Trouble loading Drums on Demand .WAV files

Hi, I am a new user of the MPC 1000. I bought the tutorial and have found it to be helpful, and I can load and play the factory sounds just fine.

Being more of a classic rocker than anything, I wanted acoustic drums. I purchased a CD from Drums On Demand. These are 24 bit .WAV files. I loaded my CF card from the CD and inserted it into the MPC as per the tutorial.

When I navigate to the contents of the card (the MPC recognizes the contents) and try to load a folder or even one .WAV file, nothing happens. If I have a single .WAV file highlighted from one of the folders, I get no sound when I press "play". If I press "load" nothing happens. If I press "do it" I get an error message that says "wrong file!"

These sounds are all standard 24 bit .WAV files and they play fine on my PC using Sony Sonic Stage. (They won't play using Windows Media Player.) My MPC has the current OS and factory RAM although I have the 128 MB ordered. Thanks for any help.

Read the manual. It tells you what file types the MPC will accept. We can tell you didn't read it. We know.

Lampdog wrote:Welcome, please get at the manual. It will answer many basic and first thought questions. Happy reading.

Yo lampdogg all these people who registered today are actually me. HEHE. I'm so cute aren't I? i just want your attention boo.

elektrik_muz wrote:Read the manual. It tells you what file types the MPC will accept. We can tell you didn't read it. We know.

No, you don't know. In reality I have spent quite a bit of time in the manual and also purchased the tutorial.

I inquired with Drums on Demand about which format to buy for the MPC 1000. They mistakenly told me to get the 24-bit disc.

FYI, there is almost nothing in the MPC 1000 manual about specific bit formats for sample files. There is no mention of it in the Table of Contents, no mention of it in the Index, nor in any chapter that I could find. There is one brief mention of 16 bit data format on the specs page near the end of the manual. Very easy to overlook. 99.9% of the manual is devoted to how to get sounds into the machine and what to do with them after they are there. There is also no trouble-shooting section or error message explanations.

I will stick to getting help from less sarcastic sources than this forum. In the mean time, Drums on Demand has gratiously agreed to exchange my 24 bit disc for a 16 bit disc. -Chow-

Gmax777 wrote:FYI, there is almost nothing in the MPC 1000 manual about specific bit formats for sample files. There is no mention of it in the Table of Contents, no mention of it in the Index, nor in any chapter that I could find. There is one brief mention of 16 bit data format on the specs page near the end of the manual. Very easy to overlook.

Let's be honest...the Specs are the FIRST thing I would be looking at when searching for technical specifications like sampling format.

You could have converted those drums from 24 to 16 bit yourself and saved the headache of returning them. It's mad easy.

Gmax777 wrote:No, you don't know.

So, you're saying you did read the manual -- including the spec to which you just referred -- and you still got the wrong format and subsequently came onto the user group to ask why it didn't work, then got offended because you were told to read the manual you claim to have read but seemingly did not process(?) until after you were told to read it.

Your response is absurd. No sarcasm there, just the truth. Why would I need sarcasm when I've got the truth?

_Stilo_ wrote:Let's be honest...the Specs are the FIRST thing I would be looking at when searching for technical specifications like sampling format.

Co-sign.