I also find it very odd that the maximum useful setting on the resonance is 1, 2-3 at most, on a dial that goes to 100!
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I had a bug earlier on 4.05. Or maybe itās meā¦ since I was configuring my old settings after the update.
When engaging any effect the buttons would not light up, but the effect would engage, but it would not bypass when pressing the effect button again. Behavior returned to normal after cycling power.
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Got it. Havenāt tested the earlier versions, but I really enjoy the sound of the current one though. You need to be careful with the drive but I like that it can get aggressive 
Interesting with the other options, havenāt gotten that far yet
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Hey guys! Currently preparing a good olā beat set with my SP404mk2ā¦ Iāve decided on the 5 fx I want on the direct fxās, but Iād like to switch whatās under the mfx button. However, I canāt find a way to select the mfx without triggering it instantlyā¦ 
Edit : Iāll probably put backspin under mfx. Warming up more and more to it, and it has the advantage of being in its āoffā state when you load it.
Edit2: BTW, I was thinking about my Bus 3 / 4 fx. Might go for: comp / Isolator. Isolator in 2nd position because it will mostly be here to replace a mixing board EQ and correct the placeās sound / speakers. Donāt want it to alter the comp. But do you guys have nice settings for master compression in a beat set setting?
you may know this already but if you want to have the same settings on an effect each time you open it, change the CTRL parameters on an effect, hold SHIFT + MARK for 3 seconds, it will save those settings as default. that way you could have something always set to completely dry under the MFX if you want to use things other than backspin there
im actually gonna take my own advice here because i forgot the combo and have wanted to make changes to the defaults for a while but just been too lazy!
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It works only for the direct fxs, right? I remember ripping my hairs trying to memorize settings for the other mfxsā¦
you can save the settings for all of the MFX! just made a few adjustments to my own
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Crazy ! Gotta try this again !
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I also only noticed distortion after the update but I may have just been using it on samples with really low levels
i donāt think itās a bug/mistake, i think they deliberately added this but itās not massively useful
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Itās probably worth noting that you can only save EFX parameters from Bus 1, despite the pop-up stating āSAVED EFX PARAMā if you attempt this from Bus 2.
Itās the EFX parameters that are saved, not the bus parameters, so saved changes will be reflected on both Bus 1 and Bus 2. Just remember to save them from Bus 1.
Caught me out a few times 
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What theā¦. I thought it was a bug, saved over and over but every power cycle it disappeared
But it canāt be working as intended?
Trying saving from Bus 1. Itās working for me on v4.05.
(Pretty sure it was working when saving from Bus 1 on v4.04 and v3.02 also, as Iāve definitely done it before. I havenāt been able to get it to work from Bus 2, though.)
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Hmm, it still doesnāt work for me. Itās strange because Iām sure it worked before.
Iām still on 3.02 though, Iāll update to and try again
Huh. Iām sure it worked under some conditions on v3.02 
Youāre definitely holding [SHIFT] + [MARK] on Bus 1 until the āSAVED EFX PARAMā pop-up is displayed? Itās quite a wait.
I had a hunch that it didnāt work on the MFX slot previously, but I could be wrong.
Yes I did, got the confirm status on bus 1
Ah, OK. I guess there could be some other factor at play, but itās probably easiest to try it on v4.05 if youāre happy to upgrade. (Remember to perform a factory reset if you do.)
If itās still not working after upgrading to v4.05, Iād be curious to compare a few settings. There could be a bug thatās only apparent with particular settings.
Yes I was planning to do so anyway!
But why do I need to factory reset? To avoid bugs?
Do you know if itās still backwards compatible with a project from the older firmware?
i just tested.
saving the fx params on bus 1 makes the default change on both buses
saving the fx params on bus 2 said it saved but reverted back to the default i had saved on bus 1. maybe a bug? idk, im on 4.05
and just for the record, i did not do a system restore and the updates worked fine, but they do officially recommend it!
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The factory reset is a step in the upgrade procedure, so I did it to avoid any potential issues. Just the system data, though ā you donāt have to wipe everything.
I havenāt tried rolling back, but I think someone above said it gave them some problems.
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