Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By grafik Fri May 22, 2009 8:57 am
HEY PEEPS I JUST GOT A NEW MPC 2500...I BOUGHT A CF CARD 2 GIG KINGSTON.SO IF ANYONE HAS THE 2500 AND THE OPERATORS MANUAL ON PAGE 108 "LOADING A SAMPLE" WELL I D0WNLOAD SOME SAMPLES FREE ONES I ALSO GOT SOME THROUGH OTHER SITES...WELL I LOAD THE CARD... I CAN HEAR THE SAMPLES ALL OF THEM....AND WHEN I ASSIGN IT TO A SELECTED PAD... SAY LIKE THE FIRST PAD.. I GO LOAD THE SAMPLE AND THEN I HIT THE MAIN BUTTON TO GO BACK TO HIT THAT SAME PAD AND NOTHING!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG THE SAMPLES ARE .WAV WHATS GOING ON... YEAH I KNOW IM A NOOB....PLEASE HELP
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By hiphoppa Fri May 22, 2009 3:28 pm
grafik wrote:HEY PEEPS I JUST GOT A NEW MPC 2500...I BOUGHT A CF CARD 2 GIG KINGSTON.SO IF ANYONE HAS THE 2500 AND THE OPERATORS MANUAL ON PAGE 108 "LOADING A SAMPLE" WELL I D0WNLOAD SOME SAMPLES FREE ONES I ALSO GOT SOME THROUGH OTHER SITES...WELL I LOAD THE CARD... I CAN HEAR THE SAMPLES ALL OF THEM....AND WHEN I ASSIGN IT TO A SELECTED PAD... SAY LIKE THE FIRST PAD.. I GO LOAD THE SAMPLE AND THEN I HIT THE MAIN BUTTON TO GO BACK TO HIT THAT SAME PAD AND NOTHING!!!! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG THE SAMPLES ARE .WAV WHATS GOING ON... YEAH I KNOW IM A NOOB....PLEASE HELP



The samples that you got, are they "for" the 2500(.pgm) or just .wav? Samples have to be something like 44.4 megahurtz with 16 bits or something like that. If they are not, you won't hear it when its on the pad.

Or, are you sure your on the correct program and pad bank (the A, B, C, D buttons on the right)? If you load a sample it should show you Program1> A01 on the main screen.

Please also refrane form using CAPS on you texts, makes you an even bigger nOOb.


Good luck.