Danoc wrote:So that we're on the same page.
In order to get data from the PC to transfer it to the MPCx or Live you would have to be able to BROWSE files in that PC from the MPC. Whether its a sample or a one shot that is considered data.
Now are you talking about the C/: drive ? I will most likely agree you can't. But l never keep my sound samples on the C/: drive. Only on an external drive that is connected to that PC. But on the other hand if l kept sounds on the C/: drive l should be able to browse folders on that drive because the samples is data. In order to grab data from the PC you have to see what you're grabbing.
An external drive is not a computer and has no inherent permissions. When I say computer, I mean system drive and secondary drives added to the computer that are permanent drives, not removable storage like thumb drives, usb drives, etc.
The computer will see the contents of the MPC drives, but the MPC will not be able to browse the pernanent drives of a computer unless the software can either supply credentials or the directory on the permant drive the software installed on the computer uses is shared without explicit permissions.
It would be a security risk to have a shared drive accesible by any attached device with no permissions.
You may not agree with this, but this is the way computers are setup with OS running and the way they deal with permanent drives and file permissions. The drive, even system drive, could be taken out of the computer and made into an external drive and then browsed by some other operating system such as windows drives being browseable by linux machines, or live cd OS running on RAM disk being able to browse a system drive, but unless it is shared and credentials supplied, you cannot just hook any device up and browse your computer files while it is running an active OS. Again, that would be a huge security risk to leave files with no permissions that aren't set explicitly for sharing.
I don't know the way the Akai software is setup , but I would be extremely doubtful of the ability of the MPC to browse permanent drives on a computer unless the software sets up a share (using administrator privileges while the install happens) that the MPC knows where to look explicitly. My own samples are on external drives, system drives, backed up on various media etc, but everyone keeps files a little differently. An MPC device connected by USB is not going to be able to browse it unless it can supply credentials of an account with permissions already setup.
Maybe check with Akai if you don't believe my information.
