Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By bigcur Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:03 am
so i saved a project on my mpc 500 and when i pulled it off the usb drive, it was a prj file, and i have no idea how to convert it to a mp3 or if there is a converter i need to get, or also if im not saving my projects the right way...anyway i would appreciate any help these mpc boards have, any questions iv had u guys always come to my rescue
please help me lol
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By Lampdog Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:30 pm
PadPusha wrote:get on google and search for file converter thats compatible with prj file. bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt

PRJ is not an audio file, it's data. It doesn't work like that.
Learn your machine, figure out how to "record main out" and then "save as wave".
THEN usb it to your computer and convert that WAV to MP3.
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By BLiTzZD Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:46 pm
Lampdog wrote:
PadPusha wrote:get on google and search for file converter thats compatible with prj file. bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt

PRJ is not an audio file, it's data. It doesn't work like that.
Learn your machine, figure out how to "record main out" and then "save as wave".
THEN usb it to your computer and convert that WAV to MP3.


ALL MUST BOW DOWN TO THE WISDOM OF THE SUPREME MODERATOR!!! :lol:

HE'S CALLED THAT FOR A REASON....
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By Lampdog Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:01 pm
Nah that's not it, hahaha, wow, hahaha.

prj is a "project" meaning everything, data, samples, midi assignments, everything is contained within it.

You can't just "convert" something like that when it contains so many elements to be re-saved into an end result as
simple as an mp3. You'll have to play out the AUDIO like I described above and record that simple 2 channel audio
to an audio file (wav). See, it's that easy, and people need to learn what their machines can do BEFORE they start
wondering and dreaming up stuff, the more you know about the functions of your machine the more you can
manipulate the funk out of it (pun intended - hehe).

And I don't even HAVE an MPC500. BUT I've read the manual at least twice, I've looked up a bunch of stuff in that
same manual jsut for peeps here on the boards that didn't understand the mumbo jumbo sometimes and I've played
with one for a long while when I was in Iraq. One of my boys out there asked me which one do I think he would be
good with sine he had nothing and has never made ANY music. I said, "500". Not even 2 weeks later it arrived in the
mail and I schooled him on it the whole evening. It's a pretty fresh little machine I gotta say.

So if I can can read the manual and be interested in it even when I don't have one then peeps that have it def
need to get busy.


"Drop the excuses and pick up a purpose ****"

-Method Man
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By DPM Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:03 am
OP...thats basically common sense, when dealing with something that has l/r main outs. mpc 500 or not. its also common sense pretty much that .prj is not an audio file. (have you ever hit play on that file inside the 500? it doesnt play back anything does it?)......