still having problems saving sorry for bothering you guys

ok i first put in the disc with the samples i load then i take it out and put a Floppy in, then i formatt the disc.. after i created my song i save all, it even says i saved it.. i turn off the mpc then i turn it back on and go to load all sequences_ _ and song or something like that.. and i load it.. well the sequence and one track are there but it doesn't even play.. and all the other tracks are back to unused.. i don't know what i'm doing wrong and i'm sorry to waste peoples time that are trying to help me.. thanks

Maybe your Floppy is too "short" for the sequence AND the samples....you can only store very little things on the floppy....I use a ZIP wihch is much more convinient for me cos' i can store 100 Mb on each,and it's workin' really fine in spite of what some say on other topics......

hmmm so maybe i shouldn't use a floppy

get a scsi zip drive...im tellin you man, if you want to make more complex beats with lots of samples you will need an external zip drive or hard drive..floppies are just too damn low on memory capacity

Not to mention sloppies, Um I mean floppies are slow as fukkk. Are you saving ALLPROGRAMSANDSOUNDS? and the sequences? or at least program and sounds and then sequences? And when you save a program and sounds, it asks you if you're saving WITH sounds, and you make sure it's set to YES... I am using the original mpc2000 by the way, not the XL but it should be the same to save I think...

ok i have a scsi drive that is cd rom but i don't know what it does.. does that save your music or is it just for sampling??

guys... if he is having troubles saving his beats PERIOD then lets not confuse him more with suggesting he get a zip/jaz/hd!!!

lb, it sounds to me that you are saving only the "all sequences & songs". you need to save "all sequences & songs" AND "all programs & sounds". i believe the file extension for the sequences is .all & the file extension for all programs is .aps

are you indeed saving both of those files?
and then when you start up the mpc again are you loading both of those files?

SCSI drive is just for loadin' sample,u can't use it to save anything....sorry....