Best way to transfer .wav files from computer to MPC?

Since MPC Editor no longer has the Format option, and the Vailixi O.S. is no longer available or supported, what's the best method of transferring .wav files from a PC to an MPC? I'm using the MPC 3000.

I have a kit of drum sounds but don't want to have to sample every sound individually; would rather have programs set up with several sounds transferred to my Zip disk. (I'm using an external SCSI Zip drive).

use REC IN on a back panel ))) in your mpc dude

Pretty sure you can plug a 1/8 to dual 1/4 in for that.

Computer Audio (Green I think) ---> 1/8 -------------> 1/4 MPC record
-------------------------------------------------------------> 1/4 inputs

I use an old laptop that still has windows xp. You can get one off ebay for around $100 give or take. I attach a usb zip drive as well as a usb floppy to it. I know people diss floppys, but one can hold 24-36 drums sounds. Samples may require multiple disk.

Anyway, I do all my kits on my main studio computer that has windows 7. From there I build my kits and save them to a folder on my sample drive. Saving them to a folder on your computer gives you a back up. I make a folder for each kit. Make sure all of your sounds are 44.1k/16-bit or convert them otherwise it will play static.

Next, I take a thumb drive and copy the files onto the thumb drive. I plan to use a 8 gig drive just for this purpose which will also give me another source for backup. From there I insert the thumbdrive into the laptop that has windows xp. I then open up MPC editor and load my kits from the thumbdrive. If you havent formatted your disk (floppy, zip or CF card), do so now. From there you should be good to go. I forget what menu option you use but I will take a look at it when I get home.

This is the way I transfer my samples and it works great. Sometimes I take a day and just make a bunch of kits. You can always swap sounds if you need to.

dmcsb wrote:use REC IN on a back panel ))) in your mpc dude

I don't want to sample the sounds.

BasquiatDeLaMPC wrote:Pretty sure you can plug a 1/8 to dual 1/4 in for that.

Computer Audio (Green I think) ---> 1/8 -------------> 1/4 MPC record
-------------> 1/4 inputs

If you read my O.G. post, it says I don't want to sample each sound individually. I want to build a program and transfer that to ZIP disk.

dccarson wrote:I use an old laptop that still has windows xp. You can get one off ebay for around $100 give or take. I attach a usb zip drive as well as a usb floppy to it. I know people diss floppys, but one can hold 24-36 drums sounds. Samples may require multiple disk.

Anyway, I do all my kits on my main studio computer that has windows 7. From there I build my kits and save them to a folder on my sample drive. Saving them to a folder on your computer gives you a back up. I make a folder for each kit. Make sure all of your sounds are 44.1k/16-bit or convert them otherwise it will play static.

Next, I take a thumb drive and copy the files onto the thumb drive. I plan to use a 8 gig drive just for this purpose which will also give me another source for backup. From there I insert the thumbdrive into the laptop that has windows xp. I then open up MPC editor and load my kits from the thumbdrive. If you havent formatted your disk (floppy, zip or CF card), do so now. From there you should be good to go. I forget what menu option you use but I will take a look at it when I get home.

This is the way I transfer my samples and it works great. Sometimes I take a day and just make a bunch of kits. You can always swap sounds if you need to.

Thanks for taking the time with your response. Problem is, MPC Editor no longer supports the Format Disk function (on midicase.com, it says this feature is "removed for free version."

Thanks for your replies, fellas; thankfully, an mpc-forums member with the full version of MPC Editor has offered to format a transfer disk for me!

I had no idea that vailixi could format a disk and windows can see it. If that is true, I learned something new.

another option instead of buying an old laptop is installing windows xp in a virtual machine, via something free like virtual box.
this is what i do on my macs and it works really well.

I never tried vitual box. I may have to do that if my laptop ever goes out. Lately I have been obsessing about backing everything up to include buying spare zip drives. But if the day ever came where I could no longer transfer samples into my MPC, Its not like its so hard to sample them straight in especially if its a drum hit.

Definitely not hard, but time-consuming. How would I go about sampling single drum hits that are in wav format? iTunes and Windows Media Player playback is very cumbersome. Would I put each wav file in a program like Audacity, stacked track by track and just sample each hit one by one?

yea anything that plays them back will work.
if you want to do it intelligently though, you sequence them in a daw on a grid, 16 hits to a sequence. sample that whole sequence, then use autochop / zone edit to slice all 16 hits at one time.
you will probably not save ram this way, but it would save you time.
edit: nevermind i see you are using 3000.
still you could sample as a long sequence then split up in the machine - and if you do it by a grid then you can work out the numbers easier, so this trick still might help a little.

Xandre wrote:

BasquiatDeLaMPC wrote:Pretty sure you can plug a 1/8 to dual 1/4 in for that.

Computer Audio (Green I think) ---> 1/8 -------------> 1/4 MPC record
-------------> 1/4 inputs

If you read my O.G. post, it says I don't want to sample each sound individually. I want to build a program and transfer that to ZIP disk.

Oh sorry my bad lol. I just got my MPC so that was an educated guess based off the first two chapters of the manual. Good thing that dude helped you out though!

basquita, you may want to check out MPC Editor too. I use it with my MPC2K and it makes life easier. Right now, I would just sample in as there are somethings you will learn by doing this that will help you in your career. Many young cats just drag a file into a program, chop it up and keep going. Theyve never "sampled" anything but rather chopped up a file. Sampling not only teaches you about sampling but recording as well. You learn about levels, phase and so many other things you just dont get with doing everything on a computer.

Remember the movie karate kid? How Mr. Miage had training old school, not in some state of the art dojo. What he was teaching Daniel was the basics. The basics (or fundamentals) are what seperates you. Many people try out for the NFL or NBA that are just as strong as the next. What seperates them is their fundamentals and understanding of the game. Some may chime in and say otherwise.

dccarson wrote:basquita, you may want to check out MPC Editor too. I use it with my MPC2K and it makes life easier. Right now, I would just sample in as there are somethings you will learn by doing this that will help you in your career. Many young cats just drag a file into a program, chop it up and keep going. Theyve never "sampled" anything but rather chopped up a file. Sampling not only teaches you about sampling but recording as well. You learn about levels, phase and so many other things you just dont get with doing everything on a computer.

Remember the movie karate kid? How Mr. Miage had training old school, not in some state of the art dojo. What he was teaching Daniel was the basics. The basics (or fundamentals) are what seperates you. Many people try out for the NFL or NBA that are just as strong as the next. What seperates them is their fundamentals and understanding of the game. Some may chime in and say otherwise.

That Karate Kid reference was so righteous. I understand, I actually have that thing too. I'll make sure to learn it the old way now because you said this. Thank you bruh.