Easiest way to add sounds/samples

How do you get your sounds and samples onto your MPC 4000.
And what do you suggest to get for a good turntable.
Whats the easiest way to do this? Like Cd, Usb? Turntable? Help?

Don't take it personally when someone in here screams at you for asking this question about adding sounds. lol
I am a big fan of the Stanton Str8-100, because of the amount of pitch control, connectivity, and the great torque. The sound obviously is in the needle. I also own various Stanton needles.
Sometimes I sample straight into the analog input from my mixer. However if you want to load a bulk amount of samples then simply do what you do on your computer and load them to a thumb drive. Then connect the thumb drive to the MPC.
I have an akai z4 also(it is the sampler that is inside the MPC4000) which has one thing the MPC4000 does not have and that is the ability to load sounds from a cd easily. It will automatically know that a new sample has begun when ther is a gap in the sound. so you don't have to press start and stop. So it is actually easier for me to transfer samples via thumb drive from akai to akai unit. or just play them in and then chop them.
I do not have many sample cd's though I tend to sample my own music. That is my method.
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Yeah I expected some heat for that haha.
Im extremely new to this, but hey you gotta start somewhere lol.
Asking you guys for help is a lot more effective then just reading the manual alone.
Thanks!

HartwellD wrote:Asking you guys for help is a lot more effective then just reading the manual alone

not true. the manual isn't gonna ever call you a lazy lady's private parts for not even trying...

why are people so afraid of the manual? if the manual had a facebook page would you be it's friend?

key word was Alone... Ive been reading the manual like every single one of you have said.... What I meant was its nice to have something other then just a book when I'm struggling with something.