Cheers man, appreciate that a lot! I bet they’d make me wear an ugly polo shirt 2 sizes too small as my uniform or something…making me do that costs more than my knowledge 😂😂😂
Thanks man! I’m kinda going thru a phase where I’m compulsively comparing like Filter/Drive & Super Filter & Iso & EQ (and combos of) when trying to LPF a sample…
Hi everyone, I recently got the 404mk2 and despite being used to Roland's workflow since the MC303 I found this sampler a bit unsettling. This is exactly the video I was looking for because I had difficulty understanding the various types of chopping and how to save them 😓.... considering that I work totally dawless, except for arranging the various samples in the folders; I didn't understand if I can do it from the machine or if I have to connect it compulsorily... anyway Regarding the "cassette" MFX you mentioned, what might seem like a tape simulation actually works as a kind of compressor... cheers from Italy 🙏🏻
Great job, your 404 movies make me curious about discovering my mk2, I think I bought a Roland instead of Akai mpc one / live thanks to them. Maybe it's far from being a DAW but with an idea and with better knowledge, you can put together more than one track on this device, focusing on music and not plugins. It is great for playing live with friends. Greetings and keep on going.
Thanks heaps man, dope to read. There’s something about the limitations of a piece of gear that flick a problem solving switch in my brain which tends to make the music making process more fun n creative…the infinite blank canvas of a DAW I sometimes feel overwhelming…where as chopping a sample is like solving a jig saw puzzle…I dunno…plus being able to use a 404 anywhere when on the move is awesome. Cheers!
Dope, that’s awesome to read! Spending time shaping sounds isn’t for everyone but it’s really fun taking a bunch of drum layers, linking them together n making your own sounds.
@@Nonjuror Facts. I would do it in Koala all the time. However it’s nice to see we can do it in our SP404 MK2 and get some real good use of these other Efx that don’t get much use for me.
Not sure if Im the only one but I often have a dim lit room and I was often not sure which knob I had till I looked or turned it, so I changed the Vol and loop knob out for almost identical looking but different feeling knobs and it made everything much nicer for me. I was thinking to replace em with Chroma caps but for now I think feel will override looks.
This really helped shaped my thinking around the limitations of the BUSes and how to use them on a mix. Interesting that you shape all your drum sounds with FX and then resample before even starting with any melodies. Do you always do this? It makes sense, because the BUS setups seems to limited to use them in the way you might use a BUS in a DAW… where it’s pretty unlimited. This has been the limitation I’ve been hitting lately, but shaping all the sounds then resampling them before starting any patterns really makes sense.
Yeah man, most of the time I’m trying to do all fx stuff before I get too deep, esp the melodic samples before chopping…but often I’ll have recorded a pattern and then feel like I want to eq/iso the snare or something, resample that then exchange those pads. Cheers!
Thanks man, I cut it out of a roll of wood grain laminate I found at the hardware store. Coz it’s not printed it doesn’t have any text labeling of the functions so I had to give it a few months to memorized all those things first 😂 cheers!
Thanks for another dope vid! QUESTION THO: while you were chopping, I could see you pressing "Resample" several times, but not sure why. What does that do in that context?
Cheers! Press Resample to turn “snap to zero cross” mode on n off. I tap it once n it finds the cleanest place to put the chop, while on it’ll just move the cursor to those clean positions so then the second tap turns it off so I can move freely again. Hope that makes sense!
@@Nonjuror I've got the MPC Live II myself and so far, I have found it amazing for making beats. Everything you could ask for as far as features go (basically a full DAW-in--box) while still allowing you to crank out these beats wherever the heck you feel inspired to (which I really like about the SP series).
Hell of a lot of portable power from all reports, I follow a lot of Live II beat makers n it’s always sounding on point. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for my mpc60ii samples to load into memory…🤣
@@Nonjuror Sounding on point has little to do with the capabilities of the Live II though, which comes with a ridiculous amount of synths, FX, and other sound-shaping tools. It has even an MPC60, MPC3000, and an SP1200 mode. Not to mention that it's a hell of a combo if you would pair it up with your SP-404MK2. Unsurprisingly, there are enough beatmakers out there that easily make the Live II sound on point, Marlow Digs probably being my favorite.
It’s not real clear, what I have noticed is that something can sound awesome but then sometimes when it’s resampled it’s distorted - in which case I turn down the sample or fx levels n resample again. Things like 303 vinyl sim n comp I usually keep the level down to 60-70.
damn you are a God, I'm just at minute 4:30 and the layering trick is blowing my mind... also being able to send each sound to bus 1 or bus 2... what exquisite information... this undoubtedly opens up more possibilities for you to create more subtle and personalized rhythms... very interesting. Sir, please, I have a question for you... do you know if there is or have you done a tutorial on how to make ''hihats'' with a lot of swing... for bossa nova samples... and that style.
Thanks heaps man, much appreciated! When I really want to get precise with adjusting swing I use TR-REC mode in the pattern sequencer, I prefer to adjust the Start +/-% and Volume there to add personality to grooves, like this: ruclips.net/video/7nUimtohg70/видео.html
I think of EQ as parametric, it’s making curves & when you hold down the Enter knob you can change the frequencies. Isolator is a more like a graphic eq with it’s set bands, dope thing being it can drop a band down to -INF & silence it. That’s how I approach them at least…hope I wrote all them words okay…
The one thing I still do is bounce between the Mk2 & 202 a lot, haven’t figured out how to emulate them 202 low sample rates yet. Would be sick if it resampled to lower sample rates.
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Man, Roland should hire you. This tutorial taught me so much. Thank you brother!
Cheers man, appreciate that a lot! I bet they’d make me wear an ugly polo shirt 2 sizes too small as my uniform or something…making me do that costs more than my knowledge 😂😂😂
@@Nonjuror hahaha that is probably very true! Super appreciative of you sharing your talents with us.
Bruh, you chopped that break with the swiftness 😂
Hahaha full disclosure, I had also chopped it a few days earlier for a beat I was working on so I knew where the treasure was buried
I was thinking the same thing… broad-stroke chop, then clean them up once they’re assigned to pads. Love it.
Lol yeah that was shocking
Great info man! I definitely need to start using more MFX on my drums after seeing this! I only tend to use isolator and do a bit of pitching
Thanks man! I’m kinda going thru a phase where I’m compulsively comparing like Filter/Drive & Super Filter & Iso & EQ (and combos of) when trying to LPF a sample…
Great tutorial, no long talks 👌💪Id catch all the mosquitos in my room if I had a chopping gift like that💨💨
Hahaha thanks heaps, much appreciated. Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Just got my first sp404mk2 last week. I've learned A LOT from your tutorials. Thank you so much bro 👊🏾
Best tutorials around thank you man!!! Knowledgable, straight to the point, and nasty with it
Haha thanks heaps man, much appreciated, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Very informative thread. This really helps a lot King 👑 Keep posting tips like these for us SP users.
Cheers mate! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and workflow.
Appreciate you watching man, cheers!
Really love your vids around sp404mk2. Must appreciate ur work man!
Dope to read, thanks heaps for that, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Wow. Great work.
This made me understand eq`ing and other mastering effects... as a whole, not just with the 404
Thanks heaps, dope to read, appreciate it. Cheers!
Hi everyone, I recently got the 404mk2 and despite being used to Roland's workflow since the MC303 I found this sampler a bit unsettling.
This is exactly the video I was looking for because I had difficulty understanding the various types of chopping and how to save them 😓.... considering that I work totally dawless, except for arranging the various samples in the folders; I didn't understand if I can do it from the machine or if I have to connect it compulsorily... anyway
Regarding the "cassette" MFX you mentioned, what might seem like a tape simulation actually works as a kind of compressor...
cheers from Italy 🙏🏻
This is an excellent tutorial. Thanks!
Thanks heaps, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Love this! 👊
Cheers man!
Great job, your 404 movies make me curious about discovering my mk2, I think I bought a Roland instead of Akai mpc one / live thanks to them. Maybe it's far from being a DAW but with an idea and with better knowledge, you can put together more than one track on this device, focusing on music and not plugins. It is great for playing live with friends. Greetings and keep on going.
Thanks heaps man, dope to read. There’s something about the limitations of a piece of gear that flick a problem solving switch in my brain which tends to make the music making process more fun n creative…the infinite blank canvas of a DAW I sometimes feel overwhelming…where as chopping a sample is like solving a jig saw puzzle…I dunno…plus being able to use a 404 anywhere when on the move is awesome. Cheers!
Mannn I just had soooo much fun using these techniques. Thank you again!
Dope, that’s awesome to read! Spending time shaping sounds isn’t for everyone but it’s really fun taking a bunch of drum layers, linking them together n making your own sounds.
@@Nonjuror Facts. I would do it in Koala all the time. However it’s nice to see we can do it in our SP404 MK2 and get some real good use of these other Efx that don’t get much use for me.
Incredible tutorial , thank you !!!
Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Great vid man, thanks for taking the time to make, and share your knowledge.
Cheers fam!
Not sure if Im the only one but I often have a dim lit room and I was often not sure which knob I had till I looked or turned it, so I changed the Vol and loop knob out for almost identical looking but different feeling knobs and it made everything much nicer for me. I was thinking to replace em with Chroma caps but for now I think feel will override looks.
hearing the clap instantly made me think of "the whole world" by outkast
Dude just made a game changer video like it was nothing.
Haha cheers man, after years of doing this stuff on the 303/404a, with the mk2’s functions it’s waaaay easier.
Awesome video man. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks heaps my dude, cheeeeers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
The Magic of resample 😉 Nice Job teacher thanks 4 the content 🫡 Salute 😶🌫️ 🥃
Haha Resample, the Houdini of sample fx shaping on SPs since 2002…appreciate you, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
This really helped shaped my thinking around the limitations of the BUSes and how to use them on a mix. Interesting that you shape all your drum sounds with FX and then resample before even starting with any melodies. Do you always do this? It makes sense, because the BUS setups seems to limited to use them in the way you might use a BUS in a DAW… where it’s pretty unlimited. This has been the limitation I’ve been hitting lately, but shaping all the sounds then resampling them before starting any patterns really makes sense.
Yeah man, most of the time I’m trying to do all fx stuff before I get too deep, esp the melodic samples before chopping…but often I’ll have recorded a pattern and then feel like I want to eq/iso the snare or something, resample that then exchange those pads. Cheers!
Thank you bro! Btw 2:04 why do you tap “resample” twice??
i think its to disable zero snap on and off
great demo curious as to what it would sound like used piano instead, maybe more difficult to connect to wider audience
Where did you get that skin? Awesome
Thanks man, I cut it out of a roll of wood grain laminate I found at the hardware store. Coz it’s not printed it doesn’t have any text labeling of the functions so I had to give it a few months to memorized all those things first 😂 cheers!
shift+gate = gate off or on for selected bank
Wow what a video!!!!
Thanks heaps man!
Awesome video.
Thanks heaps, cheers!
This is a great video and I learned so much!!
Cheers my dude, pan link drum layering is life! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
The New UPDATE with Sample Merge can speed this up now💥
Yes indeed!
Thanks for another dope vid! QUESTION THO: while you were chopping, I could see you pressing "Resample" several times, but not sure why. What does that do in that context?
Cheers! Press Resample to turn “snap to zero cross” mode on n off. I tap it once n it finds the cleanest place to put the chop, while on it’ll just move the cursor to those clean positions so then the second tap turns it off so I can move freely again. Hope that makes sense!
Eres grande, gracias!
Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Nice tutorial. Would love to see what you can do with a modern MPC but that's probably not going to happen.
Thanks! Maaaaaaan I do dig the feel of them Live II pads too…
@@Nonjuror I've got the MPC Live II myself and so far, I have found it amazing for making beats. Everything you could ask for as far as features go (basically a full DAW-in--box) while still allowing you to crank out these beats wherever the heck you feel inspired to (which I really like about the SP series).
Hell of a lot of portable power from all reports, I follow a lot of Live II beat makers n it’s always sounding on point. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for my mpc60ii samples to load into memory…🤣
@@Nonjuror Sounding on point has little to do with the capabilities of the Live II though, which comes with a ridiculous amount of synths, FX, and other sound-shaping tools. It has even an MPC60, MPC3000, and an SP1200 mode. Not to mention that it's a hell of a combo if you would pair it up with your SP-404MK2. Unsurprisingly, there are enough beatmakers out there that easily make the Live II sound on point, Marlow Digs probably being my favorite.
Great lesson; thank you. Please consider producing a paid tutorial video for the SP404
Do you think the sp has its own tone... does it add something even before fx etc..
good vid thanks for sharing
Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺
Where to get that wood face plate?
I cut it out if a piece of laminate I bought at the hardware store, pretty easy to do just use as sharp a scalpel as you can find.
Is there a way of playing a whole sampled loop in a quantised pattern?
Yep
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Cheers!🍺🍺🍺🍺
Hi.
How do I know that my drums are not clipping while using 2 effect at once?
It’s not real clear, what I have noticed is that something can sound awesome but then sometimes when it’s resampled it’s distorted - in which case I turn down the sample or fx levels n resample again. Things like 303 vinyl sim n comp I usually keep the level down to 60-70.
damn you are a God, I'm just at minute 4:30 and the layering trick is blowing my mind... also being able to send each sound to bus 1 or bus 2... what exquisite information... this undoubtedly opens up more possibilities for you to create more subtle and personalized rhythms... very interesting.
Sir, please, I have a question for you... do you know if there is or have you done a tutorial on how to make ''hihats'' with a lot of swing... for bossa nova samples... and that style.
Thanks heaps man, much appreciated! When I really want to get precise with adjusting swing I use TR-REC mode in the pattern sequencer, I prefer to adjust the Start +/-% and Volume there to add personality to grooves, like this: ruclips.net/video/7nUimtohg70/видео.html
Hey - I've been trying to check this video but it doesn't play. Is this a youtube problem?
Weird! I just tried it n it seem ms normal but who knows…hopefully there ain’t no dramas with it!
Eno?
So I think it just clicked that isolator is subtractive EQ and the EQ is additive? Maybe? Haha.
I think of EQ as parametric, it’s making curves & when you hold down the Enter knob you can change the frequencies.
Isolator is a more like a graphic eq with it’s set bands, dope thing being it can drop a band down to -INF & silence it.
That’s how I approach them at least…hope I wrote all them words okay…
I do wish Roland would make that BitCrusher better. It’s kind of meh. I want better control on it.
The one thing I still do is bounce between the Mk2 & 202 a lot, haven’t figured out how to emulate them 202 low sample rates yet. Would be sick if it resampled to lower sample rates.
@@Nonjuror Man those sample rates just touch my heart😂
I have a Lo Fi mode but not a compressor mode
20 mins later we have a 1 bar loop…lol
Luckily I’m not explaining step by step what I’m doing every time I’m making a beat off camera