MPC 4000 Blue with SSD

Hello

I'm close to by a second-hand MPC 4000, but i also have a few question about it.

1. I know this was probably discussed many times; Is the blue version just as stable and solid as the white one? Or will i have some unexpected problems with it?

2. There has been an SSD (Type FAT32) installed with an SATA/IDE-Adaptor (See picture below). Are they work well with the MPC or do they have to be replaced someday?

3. I am running a Mac Book pro with yosemite. I read that there is a software called "akSys", which allows a direct connection with a pc. Is the software still working with a newer Mac OS? Do i need the software, or can i just plug a USB-Stick in the MPC, save the data, then plug the USB-Stick into the pc?

4. Are there any further things i need to keep in mind (coming from the 2000XL/2500), before i make my decision to buy the MPC 4000?

Thanks for sum buying advice
sinik

You will be fine. Blue/White, doesn't matter! If there is an SSD installed and working, you came up. The 4000 is different from all other MPCs. You understand what it does and how to do it.

Get it, RTMFM, make some beats!

Aksys doesn't work with Yosemite (nor Mavericks, and maybe not mountain lion...), but it's not a requirement, you can use the USB port to plug in USB sticks and portable USB drives which you can share with your computer.

Thanks!

Think im ready to spend some!

How much are they asking for it? Just curious to see what these are going for

800 USD.

Looks like fresh out the box. But i also seen a few poor looking ones going for the same price...

You have to pay attention when you transfer big files via usb sticks from the 4k into your computer.
6 out of 10 times, if I record / sample a whole song on the mpc, and then transfer it via usb (by using the front usb port) there are digital artifacts in the .wav file.

I have never figured out why but when I am transfering small files (samples, program files etc.) it works fine.
I guess it has something to do with the packets of data that are transfered via usb 1.1
(does the back usb port works with usb external drives?)

Just my two cents.

Legend has it that because the blue 4000 was the later version they were running out of the 'good' parts and cobbled them together with whatever bits they had laying around the workshop !!!! dunno if true tho ......

dryad-66 wrote: they were running out of the 'good' parts ......

Yeah, they run out of the white paint...