My Ultimate SCSI Remedy (Fantasy?)

I think I have decided what set up I want to transfer my waves between my PC and my MPC 2000XL but I want to know if my idea is a good one.

I want to purchase three units: a SCSI Zip drive for the MPC, a USB Zip drive for the PC, and finally a 9 gig SCSI Hard drive also for the MPC.

I want to know, can I connect the SCSI Zip, the Hard drive and the MPC simultaneously? I plan to use the USB Zip to extract files from the PC onto a zip disc, then take the zip disc to the SCSI Zip in order to download the files into the Hard Drive connected to the MPC which will store and download the files into the MPC. Is this possible and practical?

What I think would be ideal is for one machine that could be connected to the PC format and the MPC format at once and serve as a buffer of the files so that neither the MPC or PC would damage each other. I'm guessing there is no such machine; is there a way to simulate this buffering action between two stationary machines e.i. from the PC, a USB Hard Drive connected into a SCSI Hard Drive connected out to the MPC. This would eliminate having to using fragile disks and fumbling disks between two machines.

All I want is a practical way to transfer my files between my PC and my MPC.

All replies appreciated
Thx

if you've got a 2000xl like me consider this:
Just get an internal 250mb zip in your mpc, and a zipdrive in your pc. 250mb is enough for most people, so a harddisk will not really be essential. You'll still have a portable, reliable mpc and you can always add a scsi drive later.

I still use a 100mb zip, and i never really use more than 3 disks at any time.

Thx but I don't think I can trust the word of someone who smiles all the time (...kidding)

yes you can daisy chain a scsi harddrive and scsi zip to the mpc at the same time.

i have both and used to do that.

now I just rock the floppy.

yo ejectorset, why you rolling with just the floppy? it doesnt hold hardly any data, is there some secret you holding on to? i would love to use thoses lil floppies too!!

i rock a floppy myself.

if you sample your sounds in mono, youre only using half the space a stereo sample takes up but youre only taking half the space.

it takes me anywhere from 3 to seven floppies to save an entire beat.

for the record, floppies suck. they are so delicate and can go bad even if you treat them great. far less durable than a zip disk

ieism wrote:if you've got a 2000xl like me consider this:
Just get an internal 250mb zip in your mpc, and a zipdrive in your pc. 250mb is enough for most people, so a harddisk will not really be essential. You'll still have a portable, reliable mpc and you can always add a scsi drive later.

I still use a 100mb zip, and i never really use more than 3 disks at any time.

exactly what i do. I found this website where a guy was selling a combo external scsi drive of zip and cdr, or zip and harddrive=all meant for mpc. ANyways, i decided that it was pointless. INTERNAL is the way to go because its more portable and out of the way. With a hard drive you will be less likely to back up your files.

sensewondah wrote:i rock a floppy myself.

if you sample your sounds in mono, youre only using half the space a stereo sample takes up but youre only taking half the space.

it takes me anywhere from 3 to seven floppies to save an entire beat.

for the record, floppies suck. they are so delicate and can go bad even if you treat them great. far less durable than a zip disk

once you go zip, youll have more space for the samples you flipped!

no dude, i use to do that too, id keep my beats to 2 floppies....AMAZING. but i lost some beats then decided to get out my wallet.

space advice for you: what i use to do is keep my drums on one disk. then keep my sample on another. Id load each disk as a separate program. Plus id reuse some of my same kits, so id have like 4 or 5 drum kit disks to pick from, then id have an empty disk just for the new beat id make. I would never have to save my drums on disk, so really a beat would be 1 disk + one of the drum kit disks. This is nice too if you keep your drum kits organized the same way i.e. kick always on pad a16 or whatever, then you could test differant kits to see what sound good.

or you could sample the sample sped up, then just detune it. ITll save space.

good luck though keep bangin. RESPECt for those who use floppies! it helps to keep the sample skills tight.

peace