We have found MPC4000 users with an Aksys up and running, to provide usb data logs to us. Thank you very much !
We should be able to provide support for this device soon. We discovered that Aksys was NOT supporting remote controller for the MPC (it is active for S and Z series but greyed out for MPC) but we will !
Update: For some reason we are struggling deploying the driver for the MPC4000. Still trying to find a way out, this is why the project seems stalled but it is not !
You have resisted the whistles and bells of all-in software audio production ?
You have resisted your wife who wanted to trash your good old device because she needed space for her new wardrobe ?
You have done so well... Here comes this new piece of software, S56Sys, which will make your machine come back in PC and your workflow easier than ever.
What does S56Sys provide ?
As of today, S56Sys is made of S56Sys screen v1.03. This piece of software:
- allows you to fully remotely control the front panel of your sampler through USB, using your mouse and keyboard and notably
- data change
- navigation through menus
- (re)naming files (and you are not limited to the use of a qwerty keyboard !)
- allows you to transfer wave files, programs and multis between your computer and your sampler’s memory back and forth
This means that you can do everything you do when you are in front of your sampler, plus you can load sounds from and to your computer, though S56Sys screen is not able yet to transfer files to and from an external drive you can have plugged on your sampler. However you can load files from an external drive using the load page of the sampler from S56Sys screen.
It comes with a piece of program (a driver) that will install on your computer so that the operating system of your computer recognizes the sampler.
If you have a S5000, and not a s6000, note that using S56Sys screen you can have the user keys just as if it was a S6000. There are no hardware buttons on the S5000 but the code beneath on the sampler is there !
For more information please have a look at the manual at the "Basic usage" section.
Last but not least you can choose the 2 colors of the sampler screen on your PC at your liking !
Target users
Clearly speaking, this software does not remove the need of an external storage system. USB transfer speed on this machine is not appropriate to transfer big files. You can do it, and I commonly transfer tracks of around 5 to 6 minutes with S56Sys without any single problem, but the transfer time is around 60% of the duration of a stereo wave file. However, the main job of a sampler is not to be a recorder of tracks but to build up instruments using small samples, and there, the USB link of this machine shines and thus S56Sys will make your workflow very nice.
So if you spend hours hurting your neck in front of your sampler to build incredible unique sounds, give your neck a break and launch S56Sys to change position for a while, still letting your inspiration go on.
Supported platforms
Supported platforms are Windows 7 & Windows 10, both 32 and 64 bits.
It should be easy to make it for Linux and I may consider it if people ask for it.
Care should be taken concerning USB ports you have on your computer. Your BIOS must allow EHCI mode, and not be in XHCI mode only (USB 3.0 only). Some motherboards do not support EHCI backward compatibility.
