Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
ByDavey Sun Mar 02, 2003 9:43 pm
what kind of files can 4000's read? , im thinking of getting one, and use a lot of wavs, Aiffs, and Mp3's

By Gigaton Sun Mar 02, 2003 10:11 pm
The MPC4000 supports:
1. S1000/ S1100
2. S3000/XL Series
3. S5000/S6000
4. MPC2000XL
5. MPC3000
6. Z4/Z8
7. .WAV files
8. E-Mu EIII
9. E-Mu E4 (next OS update V1.50)
10. Roland S700 Series (next OS update V1.50)
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By JusDaFied Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:04 am
Davey wrote:what kind of files can 4000's read? , im thinking of getting one, and use a lot of wavs, Aiffs, and Mp3's



Just convert your MP3's to .WAV..

I'm actually surprised that more machines don't support MP3s. At a 10:1 compression ration the files are much smaller and when we blow them back up to WAVs we don't get any of our sound back so we might as well keep the small file right?