Question about pads n notes

Hello people!

I have a 500 on the way in the post and have been doing my research. Im not new to beat making / music production, just to the MPC.

Alls I wanna know is if you can import a sample to the MPC, for example a chord, and assign it to each pad like keys of a piano. So the first pad plays my sample in note C, the 2nd pad plays my sample in note D, the 3rd in note E and so on???

If so, how do i do it?

Cheers

cheers for that. I aslo wanna know if you can get any upgrades for the 500 apart from the RAM, like JJ OS for the 1000?

there is an OS update...from akai's website under MPC 500.

cheers pal ive read the instructions and downloaded the file.
Could you tell me exactly what the update will do? and are there any disadvantages or risks involved with it?

Should i put it on my MPC?