Wavs not working or hissing

I tried running a search, so forgive me. Feel free to post a link to an old thread.

This isn't really an issue with samples I create myself. However, I have a ton of wav files from various places (fruity, cd packs, friends, etc) and a large amount of them will not play on my MPC. I either get dead air or a hissing. Any idea why? Is there something I can do? Or are they just wavs files I can't use?

Thanks in advance.

Lampdog wrote:mpc's eats 44khz/16bit wavs for breakfast lunch and dinner.

The MPC4000 is the exception to the rule and also has a taste for fashionable 96khz/ 24bit wavs.

Older MPC's (60/3000) don't even like .wav files and only work with .snd format files.

You will find a lot of DAW's and sample packs now use 24 bit files as standard or the user has a choice of installing either the 16 bit samples or the 24 bit ones.

MP3's and other compressed file types must be converted to .wav or .snd before use in an MPC using a conversion program.

Thanks a lot for the help. It also led me to being able to use search terms that actually got me some results and education. I have now converted some sound files and also made new single hits and exported them through a 44khz/16bit wav and have had no problem.

Appreciate it guys.

*solved*

Fancy foot work, what program did you use to convert your standard wav files into MPC2000XL readable wav files? I have tried everything from audacity, disk2write, & several others & still have not seen any results. Not to mention all the cd's i've ruined in the process. I've tried converting all my wav files to 16bit 44.1hz wav & yet my machine still doesn't recognize the files when I try to load them from my SCSI cd player.

weird, i've never had any problems with noisy files.. i've had wavs not working at all a few times, but opening it in wavelab and re-saving it has always worked.. i always took it as either a corrupt file or it contained some extra data that the mpc couldnt read

it could have been 24bit files that were somehow being interpreted as 16 bit?

The op seems to have solved the problem.

It always helps if you state clearly which machine you are using in the original post, and if you sort a problem feedback and let us know exactly what the issue was.

That way we know how useful our advice was if at all...

Glad you got it sorted.

Well I'm still having my problems, I'm trying to use my standard PC based .wav files on my MPC2000XL. & for ehatever reason my MPC doesn't recognise the files after I burn them on to cd's. I've done everything epoeple have suggested like using audacity, write2disk, sound converter, etc. & nothing seems to work. I have an external SCSI cd drive connected to my MPC.

I tried the ISO burn, & this time the machine accepted the cd. However it came back with the error message of wrong wav format. How can I check the wav format when the burning software doesn't specify what rate it's in? Which software do you recommend I use to create & burn these files?

are you on mac or windows?

audacity to create / convert the files.
wavosaur is another option on windows.

on windows i use imgburn to burn data cds.

on mac i just use built in burner, but id be willing to bet that any cd made straight off os x might have issues on an old finnicky sampler.

like tapedeck says, use SEPARATE software for converting the WAV files and for burning files to disk

you need an audio editor to convert the WAVs, but you do not want to use burning software which knows about audio files, you're trying to burn a data cd not an audio cd. so it's not surprising the burning software doesn't tell you what rate the files are in, the burning software should just copy whatever files you tell it to, not convert them or try to create an audio cd or anything else

Sorry for the delay in response. I don't know if any of this will help, but I will share my information. I am NOT an expert at ALL with the MPC and am just learning. I am also not a huge techy person, I do the best I can. Worst case, this will lead you to some search function conversation.

I am currently a WINDOWS 64-BIT User.

Based on the information the people gave me, it allowed me to run some searches. With that I found the following.

1. You can check what bit your wavs are in itunes (move the file in and select "get info". I found that some files were not 16-bit even though they said they were. Don't know what that was about, but it is what it was.

2. There were still some files that said they were 16-bit and 44hz but did not read or play in the MPC. I took those files and the ones that were 24-bit and used Cool Edit Pro 2.1 to save them as new wavs and gave then smaller names with no dashes, paces, nothing. I just made folder and then labeled "kick1" "kick2" "clap1" etc. I read that the more complicated then name or dashes, sometimes the worse problems. If I wanted to make it stand out I would just use an initial like "mokick1" and just keep a notebook list of what that means.

3. In Cool Edit Pro 2.1, I saved the wavs using the ACM waveform option that lets me set the Filter and Attribute/Bit. I selected the 44/16 Bit option. I tested saving it under different wav options and the sound through the MPC was either compressed too much or it didn't play at all. Thus far with my testing of already created wav forms needing conversion, the ACM waveform compression seems to work best with the MPC.

4. I also just imported wav files into my FL Studio Producer Edition (9) and did single hit track (and any edits/reverb/etc) I wanted to make on them and exported them as wavs. These were no problem.

5. I import via USB. I don't like taking the cards in and out as much as possible having too many problem in the past with bent prong issues. So, I made new folders, assigned my goods, and didn't have a problem.

So, in short.

-Itunes to read Bit
-Wav editor to convert to ACM waveform (I used Cool Edit Pro 2.1)
-Record hits yourself and export through its wav program. For me I had no problem with FL Studio 9.
-Uploaded via USB