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Akai IBS56USB USB Interface Board For S5000 And S6000

With this excellent USB interface, it's a snap to get your data into your computer-based audio workstation. 26 People rated this product: Rate and Review This Product
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Manufacturer's Description for Akai IBS56USB USB Interface Board For S5000 And S6000

Getting the quality sampling data from your powerful S5000 and S6000 samplers used to be a real pain. No longer! With this excellent USB interface, it's a snap to get your data into your computer-based audio workstation! It's efficient, maintains excellent sound quality, and is much, much faster than MIDI!

Control and Networking Systems
With one of simple USB cable, control your S5000, S6000 from your Mac or PC. Control up to 32 v.2.0 equipped S5000 and/or S6000 samplers on the AK.Sys network. View the contents of your sampler in the AK.Sys. browser how you like - by name, date, size, etc. Use the Multi Editor's virtual mixing console to create, edit, and manage multis like never before. Use the program editor to create, edit, and manipulate programs like a huge modular synthesiser. AK.Sys. integrates your preferred sampler editor (whatever it may be) for on-screen editing of samples. For the ultimate in assignment, drag and drop programs into multis and samples into programs. Drag and drop multis, programs and samples from your Mac or PC's hard disk. Use context sensitive AK.Sys. Search engine to find stuff

Multi Mixer Editor
Use this virtual mixing console to control your multis. Up to 128 channels. Group channels together Solo/Mute channels with a single mouse click. Assign programs to parts by simply dragging them onto a channel. Edit programs from within the Multi Editor... And more...

Program Editor
Edit programs with this modular synth panel. All the parameters laid out for quick and easy access. Drag and drop keygroups between programs. Drag and drop samples directly onto a keygroup for quick assignment. Set keyspans and envelopes graphically with your mouse. Select keygroups quickly and easily using the keygroup "tabs." Switch to EDIT ALL at the click of a button. Select from a variety of different panel themes (click below to see them) with more themes available for download from our website in the future.

ak.Sys Browser
See the contents of your sampler's memory in the ak.Sys Browser. See your sampler's drives in the ak.Sys Browser and drag and drop sounds between them and the sampler for quick and convenient loading and saving. Drag and drop data from your PC's hard disk/CD-ROM directly into the browser to load it into memory or drag data from your PC's HD onto your sampler's drive(s) to copy it. Drag and drop items from the Browser onto the desktop to copy it to your PC's HD. Drag and drop items from the Browser, the sampler's drives or the PC desktop onto the Multi and Program Editors. Rename and delete items in memory. View items by name, size, date, whatever...and more!

Search Engine
Find stuff the easy way with the ak.Sys contect sensitive Search Engine. Once found, drag the item to a multi or program. Or edit it....You choose!

Virtual Panel
Control EVERY function of your sampler from this on-screen 'virtual' remote panel!

Output Meters
See the ouput levels of audio appearing at the 16 individual outputs with this simple METERS display.

Take Control
Control up to 32 samplers on the AK.Sys network from your PC or Mac

No SCSI conflicts- all control/data transfer done via a single USB cable

Run S5000/S6000 alongside your preferred sequencer/DAW

Double click on a Multi to launch the Program Editor mixing console

Choose from a variety of synth panel "themes" to edit your programs

Use the virtual S6000 remote panel to access EVERY function in the sampler

Use context sensitive Search engine to find exactly what you want

Double click on a sample in the AK.Sys to launch your preferred sample editor

Save samples edited in your desktop drives to your sampler(s)

Drag and drop data from your desktop drives into your sampler(s)

Drag and drop keygroups between programs

Drag and drop samples into keygroups

Drag and drop programs into Multi parts

Drag and drop between samplers

Sort by name, date, size, and sample rate

External sampling hardware places no overhead on your computer

Superior sound quality through dedicated, external sampling hardware

Much, much more... zZounds is an authorized dealer of Akai products.
Minimum Requirements ak.Sys V1.50

Macintosh
Any Power PC Mac with USB (PCI or internal)
Monitor capable of at least 800 x 600 resolution in thousands of colours
USB Manager 1.21 or newer available
8 Megabytes of free RAM
USB Manager 1.21 or newer available here and a later version available here
Mac OS 8.6 or newer
15Mb of free disk space

Note: If you plan to connect your sampler's drives to your Mac it must have a SCSI connection. This is standard on older Power PCs and G3 Macs but newer models will require a SCSI board installed.

PC
Pentium 200 + with USB
32 Mb ram
Monitor/video card capable of at least 800 x 600 resolution in 16-bit colour
USB support software
Windows98
20Mb of free disk space
It is also necessary to ensure that Comctl32.dll v5.0+ is installed. This dll is available here

Note: If you plan to connect your sampler's drives to your PC it must have a SCSI card installed.

Sampler
Akai S5600 and/or S6000 with Version 2.10 Operating System or later installed.
IB-S56USB interface board installed.

Note: Older Akai samplers such as the S1000, S2000, and S3000 Series cannot accommodate the IB-S56USB board and so cannot be used with ak.Sys.
Akai Warranty If you have additional warranty questions, please call the manufacturer at 401-658-4032
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Customer Reviews
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"Get it now before it's too late!"
Sound: It doesn't create any... Feature: Control your unit with your equipment virtually from your computer. Very Nice! My S5000 obselete to some but given a new lease on life. Value: Best price anywhere! Manufacturer Support: Haven't needed it yet. The Wow Factor: Like I said this gave a new lease on my S5000. Overall: I can't and won't part with add-on being I've waited for months due to the high demand for this product which is amazing since this model was considered to be discountinued. And thanks to the AKAI USB I don't have a need to use a software sampler unless I'm using Reason, but I don't have to worry about maxing out my memory in order to run everything on my PC.
Style of Music: Urban Dance
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Feature: Does exactly what it's supposed to...it enables the S5000 to talk to a computer via ak.sys. Quality: If you don't have one for your S5k/6k, you're missing out on 75% of the functionality. Manufacturer Support: They keep changing hands.
Style of Music: Industrial, Soundtrack
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