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Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By kingrome_1 Mon May 18, 2009 7:49 pm
vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:No probs, yeah on the 2k xl when in the load page you highlight the sound you want and press the load button then it gives you the option to listen to it, cancel and go back to the load page or assign it to a pad..all you do if you are happy with it is hit the pad you want it on and press ok..some where allong those lines any way lol don't have my xl with me
Don't know on where to get sounds of the net to be honest...I usualy either sample drums from vinyl or old drum machines for the music I do like Roland 808's, 909's googeling these will get you samples..

yea i was messing with loading sounds lastnight an i figured it out pretty quick.
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By vinyl_junkie_1620 Mon May 18, 2009 7:56 pm
How do you like it compared to the 60? The 60 is still on my list of drool look but can't touch mpc's lol The sound from that machine is top dollar...the 2000xl is a strange one, people say the 3000 sounds better..I agree I played both, but my xl can sound good and bad on different days lol some times I hate it some times I love it hahah I also use a S-3200XL rack sampler which is my poor man's MPC-3000 but it does a lot more

Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By scsiforsamplers.com Mon May 18, 2009 11:32 pm
You cannot save to a CDROM drive (or a CDRW for that matter, as the MPC2000XL doesn't support burning CDs), so if you plan to save you'll need another SCSI drive. Many people use Zip drives and they are perfectly servicable, just a tad unreliable. But a good way to get started. We do now sell internal and external Zip drives, btw (that's why I no longer call them pieces of crap :lol: ).

SMC is offering an inexpensive internal card reader drive and that is a very good option as well if you are comfortable mucking around inside the case to get it installed.

My company offers several options as well, one of which is a 9GB external solid-state hard drive that makes zero noise during use. You get 9GB of fast storage space, the fastest of any SCSI storage option (no brag, just fact) but that option will cost a bit more than the internal card reader or external Zip drive.

Please feel free to contact me when you are ready and I'll be glad to help you get the SCSI storage option that suits you best.
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By kingrome_1 Tue May 19, 2009 1:30 am
thanks JD because i do need a scsi cable for my zip drive but i think ims get it from vst since there local.BUt what i do need to know is how to get sounds to a cd/floopy becuase i see my mpc60 floppies work just fine but my pc wont format them.an i found sounds online.An tryed to drag and drop to a blank an it didnt work...what am i doing wrong??

Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By scsiforsamplers.com Tue May 19, 2009 8:05 am
No sweat on the cable - buying local is always a good thing - but you should be able to burn wav files to a CD and then load them into your MPC via the CDROM drive. Of course, the wav files have to be the right type - 16bit/44KHz - but otherwise, just burn a standard ISO9660 CD using Nero or whatever and you should have no problem loading. Same goes for a floppy - if it's DOS-formatted, you should be able to put wav files on it and then load them into the MPC. I'm not sure why that didn't work for you - what happened exactly?
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By Tapuno Tue May 19, 2009 12:15 pm
bedouin wrote:Looks like you have a 1500 MKI there. Nice.

:lol:
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By Lampdog Tue May 19, 2009 12:56 pm
kingrome_1 wrote:An tryed to drag and drop to a blank an it didnt work...what am i doing wrong??

drag and drop usually only works on 2kxl for 44khz/16bit wav. If you find a sound of another format, then convert it to "windows pcm" using 44khz/16bit and the 2kxl will be able to use it.

There are 4 million 5 hundred and thirty different audio formats online, choose the right ones or convert.
Learn which formats your mpc's use.
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By kingrome_1 Tue May 19, 2009 6:40 pm
scsiforsamplers.com wrote:No sweat on the cable - buying local is always a good thing - but you should be able to burn wav files to a CD and then load them into your MPC via the CDROM drive. Of course, the wav files have to be the right type - 16bit/44KHz - but otherwise, just burn a standard ISO9660 CD using Nero or whatever and you should have no problem loading. Same goes for a floppy - if it's DOS-formatted, you should be able to put wav files on it and then load them into the MPC. I'm not sure why that didn't work for you - what happened exactly?

well here is what happned,i took one of my old mpc 60 dd/dd floppies. and loaded it inot my 2kxl an it worked fine then i formatted it,and i think thats where i messed up my pc wouldnt format it either. :roll: but im not so 100% bout ISO9660 and nero...

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By scsiforsamplers.com Tue May 19, 2009 7:02 pm
ISO9660 is just the standard for a user-burned CD. On my Nero 9, I just choose CD-ROM (ISO) as the type I want to burn, then drag the wav files (being sure they are 16bit/44KHz) over and burn the CD. I don't own an MPC2000XL but that works fine for my Yamaha Motif and Kurzweil K2500.
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By kingrome_1 Tue May 19, 2009 7:24 pm
scsiforsamplers.com wrote:ISO9660 is just the standard for a user-burned CD. On my Nero 9, I just choose CD-ROM (ISO) as the type I want to burn, then drag the wav files (being sure they are 16bit/44KHz) over and burn the CD. I don't own an MPC2000XL but that works fine for my Yamaha Motif and Kurzweil K2500.

so i can use anything to burn it right.
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By SMC Tue May 19, 2009 8:17 pm
Word, I'd buy em all day maxed out for $400!!!!! DANG!!!

Dude, if you have a 001, get yourself a cheap G3 or G4 Mac Tower

G3's can be had for like $30-40 on CL, and G4's for $150 to about $300 depending on what you get.

If cheap is the key, get a G3, otherwise I suggest a G4. I know cats running LE on dual 867 MHz G4's, I have a G4 MDD Dual 867 running a Mix System and it's off the chain for live or production work, and I've known guys running HD (First Gen PCI/PCIx stuff) on G4's.

To build on the Mac thing further. I've got 3 systems.
LE on a Dual 2.8 Rackmount AMD with MSI MOBO, 4GB RAM Win XP Pro SP2, PT LE 7.1 - 16 Channels
MIX on a Dual 867 Mac G4 MDD with 2 GB Ram, OS 10.3.9, PT TDM 6.4.1cs4 - 32 Channels
HD1 on a Quad 2.33 Intel on a ASUS P5Q, 8GB Ram, Win XP Pro SP2, PT HD 8 - 16 Channels, soon to be 32
(And I should mention all my plugs are native, and I've got, and use, a lot of em, and I can mix a bit on my G4)

All very good systems for what they are used for.
A 001 on a G3 will get you by, while a G4 Quicksilver Dualcore, or MDD,
with 2GB Ram will get you by on production, and mild mixing.

You're not gonna do 48 track extensive mix and master effectively, at least not with DSP heavy plugs,
cause you just won't have the processing, but either a G3 or G4 will get you going, with 'according' results.

Just some thoughts.....

Ooooh, oh yeah.....
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Maybe I shouldn't have :)
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Re: OMG,OMG LIKE OMG

By scsiforsamplers.com Tue May 19, 2009 8:57 pm
kingrome_1 wrote:
scsiforsamplers.com wrote:ISO9660 is just the standard for a user-burned CD. On my Nero 9, I just choose CD-ROM (ISO) as the type I want to burn, then drag the wav files (being sure they are 16bit/44KHz) over and burn the CD. I don't own an MPC2000XL but that works fine for my Yamaha Motif and Kurzweil K2500.

so i can use anything to burn it right.


Yep, pretty much. They all have a way to burn just a standard ISO CD.
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