mpc 2000 floppy memory question

hey everyone i had a question about the storage capacity of floppys when using the mpc 2000 (not xl). I do not have the external scsi zip drive so i use floppys to hold all my sounds programs and sequences. My question is how can i get the most out of my limited storage capacity? For example Damu the Fudgemunk on youtube uses floppy discs like me, he says he has one individual beat on each disc, and he uses a lot of longer looping samples, they are usually about 5 seconds long. My problem is that I dont know how he can possibly fit all these sounds on one disc, I can fit about four 5 sec samples on one floppy. How can he do this? Are there other floppy users out there like me? hit me up.

An easy way to get more "time" out of the sounds you use is to sample @ 45rpm and then pitch down in the MPC. Damu does this in one of his vids.

I was wondering tht too, i know what video youre talkin about, I use the zip, but i also tried using just the floppy, but the samples are usually like 800kb each. It seems like it would be a little better organized using the floppy since on the 2k classic it doesnt have folder options.

he does that? haha i do that too. Sampling at 45 rpm doesn't make the size of the sound that much smaller though, i only do this because of my limited sampling time (i think about 20 secs?), man i dont know how he gets all those sounds on one floppy, mans a genius haha, i think im gonna get a zip drive

true about the no folder thing. you can partition a ZIP disk to make searching for pgms/files quicker, but i think it can only do 4 partitions.
The 45rpm trick doesn't reduce the file size that much, also true. But if we're specifically talkin' Damu here, he samps pretty efficiently. There might not be as many different files on his s**t as you might think.
I'd recommend lookin' for a card reader...SCSIforSamplers.com just listed
a SCSI reader for about $90 that will work even if your termination fuse is
blown. (sorry if i'm messin up the terminology, but there's a whole post about that somewhere else here). That you can partition up to 24 parts I believe, and all that space...definitely worth it if it works for you.

ok, it's not disney.com. i don't know what that s**t is...

It's a text filter, Tutor doesn't want certain titles/names on his forums.

nice pic by the way.

ok thanks everyone! And lampdog, im not relying on his videos, but on his music, listen to Damu's "Spare Time". The way he uses that limited storage amount of floppy's to make those complex beats amazes me. I'll look into that 24 partition drive, i feel that the storage of floppys are to little for me

and b_dubster, hit me up wit a pm of that "disney" drive haha

yeah, it's the spyrus MCDISK-2. or you could try one of the microtech PCB-47Be's or PCB-10's. you'll have to search for them yourself as i apparently
can't list the site URL here! anyway good luck with that.

chop and discard everything not needed.