AENIMALS
FOR THE AKAI MPC SAMPLE · WEB INSTALLER
This installs onto the MPC's SD card only. Nothing is written to the MPC itself. AENIMALS adds two folders to the card, autorun and JIANT; your samples and projects stay where they are. Switch the MPC off and on without the card, or pick MPC SAMPLE on the start screen, and you have the normal MPC Sample.
This browser can't write to an SD card. Open this page in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on a Mac or PC to install in one click. Or install by hand: see install by hand at the bottom.

1Pick a version

2Connect the SD card

Either way works:

  1. Through the MPC: with the MPC on, turn the data wheel to SD CARD ACCESS in its menu and push it. Connect the MPC to your computer with its USB-C cable. The card appears on your computer like a USB drive.
  2. Or with a card reader: take the microSD card out of the MPC and put it in your computer's card reader.

Wait until the drive shows up (Finder on a Mac, File Explorer on Windows), then:

In the window that opens, click the card itself (the drive, not a folder inside it), then Select / Open. Your browser will ask to let this page edit it: allow it.

3Compatibility

4Install

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5Finish on the MPC

Installed and checked.

  1. Eject the card on your computer first. Mac: in Finder, click the eject arrow next to the card. Windows: click Safely Remove Hardware in the taskbar and pick the card.
  2. When the card has disappeared from Finder / File Explorer, it's safe to unplug the USB cable (or take the card out of the reader).
  3. Through the MPC: press B1 to leave SD CARD ACCESS and go back to the menu. With a card reader: put the card back in the MPC.
  4. Switch the MPC off, then on again. AENIMALS only starts when the MPC powers on with the card in.
  5. After the MPC starts, the AENIMALS start screen appears. Turn the data wheel to AENIMALS and push it. (Pick MPC SAMPLE for the normal MPC.) Shortcut: PLAY starts AENIMALS.
  6. Turn MAIN VOLUME up slowly: AENIMALS starts quiet.

Next: the DAW operating manual (every button, pad and page) or the GROOVEBOX manual.

Updating later Come back to this page and do the same steps. Your AENIMALS projects (the JIANT folder) are kept.
Removing AENIMALS Delete the autorun folder from the card. Delete JIANT too if you don't want your AENIMALS projects any more.

?Install by hand

For Safari or Firefox, or if the installer can't reach the card:

  1. Download a version:
  2. Unzip it. You get a folder called autorun.
  3. Delete any old autorun folder on the card (keep JIANT), then drag the new autorun folder to the top of the card, not inside another folder.
  4. Mac only: in Terminal, run dot_clean -m "/Volumes/YOUR CARD/autorun" to remove the hidden "._" files.
  5. Then follow step 5 above.