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Nelson Baboon

Fucking piece of shit, all of this mac ipad dung heap hitler.

ok. Now the problem is - they recommend that you update to the latest firmware. Seems easy. I go to the Alesis site and download it, getting a .upd file. I try to follow their instructions, but the .upd file doesn't open. It asks me what I want to open it with because it's not recognized. WTF? Thus far, no solution. Every fucking thing I've done with this has unleashed surprise after surprise. Fuck Grandma.

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Nelson Baboon

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Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:19 am Post subject:

right - I got that nicely named folder, but ultimately there is that .upd file, and I can't open it.

obscurerobot · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:23 am Post subject:

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:28 am Post subject:

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:31 am Post subject:

ah. duh. Reading comprehension disorder. Thanks. I don't know why I had to look at this 20x.

obscurerobot · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:37 am Post subject:

I blame Cocoquantus.

But I still want one.

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject:

Actuallllly - trying this now, and I did go through this. The problem is that the firmware update quits unexpectedly as soon as I try to open it.

Now I remember. it just blatantly does not work here.

digital_steve · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject:

This thing seriously sounds like a nightmare...
Do you have an iPad1 or 2? I wonder if there are compatibility issues or something...

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject:

digital_steve · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject:

You're more patient than me... i would've tossed it a while ago

obscurerobot · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

bsmith · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject:

You might try creating another user or just using the guest account on the Mac, it may be like obscure robot is saying and there's some path wackiness or other environmental thing messing it up - trying a user account with a clean slate could be worth checking out just to simplify getting the thing updated if something like that is the issue.

I don't have one of these things but was looking today at picking one up - anyone using it with an iOS 5 device and this firmware Nelson is trying to update on the dock care to comment on whether audio issues have been addressed? I'm reading about hiss, and that the issue is on apple's end (for other third party audio related accessories as well) and that they've said it will be addressed in a future iOS update.

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject:

I don't have a fucking clue as to what you're talking about.

obscurerobot · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:38 am Post subject:

thetwlo · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:07 am Post subject:

This may seem like a dumb question, but is your ipad in the dock and working? I ran into the same thing... finally realized the ipad wasn't fully snapped in/connected to the dock. After that the updater worked fine.
I just was being careful and hadn't pushed the ipad far enough in. Alesis support is useless--there wasn't even a manual included. Just a lame quick start guide with little info.

Nelson Baboon · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:31 am Post subject:

right - there is no manual. It's kind of ridiculous.

As far as I know, the ipad is inserted correctly - I haven't removed it since it was working, so I assume that it is still in there correctly.

But that's a good point. I should probably start all over just to make sure - remove it and insert it again - testing to see if it's working. Although, since I can go into general settings and see the version, doesn't that mean that it's connected?

thetwlo · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:58 am Post subject: