Pad gain was at 100 (max) and threshold was at 1 (min). Turned up threshold to 5 (one click up from min) and dialed gain back to 75. So far the sensitivity seems good, but I’ll give it some time and see if it ghost triggers any more. Thanks for the suggestion!
And, sometimes, Exit first.
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Thank you! I can’t tell how much the Efx parameter page switching to the pattern edit page messes up my workflow!
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Okay. I said it before, that I’m new to music.
Most my talent lies in the Dunning Kruger curve.
Now that I figured out the SP404 workflow and learned how to use through practice and many questions asked and answered…
DAMN MY BEATS ARE TRASH.
Like for real. I’m trying to make some hip hop, and J Dilla should rise from his grave to slap this 404 out my hands. Gottdamm!
I’m familiar enough enough with the SP404 to not have any roadblocks to creation… it’s all at my fingertips.
But as I get into it, it’s like the early auditions of American Idol. You know when people really think they can sing, and put their soul into it…. Just to make a highlight reel of worst singers ever.
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Let’s have a listen!
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Alright … bet.
I’m working on the Western challenge on this forum. As soon as I get it done I’ll put it up here.
The funny moment is always after I make the first chops. Then I’m like “now I just need to repitch these!”
Then I cringe as I walk the sample through all 12 semitones.
Then I’m like “I just need to adjust these chops!”
Then I’m spending an eternity moving the markers all around until I just go to bed with a headache.
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How long have you been at it for with the hip hop beats? It takes a while to lock the feeling in, especially with a newish device
First one…
I usually work at 138 bpm +
Plus the deadline is on the 1st, so I know it’s messing me up…
My usual success comes from doodling and finding something that gets me hype, and adding elements until I get it to 2 mins or so… super noob.
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It will come - if you like good hip hop, you will start to recognise a good beat, or potential for it, when it comes. And if you know your sampler, it will.
But you need to put serious time in to listening to music of all kinds and banking it to use. Recognising some sample heat is the biggest part of it - good drums, baseline etc are important but it’s the sampling that makes it sing
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Another thing is that I recorded into the 404 with my iPhone playing from Apple Music, but the samples I import into from the SD card are way louder… so I can’t TR rec both at the same time… I need to gain stage one then mix later.
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Don’t let that discourage you. Keep pumping out the cringe and the trash, each one is a step closer to a tight a$$ fire trunk thumping banger.
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Yo. I dropped my sequence down to 8 bars and re-recorded with some quantization. And I think I’m onto something.
It might be en fuego.
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Haha. I have an E90 M3. My subs are under the seat. So I’m trying to make an A$$ thumping banger.
Pause.
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Fo’ shizzle my nizzle yo’ drizzle will sizzle with a likkle bit of tizzle for rizzle.
I’m an idiot. In case it wasn’t obvious.
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I fuckin LOVE Ricky
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For all the trash talking of the dreaded ‘synthfluencer’ that goes on around this small, dingy corner of the interwebs, he provides entertainment, personality, demonstrations, and opinions in a well polished yet unassuming manor.
I like synthfluencers.
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I finished it up. First time making a full track on only an SP404.
I can send you a link if you want to hear how it came out.
I can’t post it because I’m putting it in the competition.
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So. It’s kinda a crazy thing, but I’m sure everyone already knew this.
But I messed up the tempo of a bank and it dropped to 40 bpm.
Since it’s all samples, it just played with a nice groove. Like a really heavy swing amount. With these pauses where the samples would end and then the trig for the drum sample would come in.
A very happy accident.
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