Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By Lampdog Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:16 pm
Download the Latest MPC 4000 Ak.sys Software
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/aksys253.zip

Download the Latest MPC 4000 USB Driver
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/akmpc4ku201.zip

Unzip and install aksys253. Unzip the usb drivers into a folder somewhere
and remember that folder.

Connect usb cable to 4k and turn it on.
In Win7 32bit on my laptop I right clicked on my computer.....

MANAGE
DEVICE MANAGER
AKAI SAMPLER
AKAI MPC4000 MUSIC PRODUCTION CENTRE
rightclick on that
UPDATE DRIVER SOFTWARE
Browse and find that folder that you placed your
usb drivers in, or you can do it SEARCH AUTOMATICALLY.
Once you have that folder highlighted hit OK
Popup will say drivers are uncertified, I continued on anyway.
Drivers will then be installed.


I opened up aksys afterwards and BAM there was my 4k showing up in aksys.
I didn't have to reboot and I did all this while the machine is on and connected via usb cable.
By diegoeskryptic Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:35 am
Lampdog wrote:Download the Latest MPC 4000 Ak.sys Software
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/aksys253.zip

Download the Latest MPC 4000 USB Driver
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/akmpc4ku201.zip

Unzip and install aksys253. Unzip the usb drivers into a folder somewhere
and remember that folder.

Connect usb cable to 4k and turn it on.
In Win7 32bit on my laptop I right clicked on my computer.....

MANAGE
DEVICE MANAGER
AKAI SAMPLER
AKAI MPC4000 MUSIC PRODUCTION CENTRE
rightclick on that
UPDATE DRIVER SOFTWARE
Browse and find that folder that you placed your
usb drivers in, or you can do it SEARCH AUTOMATICALLY.
Once you have that folder highlighted hit OK
Popup will say drivers are uncertified, I continued on anyway.
Drivers will then be installed.


I opened up aksys afterwards and BAM there was my 4k showing up in aksys.
I didn't have to reboot and I did all this while the machine is on and connected via usb cable.



Thanks lamp. I have windows 7 64bit. Ill give this a try in a few...
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By Lampdog Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:46 am
Yeah, I also put it on my win 7 64bit desktop and it works. I followed the same route.

This is actually the default manual way to install drivers into Windows since several versions ago.
By Waystilos Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:03 am
Lampdog wrote:Yeah, I also put it on my win 7 64bit desktop and it works. I followed the same route.

This is actually the default manual way to install drivers into Windows since several versions ago.

Good lookin out Lampdog!!!!
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By Lampdog Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:22 am
Did it work for you guys, it should have.
By diegoeskryptic Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:30 pm
it didnt work for me. whenever I try to browse for the USB driver, it says it cant find it.

maybe because its saved on my desktop? ill try somewhere else...
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By Lampdog Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:46 pm
So do it manually and browse for the driver in the folder where it is.

Remember you need to unzip the downloaded file into a folder.
To make it easy BOTH files should be in the same folder BY THEMSELVES.

akMPC4ku.inf
akMPC4ku.sys

Desktop is also a folder, lmao.

By diegoeskryptic Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:02 pm
Lampdog wrote:So do it manually and browse for the driver in the folder where it is.

Remember you need to unzip the downloaded file into a folder.
To make it easy BOTH files should be in the same folder BY THEMSELVES.

akMPC4ku.inf
akMPC4ku.sys

Desktop is also a folder, lmao.




Did all the above. I was saying maybe I should try putting the folder somewhere else (to exhaust all possibilities).

I just want to transfer my sounds from the PC over to the MPC. The 4k hard drive is not even showing up in my computer...
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By Lampdog Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:33 pm
Aww man, I don't know what to tell you except try a different usb port or cable.
everytime I've tried it the way I described it worked for me first time on laptops and desktops.
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By DJ A-Sharp Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:36 am
Lampdog wrote:Download the Latest MPC 4000 Ak.sys Software
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/aksys253.zip

Download the Latest MPC 4000 USB Driver
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/akmpc4ku201.zip

Unzip and install aksys253. Unzip the usb drivers into a folder somewhere
and remember that folder.

Connect usb cable to 4k and turn it on.
In Win7 32bit on my laptop I right clicked on my computer.....

MANAGE
DEVICE MANAGER
AKAI SAMPLER
AKAI MPC4000 MUSIC PRODUCTION CENTRE
rightclick on that
UPDATE DRIVER SOFTWARE
Browse and find that folder that you placed your
usb drivers in, or you can do it SEARCH AUTOMATICALLY.
Once you have that folder highlighted hit OK
Popup will say drivers are uncertified, I continued on anyway.
Drivers will then be installed.


I opened up aksys afterwards and BAM there was my 4k showing up in aksys.
I didn't have to reboot and I did all this while the machine is on and connected via usb cable.



I assume that we are talking about doing all this in Virtual XP mode?
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By Lampdog Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:48 am
I never said anything about virtual xp.

Lampdog wrote:This is actually the default manual way to install drivers into Windows since several versions ago.
By diegoeskryptic Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:11 pm
DJ A-Sharp wrote: I assume that we are talking about doing all this in Virtual XP mode?



getting aksys to work is hit or miss on windows 7 64 bit.

Also If you have windows 7 home 64 bit your screwed because you cannot run Virtual XP mode on it. Only on professional and ultimate editions.
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By DJ A-Sharp Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:36 am
diegoeskryptic wrote:
DJ A-Sharp wrote: I assume that we are talking about doing all this in Virtual XP mode?



getting aksys to work is hit or miss on windows 7 64 bit.

Also If you have windows 7 home 64 bit your screwed because you cannot run Virtual XP mode on it. Only on professional and ultimate editions.



Mine is a miss. I have tried everything and it doesn't work......