mpc5000 usb connection with mac 0sx10.6.4

hi
i just bought new mpc5000 couple of days ago and i was trying to copy a samples folder from my mac into the mpc5000 and the size was about 3.4 gb and it took me about an hour to complete,is that something i should be concern ? since it says on the screen that the mpc 5000 is a high speed connection so is this something normal ? any way to overcome this issue ?

Actually an hour to load 3.4GBs is pretty good for a samplers USB2.0 port.
Remember it's not a computer so you won't get the loading speeds like a computer.

Actually,anyone tried this ? since it says this machine is 2.0 usb so i expect it to be a lot faster.

I too think the transfer from and to the MPC is waaay too slow for a USB 2.0 connection.. win 7 here and my computer's USB ports are 2.0 and at least 30 times faster with every other drive.
honestly it's actually in the region of a USB 1.0 connection with ~ 1 MB per second throughput.

so,is this what happend ato everyone ? damm !!!!

Alot of it has to do with the speed of the MPC 5000 internal HD and I am pretty sure it is running 5400 RPM rather than 7200 but don't quote me on that, Akai won;t answer that question when posed to tech support. I changed mine out to a 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA and it runs faster now, both on USB loading and loading into MPC RAM

cw2scogg wrote:Alot of it has to do with the speed of the MPC 5000 internal HD and I am pretty sure it is running 5400 RPM rather than 7200 but don't quote me on that, Akai won;t answer that question when posed to tech support. I changed mine out to a 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA and it runs faster now, both on USB loading and loading into MPC RAM

What kind of hdd do your recommend

Fastest way is to take the drive out and connect it directly to your computer where you want to transfer the samples from....at least...that is my experience.