IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECORD LONGER THAN 11MIN STEREO?

am i wrong,or does the mp only give 11min of sounds installed?,and it only allows you to record 11min.theres the time in the left or right corner which seem to go higher than 11min,as if theres an option to record longer live recordings.let me know please.

( no vague or stupid responses please)

surely you would be better of recording into an 8 track for live ish?? i cant really see why you would need to record more than 11mins. each to their own i guess.

if you record in mono you should b able to double your available recording time

pitch up your incoming source, the faster it plays the more time you record

of sampling time?this is for live drums,guitar ect... i want to be able to go back and pick out want i want from a long live session or,if i have lets say an 8min song that i want to do some mixing down in the mpc in STEREO to send out a file,i need to have another 8min of resampling time which of course would add up to 16min .also when travleing i only want to take my mp and no other recording source(4,8 or 16 track).so ,does anyone have more time,or know if its possible,and if so how and in STEREO? thanks

(no vague,cocky,or stupid responses please,it doesnt help)

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man no wonder you don't get any sleep at night.

your question has already been answered: 11 mins is the ABSOLUTE maximum, if you were sampling records you could squeeze out a little more by sampling on 45, but for your live stuff you cant.

If you really want to use the mpc for this you need to record shorter bits of your jams(2-4mins?),extract the best bits to new samples, save both new and old samples to your hard disk or compact flash.
At this point delete the big samples from the ram, you will be left with the choice bits of your jam. drop them into a sequence and repeat this process if you want by recording more on top or whatever.

It does sound like you'd be better off with a portable multitrack or a laptop and sound card for recording long pieces like that.You could record multiple instruments to multiple tracks for starters.
The mpc's audio tracks are more suited for recording a few short ideas than for recording a jazz odyssey.

why do people buy MPC's without knowing what they do?

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dude, i had noooo clue how much cool stuff the 1000 could do under jjos when i bought it...i just wanted a smaller mpc than my old 2000xl..i'd NEVER go back to my xl now...

DVS isnt suggesting that you only buy an mpc if you know all its features and potential,but that you should be aquainted with its basic features...especially if you have a very fixed idea of what you want to do with it.

Even with JJ its still a sequencer+sampler+pad box(although a better one!) it is not a multi track recorder.

My first mpc was the mpc-370 i could sample pictures on it but id be damned if i could get it to sample sounds...thats Akai for you i suppose

Seriously, let's say you have 22min sampling time in mono and want to record a 4 min song = 5 tracks of 4 min real audio plus 2min sounds for sequencing. That is more than enough if you then cut up/repeat your best bits/phrases. I started using my 1000 as a multitracker and it's pretty good/fast at it (os2), especially with a mixer using the 6 outs.

and thanks to all that replied with real answers,all helpful.