NearTao’s Acid Drop Sample and Patch Pack Available Now

First up, about half of the samples are available for free at , and an SP404 mk2 ready project is available with included patterns at .  Check out the content ahead of time to see if any of it interests you before you pick up this pack. The Free Samples file is just samples, and the

Personal Project Management

Hey everybody! I’ve been working through deciding what project management software to setup for myself personally, and I’ve been looking through several options. There’s a lot of interesting paid software, open source software, and a lot of opinions of what is best to use, how they integrate together. It’s a lot to dig through, but

[Sample Pack] SP404 mk2 Session 54

These samples were recorded as part of my In Five series for the SP404 mk2 Session 54.  I used a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and a Chase Bliss Audio Mood to do a bit of sound design/exploration and to have some fun.  Nothing fancy here, but since Spicy Boi asked over in the YouTube comments for

In Five Overview

kf6gpe over on my discord server asked about my process, and while I am more than happy to have a discussion about it, I figured it might be worth writing down in a blog to capture for others in the future as a distinct artifact. Before I get too deep into this, I wanted to

SP404 mk2 Polyphony

Well… I finally decided to get back to working on the guide again… and I’m giving a try streaming a bit of the process while also trying to solve some problems. Here are two streams that probably should have been one, but I just need to get used to having a bit of dead air

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.10

This is a pretty huge update, yikes! I got a bit obsessive over the last few days, and read just about every single post in the Elektronauts’ SP-404 mk2 thread as well as the Gearspace SP-404 mk2 thread. This is well over 4000 posts to read through, and took me the better part of four

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.9

Taking some time to experiment with the 1.14 firmware release that just dropped. Going to take a bit to roll some of that information up into the Guide. The big update for today was finally running the experiment to determine polyphony once and for all for the mk2. Spoiler: it’s 32 note mono sample polyphony.

More Great Roland SP Vids & Music

Some more vids on the SP to check out Teebs Boiler Room London Late Night Boom Bap Beat Tape #3 Messy Dibia$e at Roland Artist Center

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.8

A few hours of work here today, wanted to get more done, but needed to do some family stuff like cook dinner (tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches), wash the dogs… and whatever else took up the day. This latest update is quite a bit more than I’ve done over the last few days, a

Some Great Roland SP Vids & Music

Here’s just some links to sp stuff… Wanted to share! Khryo Tajima Hal Nymano Madlib in Brasilintime Dibiase Boiler Room LA Beat Culture and the 404 – Dibia$e MUJO – SP404 Jazzy Live LOFI hip hop jams on the sp 404 mk2 – spvidz Why is Lo-Fi so popular?