Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
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By Lampdog Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:46 pm
Do you think the mpc500 will be able to access the whole 32gb cf?
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By Lampdog Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:57 am
Captain Hook wrote:I'm pretty sure someone was on here a while back and it was working for him.

I don't think you get the whole 32gb. 4gb, yes.
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By Captain Hook Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:13 pm
bedouin wrote:See my logic for why this shouldn't be a problem in the linked post above. Your celling is probably whatever FAT32's celling is.


What you said in the other post makes alot of sense and I see no reason why one couldn't use a 32gb card. I just want to know if anyone has been using a 32gb card and if so have they had any problems with it
By Emilie Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:45 pm
Hi there, it will work but it will also slow down your machine when you load, save and audition from the card. You would be better of with many 2 gig cards.
cheers
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By Captain Hook Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:39 pm
eimer wrote:Hi there, it will work but it will also slow down your machine when you load, save and audition from the card. You would be better of with many 2 gig cards.
cheers


hmmm I have a 2gb and just ordered a 4gb for 5 bucks on ebay so I'm thinking Ill pass on the 32
By Emilie Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:37 am
temetrepo wrote:what about if you partition it?
can u partition cf cards?
i've never tried it


I think that this would confuse the litle brain inside the 500! Wouldn't work.
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By Ocular Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:55 am
Cold Snap wrote:I don't understand if a card bigger than 2G's would work why wouldn't Akai use this as a selling point? There has to be a good reason I would assume.


This..

eimer wrote:.....it will work but it will also slow down your machine when you load, save and audition from the card.


I think it's just a balance between storage and functionality. Ever notice how much slower a 2gb card loads on the usb pc connection compared to the supplied 128 card? Anything bigger would be a hell of a wait. Akai isn't going to advertise anything bigger than a 2gb card cause then you'll lose the functionality of their weak ass usb connection. My advice, lose the usb cable and get a cheap external CF card reader that has a usb 2.0 connection. It will reduce that long wait to just a few seconds.