Switching over from a 2K classic to a 1K

Issue 1 :
I've been using the 2K classic for 12 years but got tired of it and am deciding to switch over to either the 1K or the 2500 . A friend of mine let me use his 1K and I've already run into my 1st problem . I hooked a zip drive up to it and put my old sound disk from the 2K in and it's not reading it . So then I connected the 1K to my Mac and the zip drive as well but my Mac isn't showing the files from the zip either . I know it's not the drive because when I put a Mac formatted disc in it pops up on my desk top . Would this process work better if I used a PC ?

Anyone else dealt w/ this before ?

Issue 2 :
I thought the Bit Grunger effect was gonna have a little more to it than choosing 1-8 . Any one worked w/ the 2500 and knows if it has more in depth control over bit reduction ? i.e. You can put in your own preference of bit depth and kHz ? And if I got the JJ OS does it make the Bit Grunger more versatile on the 1K ?

bit grunger is just distortion, just replace the words in your head

jj os has bit convert, which gives you option to change bit depth/sampling rate. that's probably what you're looking for

anything the 2500 does, the 1000 does (both run the same os) excluding extra outs/qlink/cd

regardin the zip, i got no clue.

well first off you cant hook a zip drive up thte 1000. so i have no clue as to what you're talking about

D-iLL wrote:well first off you cant hook a zip drive up thte 1000. so i have no clue as to what you're talking about

You can if you got the right cable (using the word "can't" is really a defeating habit) . It's obvious though that you have no clue what I'm talking about . . . .

Good lookin' out on the advice Nym . I guess a 1K it just might have to be .

W. Steele wrote:

D-iLL wrote:well first off you cant hook a zip drive up thte 1000. so i have no clue as to what you're talking about

You can if you got the right cable (using the word "can't" is really a defeating habit) . It's obvious though that you have no clue what I'm talking about . . . .

Good lookin' out on the advice Nym . I guess a 1K it just might have to be .

unless you have some kind of crazy cable that hooks into the CF slot on the 1K then there's no such 'right cable'

the USB in the back isn't for hosting other USB devices, it's merely a means of transferring files from the MPC to a computer

that's problem number one

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what I expect is the solution to your other problem is that the 2000 most likely formats zip disks with a file system that is proprietary to the 2K and not compatible with a Mac (or even a PC)

what you need is a software solution that will interpret the file system on your 2K formatted zip disks and let you retrieve the files. There are several programs out there that do this.

Look into 'Chicken Systems Translator' as well as 'CDXTRACT' - there's most likely a Mac version of one of them that can help you out

W. Steele wrote:

D-iLL wrote:well first off you cant hook a zip drive up thte 1000. so i have no clue as to what you're talking about

You can if you got the right cable (using the word "can't" is really a defeating habit) . It's obvious though that you have no clue what I'm talking about . . . .

Good lookin' out on the advice Nym . I guess a 1K it just might have to be .

i wanna see this damn cable.

he's obviously using running the zip drive into the usb at the back.

but apart from that, def buy a 1k.