Why can't I save more than one project in the same folder?

Ok, there can be only one project in a folder. I remember learning that early on the hard way. I assume this is one of those not so documented problems that all mpcs have. If you save a project in a folder that already has another project in it, you will wreck the other project by overwriting your other .ALL file.

Do I understand this issue correctly? I've been searching around online for more information about this and I haven't had much luck. I couldn't find it documented in the manual.

This is one of those things I'd like to understand better cause I hate folders. I'd probably save all my stuff at the root of the card if this issue wasn't around. I figured I'd look into it.

Thanks for any insight you guys could give about it.

Ok so since you're talking about the .ALL file, I just looked in my MPC backup files and it appears that is only talking about the Sequences and Songs, not the actual program itself. I wouldn't know how to bypass that, you would need to find a way to make the project load a different filename, which I'm not sure how to do.

Try this, it might work, as a project file is just a standard text file rather than a gibberish binary file. It is a PITA of course, but I've considered using it in sample packs if I ever needed two or three projects in one folder.

1. save the first project to the folder.
2. USB to computer
3. Go to the CF and rename the ALL file ('ALL_SEQS&SONGS.ALL' to 'example.ALL')
4. Open the PRJ file in a text editor (e.g notepad on PC or textedit on Mac)
5. Find the line where it mentions the ALL file
6. Change the name to match your new ALL file name ('example.ALL') - save it
7. Back in your MPC, save a new project file to the same folder, the both ALL files should coexist.

Original 'example.PRJ' opened in a text editor:



Changed:



However I would say, I don't get the issue with using folders, it's pretty much fundamental to the way we manage files day-to-day in computers, and it's very organised

Nice Tutor! Thanks for that! That really helps!

Seems like the akai developers were going somewhere with projects and they didn't quite make it there all the way. I don't see any reason to ever rename a project or .ALL file but we have the option to do it. The manual leads you right into disaster as far as saving projects.

As far as folders... I'm a computer programmer all day so I get the folder thing, I just don't organize much that way anymore if I don't have to. I figured the mpc load screen already filters my view by file type. Flip to load > projects and there's my list of projects. Flip to load > programs and there's my list of programs.... etc.... no folder surfing at all.