Roland SP 404 Making Beats

[bengoro7]

Can this do everything a MPC can?

[bartjuhh12]

Would love to try one one day. Using the MP now.

[nyteboys]

uugh this all seems so complicated for my first drum machine ill just stick to the akai xr20

[Fagottron]

Hmm, still deciding between the Akai MPC and the Roland SP range. Thoughts from anyone who's used both?

[iMoZProductions]

@Fagottron yep. if you wanna get into the high numbered sp's they all go hand in hand with a computer. the sp's are a little cheaper than the mpc's. but the mpc's ar a stand alone machine and you dont gotta mess with the computer. which i like. the workflow is easy with both of them. some say tht mpc's give a more grimey feel to your music, but when you think about it, its just a machine in which you input music to, you can use the effects givin, but its not gonna naturally give a grimey feel

[LopatoBeats]

@iMoZProductions false, the limited memory and bit rate of older samplers does give the resulting tune a distinctly "grimy" feel

[ladygodia]

@Fagottron MPC is more technical. SP is more on the fly that's why so many bands use it for stage.

[Bandy500]

can you change individual samples volume level? or just main output only.

otherwise all your samples have to be balanced before use, making it hard to live sample stuff?

[DaRealLodiDodi]

@Bandy500 you can assign volume individually

[serrtucheserrtuche]

can it switch between two patterns on the fly?? instead of waitig for time cue.. .

[ODProfessorRhino]

yo i dont like that ''having to wait to switch patterns on the 404'', on the 303 i can switch patterns in realtime WHENEVER the fukk i want! yeah its harder to switches seamlessly but its more freedom! yo

[aistisice]

@ODProfessorRhino eeeh man u push down [HOLD] and press to switch whenever in pattern mode - i own a thing - tho i really think that 6 sond poliphony is not enoungh - thing keeps cuting my samples if i try to play more composite drum line. it as well can't resample from pattern mode whitch is sad a bit you know - its still amazing piece of gear - especially for some of it's really unique effects and battery powered portability - man i make music in bed XD

[kusss1]

how much does this cost?

[JSuelto1]

@kusss1 few hundred bucks

[mufongo]

fuck i gotta buy this..

[gep1976]

my brother reversed my 808 pad on my 404 ad now I can't get it to frward I tried pressing reverse button but it does not go back its like its stuck. can I get my 808 back

[ahbappapel]

which one you would chose??

roland sp404 or akai mpd24 pls help...

can i use roland sp404 with program like reason ???? cuz i dont see any video about this every body who have roland sp404 use it real time sampling.....wtf

[DeftFlow]

I don't think you can use the sp with reason...it doesn't have MIDI

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

@DeftFlow it has midi in so you can trigger any sample in it with any midi software or hardware

[TheBeatholiC]

fl studio + mpd24 but if you need something to carry on anywhere, then i would buy sp404

[timothyzha]

can you start a new pattern without having to wait for the previous one to end?

[xxxfarsixxx]

hey guys i just bought SP-404 .. and i purchased the CF card as 4 Giga .. is it compitable with it or not .. i didnt opened it yet .. but i heared its not compitale in 4 giga capacity .. help me out

its Sandisk Ultra II 4 Giga

as SDCFH-004g-E11

[watwatwhywat]

nope. cant use anything over 1g

[HoweGavin]

this is exactly what I was looking for, I think Im sold

[cearleywine]

does this work the same way when using an external source.

[n6el]

if this was a broke mans mpc madlib and panda bear wouldnt be so fond of it now would they?

[GrillLoc]

I also dont know if you've heard of Moka Only but he uses the SP's too

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

@n6el panda who?

[mikeymoxon]

@UrbanCrunkMovement panda bear.

assumably from animal collective

[depletedmind]

yeh this is a great sampler, its real easy to use and understand as well

don't listen to krzone81 you can't compare it to the mpc, they both do completely different things and are used to get a certain feel to your music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[krzone81]

the broke mans mpc , or a beginners sampler

[JayDeezay]

nah roland is changin the game

keep your MPC in the 90's lol

[harryharrisonhaz]

have you got the option of bringing in a different pattern instantaneously if you wanted?

[cadabraa]

This is the sp-404, not sp-555 Griffinavid. ;) Still, nice movie.

[krizzlemcstizzle]

i really want this sampler... like really... like i am going to get it, thats how bad i want it... GB

[njbrilla]

thanks man, really cool and helpful.