MPC4K Program creation in 2024?

Hey guys, recently bought an MPC4000, how are you guys creating programs in 2024? I've been sampling in and trimming and assigning to pads. Is there a faster way you guys are doing it?

Im on Mac OSx 13.6

I‘m also a late MPC4K starter... and though I consider it‘s sample editing well implemented, I‘m way faster (and more precise) in desktop apps.
The most efficient approach is Akai’s AKsys, ie you edit/chop files in your favorite Mac/PC editor and create programs in AKsys.

Afaik there are no „modern“ applications featuring the 4000‘s OS.
AKsys is a quite solid „remote control“ and file management system.
Depending on environment (Win, MacOS9, OSX) there may be some hickups, but no show stoppers.
In my case (MacOS9) it may may skip some samples when dealing with huge numbers of files, so it‘s worth to compare source and destination at the end of the process.
(applies to S1000/3000, EMU, Roland CD conversion)
In OSX drag and drop fails (at least in some versions). No experience with Win on my side.
But over all it‘s a well done software... or rather brilliant if compared to what seems to be the standard of current development...

Slice by region, and make sure to extract the regions to a new program. Just make sure to record the sample at bar lengths and the split by region works pretty well. Also you can get the zoom wheel selection to select pretty fast by pressing shift+right direction in the start or end regions values. Took me ages to work that one out, but now can set up regions slices to a program reasonably quick.

Loving my MPC4k! Find the workforce to be spot on, it's worth spending the time to get familiar with the functions. Defo gets quicker with practice.