Loading sounds/samples from an external CD-R....need help!

Hey, I appreciate the help I've gotten so far with my MPC2kXL.....Here's my next question. I have an external CD-R with about 5 CD's full of different sample sounds.....anyway, I can't get it to load. It hooks up fine and everything and when I connect it it shows it as a SCSI 1.....and i can see that it recognizes it, too....but I don't know what to do it get it to load up. When I use the internal zip drive and turn the system on it loads those sounds automatically.....what do I need to do to get it to do that with my CD's? If someone could give me a step by step explaination I would appreciate it. Yes, I have the manual, I'll use the "shift-load" sequence and it just takes me to the screen....then I push setup and that's about when I get stummped.....on the set up screen I set the primary divice as SCSI 1 and I set the auto loding file type to APS+All. But after that it doesn't automaticaly load the sounds. Anyway, please give me some feedback so I can get this thing going. Hopefully it's just something very simple that I'm missing. I just want it to load automatically when it is turned on with the CD-R connection. Thanx,

Season

I have the same problem with both my scsi cd and zip drive. I think the automatic load function maybe only works on floppies and IDE zip..?..

My zip drive loads automatically but I still can't get the CD-R to do it....I have to do it manually....which can be annoying at times.

Firstly as a rule hard drives on the scsi chain should be set to 0 or 1 cd-r usually at id 3 and 4. I know others don't follow this rule but It's just standard man. Secondly if your cd-r doesn't have aps files and isn't mpc 2000xl formatted it won't automatically load.
The mpc 2000/xl has to be set to the specific scsi device that contains the aps file in it's first partition to autoload. Hit the window button highlited over the scsi id#; this is how you get to your other scsi devices too; and you'll also be able to select the autoload option.

Peace

Ok....How do I know what you mean by "set at 0-1 cd-r usually at id 3 to 4.. Also, How do you know if it has aps files? Yeah, these may sound like stupid questions, but if I want to figure this out I need to know....so thanx for helping me out. Lastly, how do I find the id #? Do I need to hit shift/load, then setup to find it? Get back at me.....I know the sounds I was manually loading were all .wav files.

Season

Whoa!!!!!
Let's start on the basics. Wav files on cd-roms are going to be sounds that you load individually into the mpc 2000xl and then you'll create programs based on the sounds you put in.
Every scsi device has the ability for you to set the scsi id. Usually on the back of the unit. They are usually preset. No two scsi devices can have the same id (individual number) The Iomega zip drives only allow you to set id 5 or 6. It should be set to 5 because the mpc is defaulted to id 6.
So firstly your cd-r should be set to Id 3 or 4. 1 or 2 is ok if you don't have any other devices in your scsi chain.
Connect your cd-r through the zip drive or if you don't want to use the zip; connect it directly to the mpc. Hit Shift>Load. Your screen will go to the load screen. By default it is usually set to floppy or zip if you have the zip drive installed. You should see scsi ID: on the same screen. move the cursor down to this field; then rotate the dial to get to your different scsi devices for loading sounds or loading and saving sounds. When you get to the cd-r move the cursor up to where it says file type: rotate the dial to wav (that's all) you'll be able to load the sound and preview it before you assign it to a pad on the mpc. All you have to do is press the pad that you want and then press keep and you're done. All of this is in the manual. If you don't have the manual I suggest you download it from akaipro; or my site www.4ament.com
The manual shows in detail how this is done.
Then after you assign the sounds to your pads; you can then go to save and create a pgm file and if you did sequences and changed parameters you'll create an aps file and it will remember what sounds were assigned and to what pads etc....

That's the very basic explanation in simple terms; the manual is much more helpful

Peace