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

[silentmark]

Nice, now if we can get the meters issues squared away, yah mon 

[cmoorevt]

Nice, now if we can get the meters issues squared away, yah mon 

I had an email response from Roland the other day in which he said he would pass along the metering issues (lack of numbers on the meters, meters freezing at around the 20-30 minute mark) to the engineering department.  At the very least they know about it and if enough people kindly point out that there is a problem, they seem to take things seriously-see the 2gb issue.

[F.O.Bean]

great customer support

Im torn between this thing and the pmd-671

the pmd-671 can be used as an all-in-one w/ the ACM mod but is def more pricey than these

or I can get the MT and 2 (4) GB cards for about 750, w/ a battery setup already ready to go taboot!

[zowie]

It's kind of amusing that M-Audio's rep is named Roland.

[Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B)]

It's kind of amusing that M-Audio's rep is named Roland.

Yeah thats what I was thinking. I guess it could be worse. I wouldn't want to be named Yamaha or Tascam.

[bagtagsell]

I got a similar response.  Stating they will have another new firmware out soon and the 2gb file split is a top priority. 

[Ed.]

bean, i'm with you on the decision between this and the 671...only i figure i'll never trade in my v3, so i'll really only need the 671 to record.

i think right now i'm leaning toward the mt more so...i think the future updates will bring it up to par, and i think it'll be a pretty solid 24bit recorder, at least as solid as the jb3 is a 16bit recorder.  plus powering it seems pretty simple.

[silentmark]

Nice, now if we can get the meters issues squared away, yah mon 

I had an email response from Roland the other day in which he said he would pass along the metering issues (lack of numbers on the meters, meters freezing at around the 20-30 minute mark) to the engineering department.  At the very least they know about it and if enough people kindly point out that there is a problem, they seem to take things seriously-see the 2gb issue.

I just filled out the support form on the beta driver page at their website describing what I was seeing with the meters. This inverse meter bug I think is caused by the new firmware as it didn't do it before ... First field 24 bit run to happen on Friday for My Morning Jacket at the TLA, Philly, gonna run AKG568's>V3>MT, yeah busting out the shotguns 

[clarson]

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.)

I transfered about 2.5 gigs from the MT last night to the laptop and it only took 10 minutes with the a 4 gig microdrive card. Not bad at all! Beats the dat transfer!

[silentmark]

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.)

I transfered about 2.5 gigs from the MT last night to the laptop and it only took 10 minutes with the a 4 gig microdrive card. Not bad at all! Beats the dat transfer!

I used the Kingston 4gig one that Dell has been selling, so this must be the issue of transfer speed I have been getting ...

[jefflester]

It's kind of amusing that M-Audio's rep is named Roland.

Yeah thats what I was thinking. I guess it could be worse. I wouldn't want to be named Yamaha or Tascam.

Or Edirol. 

[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.)

I transfered about 2.5 gigs from the MT last night to the laptop and it only took 10 minutes with the a 4 gig microdrive card. Not bad at all! Beats the dat transfer!

I used the Kingston 4gig one that Dell has been selling, so this must be the issue of transfer speed I have been getting ...

Microdrive is quicker than CF for transfers, right? Thanks for letting us know your cards (or microdrives). I'm curious as to what the card speed was in the original post

Anyone see any battery improvement with the new firmware? I haven't have a chance to use it yet.

[thegreatgumbino]

great customer support

Im torn between this thing and the pmd-671

the pmd-671 can be used as an all-in-one w/ the ACM mod but is def more pricey than these

or I can get the MT and 2 (4) GB cards for about 750, w/ a battery setup already ready to go taboot!

bean, i'm with you on the decision between this and the 671...only i figure i'll never trade in my v3, so i'll really only need the 671 to record.

i think right now i'm leaning toward the mt more so...i think the future updates will bring it up to par, and i think it'll be a pretty solid 24bit recorder, at least as solid as the jb3 is a 16bit recorder.  plus powering it seems pretty simple.

I hear you on this.  I can't see ditching my M148 > V3, unless the mod 671 ends up smoking the V3.  So, I'm looking for a 24 bit capture device. 

Additionally, someone raised the question with Doug as to whether or not he could do a PMD-660 mod to incorporate 24-bit capabilities.  Here's Doug's to whether or not a PMD-660 mod for 24-bit recording is in the works and if so when.

"That is at about one year off if it gets done. It will take a PCB and a firmware hack, time consuming work ! If the microtrackers digital noise audible i the analog circuit is not fixed, I will move forward with it, otherwise I will work out an analog upgrade for the M-Audio piece. I have looked inside it and daydreamed long enough to have a few good ideas....Doug"

Sounds like he's hoping to get a moded Microtracker out.  That could be sweet since it would probably be the cheapest 24 bit capture device available even with his mod. 

[silentmark]

Sounds like he's hoping to get a moded Microtracker out.  That could be sweet since it would probably be the cheapest 24 bit capture device available even with his mod. 

Yeah when I talked to him about the 671, R-1 & MT and how I was leaning towards the MT, he told me to wait a few months and he might have something up his sleeve  Needless to say I couldn't wait, heh ...

[mfoley]

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"