Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By Black Steel In The Hour O Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:55 pm
Have any other 2000xl users been given the message "wrong file format!" when trying to load previously saved files. This has happened to me twice now (using a zip drive, so maybe it's got something to do with that). Here's the scenario:

I've got an idea of the beat I wanna make. I spend a lengthy amount of time sampling the perfect sounds for it. I save the sounds in their respective locations on the zip drive (e.g. drums>hi hats for a hi hat, drums>snares for a snare). Then I create a program for the beat and then save "a program and sounds" in a seperate location. I turn the mpc off, come back to start the beat and try loading the program and sounds. Half the sounds load and then i get "wrong file format!". So then I try and load the sounds which wouldn't load separately from the other locations I saved them in (e.g drums>hihats>hihat1) and I get the same message!

Can any one tell me why this happens?
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By Lampdog Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:35 pm
Maybe your zip disc is going bad/corrupt, Maybe your zip drive is going bad. Maybe the file itself on the disc is bad/corrupt..

Whichever one it is, you should be going to mcd..
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By Black Steel In The Hour O Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:26 pm
True. I am going to mcd as soon as I can afford it. I just hope it's a zip problem and not a problem with my mpc.
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By djrespect Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:05 pm
Sometimes I have this problem when I edit samples on my computer and then save them on zip disk. then when I load the files on the mpc it says "wrong..." .
the only thing I can do about it is to erase the file from the zip disk and save it there again....so if you got a computer you could try the same
good luck
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By Smoove03 Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:31 pm
zip disks/drives are known for going bad out of nowhere