loading different sounds from different floppys?

is it possible to keep one sound on a pad and load more sounds so that i have more than 1.4mb of sounds loaded onto my mpc? problem is i have split my drum kits and bassline on different floppys.

when you load the samples from a floppy they are stored in MPC memory so yes, you can but it might be really bad when you go for a beat that is like 8 megs of memory because you will have to flip these disks all the time...
there is another option for you to keep a beat on one floppy - if you use a turntable to get your shyt from records you could sample at bigger pitch and then in the mpc tune it down, you know what i mean? the samples will take less memory but will still be the same samples, but pitched up. this might be the solution that will make your sampled beats fit one floppy.

Oskar

an easier solution would be to hit all your local thrift stores in search of a scsi zip drive. i have bought numerous units for around $5 usd. and cables are usually $1 a piece in a thrift store. zip is 100mb per disk.
but yes you can load up to the max memory you have. then when you save if its more than 1.4 it will save it across multiple floppies.

yes you can. you just turn the knob to "sound" on the load screen and you can skim through and listen to the files on the other disks and just press "keep" for the ones you want.

but obviously if you loaded an entire disk already, you will need to save across multiple disks if you want everything saved.

Load each .snd file separately. Once your program is completed the way you want, save the .pgm file (with all the sounds you want) across as many floppys as you need.

The size a of a floppy disk only comes into play if a .snd file is above 1.44 MB. The MP will never be able to save the data. It will just keep trying and telling you "disk is full, insert a new disk"...I know because I saved a .pgm file without purging the unused sounds. I inserted 13 separate floppys before I realized what was happening.

I have a 4 disk set of drums, an 8 disk set of bass sounds, etc. First, Ill load the drum program into the mp. Next, I then sample from wax... Ill use the zone (chop) feature to create a new program. from the sample. Then Ill just take sounds from the previously loaded drum program and add them to the new program....Finally, Ill load individual .snd files out of the bass set to find one sound that fits(you could also have loaded the bass .pgm file in when you loaded the drum .pgm). Once my new program is complete I save it. I have the new program with drum and bass samples from those disk sets and new sample material as well.....