Topic: Microtrack 1.4.1b1 firmware released

[buffalofloyd]

I've had no issues at all with the Mircotrack and all the firmwares.  Only thing I wish the MT had was the ability to use throw away batteries instead of the internal one it uses.

Cheers,
Jim

[viega]

After upgrading from 1.4, the record monitoring feature no longer works.  Has anyone else noticed this?

[jtessier]

After upgrading from 1.4, the record monitoring feature no longer works.  Has anyone else noticed this?

It's working fine for me. At least on the 1/8" input.  Are you trying the 1/4" jacks?  Also, remember that there is no input monitoring support for S/PDIF recording.

J.T.

[viega]

1/8" jack... I am aware that it doesn't work for SPDIF I/O

Wonder what is up.  It also freaked out on a 4Gb CF card after the upgrade (recorded for a while at 24/96, then eventually wouldn't record at all, then claimed there was nothing on the media... reformatted it elsewhere, but the Microtrack still can't deal w/ it).

[jtessier]

1/8" jack... I am aware that it doesn't work for SPDIF I/O

Wonder what is up.  It also freaked out on a 4Gb CF card after the upgrade (recorded for a while at 24/96, then eventually wouldn't record at all, then claimed there was nothing on the media... reformatted it elsewhere, but the Microtrack still can't deal w/ it).

Wow, that's weird.  Does it even throw an error message or does it just stare back at you blindly when you press the Rec button?

J.T.

[anhisr]

I had a lexar 4gb card "freak out" on me.  I don't know what firmware it happened with.  It would not work at all.  I sent it to lexar and they sent me a new one.  I guess the card can go "bad".  It did work before.   

[viega]

I'm not in town, so can't check the specifics.  To memory, I hit "record" and the deck just sits there with "stop" on.  I think if I go to look at files it gives me a "disk full" message even though the card is empty.  I also can't format the card, I get the "disk full" message.  I put the card in my HD-P2 and, after format, it works just fine in the tascam, but still wouldn't work in the MT, not even a re-format.

[jtessier]

I'm not in town, so can't check the specifics.  To memory, I hit "record" and the deck just sits there with "stop" on.  I think if I go to look at files it gives me a "disk full" message even though the card is empty.  I also can't format the card, I get the "disk full" message.  I put the card in my HD-P2 and, after format, it works just fine in the tascam, but still wouldn't work in the MT, not even a re-format.

I guess I'd suggest (when you get back) going back to 1.4.0 or 1.3.3 or even 1.2.3 and see if the card starts working again.  If it still doens't then maybe your card has failed in some weird way but if it works you could then (if you didn't at this point feel like chucking the MT across the room) try updating to 1.4.1b1 again to see if the earlier problems were repeatable.

J.T.

[jmz93]

HI folks. I just upgraded to the latest firmware, and have run into the following:
4GB compact flash, 24-bit, 44.1KHZ, analog in. I let the recorder just run to test the file split capability, and to see how much battery life I could get.  File 1 turns out to be 1.86GB and loads fine into various programs on the PC. File 2 ends when the unit runs out of battery power, at 1.32GB, and does *NOT* load into Sound Forge or similar programs on the PC. Sound Forge 6 reports it as an unsupported format.  Has anybody else had this happen?
It seems like the last file isn't being saved correctly before the unit dies.

[BC]

Hey all-
anyone running SPDIF in at 24 bit with the 1.4.1b1 firmware? Just wondering how it is working. Most of the people who have posted here that 1.4.1b1 is working well for them seem to be either running analog in or 16 bit SPDIF.
Peace,
Ben

[J.T.L]

Hey all-
anyone running SPDIF in at 24 bit with the 1.4.1b1 firmware?

...ran 2 shows with this firmware, 1 show was a single 2 hour set and the other was dual sets at 1 hour each. Both nights were recorded at 24/48 to a 4gb microdrive with no field problems aside from the startup bug where when it lies dormant for a while and kicks on after 10 or so mins being plugged up to a power source. That wierdness seems to have been around for its life so far..its a sleepy microtrack. The recordings themselves were fine though. I had header problems where I had to change them from 44 to 48 after transfer to fix the time length/pitch (using MT > Mac) thats a new one with me and this firmware.

[jcrab66]

HI folks. I just upgraded to the latest firmware, and have run into the following:
4GB compact flash, 24-bit, 44.1KHZ, analog in. I let the recorder just run to test the file split capability, and to see how much battery life I could get.  File 1 turns out to be 1.86GB and loads fine into various programs on the PC. File 2 ends when the unit runs out of battery power, at 1.32GB, and does *NOT* load into Sound Forge or similar programs on the PC. Sound Forge 6 reports it as an unsupported format.  Has anybody else had this happen?
It seems like the last file isn't being saved correctly before the unit dies.

try using audition / cep and open it as a raw pcm file. sounds like the file header didnt get written before it died

[zadmiral2]

 

Loaded the 1.4 and now my windows media does not recognize the wav files, also the microtrack started to freeze up and took a very long time to power off.  Going back to previous version of firmware. Looks like this version created a new problem instead of fixing it.

[guysonic]

Loaded the 1.4 and now my windows media does not recognize the wav files, also the microtrack started to freeze up and took a very long time to power off.  Going back to previous version of firmware. Looks like this version created a new problem instead of fixing it.

I thought newest version is 1.4.1b2.  The 1.4.1b1 was quickly discovered to be flawed and corrected with the b2 version that seems quite OK so far.

[BC]

well, this version of the firmware seems to be working fine for me up to this point. Keeping my fingers crossed.