Akai 4000S User Manual

Mac OSX’s Automator utility can be applied to the task of converting UniQuest 
files from the PC version relatively easily. You will need:

Mac OSX Tiger (which includes Automator)

The Change File Type and Creator Action from 
www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/changefiletypeandcrea-
tor.html. 

If this URL has been changed, you should search for ‘Change File Type and 
Creator’ on the www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/ web page to 
access the download.

The following workflow files downloadable from  http://www.psicraft.com/
Files/AkaiPro/Automator%20Actions.zip

The first step is to install the ‘Change File Type and Creator’ Action into Automa-
tor. Actions are like audio plug-ins: They extend Automator do do specific tasks.

Next, extract the ‘Automator Actions.zip’ download to your desktop. Inside the 
archive are four Workflow files: Set PC Collection, Set PC Preset and Bank, Set 
PC Set and Set PC Library. When each file is opened with Automator, you will be 
ready to convert the appropriate data file so that the file Type and Creator attributes 
are set correctly. 

Since Presets and Banks are the most common data type produced by UniQuest for 
EWI 4000s, here is an illustrated example of the procedure:

On opening the ‘Set PC Preset and Bank’ Workflow file, you will see the above dia-
log open. Simply click on the ‘Run’ button to start the Workflow. 

Never click the ‘Select file’ button in the ‘Change File Type and Creator’ action: 
This will only change the workflow so that it no longer sets the correct type and cre-
ator attributes.

Once the Run button has been pressed, Automator will execute the first action in the 
workflow, which is ‘Ask for Finder Items’. This will launch a file selection dialog 
that will open to the default folder where Preset and Bank data files are stored by 
UniQuest for EWI 4000s: