Support staff Member since 2010 Unfortunately, the Cortex DMIX600 is a (discontinued) all-in-one stand-alone USB media player. It's not MIDI capable and not intended to be hooked up to a computer to control DJ software. It's for stand-alone media playback only without using a computer. The USB connector on the back is for plugging into a computer to allow you to use it as an iPod dock. Buy Cortex dMIX-600 - DJ controller with iPod dock with DSP FX at Walmart.com.

I've placed the firmware update on a usb stick has instructed. Ensured the USB stick is formatted so theres nothing else on it. Put in the machine as instructed and, according the manual, the machine should detect the update automatically. But it doesn't..:( It may be the memory stick. I tried to update the firmware on my TV and it took three different sticks before I found one that worked. My wife has a 'Cruzier' memory stick and when I put it in my laptop it actually installs as 2 devices.

G: a CD rom drive and H: the actual storage part of the memory stick. My TV doesnt like that becuase it only sees the first part of the stick. One of the phone systems we supply at work has a USB connector for saving and uploading voicemail messages and that too has problems recognising some memory sticks. Likeliest option, I feel. Does the Dmix tell you which one you're on if you fire it up with no media attached and press the info button? If it does, you can verify this theory. It does yes.and according to that, the firmware available on the cortex website is more recent.

I can't see how it can be the stick as, like I said, I would expect some sort of error message such 'cannot read device' when I used it but it tells what the device is fine except when I select that deive (i.e. The usb stick) it goes straight to asking me I want to verify my database rather than detect the firmware. Igri dlya lazernogo tira e. The machine works fine, I just don't like running with old software. Obviously the cortex website is no more, and the gemini website seems to have broken links. Thanks in advance:) As far as I'm aware Gemini are the only source of the last versions of Cortex software unless you are fortunate enough to find someone who has previously downloaded a copy and still has it lurking on a hard drive somewhere, but as it's around 6 years ago now it's a bit of a long shot. Do you know if the DMIX-600 shares the same software?

I very much doubt it does, but I may have a copy of that on a obsolete hard drive lurking in a drawer somewhere. If you're certain it does, I'll have a search for it for you, but I don't want to waste the considerable amount of time it would involve looking for it, if indeed I still have it, which in itself is by no means certain. Is this what the Cortex Manager 2.0 software is for?

If so, I've shared it here: Cortex DBSE 2.0 (Click my link which will take you to my download page for the software, then click the Download button in the top right. Click 'Save File' then save it to your desktop.

It's a zipped folder and everything you need is in there, so I'm led to believe (I've never had a Cortex unit myself, I'm just good at finding legacy and discontinued software!) as I've shared this with others here before. The software is copyrighted but it's been abandoned by its manufacturer some years ago so I think we're safe to share it here!;). Err, no.:( That's used to index hard drives. The software we're seeking is machine specific.