MPC500, USB and CF cardd

Hi - I'm new, just got an MPC 500. I did a search and most of my questions were answered with regards to USB. Essentially, I learned that the USB is only used for exchanging files between the PC and the CF card while it's plugged into the unit. No USB audio, no USB MIDI.

My last question is: If I have a CF card adapter for my PC, do I have to go through my the MPC 500 to load files onto the card? Can I just load them to the card directly from my PC? The PC seems to read the card ok, but I don't want to assume there isn't any proprietary reading/writing going on by the MPC that the PC can't do and might mess up the formatting of the card.

Thanks for your help!

You can copy the files using your CF USB adaptor, you do not have to use the MPC 500 to load files onto the CF card.

Great - exactly what I wanted to hear - Thanks!