Whats up with this?

I finished a beat and tried to save it and in the middle of saving the floppy states that there is an error but I format all my disks before they even go into the mpc so how could that have happened?

Next thing I know a bunch of numbers and letters pop up and I can't get to any screen...It wouldn't let me go to the load screen,save screen or not even the main menu screen...Is it possible for a floppy to still be corrupted even if you format it?This has happened more than once

could be a number of things, but sounds like either bad/old floppy disks or bad floppy drive. do you format in your mpc or on another device? when saving to floppy almost everytime you will have to use more than one disk and thats just risky especially saving a whole program or beat over the coarse of 7 disks...eesh. i seriously say invest in a scsi drive or cf card reader man...

the numbers on the screen thing has happened to me before but im pretty sure its never been disk or disk drive related. at first i thought it was a virus or something in my mpc so i took it to Forat and even though he said he reinstalled the OS (for a dreadfully unreasonable amount of money) it really didnt help at all. still happens to me on and off. knowing my mpc it usually happens when i mess with attack/decay on a pad. only happens when i use the data wheel to so, i type in the numbers now instead of scroll. seems to work and a cheaper remedy... anyone know the cause(s) of this scrambled number shyte?

mumkai wrote:could be a number of things, but sounds like either bad/old floppy disks or bad floppy drive. do you format in your mpc or on another device? when saving to floppy almost everytime you will have to use more than one disk and thats just risky especially saving a whole program or beat over the coarse of 7 disks...eesh. i seriously say invest in a scsi drive or cf card reader man...

the numbers on the screen thing has happened to me before but im pretty sure its never been disk or disk drive related. at first i thought it was a virus or something in my mpc so i took it to Forat and even though he said he reinstalled the OS (for a dreadfully unreasonable amount of money) it really didnt help at all. still happens to me on and off. knowing my mpc it usually happens when i mess with attack/decay on a pad. only happens when i use the data wheel to so, i type in the numbers now instead of scroll. seems to work and a cheaper remedy... anyone know the cause(s) of this scrambled number shyte?

I format the disks in the mpc I have no other way of formatting them.

I started having similar problems with my floppy drive. Often when saving or loading samples/programs I would get an error like you're referring to. Not all the time but now and then. It got worse and eventually I couldn't even save and would have to finish a beat in a single session. These units are getting to be 10+ years old and the floppy drives can be some of the first things to go. I got a CF card reader to replace it and it works great.

Before you buy anything new I would recommend opening the MPC and checking to see if all the cables are plugged in properly. If all of that looks legit, it may be time to replace it with a zip drive or a card reader of some kind.

BKWRM wrote:I started having similar problems with my floppy drive. Often when saving or loading samples/programs I would get an error like you're referring to. Not all the time but now and then. It got worse and eventually I couldn't even save and would have to finish a beat in a single session. These units are getting to be 10+ years old and the floppy drives can be some of the first things to go. I got a CF card reader to replace it and it works great.

Before you buy anything new I would recommend opening the MPC and checking to see if all the cables are plugged in properly. If all of that looks legit, it may be time to replace it with a zip drive or a card reader of some kind.

A replacement drive is only $40 at mpcstuff.com so I might just get that I love the floppies man & I might go with a zip drive...the only thing is I wont be able to play the beats I have now on a zip drive

You could probably load the old floppy files on your computer and then move them to a zip disk you formatted on the MPC first assuming your floppies are legit. I know the floppy deal has a certain aesthetic to it but you'll get over that real quick when you can load an entire project including sounds off a CF card in about 10-15 seconds

fortunately for replacing your drive there is no soldering involved and you dont have to move around any of the circuit boards like you would for that rotary encoder that's giving you **** right now

BKWRM wrote:You could probably load the old floppy files on your computer and then move them to a zip disk you formatted on the MPC first assuming your floppies are legit. I know the floppy deal has a certain aesthetic to it but you'll get over that real quick when you can load an entire project including sounds off a CF card in about 10-15 seconds

fortunately for replacing your drive there is no soldering involved and you dont have to move around any of the circuit boards like you would for that rotary encoder that's giving you **** right now

I use to have a mcd(multi card drive) 2000xl so I know about compact flash and what not...Thank god their is no soldering involved big plus now all i have to do is order the part and take it to an electronics shop

BKWRM what do you mean assuming my floppies are legit?where you get your floppies form matters?

No need to take it to a shop. Replacing the drive is very simple and only thing you need is a screwdriver to open the case with.

With legit he means "in working condition".

Sabotage wrote:No need to take it to a shop. Replacing the drive is very simple and only thing you need is a screwdriver to open the case with.

With legit he means "in working condition".

Oh my fault I mean that im taking it to a shop for the rotary encoder thing for the jog wheel im pretty sure I can do the floppy drive myself..I just dont trust myself with soldering s*** haha

90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:BKWRM what do you mean assuming my floppies are legit?where you get your floppies form matters?

Floppy discs degrade over time and are more prone to read/write failure if they are kinda old. So by that I mean as long as your floppies are in good condition.

Definitely get an different drive of some kind. Floppies are slow and unstable. As for your old beats, you can move them from floppy to new drive no problem. Floppy and Zip/CF are different ports and power outlets on your motherboard (I'm assuming you have an XL), so you can have both hooked up at the same time I'm pretty sure. Before removing your old floppy drive, attach the new drive, boot up the mpc, load all your old programs and then same them to the new drive. Pain in the ass but worth it I would say. Lemmie know if this works!

90's Hip Hop Head,

Did you replace the jog wheel yourself? I'm thinking of doing the same. Any tips you can give me would be appreciated.

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