My 2kxl hangs....

when i load up sounds and files ( i load a grip of sounds ) , which maximizes all the ram space. then in the process of using the machine, like hitting the buttons and such, the 2k hangs up on me, all types of jibberish texts pops out the screen. Then i just have to restart it then it's ok again.
Is this normal?
thanks.

My XL froze for the first time since I got it a few days ago so I did a search and alot of people said that if you're too fast with pushing buttons etc the mp sometimes has trouble keeping up with the commands and just sh*ts itself... that's all I can think of.

How much RAM have you got? If you don't have much & you have filled it up with samples & sequences the MPC is going to start struggling. I think you either need to get more RAM or only load sounds that you know you need, rather than loading up everything.

The few freezes I've had in 5 years with an MPC are usually when I'm doing too much at once, like turning the scroll wheel while opening a new window.

i have 32mb. that's the maximum right?

Yes....that is a lot of RAM. So, how many samples are you putting in there at a time???

I'm thinking of a few possibilities here:

1: Are you deleting the unused bits of samples when you trim them? If you sample a half minute break just to get one snare but don't delete everything before the start point & after the end point of that snare you will be saving a loading a half minute sample, not a half second sample.

2: Maybe there is something wrong with your additional RAM, like it isn't fitted properly or it isn't MPC compatible....so you might have bought the MPC with 32 megs but actually there isn't. However, if your screen says you have 32 megs you should be ok.

Does this happen if you have only one program with just a few samples loaded?

mine crashes when i have to much midi data (fukn sysex) flowing in and out, to much samples and to much everything. just gotta keep it minimal and clean.

wdj, were u @ in aus..

...I'm in Adelaide, bro.

featherboy wrote:Yes....that is a lot of RAM. So, how many samples are you putting in there at a time???

I'm thinking of a few possibilities here:

1: Are you deleting the unused bits of samples when you trim them? If you sample a half minute break just to get one snare but don't delete everything before the start point & after the end point of that snare you will be saving a loading a half minute sample, not a half second sample.

Don't want to lead this thread in another direction, but how do you delete the 'trimmed out' sections of a sample?

featherboy wrote:Yes....that is a lot of RAM. So, how many samples are you putting in there at a time???

I'm thinking of a few possibilities here:

1: Are you deleting the unused bits of samples when you trim them? If you sample a half minute break just to get one snare but don't delete everything before the start point & after the end point of that snare you will be saving a loading a half minute sample, not a half second sample.

2: Maybe there is something wrong with your additional RAM, like it isn't fitted properly or it isn't MPC compatible....so you might have bought the MPC with 32 megs but actually there isn't. However, if your screen says you have 32 megs you should be ok.

Does this happen if you have only one program with just a few samples loaded?

Yes i do delete them. It's just that i load up too many sounds, sequences and pgm's.
I usually use the 2kxl for live gigs, so i my tend to load up tons of files to have a continuous set. But luckily the 2kxl hasn't bailed out on me during live gigs. Most of the crashing incidents took place at home.

I could probably load a chunk in it but i'll jut make sure i leave atleast a meg of RAM when using it for live gigs.

Thanks for the help guys.