Saving Problem 2000XL

Hey guys,

i´m absolutely new to producing and i recently bought a mpc 2000XL with fx effect board already built in, but only with an zipdisc Reader.

i got an iomega zip 100 usb port to save drums n stuff onto the floppys and i found the "mpc Editor" Software to create programs.
my Problem is now that everytime i try to save my beat (or at least the practice-beats with which i try to learn a few things) onto the zip disc it works fine until i try to read the midi file with my Computer. every time i do this my Laptop just makes weird piano sounds. i cannot figure out what i do wrong, i think my pc doesn´t understand what sounds i used to create the new file but how can i Change this? as Long as i am not able to save what i created, producing really sucks...
can anyone help me?
i hope you understood my Problem i tried to describe it the best i could...

yepthatshim wrote:i cannot figure out what i do wrong, i think my pc doesn´t understand what sounds i used to create the new file but how can i Change this? as Long as i am not able to save what i created, producing really sucks...
can anyone help me?
i hope you understood my Problem i tried to describe it the best i could...

You would normally probably not load the MIDI file into the computer, and try to make it play back inside the computer the same way it does inside the MPC.

Most MPC users record the audio outputs of the MPC into the computer.


If you really want to load the MIDI file into the computer, you have to use some sort of software sampler inside the computer, load up all the same samples inside the software sampler as what you are using inside the MPC, and assign them to the same MIDI notes as what they are assigned to inside the MPC.

You are hearing piano sounds, because the MIDI file inside the computer is playing back from the standard MIDI instrument inside the computer, it is not playing a software sampler with the same sounds as what are in the MPC.

Thanks for the fast answers but i Need more advice as im totally new to any kind of producing.

@lampdog
how do i connect my mpc to my Computer? i cannot figure out which cable i Need and where to put it

@Simoninaustralia
how do i record the Audio Outputs into the Computer? i just got the mpc, a few floppys and the zip Reader, so no cables because it came without any more Hardware when i bought it, and i dont know what i Need and what i dont Need.
Stereo out is for Speakers, Stereo in for turntables, midi for external devices such as Keyboards and scsi is used for the cd Reader (which i do not own) right?

i must say that i dont own Speakers at the Moment so i use headphones on my mpc. i REALLY am a beginner...

yeah RTFM