importing pro tools sessions on mpc to play live

essentially, i'd like to use my scsi drive to import the instrumentals from my pro tools sessions to my mpc on a track-by-track basis so that i can make break downs and different arrangements while performing live (similar to a dj). when i went to import the files (that were .aiff) my 2000xl recognized them, but said it did not support those kinds of files. is there a way to get around this so that this could work?

i know that the mpc recognizes .wav files, but would i have to go and make the audio tracks different kinds of files other than by converting? basically, will i have to re-open the session and save the files as .wavs?

any information would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
charlie beans

charliebeans wrote:essentially, i'd like to use my scsi drive to import the instrumentals from my pro tools sessions to my mpc on a track-by-track basis so that i can make break downs and different arrangements while performing live (similar to a dj). when i went to import the files (that were .aiff) my 2000xl recognized them, but said it did not support those kinds of files. is there a way to get around this so that this could work?

i know that the mpc recognizes .wav files, but would i have to go and make the audio tracks different kinds of files other than by converting? basically, will i have to re-open the session and save the files as .wavs?

any information would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
charlie beans

Aiff files won't work. Wav files from protools are fine as long as they're 16bit 44.1k. You could get something like Awave for your PC that will batch convert them in one go without having to save them from protools.

kraster wrote:Aiff files won't work. Wav files from protools are fine as long as they're 16bit 44.1k. You could get something like Awave for your PC that will batch convert them in one go without having to save them from protools.

these files are in my pro tools sessions b/c they're already recorded. what is AWAVE? how does it work?