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By jmflu Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:09 pm
I have a few questions but I didnt want to make separate threads. Answer one or all I appreciate any help I can get.

I am new with a 2000XL and I just started by loading some drums from my flash drive and doing some sampling and messing around with sequences and I always save the programs/sounds/sequences/songs to my flash disk.

But I noticed that it leaves all of the things I loaded in on the MPC when I take the Zip Disk out and it told me that it was running out of space a little while later while I was sampling something new.

Question 1: What is the best way to go about managing this space? Is there a way to clear ALL sounds/programs/sequences etc off of the onboard memory and just have it autoload my stuff I saved on the disk when I start it up? (it already autoloads but I guess Im wondering what you do with everything that it leaves on the onboard memory without manually deleting every single thing.

Question 2: How do I copy an entire sequence to another? I figured out how to copy a track to the next sequence but couldnt figure out how to do an entire sequence.

Question 3: If I change a track from 2 to 4 bars, how can I copy a track to play for the second 2 bars as well?

Question 4: When naming something, which button erases text?

Question 5: How do I get a sample to repeat as I hold down on a pad (and I assume I would have to set a bpm?

Question 6: Can somone explain to me what the DRUM1, DRUM2, DRUM3, DRUM 4 means? I thought if you select a different one it will have its own bank of sounds on the pads but the samples were all the same.

Question 7: Is it possible to update the 2000XL with a flash drive to avoid Zip altogether? If I installed this flash drive reader, would it behave just like the zip? What do these cost?


Thanks for any tips or help!
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By dirtyrum Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:16 pm
Search the forum, all of these questions have been covered multiple times.
Read the Manual, if you don't have it download it.
Search Youtube videos
Buy DVD tutorials
Buy Beat Making on the MPC 2000XL

Search these and you will find your answers and master your machine. Good luck.
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By Lampdog Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:39 pm
1-6 are in the manual.

7 has been asked and answered and solved 3 million times on the forum already.

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