Load samples from my PC to the MPC 3000

Greetings everyone and I'm a relatively new MPC 3000 owner who is still learning the ropes on this...

To provide a quick overview, my MPC has 3.11 and originally came with a external SCSI / Zip drive. After messing around with that, I recently bought an external Cf reader which is working fine for me and my MPC is seeing.

The one missing puzzle that I've been trying figure out is how I can transfer samples onto my cf card and then play them on my MPC. I bought a pack of drum machine samples from Akai's site which are made up of .pgm and .wav files.

Now I've searched multiple threads on this and never found one that fit the exact concern or either was outdated due to recommended software being unavailable.

My problem is this...when I insert a MPC formatted Cf card into my PC (VIsta), it prompts me to format it and doesn't recognize it which is to be expected. But what do I need to do to get a non-MPC formatted card with my sounds o be readable by my MPC?

I know there were suggestions to use a dedicated "transfer" card but right now I just want to be able to successfully get my samples into my MPC. Has anyone done this before and if so, do I need program (MPCEditor, Chicken Translator) or a different PC OS (XP, etc.)?

I feel I'm so very close and am appreciative of any and all help. It's been quite a learning process so far and I'm grateful a resource such as this forum once I figure out this process.

Is this an uncommon scenario with other MPC users?

Subdog wrote:Is this an uncommon scenario with other MPC users?

You need MPCeditor ,which is no longer for sale or the Mansell labs OS which is also no longer for sale in order to make a swap disk and transfer programs.
Otherwise, as you can see, Windows can not recognise an MPC format disk and vica versa .

Acid Mitch wrote:

Subdog wrote:Is this an uncommon scenario with other MPC users?

You need MPCeditor ,which is no longer for sale or the Mansell labs OS which is also no longer for sale in order to make a swap disk and transfer programs.
Otherwise, as you can see, Windows can not recognise an MPC format disk and vica versa .

Acid Mitch, Many thanks for replying back on this. I ended up acquiring a different MPC with the Vailixi OS and that with the free MPCEditor was able to load my samples onto my Cf card and into the MPC.

This might warrant its own thread but for saving sequences, I should use the MPC format, correct? And use the Vailixi format just transfer cards?

I've been having some saving issues but suspect it might be due to the card types (Transcend). I used a Kingston for my PC transfer disk and it worked fine. So I'm trying on figuring that out on my own and might try some Sandisks.

Subdog wrote:This might warrant its own thread but for saving sequences, I should use the MPC format, correct? And use the Vailixi format just transfer cards?

I can only see this being a requirement if you want to use those cards in a non-Vailixi MPC, otherwise either format should be fine.

Might be better to go with the Vailixi format so that all your data can be accessed directly from the cards by the computer.

SimonInAustralia wrote:

Subdog wrote:This might warrant its own thread but for saving sequences, I should use the MPC format, correct? And use the Vailixi format just transfer cards?

I can only see this being a requirement if you want to use those cards an a non-Vailixi MPC, otherwise either format should be fine.

Might be better to go with the Vailixi format so that all your data can be accessed directly from the cards by the computer.

Ok, that makes sense. I was initially thinking the Valixai format was the "improved" type to use but was having formatting problems which I think was due to the card. But the one that worked was a Kingston.

If I'm formatting a new card, do you guys suggest the Hardware, Software, or the Partition option? I'm hoping these SanDisk cards will do the trick and knowing the "best practice" will be helpful.