Dude, you're probably trying to load off the Internal Drive. Cursor up to "Load" and turn the scroll wheel til it says "Memory Card", and then check for your sounds again. For your sake, I'm crossing my fingers that I'm not right... because this info is probably within the first couple pages of the manual.
If this isn't the problem, then answer this..
1. Do you see the actual folders that you created for your samples, and they are empty? Or can you not even locate the folders?
2. Did you use a stand-alone card reader to save the samples to the CF, or did you connect the MPC to the PC via USB?
3. Did you not give your new sample unique file names, and then try to save them to a folder with the same exact names (e.g. Sample 1, Sample 2). Well, actually... nah, I doubt it's this.
4. Did you read your manual?
I'm telling you though, providing a detailed step-by-step would be beneficial to you figuring out this problem. Considering a month has gone by, and you still haven't figured this out, kind of goes to show you're not really all that dedicated to learning the machine... ya know what I mean?
At the risk of sounding like Dr. Phil... based on my observations of the way you rush through your messages, and also your unwillingness to provide the necessary details, I'm thinking that you may lack the patience and/or desire to take on the MPC right now. Hey, I had to leave it for a couple years and come back when I was ready... Okay, this is completely unnecessary, but I got some time to kill, and I feel like writing... so I'm going to tell a brief story:
I'm on my third MPC 1000 right now. The first two were purchased back in probably '03 and '05. I had been making beats and messing around with Reason for a while, but was secretly eyeballing the 2000 XL for the past year or two. I would casually scan Craigslist off-and-on, just kind of looking out for one of those Cal Worthington-once-in-a-lifetime kinda deals. Well, that off-and-on turned into first thing in the morning, and multiple times throughout the day, and before bed. When you get that obsessive over anything, there is only one cure. At that point I knew I had no choice... I had to either buy the damn thing, or be Craig's **** for the rest of my days. So, after about a month or so of looking, I came across this post for a brand new Blue/Red 1000 for $500! Back then, the 1000 was brand new, and $500 was a STEAL!! Oh and to sweeten the deal even more, the guy offered to deliver it! Say whaaat? In L.A, that is a f*****g favor that I wouldn't even do for my own grandma. It was an older Mexican dude... not really sure what he was doing with an MPC in the first place, but I guess it was one of those "don't ask, don't tell" type of situations.
Anyways, I had so much stuff going on in my life at that point (baby, school, girlfriend, job, drinking habit) that my head just wasn't as available as it needed to be... I wasn't mentally able to sit down and really focus on anything for too long. So basically, I read a few pages of the manual... and then ditched it in favor of taking a more hands on approach. Needless to say, the MPC frustrated the hell out of me... which made me want to pull it out of the box less and less... where it got to the point of a once-a-month type of deal. By that time, anything I figured out the prior month had been long since forgotten (sound familar?). I thought it would be fun... but it was stressful, and too complicated. So I did what anybody would have done given my relationship with the machine, and sold it when I needed some cash (made a nice profit actually). A couple years later... was still thinking about the MPC, and was kind of irritated that I hadn't appreciated it when I owned it. So, I ended up buying another blue/red 1000. But again... same shit though... kept it about a year.. played with it periodically, and then sold it when times got tough (made another decent profit).
My third MPC is the one I got now. And to be honest, I bought it with the intentions of flipping it, and making a quick $300 profit. It was back when the black one first came out, and you couldn't find those for less than $800 anywhere. But there was this local kid who had one... BRAND NEW with the plastic film still covering the LCD... still had traces of Styrofoam packing peanuts on the box. He was trying to get rid of it for $600... when I caught wind of this, I practically ran to his house with cash in hand. I was totally cool with paying $600, as I knew I could fetch $750 for it in a heartbeat... but I spent enough days in Tijuana to the point where my haggling skills are second to none. Five minutes later I'm walking home with a brand new MPC 1000 in the box for $500. Like many before him, this kid bought it with the intentions of learning how to use it, but gave up before even trying. Actually in his case, he started tweeking hard shortly after the purchase, and just needed the cash to feed the habit. Sad story, but you know how that goes.
So I got the thing home, pulled it out of the box, and started **** with it immediately. Looking back on it, it's pretty bizarre... I enjoyed looking at the black machine so much more than the blue/red one, that I actually started spending more and more time with it. I knew that it wasn't going to be easy parting with this one. Sounds crazy, but I mean... goes to show how important physical beauty is in so many different aspects of life... or maybe it simply proves how superficial I am. Either way, the thing was a big improvement aesthetically, compared to the older model. So this was in like early 2006, and my life had slowed down a bit... By this time my lady had already left me and moved out with our baby daughter, I was finally done with school, my current girlfriend was living 100 miles away after I decided to move to where my daughter was now living (a place where I didn't know anybody). Damn, those were some trying times for me, but I did at least finally have some alone time... Finally a chance to sit back for once, collect my thoughts, and start planning my moves in advance. Now, instead of constantly being dragged in 5 different directions at all times, I was able to pick and choose how my time was to be spent. And THAT, my friend, is when I finally read that goddamn manual and became truly addicted to the MPC (for better or for worse).
Moral of the Story:
I appreciate the machine a trillion times more now that I was able to take the time to understand it. It's pretty damn satisfying when you can get to the point where no matter what happens with that machine, you can either fix it instantly, or you can troubleshoot and figure it out within a minute, and continue right along on your way making music. If your head is not there, and you got a lot going on elsewhere, then you probably aren't going to get all that you want to out of the machine.
My advice to you would be to slow it down a bit... if you can. Take a few deep breaths, grab your manual and a couple of Capri Suns, and start reading the thing starting with "Chapter 1: Introduction" (page 2). Actually, if you live in the U.K., start with "WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED". I'd hate to see you get shock hazarded.
-K Loco
