Cookin up a SP-404 MK2 Boom Bap Beat from Scratch | My Sample Flip Workflow

[@spvidz]

Yo appreciate you using my drums ma guy! Love the beat and it was cool to see the process too :)

[@Nonjuror]

The drum collection is dope af! Been having heaps of fun jamming on them!

[@KongenBeats]

Amazing how you make it so seamless and have the key of all the steps laid out on the top left. Very helpful for new guys and gals. I have much to learn! Keep up the great work, this is probably one of my favorite channels.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, much appreciated! Glad to hear it, getting to know the mk2 is a fun rabbithole to go down, cheers!

[@Sarav]

so sick 👌👌

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers fam!

[@discowolf25]

Round midnight👊. I dig it from the jump.

[@Nonjuror]

Yep, whenever you feel the need for minor chords…it’s always there! Cheers maaaaan! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@kabsterMDA]

Takin my lunch while I see u master 🍻🍻🍻 dope beat mi hermano ¡¡ gotta download that vol.1 pack

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha that’s wicked! What are we having for lunch? And, yeh, that spvidz packs is really cool, dope legit vinyl chopped breaks!

[@kabsterMDA]

@@Nonjuror 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@Nonjuror]

Perfection

[@strongocho]

That skin is clean as hell

[@Nonjuror]

Yeh man, Cremacafe ones are dope af

[@Aaron-on3ro]

Bro this is brilliant. Ive been making beats 20+ years across all kinds of samplers/daws and im still learning so much from watching your videos. Even stuff like how you quantize half your drum samples and unquantize the other half is very interesting. Great videos hope you keep putting out more.

[@henryhogge8422]

Thanks for sharing the workflow so well

[@Nonjuror]

Appreciate you checking it out man, cheers!

[@devinm2053]

new to the sp404mk2...last sp i ever owned was a boss 202. its been a minute. the video was really helpful on the processing and workflow of getting your sounds right before moving on to the production.

[@Rufusdos]

You won me over dude. The end product was dope.

[@Nonjuror]

Haha word, thanks heaps, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@culturemax234]

🖤 sounds beautiful

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man!

[@sleepsnumb]

Awesome and thoughtful breakdown

[@Nonjuror]

Much appreciated, cheers!

[@CoinOpMilitia]

Ill beat man!! Love the strings, proper 90s vibe. Ive flipped the 2nd sample you use myself (great minds haha).Glad to see our sampling paths cross, as I never know any of your chops. Big ups as always

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha awesome! That song is such a beautiful recording - had really nice long melodic stuff to work with, mk2’s pitch n stretch made it too easy to fit too. Cheers my dude! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@strongmaurice1364]

Nice to watch, reckon I might have to get one of these eventually! Could go real deep with the resampling with so many effects. Keep em coming 💪

[@Nonjuror]

Duuuuude I KNOW you’d slay on one of these bad boys! That Aussie preorder wait appears to be a real one tho 👀

[@Rojozproduction]

What’s this sample?! I wanna see if I can emulate the vintage effect you get with the Cassete Sim on logic!! If anybody knows how lmk!!!

[@Nonjuror]

Sam Jones “ ‘Round Midnight”, or just sample it from the vid!

[@Rojozproduction]

@@Nonjuror you right! I could just get it from the vid! 😅

[@Nonjuror]

I do it myself, I loose samples n wanna rebuild something but can’t find the project or didn’t keep it coz it was made on the 303 etc…so back to youtube I go…

[@tom22333]

@@Nonjuror bomb idea haha

[@oo.8615]

rc 20

[@VillyMarlou]

Dope

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers!

[@I.O.M.]

Somebody is sampling jazz cello :)

[@Nonjuror]

😮😮😮 cheers dude! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Nonjuror]

It’s some Sam Jones n a small snippit from Round Midnight

[@I.O.M.]

@@Nonjuror Tasty choice.

[@ZombCity]

Thanks for sharing ur techniques 🔥

[@Nonjuror]

No worries, appreciate you checking out the vid!

[@Ross_Antonich]

awesome video and breakdown! I never thought to do effects first and then chop….I’m about to save myself so much time!

[@Nonjuror]

Haha indeed you will, i used to do it the long way too!

[@riddim7774]

Quality stuff. And I learned a thing or two. ;)

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot man, appreciate you checking it out!

[@SmokinAcesProd]

That Round Midnight huh!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Nonjuror]

Everytime! Doesn’t matter who’s performing it - it’s always got that feel.

[@WizardOfTuaz]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@OliverRZmix]

Hola ! Vienen sonidos o drum kits predeterminados en la sp ?? Gran vídeo !!

[@kb420ps]

The mk2 looks like it's so much easier to work with than the SX. I pre-ordered mine on October 23rd, and still haven't heard ANYTHING from my sales rep. Oh well, I'll just keep playing the waiting game.

[@Nonjuror]

Daaaamn man, brutal waiting period. Hope it doesn’t drag out too longer.

[@Claidheambmor]

It's not easier to work with but it's very cool.

[@Nonjuror]

Def more things to do n there’s a learning curve, but a fun one I found. All the extra steps for me are welcome coz I like having like Envelope control etc…but def gotta respect how fast n simple working on the 404a is.

[@KrisBarton432]

Awesome... As Always \m/

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps my dude, much appreciate as always! Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@taller513]

Buenisimo hermano!!!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@JustMyTwoCentz]

dope ! where do you get your samples from ? im looking for some clear samples to practise sampling on, so eventually i can release some on various platforms, but they need to be clear ofc ^^

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! There’s some great stuff at Loopmasters. I really like the Tracklib experience probably the most, it’s got a great search engine (say you want to find something with piano recorded in the 70’s that’s 80-95bpm…etc) - it’s easy n not so expensive to clear samples when you’re ready to release but you obviously don’e need to do that while making your beat.

[@MCSquidward]

@@Nonjuror can you mix on the sp404 mark 2 or do you need to use a daw?

[@8THAPOSTLE]

💯🔥🔥🔥

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@a.stockton4817]

what is happening at 7:24 ?

[@Nonjuror]

Thats the Super Filter, LPF mode, Res set to like 40 n messing with the freq

[@a.stockton4817]

@@Nonjuror ok, i thought it was a different song you were mixing in and out

[@ILLGREEN1]

Sample sounds like a take on Round Midnight. Ill beat, I like that stuff!!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! That it is, this version is from a Sam Jones album. Cheers!

[@ILLGREEN1]

@@Nonjuror oh wow. I sampled that particular melody too but Monk's first version, and it was a saxaphone.

[@Nonjuror]

It’s one of those classics where if you want some sophisticated minor chords to flip it never lets you down!

[@wiggesobk]

How many mk2 skins do you have? Lol looks very fresh! You make it look so easy to work with this mashine. So dope!

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha yeh I do have a few now, it’s nice that they ain’t stuck down. I’m pretty married to the woodskin stuck on my 404a, that ain’t coming off anytime soon…this machine has grown on me more than I expected….so damn nice to have this much control over pitch after all these 303/404 years! Cheers maaaan! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@anzbert_anzio]

Hey how do you make all the pattern variations? Do you start from a pattern copy and then add and delete a few elements?

[@Nonjuror]

Pretty much. Before I get too far into the variations I usually make three backup copies out of the way on pads 14,15,16 - just drums, drums + main sample layer, then one with all the elements in it. From there I make a bunch of copies across the top pads like you said. That’s when I start experimenting with removing things n adding drum fills etc… one I do a lot is when you’re going from the basic to the variation with everything in - on the basic I might take out the last snare, maybe the sample layer on the last beat too - this helps the next pattern kick in harder.

[@anzbert_anzio]

@@Nonjuror thx man! You've got such a great feel for beats. Love your style

[@MsStar451]

I really wish the samples would have a fade in and out already applied to stop clicks and pops instead of having to manually adjust each pad

[@tigergame]

How did the sample get louder after linking the pads? Very cool video so far, I really enjoy your videos!

[@Nonjuror]

Appreciate that, thanks! Looking back, I don’t think it got louder because it was pad linked, I think when I was mixing the vid’s audio in post I made it louder because both the filters I had resampled on the two layers had taken some volume from them n the video was getting too quiet….I don’t remember but I imagine that’s what I did…cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@tigergame]

@@Nonjuror ohhh okay that makes more sense I was so confused! Thank you for replying!

[@jtrainor24]

Dope vid! Do you match the tempo of each sample, or just play the chops to the beat’s BPM? Never used an sp, so couldn’t tell which value was accurate for the samples/beat

[@Nonjuror]

I matched them roughly, I think both samples I aimed for like 92 before putting on the fx and chopping but made the beat at 93.

[@feloniousmonk5394]

That cassette sim is fiah. How does this workflow measure up to the previous version of the 404?

[@Nonjuror]

Chopping is different, I think thats the main thing, but otherwise still feels like 404 workflow…with more options, little things like adjust the start/end envelope of each chop and skipback recording are dope to have

[@lindasson]

Wassup fam, my MK2 finally got delivered, and I'm hype lol! Gonna upload a video and shout you out and the creators on the SP who inspired me!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Nonjuror]

Hells yeh man!! Keen to see you cook up in it!!

[@geneside4631]

Is it possible to open up the sampler and do repairs? Because my main worry is mechanics failing over time, especially that O led screen with burn-in and such

[@Nonjuror]

I haven’t been inside but I like the other 404s you’ll be able to get into it, I wouldn’t be surprised if these OLED screens are pretty standard n easy to find replacements for too now that you mention it….at least i hope if it comes down to it

[@geneside4631]

@@Nonjuror my hope is that someome will make regular LED screens to downgrade them for quality, but tbf i doubt itll wear out fast

[@geneside4631]

@@Nonjuror after your time with the SP404 mkii what do you think will get damaged most easily?

[@Nonjuror]

I’m curious about if the pads stay coated or if they wear like the 404a, also how solid the 1/4inch jacks are compared to rca (which I murdered in my 202). Nothing to suggest they’re likely to wear, just what pops to mind coz I wore them out on the others.

[@geneside4631]

@@Nonjuror aye, as long as MPC parts is around im sticking with my 404 👌🏾

[@BLOKbeatzz]

How do you set the Super Filter? it is Filter + Drive here?

[@Nonjuror]

Originally that fx button is set to Filter + Drive but you can change what effect it turns on in the settings, I changed it to Super Filter, Resonator to Stopper and Delay to Tape Echo.

[@BLOKbeatzz]

@@Nonjuror thanks i have found it! So dope!

[@Nonjuror]

I thing it’s filter sounds heaps nicer, plus while you’re jamming on a beat you can switch it between HPF & LPF

[@jalocin]

I am trying to replicate what you did in this video. When I resample the new sample sounds distorted even though the orinonal pad with FX applied sounds perfectly fine and fx 3 and 4 are bypassed… any idea why?

[@Nonjuror]

What mfx are you resampling with? Sometimes if my sample on my pad is normalized (or nearly that loud) I need to turn down the samples level before using things like EQ or Comp etc to stop the resulting resample from being distorted.

[@jalocin]

@@Nonjuror I pretty much copied all your settings, I was trying to recreate what you did to practice. I ended up resetting everything to factory default and now the overdrive issue is gone. Thank you very much for your quick answer! I really love the sound you manage to get out of the SP. Not the typical and generic lame lofi chillhop stuff!

[@Nonjuror]

Hmmm weird the reset fixed it, I wonder what it was…how curious! Glad it worked out. Cheers mate!

[@pat7945]

In sp 404 mkii u can play live sets tracks like a dj ?

[@Nonjuror]

Yeah man, in 404 kinda way. If you load your beats into the pads it has a dj mode where you can crossfade n bpm match on the fly, spvidz has a great video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q569m3Wdg8ZlrbM

[@tennisgenius]

hey, just a handy tip if you don't already know: if you hold shift and press gate you can turn it off or on for the whole bank! sick flip btw, that sample is so perfect

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! Appreciate the tip, that’s such a dope thing to able to do - now I’m curious, I had my drums in the lower half of the bank already with gate off, sample chops in the top two rows with gate on - would hitting shift+gate turn it all on or off the first time…I gotta go find out…

[@Nonjuror]

Okay, it turned gate on first, so next time I have a mix of gate on and off pads in a bank I need to double tap shift+gate to turn them all off. Awesome!

[@tennisgenius]

@@Nonjuror it's definitely a global flag somewhere in the firmware where it just changes everything to either be "off" or "on" and i think it turns everything on first. either way, just a handy tip for times when you have only your sample or a break of some sort on one bank!

[@klausherbert3040]

Alter, das als Noobie Tutorial und ich wär glücklich

[@Mr.Tubster]

Hi sounds rly good 😎😍😎 subscribed you 😊 c ya

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, much appreciated!

[@stevevitella6995]

I recognize 'round midnight...

[@Nonjuror]

Yep yep, Sam Jones on the melody!