How do I do this??

Say, I just recorded a sample into the MPC 2000 and by default, that sample is called "SOUND00".
Then I start a sequence with that sample and now I wanna save it so I can switch off my MPC and get back to it later.

Then when I come back to the MPC and want to start working on that beat again, my sample (SOUND00) has been replaced by a sample that I used in a beat I worked on earlier -

So... my question to y'all is: How do I avoid that from happening again? Do I HAVE TO call my samples different names, or is there a way to have different samples by the same name on the same disk?

Let me know what the deal is.

Peace,
Incognito

No....... you can only save one sample with that name, unless you are using a fresh zip disk or floppy for each project.

You should really give each of your samples a good name so you can find them again easier. If it is a kick drum, call it a kick. But rather than be kick1 or kick2, call it something more recognisable like the name of the song you are using it for, the record you sampled it from or just what the sound reminds you of. If, in 8 months time you see a sample on your zip called kickbuzz you are more likely to remember what it is than if it is called sound156.

featherboy wrote:No....... you can only save one sample with that name, unless you are using a fresh zip disk or floppy for each project.

You should really give each of your samples a good name so you can find them again easier. If it is a kick drum, call it a kick. But rather than be kick1 or kick2, call it something more recognisable like the name of the song you are using it for, the record you sampled it from or just what the sound reminds you of. If, in 8 months time you see a sample on your zip called kickbuzz you are more likely to remember what it is than if it is called sound156.

No doubt.

Its just annoying... cuz if I have a 4 bar loop, I usually chop that 4 bar loop into 8 pieces so I can easilier play with the samples on the pads. Its just a hassle giving all 8 samples a name. Takes forever.

But I appreciate your fast reply!

Peace.

You got to have different names for samples or the MPC will overwrite the original sample, So for example if you have name , sound 00 ,and switch off the mpc, and later come back to that same sample, and you are sampling a new sound " u prolly did " your 1st sample sound is gone! Yo dawg u should give differ names to your sample sound!!!.....

Incognito wrote:Its just annoying... cuz if I have a 4 bar loop, I usually chop that 4 bar loop into 8 pieces so I can easilier play with the samples on the pads. Its just a hassle giving all 8 samples a name. Takes forever.

Name it before you chop it

Let's say you are using a james brown sample, and you chop it into four pieces, name them like, : James1, James2, James3, James 4. It's not too difficult. There's letters next to the pads cause you can use them to type names in. Might as well do it so that you don't have that problem in the future.

or if you name it before you chop it then the 1,2,3 etc. will be automatic. For all the slow folks that means that if you have a sample named "james" and you chop it into 8 slices you will end up with the original sample and 8 new samples named "james1", "james2", etc.

you can copy and paste in mpc...saves loads a time...

greg

featherboy wrote:No....... you can only save one sample with that name, unless you are using a fresh zip disk or floppy for each project...

or just put each project in a folder...