Sample management + loading whole songs to sample

Hi all,

I have been an MPC user for awhile now, but have always relied on my trusty MPC 2000xl.

While I love my 2KXL the limitations with Zip disks are really starting to get on my nerves, and I am hoping that an MPC 1000 with a hard drive will (hopefully) solve some of my problems for me.

I am looking at getting an MPC 1000 and installing a hard drive into it. As far as I am aware I will be able to keep all of my samples on the hard drive and import them as necessary (a dream) - but my question is, will I be able to keep whole albums or songs on the hard drive and import them to chop as well?

The scenario would be that I load up my MPC hard drive with whole albums, and I can then go through different songs, listen to them and chop out the bits that I want.

Am I dreaming here or is this possible? I'm assuming I would need a large hard drive and max out the ram, but is this a feasible option and would it work well?

Thanks a lot,

M

Just a large CF card to hold the songs you want to chop.
Will work just like the hard drive then use the actual hard drive to save the stuff you create.

Also get a 2500 not a 1k.

When I had a 1000 I just used my cpu for storage, sample editing and sometimes chopping just transferred with the usb as needed.