*Pilchard* wrote:My ASQ10 still has v 2.xx operating system.
Is there any point in upgrading it to v 3.xx ?
On a machine that has no pads and no sampling, does it get you any necessary features?
MIDI File Save and LoadLoad standard PC-format MIDI file disks or save sequences as MIDI files. Move sequences between your MPC and PC or Mac sequencers. Note: this requires that you download our Midi File Save utility, save it to an MPC60 floppy then boot your MPC60 from it.
Hard Disk Save and LoadIf you own the Marion Systems MPC-SCSI Hard Disk Interface for the MPC60, hard disk save and load operations are now included and work with the Iomega Zip 100mB or 250 mB drives.
Step from Note to Note in Step EditIn Step Edit, the REWIND [<] and FAST FORWARD [>] keys may now be used to search to the previous or next event within a track, regardless of location. Also, you may now cut and paste events.
Streamlined MPC3000 DisplaysScreen displays are improved and more intuitive, nearly identical to the MPC3000. For example, 4 letter pad names are replaced in screens by the full sound name.
New Sequence Edit FeaturesMost sequence editing functions now permit selection of specific drums to be edited. The new Shift Timing feature shifts track timing independent of timing correction. And the new Edit Note Number Assignment feature permits, for example, all snare notes in a track to be changed to rimshots or any other sound.
http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/mpc60-software.htmlThis is what I found on the RLD website, someone with 3.10 will need to confirm.
From the 3.10 manual (Page 228)
Version 3.1 software may be installed in the Akai ASQ10 MIDI Sequencer, substantially enhancing its sequencing capabilities to that of an updated MPC60. This is because the ASQ10 is internally identical to the MPC60’s sequencer section, lacking the MPC60’s sound generation, sampling and drum pad functions. However, version 3.1 software is optimized for the MPC60 and will therefore present the following
inconveniences to the ASQ10 user:
• The ASQ10’s TEMPO button will have the function of the MPC60’s TEMPO/SYNC button.
• The ASQ10’s SYNC button will have the function of the MPC60’s DRUM MIXER button, which is useless on the ASQ10.
• The ASQ10’s DRUMS button will have the function of the MPC60’s SOUNDS button, which is useless on the ASQ10.
• Various screens will present parameters related to sound generation, sound or program disk files, or use of drum pads, all of which are useless on the ASQ10.Despite these inconveniences, version 3.1 software will add the same new sequencing capabilities to the ASQ10 as to the MPC60, significantly enhancing the usefulness and value of the ASQ10.
i never used it though, the audible metronome was good enough for me at the time... 
