?'s from an MPC newbie

Hey there people!
I just got the black MPC 1000 and am trying to figure it out, so I just have a bunch of questions! Appreciate you, guys...

Is the MPC meant to be switched off at any moment with just the press of the power button or is there some sort of "Turn off" procedure like on a computer?

When I load sounds into the RAM, how do I clear the RAM to work with other sounds? Do I switch off the MPC and switch it back on?

I have 16 MB RAM. I feel that that's not enough... Is it common practice to expand it to 128 MB? I can't work with sounds stored on the Flash Crad directly can I?

Is 128 RAM the maximum available RAM for the MPC? What if I want to do bigger arrangements on my MPC that would require more than 128 MB?

I have factory sounds and programs stored in my internal memory (by the way is that the same as RAM?). Is there any way to delete them? Because they are taking up space that I could be working with, right? Actually another question is this: If there are sounds in the internal memory, how come I still have to load them up? Does that mean that internal memory and RAM are different things?

Thanks in advance, y'all!

Welcome to the forums.
All of your answers can be found here by searching around... or better yet, read the manual. It's all there.

All these questions get asked a million times. So in all fairness, I gotta lock this topic to avoid redundancy and the chance that other members will flame you for not taking the effort to find these answers on your own.

Good luck, and have fun!