JJOS's site might seem a bit confusing due to the language used
What it reads is basically:
* All JJOS'es are free to demo, only saving is disabled in demo mode
* Buy a licence for OSXL for 123 usd and get licences for all OS's
* For existing owners of JJOS1/2, upgrading to OSXL costs 74/15 usd
* If you have an MPC with the XL screen mod, you have to purchase an OS separately (OS128XL). A licence of OS128XL does not include licences to other JJOS versions. Discounts of OS128XL available if you already own licences to other JJOS versions
* Only OSXL, OS128XL and OS3 are currently supported. Older versions of JJOS are still available but no official support exists anymore (ie. no bugfixes coming)
OSXL is for regular MPCs (1000 & 2500), OS128XL is for the bigger screen modded units.
I recommend purchasing the licence for OSXL. By buying OSXL, you automatically get a licence for JJOS1, JJOS2, OSXL and JJOS3 (still under development).
Like you, I also prefer JJOS1. But I still bought the JJOSXL licence to "future-proof" myself, in case the features I miss from JJOS1 eventually get included in the JJOS3 updates
JJOSXL is a beast BTW, but quite different from JJOS1/2, it has round-robin sample playback (ie. pad cycle) and "multichannel phrase sampling" capabilities (ie- pattern to pad). If you don't need JJOS1/2 specific features like "q-link to swing", you'd be well advised to upgrade to OSXL eventually. OSXL is already quite mature. OTOH, JJOS3 is still in its early stages and I wouldn't recommend it for "critical duties" just yet..
Hope this helps. Welcome to the world of MPC!
uebrigens xl hat auch xox rec mode, 16 pads 16 steps.-!! : nennt sich loop edit mode. ( mode - pad 15)
