MPC2500 defaults

Kingell wrote:

Well a laptop is smaller and would certainly serve your midi sequencing needs a hell of a lot better than an MPC.

Very true but a more attractive theft object

I'd rather get a laptop pinched than my mpc, most laptops are half the price.

Additionally I use 3 of the MIDI outs on the MPC making extra hardware added to a laptop.

Yeah, you'd have to add a midi interface, although cheap, I get what you mean by its yet another box dangling around.

Did you try a MIDI file?

Nope, in the context I use midi and the mpc mine works fine. My midi files load fine, once i've made any adjustments they seem to save fine as autoload files.

I'd rather get a laptop pinched than my mpc, most laptops are half the price.

I have a studio with 2 hi-spec laptops both cost over twice as much as the 2500. I make DVDs etc and need the hi-spec hence the reluctance to "make one available".

Regards
Kingell

I give up, whatever ......

BostonGreen wrote:Well seeing as most of your time seems to be spent posting smart ass replies to other peoples posts or enquiries, i'm not surprised.

I've been helping out enough people on here already. Thanks for caring.

Mwah! Kisses
You didn't help me.

_Stilo_ wrote:

BostonGreen wrote:Well seeing as most of your time seems to be spent posting smart ass replies to other peoples posts or enquiries, i'm not surprised.

I've been helping out enough people on here already. Thanks for caring.

Actually, I take it back and apologise to you.

My comment was based on a few posts you've made recently, but upon looking more thoroughly through your posts I can clearly see that you are indeed helpful to others.

Peace

This forum should not be used for offence.

I used Yamaha forums and Motif forums and left them both because of bad temperatures.

There are too many people who think they know everything.

I've very much appreciated the help I've found here and will willingly help others if I know the answers.

BostonGreen has been outstanding in his support for my problems.

Kingell

So........

After all that and thanks to everyone who's tried to help. I've found the solution::::::::

1. I sell my MPC2500 which is upgraded to 64Mb (and useless for complex Midi performances) with an 80Gig hard drive I've added.
2. I continue with one of these which I've bought - forget AKAI if you want to use extensive MIDI - have a look:
http://www.miditemp.com/english/msx.html
Download the .pdf and see what it can do!!! Perfect for my needs - I've just done a three hour concert - amazing machine. The help from the designer is outstanding.

Regards to everyone - anyone want my 2500?? Offers welcome.
Kingell

You should have sold it before! btw i load about 1 hour and an half of midi files for my liveset and it works perfectly.
I have about 6 gears connected in midi working perfectly. I play about 20 to 30 tracks - sequences without problems also when previously done in Logic/Cubase or whatever. The Autoload works good, what a waste of time for you and the people that tried to help u, maybe checking at the specs before buying a gear next time would be helpful.

Gab.Gato wrote: what a waste of time for you and the people that tried to help u, maybe checking at the specs before buying a gear next time would be helpful.

Spot on.

I find these comments very rude and unnecessary. I asked AKAI for confirmation before I bought this machine.The recent responses in this forum are very sad and I find them most annoying.

Comment by Justin Baro at AKAI:

Unfortunately those settings in the MPC will default to those values and there is not a way to change them to load up differently. Also the memory cannot be changed to allocate more to the sequencer side and less to samples. That’s a great feature request! The sequence files created by the MPC’s store MPC specific settings such as tempo, time signature, tracks, and mixer settings. This is proprietary information that only an MPC can read. He can convert the .seq files to .mid in the MPC 2500 Save screen, though this would loose some of the MPC’s tightness that it is famous for.
Best Regards,
Justin Baro

Comment from AKAI before purchase:

Hello Mike,
I believe that you will be able to use the MPC2500 for your performances.
You can load 99 Sequences at 64 tracks in a sequence at a given time, and up
to 128MB's at once with the upgraded RAM. If you are using outboard gear you
would technically be loading just sequence files which could take literally
moments to load, depending on how many sequences and the size of them you
are using at a given moment, you may need to load files in-between songs or
every few songs, but the files would be almost instantaneous in terms of
load time.
Andrew Tomasello
Technical support and Return Authorizations Department

what a waste of time for you and the people that tried to help u, maybe checking at the specs before buying a gear next time would be helpful.

I was told it would would accept 99 files at 960 ppq by an AKAI employee. (See above) NO IT WON'T!! It's 96ppq.

You should have sold it before!

It's only 3 months old!!!!!!!!

btw i load about 1 hour and an half of midi files for my liveset and it works perfectly. I have about 6 gears connected in midi working perfectly. I play about 20 to 30 tracks - sequences without problems also when previously done in Logic/Cubase or whatever. The Autoload works good, what a waste of time for you and the people that tried to help u, maybe checking at the specs before buying a gear next time would be helpful.

How do you load 1 and a half hours of midi when the most it is possible to load is less than 1.4Mb? Each AKAI seq file uses about 180k. - I make that and my machine demonstrates so less than 25 minutes!!

I DID express my appreciation for all the help I was given; however; the machine would not do what I want. I'm a very qualified expert with over 30 years use and Plato awarded in the UK.
Despite all your observations this machine is NOT designed for professional MIDI use as you can see from all my previous postings.

Please don't post any more rude responses - I am not attacking this forum or the excellent support I was given merely observing that AKAI have not given priority to MIDI.

My machine is still now on sale - frankly for what I want it's useless!! :
Anyone wanting to seriously use midi in performance should visit here:
http://www.miditemp.com/english/msx.html
Kingell (over 40 years' experience of music control)

Kingell wrote:I find these comments very rude and unnecessary. I asked AKAI for confirmation before I bought this machine.The recent responses in this forum are very sad and I find them most annoying.

I DID express my appreciation for all the help I was given; however; the machine would not do what I want. I'm a very qualified expert with over 30 years use and Plato awarded in the UK.

Big fukkin yawn, who cares ? If your such a freaking expert, why did you buy a £800 sampler to play midi files ?

observing that AKAI have not given priority to MIDI.

Cos its a sampling workstation you dumb ass.

My machine is still now on sale - frankly for what I want it's useless!! :

Cool, so you won't be boring us with your midi problems anymore, yipfukinyee

BostonGreen wrote:

Gab.Gato wrote: what a waste of time for you and the people that tried to help u, maybe checking at the specs before buying a gear next time would be helpful.

Spot on.

I used to post here a lot, until I realised that there are posts like this every week. I think its the same people different username.

dablunt wrote:I used to post here a lot, until I realised that there are posts like this every week. I think its the same people different username.

You mean, in general, or regarding this topic?

Big fukkin yawn, who cares ? If your such a freaking expert, why did you buy a £800 sampler to play midi files ?

Because AKAI told me it would do what I wanted s*** head!!!
What a rude c*** you are!!!

Cos its a sampling workstation you dumb ass.

So why has it got 4 midi outs and 2 ins?? You must be very clever to sample in MIDI.

Cool, so you won't be boring us with your midi problems anymore, yipfukinyee

Not mine AKAI's.

I was full of respect for your support and comments earlier and thanked you for them. I'm astonished that you are so f****** rude.
I won't be back - shame you don't understand what forums are for.
No point in replying because I'm off - sold my machine. And I don't need this forum.
Thanks to all the polite people who tried to help me.
Boston Green your avater is so appropriate.
And how come this forum describes you as an expert when you lack the niceties of communication! Wanker!! Get of the bottle and learn to be polite - dipstick!