cleaning up drum library

I need to make some changes to my drum library. I usually work with drum breaks from vinyl, and one-hits for layering. All recording is done through the MPC and stored on compact flash (8GB for drums, 16GB for misc samples and general tracks). All breaks in my current library are chopped (usually in MONO) and saved as programs.

Now, what I think I might start doing is either:

- Record all breaks in stereo and simply save them as stereo .wav files:
With this method I can audition each break against my primary loop/sample and then chop when decided.

- Build a new one-hit folder from recorded breaks:
This is the method I am aiming for, so instead of being lazy and just looping a break over a sample I can create my own drum patterns with various one-hits. Although I can seen issues with varying timbre/tonal qualities using multiple one-hits from different breaks.

- Don't store any drums and keep it old school:
I have a growing list of all breaks in my current vinyl collection. I can audition drums against samples/loops in real-time and then record them when decided. I love this method of building tracks on the fly and it works both ways i.e start with drums then audition samples (either with headphones or in MPC record-mode).

Any other suggestions? I really don't like the sound of one-hit 'drum libraries' from the net, would rather keep it real! Also, do you think I should keep recording into the MPC or use my audio interface instead? The pre-amps and AD/DA converters are probably better than the MPC, but I find it a lot more convenient just recording and sequencing on the spot in the MPC.

peace

i have a folder full of sampled loops, that i just wait until i bring them into the 1k to chop and then i have 20-30gb's worth of one shots and i'll go through and see what sounds good on top of the chopped drum breaks and load them up and layer, etc.

also, for the sampled drum breaks i have... i make sure to have a stereo AND a mono copy (dont ask why, i just do lol)

i run my turntable through my interface and into soundforge. i chop my samples and save them as .wav ,, then i transfer those .wav chops onto my mpc. i find chopping to be easier in SF, and i just use the 1k for sequencing and mute groups, note on, 16 levels, etc.

I think I'm having the same issue too. I think the most doable solution for me is to organize my record collection (often just easy for me to just sample off from vinyl, rather than try to find audio files from computer), so that I keep it going without searching for it too long, but I've ran out of vinyl storage already. I guess I should get another Expedit from IKEA!

I use MPC-2000XL, and I've made a few drum break programs. Those programs consist of drum samples that were sampled from my record collection. So I can use those programs to load a bunch of drum breaks in one shot. (I almost always chop drum breaks each time I use, even the ones that I use often. Plus, I have only 1GB disk place with MPC-2000XL (with non-swappable CF reader), so I cannot store too many samples on the card. I thought 1GB was a lot for XL, but it is not very generous amount of disk space neither, plus due to the old file system (FAT16), it would waste a lot of space for each sectors.

I guess this is the one of the big advantage using Maschine (much easy to organize your samples and other data), or even MPC-4000 seems to be great for file management, thanks to the large screen.