is bad and can be replaced.

Jeff

In fact it ran 3 hours again.  No change at all, plus or minus.

Jeff

[jhirte]

Hey Jeff,  your running digi in, no monitoring and no backlight correct? Can you test w/backlight and and another with 1/8" mic in? Just wondering how long to expect it to run w/light on (probably what I'd do) and then the mic in for stealth use...

[rdvdijk]

In fact it ran 3 hours again.  No change at all, plus or minus.

Hm.. let's "hope" for a busted battery.

Any chance you can post a "noise floor" measurement? That is, a WAV file of recorded silence, nothing plugged in, maybe try the three levels H/M/L and possibly check if the backlight has any influence on the noise floor?

Thanks for all the cool info so far, it's all very much appreciated!

Roel

[John Kelly]

Well UPS says my MicroTrack will be in by 10am. tomorrow.  I'll charge it during work and run tests as soon as I get home.

I plan on hooking up the V3 and seeing what kind of digi signals I can send it and what works.  Any other requests for testing?

[WiFiJeff]

Hey Jeff,  your running digi in, no monitoring and no backlight correct? Can you test w/backlight and and another with 1/8" mic in? Just wondering how long to expect it to run w/light on (probably what I'd do) and then the mic in for stealth use...

I'm running line-in (though I tested that 16/44.1 digi-in worked this morning, since 24/96 digi-in was locking up my machine), the 30-second default backlight (so mostly always off) and no input monitoring.  I intend to try this same set-up with a USB AA alkaline battery pack tomorrow, then I'll try AT mics into the 1/8" jack.  Things should become clearer late in the week with more people testing different variations.  I probably won't do any concert taping until the firmware fixes are available, since I need reliability.

Jeff

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Welp, mine has been on the charger for just under 3 hours.. After a while the slow waves across the charging indicator started going faster.  I just glanced at it and noticed the display had changed.  Charged?!  Maybe not. It said "no media found".  WTF?

It is supposed to say "charging complete" or something.  So I slid a card in (never unplugging) and it said booting (again) and still seems to be charging. Though the charging indicator is now going slow again...

[plucks]

Well UPS says my MicroTrack will be in by 10am. tomorrow.  I'll charge it during work and run tests as soon as I get home.

I plan on hooking up the V3 and seeing what kind of digi signals I can send it and what works.  Any other requests for testing?

Yes!!
Please test all SPDIF input bit rates 16/24bit, 441,48,96k.
That is the most important!!
Im not so concerned about battery life since i will be buying the USB battery pack anway

and maybe another picture or 2 of it next to the v3 for size comp

[Colin Liston]

I got mine this morning at my office, plugged it in at about 10am EST.  As of 5pm EST still charging.  I have NOT gotten the "charging complete" display.
I called m-audio they said wait until it says "charging complete", and don't unplug it until then.
So.....I had to leave it at work, since I didn't want to wait until it says its done.

Oh well, no playing tonight.

[wboswell]

Well UPS says my MicroTrack will be in by 10am. tomorrow.  I'll charge it during work and run tests as soon as I get home.

I plan on hooking up the V3 and seeing what kind of digi signals I can send it and what works.  Any other requests for testing?

Yes!!
Please test all SPDIF input bit rates 16/24bit, 441,48,96k.
That is the most important!!
Im not so concerned about battery life since i will be buying the USB battery pack anway

and maybe another picture or 2 of it next to the v3 for size comp

yes. def.  Maybe your unit will be different than Jeff's!!!

[Kindguy]

 

[drewcatc]

I just dropped Chris a pm to confirm whether a Sound Pro bat box can be plugged into the 1/8" input with the mics we commonly use (whether cmc4 or 4061, etc)..   It should work okay but it would be nice to know if that application will require 1/4 adapts..

If you are going to record loud sounds, you need to plug the battery modules into the line input. You will need an adapter:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-PHON-MINI-1

Chris

does the MT not accept line in on the 1/8th input?  like a DAT does?

Drew