Well, all the mappings created for 2.6 and above wont work in previous versions since a lot of new features they got incorporated. So yes, you need to update in order to use this newer mappings.
Wow, that is good to know, in that case i will do the download right now actually and see how things go, mate, thanks a mill you are being a huge help really!
gig went well, was a calm deep house session at 118 bpm. but going a bit bigger this weekend and would like to feel comfortable with my setup again, really feeling a little fragile here…