SAVING FILES ON ZIP DRIVE USIMG MPC 2K

By MANTIS69 Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:14 pm

IM HAVING TROUBLE ORGANIZING FILES ON ZIP DRIVE WHEN SAVIMG MATERIAL, I SAVED 3 DIFFERENT BEATS WITH TITLE NAMES ON THE PROGRAMS & MIDI SEQ, BUT WHEN I LOADED THEM DIFFERENT SOUNDS WERE PLAYING ON DIFFERENT SEQUENCES, HOW U YALL ORGANIZE FILES ON ZIP DRIVE?

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By stryke Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:54 am

Partion the zip.

It's kind of like making folders but since the 2k can't read folders this is a way around it.Just keep all your seqs.,pmgs. and sonds in the same partion.It'll be easier to find and load.

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By MANTIS69 Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:01 pm

what do u mean partion the zip & how do i make folders on the zip to do this?

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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:45 pm

He meant Partition the zip

When you formaton your MPC, you can set partitions. Its a letter value (Starts at A-A, goes to I think A-J). Each letter is a partition. Set it at A-D and you'll have four partitions (A,B,C & D). Got it?

I would just make folders named by song.

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By MANTIS69 Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:51 pm

im sorry i still dont get it, can someone else break that down pleez

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By DSTRUCT Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:00 pm

i save the program, the sequence, and if i put it in song mode, the song, all on the same partition. I name them all with the same "root" name, like for instance, i got a beat called Millie, so the program is millie, the main sequence is millie, and the other sequences are millie2, millie3, etc.

oh yeah, i dont save all programs or sequences, i save them all individually, dont know if that matters.

if your on a classic 2k, you cant make folders.

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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:07 pm

M.ic P.ro C.rusher wrote:I would just make folders named by song.

My bad, for some reason I thought he had the XL...don't know why :oops:

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By MANTIS69 Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:11 pm

SO SAVE THE PROGRAMS & SEQ USING THE SAME NAME RIGHT? I DONT REALLY EVER USE THE SONG MODE ANYWAY.. WHAT ABOUT THE SAMPLES DO I SAVE THEM WITH THE SAME ROOT NAME TOO?

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By DSTRUCT Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:42 pm

nah, just save them with any name. i mean, your gonna use those drums on other beats one day.

just save the program, thats all ya sounds.

then for instance in the future you want to re use some of the sounds, just scroll through the sounds and load up individual ones you want

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By DSTRUCT Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:53 pm

oh yeah, and when you want to reload the sequence, its actually under the MID files not the SEQ files. i know it seems wierd, but thats how it is on my mpc.

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By MANTIS69 Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:13 pm

so when loading them into the mpc, i dont need to load the programs? jus the midi seq? the problem i had was that other samples were playing on other sequences.

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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:15 pm

dstruction wrote:i mean, your gonna use those drums on other beats one day.

Tsk, tsk, tsk

Recycling is for cardboard, not sounds

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By sinister_keys Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:38 pm

M.ic P.ro C.rusher wrote:
Tsk, tsk, tsk

Recycling is for cardboard, not sounds

i guess that depends on the quality of your sounds .
because ive been recently makin .pgm's for my 2000x
because im limited to the 3.5 in. flop
i use the 3.5 with pgm's of kits .. stabs .. hits ..
its a great tool IMHO (for me at least) i can swap sounds quckly
eve load a new one .. the 3.5 isnt that bad ..
but it does get a bit tedious .. i have about 15 or 20 3.5's
made now with sounds from my library

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By DSTRUCT Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:45 pm

tsk tsk tsk my ass, i have some drum sounds i use about 1 in 5 beats, but they never sound the same. i like to layer sounds, and flowers with pitches and ish. but hey, if hes never ever gonna load iindividual sounds off the zip, thats fine with me.

and yeah, you gotta save the sequences and the program seperately.

if other samples are playing on the wrong sequence, just hit shift and program, and change the program to match the sequence.

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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:09 pm

dstruction wrote:tsk tsk tsk my ass, i have some drum sounds i use about 1 in 5 beats, but they never sound the same. i like to layer sounds, and flowers with pitches and ish. but hey, if hes never ever gonna load iindividual sounds off the zip, thats fine with me.