os 1.07

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os 1.07

By Errupt Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:26 pm
I assumed I had OS 1.14 or atleast 1.11 but in my recent discovery I found inside the mpc it says I have OS 1.07.
I have already upgraded the floppy to mcd and everything works great.(been working excellent for about 2 months) My question is...What's been fixed or updated from 1.07 to 1.14 and if I chose to install it, would there be any complications??? I downloaded the os 1.14 from akaipro.com but since my shxt works fine I wasn't to quick to install any yet.

Any thoughts??

Byharlej Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:30 am
My thought is - If it worked fine for last 2 months,there is no reason to upgrade the software.I myself upgraded with card reader to the latest 1.2 o.s. just to have to opportunity to load samples from pc.Otherwise I wouldn't change it.
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By Errupt Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:00 am
I can load samples from pc to mpc via card reader too! I can make folders on my pc and the mpc see everything. I was just wondering what made 1.14 better than 1.07 (if it even is)?. If there is no difference between 1.07, 1.11, and 1.14 then why do they all exist.
My mpc has always worked as it should with 1.07 so I never thought about upgrading the os.
Why can't you download os 1.07 then? Why is that not on there website?
so if I ever had a problem with my current os I would have to upgrade. So my main concern is: when updating an mpc's os with the mcd in the place of floppy, will there be any hardware/software problems? Or will everything be smooth?
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Check around for the others.

By Lampdog Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:58 am
Release date: May17, 2001
Ref. No.: MPC2KXLV114
This is to announce the release of V1.14 operating system for the MPC2000XL. The main purpose of
this update is to correct some minor bugs in the operating system.
[Corrections]
1. Zip disk data corruption - fixed
On MPC2000XL's with an ATAPI Zip disk installed internally, the data on the Zip disk may be
occasionally damaged. This may happen when the drive is in sleep mode and and does not correctly
wake up when a disk operation (save or load), or a disk write operation (save, rename, overwrite,
erase, etc.) is performed.
The wait time for the restart of the Zip disk in V1.12 OS is set to 3 sec. However the Zip disk may not
restart within this time period, causing a timeout. In this case the next write operation may damage
the contents of the disk. In V1.14, the wait time has been extended from 3 sec to 20 sec.
2. Song conversion problem - fixed
A Song may not be properly converted to a sequence if one of the sequences in the song has a large
number of events (over 768 notes) and is repeated more than twice in the song.
3. Song conversion problem - fixed
A song may not be properly converted to a sequence if the sequence contains MIDI system exclusive
messages and the track containing those messages is set to OFF, and the option of "OFF
TRACKS IGNORED" or "MERGED ON MIDI CH" is selected in the song convert options.
4. MTC Slave problem - fixed
In MTC slave mode a song may play at an unstable tempo at the point where a sequence changes to
the next sequence if the song contains several sequences with different tempos.
5. Edit range problem - fixed
In EDIT mode, the time range cannot be set correctly after pressing TC (F1) in STEP EDIT mode.
Note: No addendum to the Operator's Manual has been issued since this is only a maintenance
version that does not affect the actual operation.
For information on how to obtain the upgrade, check the Akai web site at
http://www.akaipro.com, or contact your authorized Akai distributor.
MPC2000XL V1.14 Operating System Upgrade
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By Errupt Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:59 pm
So am I safe to upgrade from 1.07 to 1.14 without any problems having upgraded to mcd?

Is the operating system gonna be looking for the floppy(or mcd) or does that not matter when installing os updates?
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By Lampdog Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:39 pm
On my 2kxl, I switched to MCD a LONG time ago.
I use 2 x 512mb Lexar cf cards and OS 1.14.
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