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 GEARED checks out the free OS 2.0 firmware update the AKAI MPC5000.
The MPC5000 is Akai’s flagship music production and beat creation workstation. It comes from a product line of iconic devices which have helped to shape modern music – specifically hip hop. The MPC5000 is the latest evolution of this legacy. The unit built on the classic MPC framework of combining powerful sequencing, sampling and processing with the feel of the musical MPC pads and Q-Link assignable controls. It introduced new-to-MPC functionality including a virtual analogue synthesiser, a streaming hard disc recorder, and extremely high-resolution sequencing, amongst others.
Now the OS 2.0 update will shift the envelope again. It includes more than 25 improvements to the functionality and workflow of the MPC5000 – many of which have been developed to accommodate the specific requests of the established user base.
OS 2.0 introduces Keygroup Programs to the MPC5000. Users can create chromatic instrument key-mapped sample programs taking a single sample and turning it into a pitched piano, string or other instrument sound. This new capability greatly expands the performance and production capability of the MPC5000, and its ability to perform as a drum sampler and a more traditional key-mapping sampler. Users can now import S1000, S3000, S5000/S6000, Z4/Z8 and MPC4000-format sample libraries from Akai and third party developers.
OS 2.0 enables automation recording for any of the parameters in the effects set, an MPC first. This enhancement builds on the MPC5000’s ability to record program parameters to aid greatly in mixing and production. A new Controller Grid Edit window added to Grid Edit Mode enables users to see a graphic view of controller automation and edit events.
A new MultiEdit function enables users to edit parameters for multiple pads all at once. The ability to edit tuning, envelope filters, or most any parameter across all of the pads in a Drum or Keygroup Program saves users considerable time and effort.
The MPC5000’s Chopshop technology, which slices samples into smaller pieces, has a new Zoom function in OS 2.0 that lets users to zoom in on individual slices for finer editing of their beat slicing.
The newly added ability to quantize Track Mutes is a useful feature for performers who trigger clips and tracks from their MPC5000. It eliminates worries about compensating for latency because the MPC5000 perfectly aligns mute punches in real time.
OS 2.0 makes the MPC5000 even more powerful, musical and user-friendly, and best of all, it’s free.
FREE at www.akaipro.com/MPC5000 at no cost. For more information check out www.akaipro.com.
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