Proper Way to Save?

Hey. Okay so on my memory card I have folders, such as "kicks" "snares" etc.
I have a bunch of things loaded onto it.

so when I want to make a song, say on Sequence 01. I will load the desired kicks, snares etc. then build a program and start making my song on sequence 01. Now when i go to save that song. Say I am finished and I want to save it, or I am still woring on it and want to come back to it later, but want/have to turn off my MPC.

I go to save. and then I save the sequence 01, as "Song In Progress" or what have you. and then it asks me a bunch of things like "save samples?" "save programs?" etc.

Do I want to "Save Samples". aka if i hit Yes, will that REsave the samples i already have. Also, do I want to save the programs. Or when I save the sequence, does it remember the programs and load them up when I load.

Consequently, after learning how to save. waht is the proper way to load it so I have everything right there, ready, and in place.


If someone could break this down to me, it would save me a lot of frustration. Ive already lost 2 songs...and it's just discouraging.

Thank you!

ps i AM using the JJOS on my MPC1000

create a new folder for each song you're working on and use 'SAVE ENTIRE MEMORY' into that folder. it saves everything in one shot (programs, sequences, samples, etc...). it will save everything and create a PROJECT file (.PRJ) in the folder.

the PROJECT file is a just a pointer to all the other files. it tells the MPC what to load.

when you want to load that song up again in the future, go into the folder and just load the PRJ file. it will then load everything in one shot just as how you last saved it. all of your sequences, samples, etc. will be in place and ready to go.

ALWAYS do this. it will save you a lot of grief.

keep in mind when you load a PRJ file, it will completely wipe out whatever else you currently have in the MPC. so if you are working on something else, save it first before loading a different PROJECT.


by the way, this is all in the FAQ at the top of this forum:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=79195

there's a lot of valuable info in there so you should read it.

wow, very descriptive and easy to follow. thanks for the feed. yeah--faq sticky, i forgot about that, good call.

alright im going to give this a shot..been working on this beat all day. learned a lot about my mpc and chopping--all in all it was a good day.

thanks again.
ciao