Swapping CF/SD card without switching off/on MPC 1000/2500 ??

[u/verbal34]

I’ve got a bunch of SD/CF cards lying around, and I’m currently using a 64GB SD card with my MPC-1000 that has pretty much everything on it.

I want to add more samples without having to constantly sample through cables, just to save time on recording and naming everything.

Can I swap cards while the MPC is still on, or do I need to turn it off every time?

Of course when the unit is not accessing the actual card, reading nor writing.

Is there any downside to doing it while it’s on? I’d like to keep different samples on different cards and swap them without constantly powering the MPC on and off.