polifany question

yea i cant spell the word but i got a question.. say i assigne the same sample to mulitple pads in a program say a kick. how many times can i trigger the kicks before they drop out? i noticed wheni had 3 pads of kicks doing there things theyd work on there own but when all 3 were going id be missing hits. if i need to do this kind of stuff would it be wiser to re save the same sample with differnt names and assigne each re named sample to a pad?

sorry if thats a messed question

The answer to the MPC's polyphony is on page 91 of the manual.

The sample's name, associated file, and pad assignment do not affect the polyphony. You can run out of polyphony whether you're using 1 pad or 32.