Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
Byman-made Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:36 pm
How can I change a wave or aiff file into a snd. file for the mpc 2000 and put it on my external zip drive. I have a mac g4 and I am using cubase, Reason/Recycle and digital performer at the moment and I have an mpc 2000. I have a lot of samples in aiff or wav. files as well as rex files and I was wondering is there a way to change them into a snd. for the mpc2000 from a mac g4.

Thanking you in advance! any help will be appreciated.

Man-Made
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By mynameisob3l Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:55 pm
i'm new to this, so sorry if i'm completely off base, but...

it's my understanding that you just load the WAVs directly into the MPC as WAVs. there's no need to "convert" them or anything.

The MPC2000XL uses various files and they are labeled with different extensions depending on
the type of file.
______.ALL A file with 99 sequences and 20 songs.
______.MID A standard MIDI, a sequence, file.
______.APS All of the programs in the MPC2000XL memory when saved.
The sounds in the memory will be saved as a separate sound
file when the APS file is saved. The APS only contains program
data, but when a file is loaded, the sounds used by the
program will be loaded as well.
______.PGM A program file. When a PGM file is saved, it will only contain
program data, but when a file is loaded, the sounds used by
the program will be loaded as well.
______.SND MPC2000XL Sound file.
______.WAV A sound file.


maybe you can bring a WAV into it, and then send it out as a SND? why would you need one instead of the other?
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By MPC-Tutor Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:08 pm
The fact that the MPC2000 reads WAV files is in the manual, on mpc-tutor.com and also in these forums via a search.

People, please use the information available to you before you ask people to help, especially on such obvious stuff!
By mpcvore Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:18 pm
you cannot use AIFF in the MPC.......