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This channel is I think my favorite for the SP404 and music production. Very upbeat personality and even more so, he has a real ear for producing unique music that not many producers are able to create. Love this guy. And, the pure passion he has. His videos take time and effort to produce. This is him giving out of that passion, the love of music, the appreciation he has, a teacher. A huge thank you.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME CRY? man, I was legit moved by this. honestly, it's not super easy at my age with a full time job and a family, finding the time to make videos, while away for work, or at 5AM while everybody is asleep. comments like this make it all worth! I genuinely don't know what to say. man thank you, I hope to keep giving you the content you enjoy!
@@BIGUMAMI I've really enjoyed watching you for a long time now. And when life gets in the way for you, I do feel your absence. And it's not just the music that captures my imagination, but it also takes a hold of me and it helps to shed everything else around me and for those few blissful moments, I get to enjoy your music and energy, or, if I want to be educated and learn, I can. If I really want to pay close attention and go deeper, then maybe some of your music theory will plant seeds within me, only to sprout later in some unexpected, but useful and rewarding way. There is so much that you offer to your audience, driven by love and passion, that maybe even yourself might not realize how much positive energy and love flows out of your videos. I hate to bring up the amount of subscribers your channel has but I only do so to remind you not only of your modesty but of one very simple fact about you, and that is, it's in your nature to give more than you receive. So I wanted to stop, sincerely thank you for all of the love, time and effort you put into the videos. The production is also great, lighting, editing, mixing, everything. I know it's a struggle many times for you to put these videos out, 15 minute turns into 2 hours, or, an hour turns into 6 hours. I am sure I speak for other here, when I tell you that we all really appreciate your efforts here and I can a absolutely promise you something, those seeds you hope to plant, are indeed being planted.
@@all.day.day-dreamer yo this is deep... damn. NO WAY I'M EVER GONNA STOP NOW! thank you for this. really! honestly though, I don't believe I'm giving more than I am receiving. making videos on youtube has honestly given me a direction with my music life and career, after many attempts and failures including being signed on a major label etc. this channel is my excuse to keep making music, buying gear, and just generally stay motivated. I'm usually a very slothy person. so again... thank you so much. I hope I'll keep inspiring you and many others for years to come!
I still don’t see why Roland couldn’t implement the ability to hold down a step and change the parameters instead of having to change the parameters and then re-enter the step. Obviously the way the software is written would prevent this, but it’s common to have such a feature these days, so I can’t see why it couldn’t be added in a future update.
that'd be the dream, wouldn't it... very elektron-esque, and maybe that's the reason they won't do it... up until this very product, Roland was a very "set in their ways" type company, like Nintendo. they've done a much better job at actually listening to the customers but I don't see them riding the bandwagon on this one (although I'd love to see it)
I would love to see a "quick mute" function and the step parameter lock that you mentioned. that would make this machine so good for house-ish and techno genres
Aw man! Glad to hear that! There's a steep learning curve - if you ever watch my live sp404mkii vids you'll see I'm not as confident with it as I am in these fully edited ones ahahah
Roland is ought to eventually bring the firmware version to v4.0.4😉: - stem export as you mention🤩🤌 - condensed notes in the 16 pads as you mention🤩👉 - bigger octave range🤩👍 - arp/note repeat input mode🤩🤩🥳 - a side-chaining capable compressor FX🤩🤩🤯🔥🚒 - ability to set how many repeats for the pattern in a chain🤩🔄 - A wavetable sound generator/OSC + filter envelope🤩 - DJ mode : key lock when in DJ mode 🤩🔒 - DJ mode :: force assign of Bus 1/2 to CH1/2 🤩👌 Wouldn't that be a sick product ? As industry shaking as the original🚀🚀🚀
MAN NOW WE TALKING 😂 kidding aside, to be honest, for the price, this machine is already pretty packed full of features. but yeah I wouldnt be opposed to these ones!
@@BIGUMAMI Thanks - I will. It is really wild and getting dark. I am due to meet my wife in the hills to get my car ferried to the garage. I might just have time to catch the start for a few minutes...
Waiting for the playhead in tr REC is a gripe I have as well... I asked around and if you adjust the start and stop point of the loop, you can preview that specific section, but you have to come out of REC mode to do it, so it's a clunky work around
I actually recorded this very method in the making of this video but then decided to edit it out because, as you say, it is SOOOO clunky and really doesn't make much sense!
Man. This is my big gripe. I would love to be able to at least do one pattern, one bar like with a pocket operator - chain things and then recombine into one overall pattern. For that last one, the best I got is to resample the pattern chain to a pad
@@shifteleven You know... I'm getting better at keeping things small and then chaining patterns... What I do is crop longer samples into smaller patterns, then chain those together, which gets the functionality closer to the PO style your talking about. And I use the resampling the pattern chain to a pad trick to layer as well. Now I dont know if i want it to change, since I have a good workflow with it. For longer arrangements, I picked up a Maschine mk3, and will keep the 404 as my portable couch setup
@@blkrbbt yeah. Chain and resample is what I got too. Just can solo out parts later on unless I stem from each resample. Still - trying not to expect DAW levels of control is something I keep working on. And the more I give into it not being perfect, the more I’m just having fun
@@shifteleven It seems like the 404 will force you on that path... and because of those limitations, an surrendering DAW level of control, I have had to make compromises that actually serve the music. I am actually arranging stuff in limited ways that help keep things from getting overcomplicated. I mean, I still produce 95% sh!t, but I am hosting Beat battles on Elektronauts, and submitting tracks made entirely on the 404.
Big ups for doing this! A lot of great, informative stuff. The day Roland implements pads/stems export, I'll buy it. That's the only lacking feature for my workflow currently (often doing some 32-64 bars with hardware, then exporting stems to DAW to take it further).
well, the key entirely depends on your sample! If your sample is a C note then it's gonna be a C scale, and there are different scales, major, minor etc. if you change the pitch, say to D, and activate chromatic mode, the sp404 is gonna override your pitch change and switch it back to a C. so if you want a D scale the only way is to change the pitch, resample and then activate chromatic mode (and select the scale you want) hope it makes sense!
I bought mine when this update came out, almost immediately. I wish they would give us a couple other custom pad color layouts, make the midi cleaner as I can’t even turn it off which is a bit ehh but I love this sampler, sooooooo many things are so spot on and sharp, like the headphone jacks, all together all the ins n outs is what 3 stereo in and 3 out.. plus an audio interface with 4 fx 😱🙀 I love this thing, love love it. Oh my gosh the mark button 😱 yeah haha we want more! More more! More! Glad you are back, I killed a brand new laptop by replacing the power jack with my absolutely moronic soldering 🤡 , encrypted a backup and forgot the key 🤡 700gb. Oh I don’t wanna try to recall how stupid I am I for certain nI have forgotten a whole bunch of reallllly stupid tech moves. And Novation if you read this I am not the one who put my keyboard serial cable on backwards then called for troubleshooting, that was my stalker who has the same gas mask.
I almost CUT the keybed off my ultranova to make it rack mount , I decided to try reseating the cable like the tech support guy probably suggested more than once 🤡 uhhh then worked after I flipped it around 🤡🤡🤯🤯
I would gladly accept that label! I am deeply influenced by UKG as you can see in my other vids: ua-cam.com/video/vT8VTwRpe70/v-deo.html But I guess "house" is a much wider umbrella term that pleases both the viewers and the algorithm aha!
what is up greedy guts? I have a Discord server! come and chat about samplers, software, and leave some suggestions on what videos you want to see next: discord.gg/DMntZNBX
Here for the Jungle :D
This channel is I think my favorite for the SP404 and music production. Very upbeat personality and even more so, he has a real ear for producing unique music that not many producers are able to create. Love this guy. And, the pure passion he has. His videos take time and effort to produce. This is him giving out of that passion, the love of music, the appreciation he has, a teacher. A huge thank you.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME CRY?
man, I was legit moved by this. honestly, it's not super easy at my age with a full time job and a family, finding the time to make videos, while away for work, or at 5AM while everybody is asleep.
comments like this make it all worth! I genuinely don't know what to say. man thank you, I hope to keep giving you the content you enjoy!
@@BIGUMAMI I've really enjoyed watching you for a long time now. And when life gets in the way for you, I do feel your absence. And it's not just the music that captures my imagination, but it also takes a hold of me and it helps to shed everything else around me and for those few blissful moments, I get to enjoy your music and energy, or, if I want to be educated and learn, I can. If I really want to pay close attention and go deeper, then maybe some of your music theory will plant seeds within me, only to sprout later in some unexpected, but useful and rewarding way. There is so much that you offer to your audience, driven by love and passion, that maybe even yourself might not realize how much positive energy and love flows out of your videos. I hate to bring up the amount of subscribers your channel has but I only do so to remind you not only of your modesty but of one very simple fact about you, and that is, it's in your nature to give more than you receive. So I wanted to stop, sincerely thank you for all of the love, time and effort you put into the videos. The production is also great, lighting, editing, mixing, everything. I know it's a struggle many times for you to put these videos out, 15 minute turns into 2 hours, or, an hour turns into 6 hours. I am sure I speak for other here, when I tell you that we all really appreciate your efforts here and I can a absolutely promise you something, those seeds you hope to plant, are indeed being planted.
@@all.day.day-dreamer yo this is deep... damn. NO WAY I'M EVER GONNA STOP NOW! thank you for this. really! honestly though, I don't believe I'm giving more than I am receiving. making videos on youtube has honestly given me a direction with my music life and career, after many attempts and failures including being signed on a major label etc. this channel is my excuse to keep making music, buying gear, and just generally stay motivated. I'm usually a very slothy person.
so again... thank you so much. I hope I'll keep inspiring you and many others for years to come!
I still don’t see why Roland couldn’t implement the ability to hold down a step and change the parameters instead of having to change the parameters and then re-enter the step. Obviously the way the software is written would prevent this, but it’s common to have such a feature these days, so I can’t see why it couldn’t be added in a future update.
that'd be the dream, wouldn't it... very elektron-esque, and maybe that's the reason they won't do it... up until this very product, Roland was a very "set in their ways" type company, like Nintendo. they've done a much better job at actually listening to the customers but I don't see them riding the bandwagon on this one (although I'd love to see it)
I would love to see a "quick mute" function and the step parameter lock that you mentioned. that would make this machine so good for house-ish and techno genres
@@BIGUMAMI agree 100%
Does doing it there way really result in a parameter lock? Like is it just that step that will have those changes, and the rest unchanged?
Awesome video! 2.0 made the mk2 an instant purchase for me. Now just need to learn how to use all this neat stuff.
Aw man! Glad to hear that! There's a steep learning curve - if you ever watch my live sp404mkii vids you'll see I'm not as confident with it as I am in these fully edited ones ahahah
How’s 3.0+ going for you? ☺️
Roland is ought to eventually bring the firmware version to v4.0.4😉:
- stem export as you mention🤩🤌
- condensed notes in the 16 pads as you mention🤩👉
- bigger octave range🤩👍
- arp/note repeat input mode🤩🤩🥳
- a side-chaining capable compressor FX🤩🤩🤯🔥🚒
- ability to set how many repeats for the pattern in a chain🤩🔄
- A wavetable sound generator/OSC + filter envelope🤩
- DJ mode : key lock when in DJ mode 🤩🔒
- DJ mode :: force assign of Bus 1/2 to CH1/2 🤩👌
Wouldn't that be a sick product ? As industry shaking as the original🚀🚀🚀
MAN NOW WE TALKING 😂 kidding aside, to be honest, for the price, this machine is already pretty packed full of features. but yeah I wouldnt be opposed to these ones!
@@BIGUMAMI not even that hard to implement for most 😉
Ayy just got an SP404 on Halloween and happy to see you're back! An inspiration
Thank you!!!
Great video! Thanks for sharing. More tutorials please!
Great to know you are back - I have to go out in some extremely wild weather shortly so it will have to be a replay later. Cheers. Lee
be safe out there!!!
@@BIGUMAMI Thanks - I will. It is really wild and getting dark. I am due to meet my wife in the hills to get my car ferried to the garage. I might just have time to catch the start for a few minutes...
@@iosmusicman damn! I don't envy you my friend. please leave us a comment here when you're back. I wouldve made the intro shorter had i known ahaha
Waiting for the playhead in tr REC is a gripe I have as well... I asked around and if you adjust the start and stop point of the loop, you can preview that specific section, but you have to come out of REC mode to do it, so it's a clunky work around
I actually recorded this very method in the making of this video but then decided to edit it out because, as you say, it is SOOOO clunky and really doesn't make much sense!
Man. This is my big gripe. I would love to be able to at least do one pattern, one bar like with a pocket operator - chain things and then recombine into one overall pattern. For that last one, the best I got is to resample the pattern chain to a pad
@@shifteleven You know... I'm getting better at keeping things small and then chaining patterns... What I do is crop longer samples into smaller patterns, then chain those together, which gets the functionality closer to the PO style your talking about. And I use the resampling the pattern chain to a pad trick to layer as well.
Now I dont know if i want it to change, since I have a good workflow with it. For longer arrangements, I picked up a Maschine mk3, and will keep the 404 as my portable couch setup
@@blkrbbt yeah. Chain and resample is what I got too. Just can solo out parts later on unless I stem from each resample. Still - trying not to expect DAW levels of control is something I keep working on. And the more I give into it not being perfect, the more I’m just having fun
@@shifteleven It seems like the 404 will force you on that path... and because of those limitations, an surrendering DAW level of control, I have had to make compromises that actually serve the music. I am actually arranging stuff in limited ways that help keep things from getting overcomplicated. I mean, I still produce 95% sh!t, but I am hosting Beat battles on Elektronauts, and submitting tracks made entirely on the 404.
Big ups for doing this! A lot of great, informative stuff.
The day Roland implements pads/stems export, I'll buy it.
That's the only lacking feature for my workflow currently (often doing some 32-64 bars with hardware, then exporting stems to DAW to take it further).
It would literally be a godsend!
well they just did that not too long ago
@@tukoijarrett9155 i believe you still cannot export all pads to files, as long as the sequence…im happy to be wrong though!
THE KING IS BACK
Nah man I ain't no king! thank you tho!
so helpful 🙏 quick question... when in chromatic mode is it locked to a specific key and if so is there a way to change it?
well, the key entirely depends on your sample! If your sample is a C note then it's gonna be a C scale, and there are different scales, major, minor etc.
if you change the pitch, say to D, and activate chromatic mode, the sp404 is gonna override your pitch change and switch it back to a C. so if you want a D scale the only way is to change the pitch, resample and then activate chromatic mode (and select the scale you want)
hope it makes sense!
Killer video, man!! Thank you for this!
thanks for watching!
Dope clip, big ups
thank you!
Please do breakcore on the SP404 next.
ahahah that'd be something!
I bought mine when this update came out, almost immediately. I wish they would give us a couple other custom pad color layouts, make the midi cleaner as I can’t even turn it off which is a bit ehh but I love this sampler, sooooooo many things are so spot on and sharp, like the headphone jacks, all together all the ins n outs is what 3 stereo in and 3 out.. plus an audio interface with 4 fx 😱🙀 I love this thing, love love it. Oh my gosh the mark button 😱 yeah haha we want more! More more! More! Glad you are back, I killed a brand new laptop by replacing the power jack with my absolutely moronic soldering 🤡 , encrypted a backup and forgot the key 🤡 700gb. Oh I don’t wanna try to recall how stupid I am I for certain nI have forgotten a whole bunch of reallllly stupid tech moves. And Novation if you read this I am not the one who put my keyboard serial cable on backwards then called for troubleshooting, that was my stalker who has the same gas mask.
I almost CUT the keybed off my ultranova to make it rack mount , I decided to try reseating the cable like the tech support guy probably suggested more than once 🤡 uhhh then worked after I flipped it around 🤡🤡🤯🤯
listen dude, this might be comment of the year lolllll the twists and turns! cracked me up, especially at the end 🤣
at SOME point I'd suggest you stop with the DIY projects 🤣🤣
Thats krazy. 💥💥
You should do tutorials on this machine, I would love to see them
I do! many of them! here's the playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLK_jhSzqWMXn-i5TYyN78f6nIcOG79wU6.html
the big man is back
Sono felice di sapere che papà è tornato
molto bene!
Welcome back!!!
thank you!
YES!!
Sorry darling but your house is actually Uk Garage 🤔an extension to the house perhaps lol x
Sound like garage house
I would gladly accept that label! I am deeply influenced by UKG as you can see in my other vids: ua-cam.com/video/vT8VTwRpe70/v-deo.html But I guess "house" is a much wider umbrella term that pleases both the viewers and the algorithm aha!
Nah. It's like standard modern deep house 🙂
@BIGUMAMI haha yes definitely the algorithm 💋
👍🏾✌🏾✊🏾
Noiiiice
lesgo
shift exit should stop pattern...
u a g for this
Wish updates could be accessible via iOS. 😕
ar at least via USB lol