Can Akai Force read SMF, MIDI Files with .mid extension?

First of all i have to admit i am an Akai Newbee. I just couldn´t resist on purchasing the force because of its looks and its claim of standalone music production.

I just installed a 2 TB SSD into the force and copied my files on it. But if it comes to browsing i am experiencing two problems:

1. If i put a text in the search function it only search in the actual folder and not in any subfolders. Is that correct? Can i change that behaviour?

2. All my Midifiles with the extension .mid do not appear in the browser. Can the Force not recognize them. I would love to use those.


Thank You
Alexis

I don't have a force, so cannot speak to it directly, but on the MPC X/Live/One you load .mid files through the browser, and you need to make sure that the folder search icon has the stack of squares selected so you can see all files and directories.

Thank you, i tried all Filter Options. Somehow the Force does not show me any files.

I found this post:
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=189807

So its not possible which is actually a big issue for me as i saved a lot of my work as .mid.
There is a tool like http://www.fentonia.com/catnip/midianmpc/index.html but what i need is a batch converter which converts 1000+ of .mid-files into .mpcpattern files. I don´t know if such thing exists somewhere.

Strange the other/older AKAI products can load Midi-Files and the Force can´t. An Update concerning this issue would be great.

Alexis wrote:[b]1. If i put a text in the search function it only search in the actual folder and not in any subfolders. Is that correct? Can i change that behaviour?

Yes, welcome to the crappy browser on the MPCs and the Force. They promised us a complete overhaul of the browser in 2.0 and all we got was the search 'filter' which just filters the display of files inside a specified folder.