44 probably doesn't have that debug data (primarily because the part where i need debug data would produce a ton of output and would slow down the production release)... definitely give 44 a try and see how things go... if you get an error and it says it fixed it, make sure you sync once to sync the fixes to your Empeg. the second time you run it after a sync, you aren't supposed to have any errors (same with Emplode, actually).

as far as formatting, you can check the faq -- i'm sure it talks about it.