need help with mpc 3000

wat up yall just copped a mpc 3000 upgraded from mpc 62 wanted to find out if anyone knows the midi keyrange on the mpc 3000 example which pad is c note ,c sharpe, d note etc if anyone knows hit me .also wat external scsi hard drive would you recommend for the mpc 3000.[/b]

First of all pad A02=Note 36=C1. (Program>1 MIDI>1)
If ur 3k is clean u can see 'Bass'(Kick drum, not acoustic bass) written on the casing above pad 2, and 'Snare' on top of pad 6. This is General MIDI where sidestick is C#1, snare is D1, e.t.c. You can go as low as Note 35, and as high as Note 98.
Can' recommend a good external hard drive since i never used one, but i would recommend an internal/external card reader, which due to compatibility issues will be nearly impossible to find unless u upgrade to...
(drum roll please)
Vailixi 3.50!!!
The best thing to happen to 3k users ever

zeusmajor thanks yo for the info on the note settings. after checkin out some info on the card readers i think i might roc with that instead of a external scsi drive . which card reader the best to go that wont give me no drama . cause i love my mpc like cook food and dont want to damage it.

zeusmajor thanks yo for the info on the note settings. after checkin out some info on the card readers i think i might roc with that instead of a external scsi drive . which card reader the best to go that wont give me no drama . cause i love my mpc like cook food and dont want to damage it.

zeusmajor thanks yo for the info on the note settings. after checkin out some info on the card readers i think i might roc with that instead of a external scsi drive . which card reader the best to go that wont give me no drama . cause i love my mpc like cook food and dont want to damage it.

So upgrading to 3.50 enables you to use or find compatible internal/external card readers with no problems? I believe I read on this forum somewhere that the 3k would only read up to 750mb of a harddrive.

i didint know there was a 3.50 upgrade for the mpc 3000 i thought there was only a 3.16 . but wat card reader would you recommend also do yo have a midi map for the mpc 3000 like which pads represent which notes key notes example side stick is C # note etc

deegood wrote:So upgrading to 3.50 enables you to use or find compatible internal/external card readers with no problems? I believe I read on this forum somewhere that the 3k would only read up to 750mb of a harddrive.

3.50 allows improved compatibility with various SCSI drives that would other wise not work. ( spoken about MANY times on this forum and experienced by those who have upgraded and are using some of the non-working models with success )

MPC3000 disk access limits have been spoken about in the past on this and other forums.

MPC3000 ( OS up to and including version 3.16 ) machines show the disk size based on a maximum 30mb partition limit.

MAX-PART-SIZE = 30
MEG = 1024
PART-TOTAL = 26

(MAX-PART-SIZE x MEG) = 30720
(30720 x PARTTOTAL) = 798720
(798720 / MEG) = 780

Disk size maximum = 780 megabytes.

A connected storage device of say 1 GIG will only be usable to 780 megabytes.

OS 3.50 can create 32 megabyte partitions so the above details don't hold true.

Rohan.

richiedinero wrote:i didint know there was a 3.50 upgrade for the mpc 3000 i thought there was only a 3.16

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=62348 for some time now.

Rohan.

MPC 3000LE YOU DROPPED A JEWEL ON ME BOUT THE 3.50 UPGRADE GONNA GET THAT ASAP. ALSO WAT CARD IS THE BEST TO GO WITH. WHEN I GOT MY MPC 3000 IT HAD A BUILT IN 100 MB ZIP DRIVE. IF I PUT CARD READER IN HOW MUCH CAN I SAVE 1G ,2G, ETC

richiedinero wrote:MPC 3000LE YOU DROPPED A JEWEL ON ME BOUT THE 3.50 UPGRADE GONNA GET THAT ASAP. ALSO WAT CARD IS THE BEST TO GO WITH. WHEN I GOT MY MPC 3000 IT HAD A BUILT IN 100 MB ZIP DRIVE. IF I PUT CARD READER IN HOW MUCH CAN I SAVE 1G ,2G, ETC

If your MPC3000 has a built in ZIP drive then swapping it out for a card ready will not be too hard. ( once you find the right card reader )

I use 1 gig cards.

2 gig cards are needed when in the "Hybrid-Partition" mode if you're using the largest partition size option when formatting a disk with 26 partitions.

www.mansell-labs.com/faq for more information concerning "Hybrid-Partitions".

Rohan.

is there any info on forum for which brand of card reader to cop man that info is guarded like fort knoxx

richiedinero wrote:is there any info on forum for which brand of card reader to cop man that info is guarded like fort knoxx

All over this very forum.

Use the forum search tool.



Rohan.

jus checked the forum thanks for the info on the cards readers .