Chopping Samples - Insufficent Memory

asc313 wrote:I tried to chop a sample last night and got a INSUFFICENT MEMORY message. I don't have the upgraded memory yet. What can I do to make room until I do this? Do I need to just get the upgrade? Can I just use a memory card for now instead some how?

I hate sampling in Mono (unless it's drums or other percussion). What I did to get around this was chop each part of the song 1 section at a time. For example, say there were two different parts of the song I wanted to use. I sample them both. Then save them to my card. Then go back into the trim screen and delete the second one from the RAM. Then I would chop the first one and make a new program. Go back into the trim screen and delete the original sample that the chops were made from. Now all I have left is my first sample all chopped up the way I want it and it's made into a new program. Now go into the save screen and save that program.

Now go back into the trim screen and delete all the sounds you just chopped from the first sample. Now you have all your RAM free again. Load up the second sample and chop that one and make a new program with it. Delete the original that the chops came from and save that program, but don't delete the chops this time.

Now go back into the load screen and load the first program. Now you should have both your samples chopped up into two programs and you should still have some RAM left to load some drums.

This is what I had to do until I got me RAM!

rotkiv wrote:

jackson wrote:No, create a folder on your memory card (just to keep it clean. when you save each beat/project into separate folders you know which file belongs where.) remeber to use the save entire memory as it saves everything. memory card is only for storage and is NOT used during playback etc. RAM handles that.

So everytime I reboot my MPC the RAM cleans up?

Yes, unless you have auto load turned on. You don't have to reboot to clear the RAM. Just go into the trim screen and delete all the sounds.

DJ Hellfire wrote:Yes, unless you have auto load turned on. You don't have to reboot to clear the RAM. Just go into the trim screen and delete all the sounds.

But then you're still left with programs and sequences you made. That's why I prefer to reboot the MPC. Just push one button and you're 100% clean.

RAM doesn't hold information once the power is off.

So everytime I reboot my MPC the RAM cleans up?

DJ Hellfire wrote:But then you're still left with programs and sequences you made. That's why I prefer to reboot the MPC. Just push one button and you're 100% clean

Create a blank file in root, load it every time you want to start a fresh project. No need to turn the mpc off and on

your mum wrote:Create a blank file in root, load it every time you want to start a fresh project. No need to turn the mpc off and on

Exactly!

jackson wrote:

DJ Hellfire wrote:Yes, unless you have auto load turned on. You don't have to reboot to clear the RAM. Just go into the trim screen and delete all the sounds.

But then you're still left with programs and sequences you made. That's why I prefer to reboot the MPC. Just push one button and you're 100% clean.

I wouldn't wanna risk the extra wear on the power switch! I don't know how old you are or how much time you spend doing music, but when I was younger, before I got married and had a child, I was bangin out 2 to 3 beats per day. Doing that between every beat would probably kill that switch in a few years. But now I'm down to more like 2 to 3 beats per month! So I guess it wouldn't be too much of a big deal in that case!

I just haven't thought of the method with a creating a clean project. It's way better and my power switch is now safe