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By Cheapstak Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:42 pm
I don' think so, I always am reading how asr's have about 30 second sample time. And that is with 16 mb, so 32 would prolly be around 50. Yet my mpc with 16 can't record more then 10 seconds lol. I have a 128 mb ram stick on the way though so im hoping that will help.
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By mr_debauch Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:50 pm
well I have a 16bit .wav song on my PC that is 3:13 long and it is 32.5mb in size. On the XL the ram expansion is only for sample time.
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By krush777 Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:20 pm
Hit records have been made with 10 Seconds of mono sampling time!!
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By mr_debauch Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:36 pm
krush777 wrote:Hit records have been made with 10 Seconds of mono sampling time!!


yeah 10 seconds of 12 bit mono sampling time... haha
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By NearTao Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:23 am
mr_debauch wrote:
krush777 wrote:Hit records have been made with 10 Seconds of mono sampling time!!


yeah 10 seconds of 12 bit mono sampling time... haha


Why when I was yer age we only had one bit, and that's the way we *liked* it! If you had two bits you were called a chump but you could rub them together in those days to keep warm. Speaking of warm have you seen my blanket? Now where was I...
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By Pastor-of-Muppets Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:23 pm
Cheapstak wrote:I don' think so, I always am reading how asr's have about 30 second sample time. And that is with 16 mb, so 32 would prolly be around 50. Yet my mpc with 16 can't record more then 10 seconds lol. I have a 128 mb ram stick on the way though so im hoping that will help.


it depends on the gear's internal format for storing the sample data
By 2KXL4life Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:11 am
Lol never would I let that trade pass me by ...500 is a peice of shit compared to the 2000xl

And my asr has 256 sec of sample time with 16mb
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By Ill-Green Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:13 am
2KXL4life wrote:Lol never would I let that trade pass me by ...500 is a peice of **** compared to the 2000xl

And my asr has 256 sec of sample time with 16mb

:roll: As if you ever used a 500. **** outta here.
By 2KXL4life Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:44 pm
Don't have to and don't want too ....wakai to its fullest .
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By Ill-Green Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:43 am
You don't know what your missing, the MPC500 is the shaolin temple of beat machines and thats why people hate it because it makes you use your brain and build skills beyond mouse clicks and easy to read menus. It pushes you to become a ninja! :mrgreen:
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By mr_debauch Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:50 am
Ill-Green wrote:You don't know what your missing, the MPC500 is the shaolin temple of beat machines and thats why people hate it because it makes you use your brain and build skills beyond mouse clicks and easy to read menus. It pushes you to become a ninja! :mrgreen:


hey, what's the battery life like i you use those energizer recharge silver batteries?
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By Ill-Green Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:04 am
Well, normal alkaline batteries can last you like 5 to 6 hours of play time, but those rechargeable ones are like 3 hours. Those lithium batteries can last around 8 to 12 hours of play time nonstop but are expensive ($20 bucks for the 4 pack).

I use to run it on rechargeables myself but you'll realize that every time it charges the duration time of the batteries lessen.
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By mr_debauch Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:09 am
Ill-Green wrote:Well, normal alkaline batteries can last you like 5 to 6 hours of play time, but those rechargeable ones are like 3 hours. Those lithium batteries can last around 8 to 12 hours of play time nonstop but are expensive ($20 bucks for the 4 pack).

I use to run it on rechargeables myself but you'll realize that every time it charges the duration time of the batteries lessen.


ahh man, cause I got some rather expensive energizer ones ... they have a few different models and I think these ones are the digital camera rechargeable ones... anyways my game gear does like 6 hours on six of those.... though I have only recharged them a few times so far.
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By inflict3 Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:33 am
my rechargeables seem to last a long time, they have never gone dead on me when im out and about. I just make sure to charge them before i leave. i have those cheap green colored radioshack brand batteries. and i have had them over a year now and they still last hella long. i would recommend getting rechargables. you will save so much money. back when i used regular batteries it seemed like my batteries were always dead. or i was always changing em
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By Ill-Green Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:45 pm
Yeah but you guys live in cold climates, here its 97F degrees everyday and battery life can heat up and die faster. I never saw a battery explode or leak when I was in NY, but here in PR it happens quite often. If you leave the batteries inside the MPC for a week or two it will leak and damage it. In cold climates batteries got a longer life, you lucky geographical bastids!!!