Alright folks, happy easter. I’ve got something special for you 
A zine style SP404 mk2 Quick Reference.
I put together a video to show off what it is and how to make it at: https://youtu.be/VE_Iwvn2mYA
You can grab the quick reference for free at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101413881
If you’d like to order a physical copy that I’ll make by hand, go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neartao/e/238188
As always, keep making music, keep having fun, and I hope you have a great day!
So cool! Thanks for all you do for this community!
Absolutely, I’ll keep it updated and certainly make tweaks over time, but I thought this could really help folks out… heck I cannot remember all this stuff!
Now that I’ve settled on a design language that I’m mostly happy with I think I’ll get to doing some more of these. I think a beginner’s guide is in order next
There was fairly easy mod on the SX for this. Never tried it though.
I use a angled trs adapter that works very well!
Great resource this, I’ll keep one with my SP.
Thank you!
Weird lil synthy Sunday beat
thats hard, i love it!
made a sloppy epiano beat today with just the 404 and my casio digital piano. been practicing D major chords and decided to make this little diddy. got some clashing melodies in there but hey thats what its like relearning the piano.
PLEASE!
Thank you for this handy and neat little book.
I saw a topic about it in this forum but really, I’d like a “flatten” function in a next update just like on MPCs.
=> Activate a MFX => “Flatten” function => Hit a pad => The FXed sample replace the old one.
I know it’s possible by recording on a new Pad but it would save time and Pads allocations
Yeah, I would love replace to be an option for various functions - it would really help with the workflow. Maybe there could be a buffer to allow for undo if it goes wrong, otherwise give us an advanced option in settings to remove overwrite protection or something. I can see why Roland doesn’t want the user to replace samples in error, but I’d love to be able to do it. There’s no reason why the original sample couldn’t still exist on the SD card (EDIT: No, internal memory!) and just be replaced on that pad.
shared this ages ago but realised the other day it wouldn’t work for anyone as I included an external image file, found out now how to make it standalone.
negatives:
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I don’t have a mac, so can’t test this… but I had been wondering what a hypothetical FX control layout would look like! Just wondering what your choice process was for the 4 FX assignable to each bus?
I’ve been thinking about making a similar thing but with Hexler’s TouchOSC for the ipad & the fx assignment has been my roadblock!
You can assign any bus fx with the sliders, the 4 short cuts were arbitrary choices.
Would be best if these were user definable.
But this is more a randomiser for unexpectedness at this stage, the morpher and Perlin noise mod are the sauce.
8 hours, 2 clicks. Must’ve really sold it with the hearing impairment threat 
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Needs testing and feedback to improve, so if you’re brave and cautious with the volume pot please try.
Forgot to mention it needs control+click open to load, then click “start audio engine”.
Sp-606 had this already
I didn’t know. So it’s possible for Roland.
The 606 was a weird one. It could resample with effects, including multiple different ads at time, it could sample via usb, it had a 4 tracks sequencer BUT it could not resample a sequence so if you finished a beat you had to record it externally…
Only the sp 555 could resample a pattern if I remember correctly
Naw just the looper. Back in the day a lot of people would bounce to another SP.
I loved the SP-555, had it when it first came out even bought another one a couple years back. I loved how i could almost sample from three different sources at the same time without having to switch cords around.
USB IN / PHYSICAL RCA IN/ MIC Jack (1/4 inch phone type / XLR type, Hi-Z, phantom power)
It also had unique pallet of effects compared to the other SPs. The real bummer the second go’around was that USB drivers needed to use the USB thrus were dated, thus I could never get it to function on macs. A guy by the names of Korakios on the SP-forum made drivers that could get it to work on windows pcs, but mac peeps were out of luck.
