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SP-404 MK II. Leak, relevance, GAS?

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  • Many thanks @Proppa Glad you enjoyed it.

    I built another track on some of the elements in the previous track...this 404 is just mind altering for me...

  • Howdy folks. I am starting to get more of a handle on the 404 and am loving it. I had a good LoopyPro session last night, and decided to bring my loops into the SP to perform and play a bit and really love the feel and playability of the instrument. I've had the SP for a couple weeks now...and my next phase of learning is FX routing and Pattern creation, but in the meantime, here's a first post with the 404 in the shot:

    note: I've also made the Samples available via the description in the Youtube description if you want to grab them. I didn't bother naming them so you'll have to sort them however you do on your end.

    a hint though on the file naming:
    Orange=Pads
    Green+Yello=Melodics and Leads
    Blue=Drums
    Magenta=Percussion
    Purple=Voice

    Please let me know if you'd like me to continue saving samples when I post vids.
    Cheers!

  • Truly great stuff @echoopera and it seems like you’ve found a way to keep things ultra-fresh by way of the 404 playback. Taking the “behind the glass” material from iOS and playing it from the tactile SP = winning process. Loving it.

  • Thanks and i agree with you. I feel that since the connection between the iPad and the SP is so immediate and no nonsense, it’s going to be a great physical instrument to create on.

  • edited February 2022

    Keeping the dream alive as they say with this wonderful instrument. Here’s another exploration on device, recorded Live to AudioShare over USB-C:

  • These jams continue to be one of the best selling points I've heard re: the SP MK2 x iPad combo.

  • You are far too kind. Thanks for the words of encouragement 🙏🏼💕

  • Took yesterdays track and brought it into a proper Pattern Mode workflow...and well...really enjoying this process. I also cleaned up the audio a bit and boosted and verbed and mucked up things the way I like :)

    Thanks in advance for giving it a viewing:

  • @echoopera said:
    Took yesterdays track and brought it into a proper Pattern Mode workflow...and well...really enjoying this process. I also cleaned up the audio a bit and boosted and verbed and mucked up things the way I like :)

    Thanks in advance for giving it a viewing:

    This is great!!

  • Mine finally arrived over the weekend and it’s the exact partner to an iOS setup that I was looking for. The Skip Back recording feature is nuts. I keep the iPad plugged in, noodle around in an app, and as soon as I go “that sounded cool”, I hit “Mark” and it’s recorded in the SP and ready to chop. I’m in love 😭

  • edited March 2022

    @CapnWillie Yep. I sometimes use the pads to play out synth sounds into LoopyPro when I’m just using the SP and the iPad together. I either use the 16 pads or enter Chromatic Mode on a pad and play to the desired octaves in the Chromatic Mode.

    That being said, I’ve only used it this way when playing a sequence to be recorded into the SP or LoopyPro (which i use as my audition and storage rack for the Samples i create).

    I’m pretty comfortable now with the SP workflow , and I’m planning some SP+iPad videos shortly, so I’ll include this use case as one of them.

  • edited March 2022

    @SicksentZ said:
    Mine finally arrived over the weekend and it’s the exact partner to an iOS setup that I was looking for. The Skip Back recording feature is nuts. I keep the iPad plugged in, noodle around in an app, and as soon as I go “that sounded cool”, I hit “Mark” and it’s recorded in the SP and ready to chop. I’m in love 😭

    Yeah. It’s pretty sweet. I just finally got over the hump of learning its workflow. I know maybe 40% of everything i should know…but it’s enough to do what i want musically.

    Congrats on the delivery of your SP👊🏼™️💕

  • Thanks @echoopera!

    Really like that you can use chromatic mode to send midi to iOS. Makes it a lot easier to resample from apps

  • @echoopera said:
    @CapnWillie Yep. I sometimes use the pads to play out synth sounds into LoopyPro when I’m just using the SP and the iPad together. I either use the 16 pads or enter Chromatic Mode on a pad and play to the desired octaves in the Chromatic Mode.

    That being said, I’ve only used it this way when playing a sequence to be recorded into the SP or LoopyPro (which i use as my audition and storage rack for the Samples i create).

    I’m pretty comfortable now with the SP workflow , and I’m planning some SP+iPad videos shortly, so I’ll include this use case as one of them.

    +1 for the vids as I’m waiting for mine to arrive and this is just what I want to do🥳

  • One bug I’ve noticed that potential buyers may want to consider:

    When on battery power, if I plug in my phone I get a pop up every minute or so that says “switching to battery”. I have to click Ok to proceed.

    My guess is that the SP tries to pull power from the phone, fails, so reverts back to battery. I just wish it’d only check once. Seems fixable via firmware, but def wanted to call it out in case you have plans on sampling via iOS while on battery power.

  • Worth filing a bug report with Roland for that. They've been pretty good about fixing bugs and improving gear lately, maybe that could be addressed in a firmware update.

  • @Tarekith said:
    Worth filing a bug report with Roland for that. They've been pretty good about fixing bugs and improving gear lately, maybe that could be addressed in a firmware update.

    Yup agreed. I filed one already

  • @CapnWillie @SicksentZ @cuberoo_ Please let me know what you think:

  • edited March 2022

    @CapnWillie said:

    @echoopera said:
    @CapnWillie @SicksentZ @cuberoo_ Please let me know what you think:

    I think you have a nice voice for presenting reminiscent of a childhood Sunday school teacher I had.

    I think while happy for you, I’m jealous that I haven’t scored an SP yet.

    I think I need one ASAP.

    Hahah. Thanks for the feedback. I lucked out on mine one me night at 2am by hitting the Roland Amazon store. Let’s just say that my wife wasn’t happy when i jumped out of bed to find my Credit Card 🤪

    She wasn’t upset cause i woke her up to get the SP…she was upset that i woke her up for no reason since Amazon has my credit card on file. 🤪

  • @echoopera said:
    @CapnWillie @SicksentZ @cuberoo_ Please let me know what you think:

    Thanks, this is great. Can you monitor an external source, while playing sounds out of the SP over the USB audio? E.g. back into LP, which is something I can't currently do with the op-1, very annoying.

  • @echoopera said:
    @CapnWillie @SicksentZ @cuberoo_ Please let me know what you think:

    Dope stuff! I’m enjoying using the iPad as a sound rack. I play iOS apps with chromatic mode while the pattern is playing, then resample the iOS melody with the Skip Back feature

  • @SicksentZ said:

    @echoopera said:
    @CapnWillie @SicksentZ @cuberoo_ Please let me know what you think:

    Dope stuff! I’m enjoying using the iPad as a sound rack. I play iOS apps with chromatic mode while the pattern is playing, then resample the iOS melody with the Skip Back feature

    Yeah! The SP + iPad is where it’s at👊🏼™️

  • Thanks, this is great. Can you monitor an external source, while playing sounds out of the SP over the USB audio? E.g. back into LP, which is something I can't currently do with the op-1, very annoying.

    Absolutely, this is how I work. I audition new samples over usb while playing my pattern

  • edited March 2022

    Working on the video for this one, but wanted to share the track ahead of that:

    Really enjoying the SP+iPad workflow.

  • @echoopera said:
    Working on the video for this one, but wanted to share the track ahead of that:

    Really enjoying the SP+iPad workflow.

    Like this a lot. Dusty, gritty, spacey.

  • @iansainsbury said:

    @echoopera said:
    Working on the video for this one, but wanted to share the track ahead of that:

    Really enjoying the SP+iPad workflow.

    Like this a lot. Dusty, gritty, spacey.

    Thanks a ton. Appreciate the feedback and really glad you enjoyed the track. 👊🏼™️

  • Loving the layers @echoopera

  • @Proppa said:
    Loving the layers @echoopera

    Many thanks 👊🏼™️

  • edited June 2022


    🔥🔥🔥

    Ahhh Got released early. Supposed to drop tomorrow. Chromatic recording, step sequencer, etc.

  • Looking forward to trying out the step sequencer and other new goodies, hopefully they will continue to update the Os with new things on the regular.
    *fingers crossed for some sort of piano roll !

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