Roland SP 404 Making Beats

This member of the SP-sampler family breaks ground with innovative features such as Loop Capture, and Super Filter.The SP-555 is fast and powerful, but one thing has been preserved from previous SP models: fun! It's the ultimate toolkit for DJs, producers, sample-based musicians, or performers who want to take their act to the next level.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Roland
• SP-555
• sampler
• DJ
• beat
• machine
• drum
• griffin
• avid
• prod

[n6el]

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

[JayDeezay]

nah roland is changin the game

keep your MPC in the 90's lol

[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

[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.

[mikeymoxon]

@UrbanCrunkMovement panda bear.

assumably from animal collective

[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

[DaRealLodiDodi]

@Bandy500 you can assign volume individually

[Fagottron]

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

[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?