A History of SP devices
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- In this video, we explore the history of Roland and Boss SP devices dating back almost 30 years!
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The SP404 mkII from Roland is a creative sampler & effects unit. The latest version in the long line of SP units has some great improvements including an OLED display, velocity sensitive pads, an updated sequencer and a guitar input.
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chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:10 MS-1
0:25 SP-202
0:48 SP-808
1:07 SP-808EX
1:19 SP-303
1:35 SP-505
1:55 SP-606
2:15 SP-404
2:33 SP-555
3:01 SP-404SX
3:25 SP-404A
3:43 SP-404 mkII
4:08 Thoughts on SP-404 mkII
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I had the original SP202 in 1996. It was always plugged to the audio output of my tv set. I used to sample tv movies on sunday afternoons.
That’s dope.
Wow
Imma 90s baby that's dope bought back memories I miss them Saturday and Sunday afternoon movies on TV
Have I got a story for you all. I'm 50 and before all these magic things I was doing samples on the C64 and Amiga. Then to PC around 91. Got into CGI around 1992, 93. It took off for me. Been working in VFX for about 28 years. Great job and loved every minute of it. Now I'm getting older, I'm looking for a hobby (my hobby and job have been the same for a long time). I just found about all this stuff last week. I'm going to get a SP404 and get off the computer. I also played guitar a lot in my younger years and still have them laying around. I have a custom fender strat, a 92 Les Paul standard, a banjo, two acoustics (6 and 12 string Maton) and a 89 Ibanez USA custom with a Mother bucker. Also old mics and equipment form the late 80's and early 90's. I actually have the c64 still in it's box on my shelf behind me now. I had no idea you could sample like this! Crazy how things change. I can smell retirement coming on. Oh well, time makes fools of us all. Great Videos, thanks so much for doing these.
Nice history lesson on the SP. I didn’t know that so many were made. Thanks. 🙏🏽
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. There's quite of few SPs out there.
nobody's talking about how beautiful the 555 is
I made love to one at a rave in the 90's. MDMA is a hell of a drug.
The 555 is crazy cool.
SP-606 was bundled with software called Cakewalk P606 and it was something like Maschine years before real Maschine. Software was clunky but we haved kind of integration which is now standard in modern samplers/controllers. In 2005 it was revolutionary.
Great insight! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great video!
Thanks!
Spit my first rap over sp-808 beat .. damn was such a feeling seeing that machine back then..
That's dope. keep spitting those bars.
I own a mpc studio black and about to get a sp404 mk2 real soon been watching a bunch of videos same i did with my mpc i appreciateand respect the history ot both machines
Dope. The sp404mkii is a good device. You can also look into the MPC One if you like the MPC platform. They are different workflows.
Fantastic presentation!
Thanks Tyson! I appreciate that.
@@OllieLoops You are welcome!
Love my sp808 bought when it first came out , sold it very regrettably several years later. Got the music bug again bought 2 sp808's ,sp606 and mc909 for about a $130 each ( I did have to repair some buttons on each but they all work great now). Then I realized all I really need to make music is a keyboard controller and computer and I have never looked back but they sit here in my studio as museum pieces(aka eye candy)
p.s. also never mentioned is that the sp808 was the only sp I believe that if you knew the sampled loop's bpm you could just cut the silence in the beginning and then use the job wheel to dial the loop to a perfect loop displayed in the screen. Awesome for back then!!!
Great info. Thanks for sharing.
I always wanted the Sp-605
605?? Wha
@@OllieLoops sorry mate I meant 606. It was between the SP-606 and the MPC 1000 at the time. Polyphony won and I got the MPC 1000 instead
@@LocaliLLocano gotcha. no worries. I think you made the right move. I had an MPC1000 and I loved it.
SP404 MKII is my very first sampler and I love it. Learning curve is a little steep. But once you 'get it' it's almost perfect
NB: I'm waiting for 3.1 version to fix some some annoying bugs and really hope Roland will add those enhancements that you already addressed in your other videos
That's awesome! Enjoy your SP!
Can’t wait to get mine in few a weeks adding it with my MPC Studio black I’m super excited to create when it gets here 😬
The MS 1 and MPC 3000 were on ny wishlist as a Junior in High School lol 😂, i had no funds for either, but did manage to get a Yamaha Su 1 (samplerl and eventually SP 202.
Also Roland needs to stop being scared and bring back the MV Series (affordable versions maybe $800 to $1400) , only thing gave the MPC a run for its money back in the day. Standalone production making a comeback 😂😂😂👊🏾
Great points. Thanks for sharing.
606 is my jamburger. Loving it!
Awesome. That’s a good one.
Blessed to be running a 202/MKII combo these days
That's dope. What's your signal chain? How are you using them together?
@@OllieLoops Got my turntable/source running into the 202, the 202's audio out into the mkii, and the mkii's audio into my audio interface via the quarter inch headphone jack; basically using the 202 to record the samples at the standard rate and using its filters, then resampling into the mkii
great video!
202/303 squad rise up
Thanks! 202 and 303!
Sp404 Mk2 is my first SP before that i only knew about the Sp 1200 lol i got a mpc studio blqck before my sp and the sp got me neglecting my mpc 😂 thanks for this video i kinda like to look up the orgin and history of stuff im into
I owned a 202, 404 and a 606. I must say I never got on with them very well. For me it was impossible to loop anything using the arcane 'mark' system purely by ear. Was tempted by the 404 mk2 as among many improvements it had a OLED screen and hence a way to visually loop stuff. Went with the MPC One, which I love. Sold my original 404 a few months back for a little more than I paid for it back in the early 2000's.
Great info. Thanks for sharing.
I like making music with my ears in stead of my eyes
@@clutchhawks1268 true
EXCELENT !!!!!
Thanks.
I have the 202 and matching drum machine, 505 (my first) and the 404sx. They are all great in their own right and all have features that the others don’t. Also I had the sp808 for a minute but never learned it and sold it pretty quickly. I still regret it. One day I want to get the 303 and the 404mkii
That is a nice collection. Enjoy.
I have a working MS-1. It's super primitive and limited, but it actually has a cool sound to it.
Wow, that's awesome! How would you describe the sound?
@@OllieLoops I'd love to hear this too
I keep my SP-555 for the theramin-like sensor, still fire that unit up every now and then to play with it.
That’s awesome! Enjoy!
I'm pretty sure one of those SP Devices had a theremin. Love the sp404mk2
Yeah, I think you’re missing right, like a motion control over certain parameters.
01:35 the Boss SP-505 looks more like a Roland D2, which was released a year earlier.
Like the distortion pedal?
what are your thoughts on the Roland Verselab?
Roland makes great products. The workflow and mic pre should be the determining factors on whether this device is right for you. Otherwise, why not an Sp404mkii?
Verselab has its own sound presets on it (sounds really clean). You can sample with it it's a bit shitty. The best part about the mv1 is that you can plug a XLR mic into it and record vocals, good vocal fx. I've been using it for a bit over a year and I don't plan on getting rid of it. The sp404 is honestly very different from the verselab. I had to comment something after seeing the GPT response you got
I had the SP202. Also have the 808. Is there anything better that the 202?
404 Mkii?
Is it better unit? @@OllieLoops
@@webleydevelopment Well, that's subjective. But I think the 404 mkii is a much better device.
Loved my sp 505. It was my first sampler and i made many songs with it. I thought i could use my computer to do what that did. I sold it and found out sadly i was wrong...
Oh no! Did you buy another 505? What do you use now?
@@OllieLoops no by the time i realized it , i could not find it anymore. Now I'm using an Mpc One. May pick up a 404 mk2 someday tho...
Dang that's crazy I have so many samplers it's crazy
I’ve had mine for almost 20 years and I still love it for what it is
Any reason they skipped 404 after 303 and went straight to 505 and 606? I always assumed it's cause it was the same number as the famous error code and Y2K was still recent.
They also went from 202 to 808, then 303 to 505. Maybe higher numbers were supposed to be more feature rich devices.
For the longest time Roland was against using the number 4 because it is the Chinese character for death. Thats why they always left a gap in numbers for 4. This was the first product they made with the number 4.
@@LocaliLLocano Wow, what an interesting fact.
@@LocaliLLocano Gotcha, makes sense
without sound example(((
That would have been cool.
What was the design team thinking with some of the early SP's. The SP808 and 505 are hideous.
They were definitely given some freedom or directive to be “innovative”.
606 gang
Bury me with my 202. :)
Nice.
I fkn had the ms1 and Idk what happened to it
oh no! maybe you'll find it one day in a closet or somewhere.
Roland took the piss . 2005 - SP404A 🤦🏽
They made up for it with the Mk2.