Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By SNMTK Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:44 am
sup all!!

ive had the 500 for a bit now, and never really had any problems with it. however had my 1st big problem a couple of days ago. i have a 4gb cf flash card, have the 128mb ram and run it on batteries. heres the scenario:

was making a beat..
track 1: kicks
track 2: snare
track 3: hats
track 4: percussion
track 5: keys 1
track 6: keys 2
track 7: bass

all on sequence 1. ive only used samples, no midi or anything involved. when i try to copy sequence 1 to blank sequence 2 it says 'insufficient memory'. is this a polyphony issue or something? also, when i go to try record some extra keys on track 8, the mpc just freezes and i have to turn it off and turn it on again. when i go to record again, same thing happens. so i had to start recording things manually in the step edit page which was really annoying. and to overcome the sequence copying thing, i went to sequence edit and copied track by track... which took me a lot of time!! just wondering why it says 'insufficent memory' surely it couldnt be the ram, i dont even have that many samples in memory. thanks for the help everyone!!!
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By Lampdog Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:36 pm
Maybe (I doubt it though) you have used all the seq memory in the machine.

MPC500_Reference_Manual_revC

-Sequencer-
Maximum events: 100,000 notes
Resolution: 96 parts per 1/4-note
Sequences: 99
Tracks per sequence: 48
MIDI output channels: 16
Song mode: 20 songs, 250 steps per song
Drum pad: 12 (velocity and pressure sensitive)
Drum pad banks: 4
Sync mode: MIDI clock

Other than that, it might be a bug or corrupt os load, I can't think of anything else right now though.
I doubt you have used up to 100,000 notes in one sequence, lol.

Polyphony issues would be sounds inadvertently cutting off one another, and that's not what you described.
By SNMTK Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:38 pm
cool, thanks for that. but yeah i dont think ive used all the sequence memory either lol. another thing i was thinking it might be is the cf card. i know the manual says its only supposed to accept 2gb or something, ive got a 4gb and its up to about 3gb. would this have any effect?