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By premiumBUSTA Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:08 pm
Wuddup guys!

Just purchased an MPC 1k the other day, finally getting the hang of it. It was pretty tough LOL. I already know this is gunna be a money pit!

Are there any tips you guys can give me?

And what are the benefits of installing a hard drive?
By premiumBUSTA Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:21 pm
Nice, thanks bro

LOL good point, but i know in the future im gunna get a new faceplate and mod the lights a little.

It came with a 4g CF card, and I just ordered 128mb sdram

What's the true difference with the OS?
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By josephnicks Sun Jun 20, 2010 3:00 am
its a possibility it might have jjos already installed
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By NearTao Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:26 pm
premiumBUSTA wrote:Nice, thanks bro

LOL good point, but i know in the future im gunna get a new faceplate and mod the lights a little.

It came with a 4g CF card, and I just ordered 128mb sdram

What's the true difference with the OS?


Tips...
1) Use it... a lot... learn the lingo, buttons and soul of the machine.
2) Ask questions, and give as much detail as you can to get good responses
3) Consider getting JJOS1/2/XL, you can demo it for free and just cannot save. Long term it will be a good investment
4) If you have the old pads, consider getting the pad replacement online
5) Consider getting the MPC1000 Tutorials available from this site
6) Figure out what your sample source(s) will be... vinyl, mic, youtube, iPod... get the right cables to hook it up
7) Learn how to properly save (entire memory) and load (project/folder)

That enough to get you started?

HDD Benefits, more space to save, don't have to worry about misplacing it... however USB 1 is kind of slow... so get ready for that.

Memory upgrade is important long term... so good idea there.

Go to the JJOS forum, and read up on the stickies to learn what features they have and see if they are something you are interested in.
By premiumBUSTA Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:01 pm
Awesome advice NearTao! Will definitely keep those to mind.

I've also noticed that some wav samples I upload to the machine don't work via CF. Why is this?
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By Pastor-of-Muppets Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:23 am
premiumBUSTA wrote:I've also noticed that some wav samples I upload to the machine don't work via CF. Why is this?


are they 16bit 44kHz WAVs? they need to be
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By NearTao Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:53 pm
Pastor-of-Muppets wrote:
premiumBUSTA wrote:I've also noticed that some wav samples I upload to the machine don't work via CF. Why is this?


are they 16bit 44kHz WAVs? they need to be


Load them up in windows or some audio software (audacity is free) to check to make sure that the files are in the correct format. Any other wav file format will fail to load.