Roland SP-404SX Linear Wave Sampler with DSP Effects
Roland’s acclaimed SP-404 performance sampler takes an exciting leap forward with the new SP-404SX. In addition to the fun, fast, hands-on features of the original, the new model offers enhanced sound quality with pure 16-bit linear sampling, improved DSP effects, smooth FX switching, a more versatile pattern sequencer (with a new shuffle feature), and easier data management with SD-card compatibility. It’s a creatively stimulating, powerful tool for DJs, musicians, producers, and live-sound engineers who trigger jingles.
Product Features
- Sample anytime, anywhere with the built-in mic and battery power
- 29 DSP effects, including filter, delay, unique voice effects, subsonic, and looper
- 3 control knobs, 12 trigger pads, and Sub Pad for rapid repeat triggering
- Seamless effects switching for smooth, perfect performance and Pattern sequencer with quantize mode and new shuffle feels
- 1GB SD card included; expand sample storage up to 32GB with SDHC and Import audio files from computer, assign samples to pads with bundled software (Mac/PC)
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A brilliant machine. Not perfect but incredibly unique and versatile. Roland’s SP-404 SX is not a perfect machine. But it’s also unlike almost any other instrument on the market. Nearly unlimited storage space (depending on your SD card size) allows you to load this up with any size samples that you’d like. You can then bang away in real time on the pads.. or you can use the internal sequencer to create sequences to play back. The sequencer isn’t perfect and feels a bit cumbersome. But the everything else about this machine is fun, instant, and creates happy…
Great, but… One effect, on ONE pad, at ANY time. (And the manual is in Japanese.) (Foreward: The included manual will most likely be in Japanese. The PDF in English can be found on Roland’s website. Just a little ‘heads up’)This sampler is absolutely a blast to play and play with.The effects all sound… really good, actually! And to get the same effects individually or even in a couple multi-effect pedals would run you nearly twice what the SP 404sx runs for.Loading samples onto the SD card is very simple if you use the included software; Some decry…
A good friend I am an amateur producer/DJ who before this sampler only made a couple finished tracks in Ableton Live. I wanted to get something that could operate independently of a computer on which you could compose songs and perform them live, and I am happy to say that this little box exceeds expectations.First of all the buttons are of a rubbery/silica texture– a little harder than what you’d find in an Akai padset but pleasing to the touch nonetheless; the machine comes with some presets on an…