whats up i got a mpc2000. i picked up a cd rom drive for it so i can load my sound cds. but it only works with the cds that came with the cd rom dosent work with my other sound cds. i also noticed that the cds that came with the cdrom dont open on pc or mac. is there a reason the cd rom dont read my other cds there pro sessions cds.
You have 2 hurdles ahead of you.
1. You must find a SCSI cd-rom drive that the MPC2000 will recognize. Not all CD-ROM drives will work. I am going to assume that your CD-ROM is recognized by the MPC2000.
2. Once you get a recognizable CD-ROM Drive, you must use CDs that are Akai-formatted. For an MPC2000, any cd will NOT work. A burned CD using your computer will not work. When you try to acces the CD, the format of the CD will not be recognized. The TYPE will show as "???????".
Sure you will burn your .wav files (stores in your computer), to the CD. But the cd format will not be correct.
If you wish to burn your own cds that will read on an MPC2000, additional computer hardware and software will be required. There is a program called 'disk2file' that will help you Akai-format your CDs. Do a search on the internet for more information on this program and the procedure. And the additional hardware is maybe using a hard drive that will have all your files, from which you will copy a mirror-image to your CD. It is a bit involved so if you are still interested in adding a CD-ROM Drive to your MPC2000 setup, take the time to learn more about this program and formatting your CDs.
Hope this info helps.