Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By mpcvore Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:48 pm
i use my 2k with a ZIP drive ,and i heard tha Jaz drive is not safe enough....but the ZIP is really convinient....

By J_to_the Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:55 pm
^^^ 'safe' is it that its not reliable???
By mpcvore Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:12 pm
i use the word "safe" cos i'm french and i don't know the english word for"fiable"...i mean that you can have bugs when you use a JAZ drive,and the ZIP is "no problem"....but yes you can connect a JAZ drive to your MPC......
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By aoism Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:49 pm
It'd probably be cheaper to get an external hard drive and an internal 750 hard drive, than to buy a JAZ drive for your comp and for your MPC, as well as their disks. They are still expensive as hell. A 2gb Jaz disk is $45 on average! That's half the price of a 750 meg ZIP drive. They were cool 6 years ago, when it was unheard of to have 1 or 2 gb on a disk .. but now that the ZIP is almost as big as the JAZ, and much faster, the JAZ is going to die out real soon unless Iomega reduces the costs.

bk

By Toecutter Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:32 am
I hear that Jaz disks are an unreliable medium... I wouldn't reccomend it.
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By DA RIPPER Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:30 pm
jaz drives are okay and reliable and are way faster than zip drives. i have several but i only use it with my triton studio, it will work with you mpc fine, but like my man said the disk still cost a lot thats why i still use a zip wit my mpc because your gonna have a ton of drum samples so your are gonna need a lot of disk unlike wit my triton im just saving new sounds i create (im still on my first disk) but if you dont mind spending the money then go ahead