THE ADVERSARY wrote:
But you will also notice there are people out there who do make use of it so Akai is just trying to cover both sides of the coin.
The key thing we should get out of it is that they are trying to support the unit by adding more content and trying to find content that can be more useful.
Had to make that big enuf 4 people on the street level can see what I feed my children instead of food. They been
tryin since the mpc 4000. please leave this thread I actually agree w sum of ya points but.......

I covered AKsys v1.7 in SOS November 2001 (see http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Nov01/a ... iaksys.asp), and also briefly covered its v2.1 incarnation in the Z8 review. Now we're up to v2.3 (or v2.36 for Mac users)
Published in SOS September 2002
MPC4000
Release date: 30-01-2002
Last update: 30-01-2002

In a nutshell, AKsys enables you to hook up your Akai sampler (be it a Z8, Z4, S5000, S6000 or MPC4000) to a USB-equipped PC or Mac via the USB slave port on the MPC's back panel to give you remote control of file management, plus the ability to
drag and drop samples to edit and create Multis and Programs. You can also use AKsys to turn your computer into a hub for up to 32 samplers, enabling you to transfer data back and forth between them and/or the computer and generally manage your files with all the benefits of a 'big-screen' user interface.

Unless you can get my money or time back.........
