HOW MANY?

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HOW MANY?

By dj technician Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:24 pm
i would like to ask everybody how many samples can i control at the same time with an mpc .For example in a live how many loops can i have armed and loaded at any time to play?
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By enotide Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:06 pm
Depends on a couple of things: How much RAM you have installed, How Long the Loops are, Mono or Stereo, etc.

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By dj technician Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:38 pm
First thanks for replying let's say i have as much ram as i can for an mpc 2000 xl and i want to play 8 bar drum loops in 90 bpm how many of them can i have loaded at the same time
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Do some legwork.

By Lampdog Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:08 pm
The 2kxl manual tells you the max amount of samples that can reside in memory.
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By Fung45 Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:53 pm
The max loaded in a program is 4 banks of 16 pads. 4x16=64

THANKS FOR REPLYING

By dj technician Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:39 am
thank you so much you help me very much because i try to find out from people who has an mpc if i should get one for live perfomance i think the users are the best to advise me.what do you think about mpc 4000 is worth buying it?
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By sinister_keys Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:36 pm
if i said it before .. ive said it 1000 times ... research .. read
google is your best friend

www.google.com

look into the differences between the MPC family at
www.akaipro.com

all the qusestions you have asked would easily be answered
if you download the manuals for each MPC you are considering
and browse through them 8)
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