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?

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.7

This was done yesterday, but family interrupted and I couldn’t get it posted. I started some information about gain staging, and then got side tracked. I mean it is important, but maybe doesn’t make a *ton* of sense in the context of the mk2, still… will keep it in here for now, and see what

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.6

This was done yesterday, but family interrupted and I couldn’t get it posted. Changes here amount to maybe another hour worth of work, primarily focussed on the Sampling section. I figured it would be a good idea to add a Gain Staging section, although this is stubbed out for now. I do feel like I

Roland SP-404 mk2 Guide v0.5b

I’ve spent a few days kicking off writing a guide for the Roland SP-404 mk2. Today I got about four hours into working on this document, and there is still so much more to do! You can grab the currently latest version here… I managed to get a couple more hours into the guide and

Tear It All Down!

So, the Tape Grain Glitch case is apart… as you can see from the image for the post… and I’ve got some work to do before I get it back together. First up, I flipped the Ladik A-520 and P-520 modules so that I can access the jumpers while working inside the case. The way