Questions about MPC2000 & XL i need answers to.

Hey,

I got some questions about the MPC2000 & XL models:

1. How much time can you sample on a regular Floppy disk? How many seconds of samples can I save?

2. Is it possible to have the MPC looping whatever beat I'm making and at the same time record from an external source, like a synthesizer or guitar? Like loop overdub something?!?! The reason why I ask this is because I used to have an MPC1000 and this was NOT possible to do when having the regular AKAI OS installed. So example: If I make some drum loops on the MPC2000 can I listen to them and record new material onto the sampler at the same time, like a synth for example?

Thanks/
Kristofer

1) im not sure, but you could always use several floppies...recording in mono doubles the amount you can store

2) no, you can not... not via sampling... what you can do though is record live via midi. if you run midi out from the synth to the midi in of the mpc, and midi out from the mpc to midi in of the synth... then you go to a new track set up to accept midi instead of internal samples... you do the record as usual and push in your keys melody and it will play the synth back for you.

mr_debauch wrote:1) im not sure, but you could always use several floppies...recording in mono doubles the amount you can store

2) no, you can not... not via sampling... what you can do though is record live via midi. if you run midi out from the synth to the midi in of the mpc, and midi out from the mpc to midi in of the synth... then you go to a new track set up to accept midi instead of internal samples... you do the record as usual and push in your keys melody and it will play the synth back for you.

thanks for the answer!

krangg wrote:Is it possible to have the MPC looping whatever beat I'm making and at the same time record from an external source, like a synthesizer or guitar? Like loop overdub something?!?!

I'm not sure about the 2000[XL] - but I know that this feature is available on the 2500 with JJ OS-XL.

Say I have a sequence with only one track - a bass loop. (to keep things simple)
I can press the play button to loop the sequence and still enter record mode to lay down or audition raw samples.

1. on 1 floppy disk: 16.5 seconds mono sample or 8.25 secons stereo sample

A floppy disk holds 1422kbyte when formatted on the MPC

1422kbyte = 11649024 bits

A 1 second mono sample on the MPC uses 44100 x 16 = 705600 bits (samplerate x bitdepth)

11649024 / 705600 = 16.50938 = 16,5 seconds
peace

Particular Cat wrote:

krangg wrote:Is it possible to have the MPC looping whatever beat I'm making and at the same time record from an external source, like a synthesizer or guitar? Like loop overdub something?!?!

I'm not sure about the 2000[XL] - but I know that this feature is available on the 2500 with JJ OS-XL.

Say I have a sequence with only one track - a bass loop. (to keep things simple)
I can press the play button to loop the sequence and still enter record mode to lay down or audition raw samples.

Can the MPC1000 with JJOS do this?

krangg wrote:Can the MPC1000 with JJOS do this?

I can't be certain about the 1000 with JJ because I don't own one.

I could see it also being dependent on which version of JJ you run.

Maybe the feature works with Akai stock OS for the 1000 - but i doubt it...

I really don't know!

Sorry, mang.

i believe jjos is the same on a 1k vs a 2.5k (minus one very minor difference regarding 1 fx).
i also think this is doable on jjos, but it's maybe not ideal, like a loop pedal or an octatrack.

how much 'time' you can save on a floppy is technically irrelevant - it all depends on the number of channels, the bit depth, and the sample rate of the sample.

so you can store twice as much time at 22.05k than you can at 44.1k, but peterpiper has got it straight as far as the default that the mpc offers.

and just a tip - don't bother trying to convert sample or bit rate on the mpc itself - it takes a reeeeeeaaaallllllyyy long time.