Everything I know about the SP404sx pattern select mode

In this video I show you everything I know about the pattern select mode on the SP404SX. There may be bits that I've missed but hopefully this is more than enough knowledge to get you going if you've not used it before!
If you have any questions or anything else to add that might be useful feel free to add a comment below!
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[@Driftless91]

Wouldn't be a SP-404 vid without at least a few seconds of insanely loud metronome hahhaa

[@spvidz]

haha definitely 🤣

[@edpavez]

Your content is absolute gold for sp404 users. Thank you so much.

[@spvidz]

Np man. Glad you find it useful!

[@manucontrovento]

I agree

[@AmazonCrime]

The patern select mode! Oh no! The one thing I didnt even try to try yet. Maybe I will after this video. Thx spvidz. Keep grinding my boi. We need more people like u in this community.

[@spvidz]

I still fear it....slowly learning the ways though haha. Cheers for the continued support!

[@bbailey0625]

the 5 is actually an S and stands for swing. swing 8th nothes, swing 16th notes, ect

[@spvidz]

Thanks man yeah found that out in the manual afterwards, didn't know it could do that!

[@TheOutliersOfficial]

you do be pumpin out the vidz, I love your videos man, keep uploading, learnt loads!

[@spvidz]

yeah man going hard at it at the moment! Thanks for the continued support!

[@I.O.M.]

In Pattern mode just hit remain button and the effect you want to use. It basically turns on the effects which is great. You don’t have to go to the individual samples. Nice little short cut.

[@spvidz]

Nice thanks! I think remain basically applies it to every pad on the SP if I remember correctly. Will have to remember that when using pattern mode!

[@darumabeats]

Yo man well made video, u explained everything in a easy and understandable way. I think is useful for beginners or even for intermediate that didn't know all about it. I use it a lot, its so easy to make an elaborate beat with this, but it's a completely different workflow then resample, or playing live samples plus drums. I use a lot to create drum pattern so I can switch the global tempo and jam over it with my bass or guitar. The sp404 is pure magic man🔥 keep going bro

[@spvidz]

Thanks a lot man, sounds like a lot of fun! I have also figured out that its cool for getting drum loops down and then you can jump out and use them to play chops over as well!

[@lindasson]

Don't know how this video slipped by me, but I got it now! Great video bro, and great news.. Got my SP-303 in the mail today and just gave you a shout out on my unboxing! Super excited to get into this machine bro, thanks again for the great tutorials. Help me out a lot!!🙏🏾✊🏾

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching again man, i've just been over and checked out your 303 unboxing - looks dope!

[@lindasson]

@@spvidz means a lot bro, I really appreciate that!!🙏🏾✊🏾

[@Breezeeone]

grateful for the ease of explanation. thank u

[@spvidz]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@DamianoPistoia]

Very useful tutorial. Thanks

[@spvidz]

Glad to hear it man! ✨

[@dylanshakib2374]

the 5 is an s and it stands for shuffle or "swing." above 50 is positive and below 50 is negative

[@spvidz]

Thanks man yeah I didn’t know about it until yesterday!

[@justinebarker269]

Thank you for making this so easy to follow. Just had a breakthru!

[@spvidz]

Awesome, glad to hear that!

[@justinebarker269]

@@spvidz quick question: once I've created a pattern, should I still be able to apply the FX on the fly as usual to the whole sequence or would I need to create another pattern with FX already applied on each resampled element fo the pattern? If you know what I mean?

[@spvidz]

You can jump out while the pattern is still playing by hitting the pattern button - then use remain to apply fx to whatever pads you want to. If you want more than one fx you will have to resample

[@justinebarker269]

@@spvidz Thanks!

[@georgeguntrip6241]

Great video man as always really informative, this my go to channel for tips 👍, where did u get those chrome knobs from spvidz??

[@spvidz]

Thanks a lot man, appreciate that! I will hopefully be selling them via my shop soon. Got 100 of them here haha

[@panamax11]

Exellent!!!

[@oulivier]

Thanks for this video. You are right, it would have been nice to have a tempo for each individual pattern instead of this one master tempo. Btw love your videos , keep it up, it’s my (almost) weekly sp404 rendez vous. Cheers 🇫🇷

[@spvidz]

no problem man, thanks for the continued support!

[@asylumbeat4162]

Hello ! When Im playing a pattern in pattern mode, the first kick (bass too) don't play at first reading, why ? Help me please

[@tohuxtable]

thanks bro

[@spvidz]

Np ma man! 👍

[@lukas_jay243]

Have you ever used a SP1200? I read that Madlib made Quasimoto The Unseen on the 1200 and The Further Adventures of on the 303? Ever had a play on the 1200? Possibly has the sickest sound?

[@spvidz]

I havent man no and now they are around £5 - £8k here in the UK so highly doubt I'll ever own one lol. Hopefully one day I'll get to have a play with one!

[@Ricardo-ey7ui]

friend, a question How is the beat of the machine exported in pattern mode? Or specifically how to record the full length beat and effects on a separate pad from Pattern mode?

[@spvidz]

You can use resample to bounce patterns down to a pad and use fx as you go or resample again with mfx

[@floodgatestudios1825]

thanks, great vid as usual ! Bummer DECKSAVER won't sell to US customers :(

[@spvidz]

Saw that when I was finding the link yeah. Hopefully they will be shipping again soon

[@n-brace4287]

Super useful stuff! I've been trying out Pattern Select more so this is really helpful. Do you (or anyone) have a preferred way to resample patterns? Is the best way to do this to just record into a DAW and back into the SP? :/

[@spvidz]

Correct yeah! Or any recording device really. This is why a lot of people end up having more than on SP! Thanks for watching man

[@n-brace4287]

@@spvidz Gotcha. Yeah that totally makes sense. Thanks for the reply dude. You've been uploading with Godlike frequency lately so huge respect dude. Keep doing your thing!

[@spvidz]

@@n-brace4287 yeah man hitting it hard at the moment! Thanks for the support 🙏

[@Lynn-zu6zk]

The bpm feature IS so annoying! It took me a minute to figure out what was going on--I thought I had messed up my recordings. I'm still learning a lot about the device; I just tried to record import it into garagband and was having trouble. Do you have any suggestions on how to do that properly? Thank you.

[@spvidz]

Yeah it’s super annoying. Just had to deal with it again recently. Tracking out you can either do a track at a time and line them up in your daw or just do the whole thing in one go. I’ve not covered it too much but n the channel. Need to do some content around it

[@lukepruski6589]

What knobs are those they look great

[@spvidz]

I will have them available in my store very soon man!

[@miseryloveseverything]

Im glad I have an MPC 500 to sequence stuff with. The sp pattern mode looks hella no fun zone 🤔 maybe one day I'll try and use it but until that day comes.

[@spvidz]

haha definitely man, the MPC workflow is way cleaner. I do think with a bit of practice the SP one is useable though!

[@miseryloveseverything]

@@spvidz I think the hardest thing for me are the buttons on the sp they are just not made for finger drumming. I think it's gunna take some time to get used to them coming from fat pads on my mpc :(

[@spvidz]

Misery Loves Everything yeah absolutely man. They are more like buttons than pads. The 555 has much better pads

[@Joseph-qp1jx]

Would this make a good sequencer and sampler for music that isn't hip hop or "beat" related? I want to see the scope of this machines capabilities outside of lofi hip hop but it's almost impossible to find content outside of that or technical tutorials.

[@spvidz]

The sequencer isn’t great to be honest but it’s an awesome sampler due to the length of time you can have on each pad and all the mfx are cool too. But yeah it’s just a sampler with a pattern maker. Any music you can make with that format like dance etc can be done on this box

[@Joseph-qp1jx]

Thank you for the reply, I appreciate you taking the time!

[@KamBoomBap]

Can the patterns be resampled so you can use them in standard mode?

[@spvidz]

You can't resample patterns sadly no - best way is to record it out, and then back in so you can apply fx and resample further

[@ParadigmStudios]

It is a bummer, this feature would take the 404 to the next level.

[@spvidz]

RGTD definitely man

[@SinistralArcVI]

RGTD yea now I understand why some people pair SPs. that would be a great feature for a new one

[@SuperJg1975]

can i record the sequences , like the songmode in the mpc

[@spvidz]

You can't record a pattern performance on the SX no. You can resample patterns/pattern chains on the new MK2 but for this device you have to record out to an external device to capture a pattern recording. You can also only chain the next sequence as well so you will have to be pressing the pads to trigger which sequence you want to play next (unless its the same pad in which case it will continue to loop)

[@SuperJg1975]

@@spvidz thank you

[@fromgreetings]

Funny how over time I have seen the print disappearing from the instrument.

[@spvidz]

Yep those SX pads get a beating. I had to replace mine in the end

[@RogerontheKeys]

lol I have a question in every video lol. is there a way to merge to patterns in select mode?

[@spvidz]

Don't think you can merge nope - you can copy and paste patterns like any sample though, just do the same process for copy/paste while you are in pattern select

[@RogerontheKeys]

@@spvidz thank you. I'll give it a try. I ended up doing the resample method last night.

[@spvidz]

Fair man, there are pros and cons to all methods really, I'm starting to enjoy using the pattern seq at the moment

[@gribok653]

Great job, I don’t have a sp404 but it would be great if u could tell me where to buy one and dont get scammed

[@spvidz]

Maybe amazon? A: amzn.to/2SiR4rg SX: amzn.to/30pyQsC or do you have any local music shops that might stock them?

[@jackn5866]

@@spvidz I just got my sx from Amazon came brand new in factory seal

[@spvidz]

Jack N I got mine from Amazon as well. Was a while ago now though haha

[@bliss3174]

Got mine from amazon about a year ago

[@lucasclaus7743]

Got mine on amazon but I would look on reverb. They got some good stuff there

[@That125Kid]

2 👍👍s up

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching!

[@lukas_jay243]

Hey fella. Can I ask a question? I thought I had a 303 coming from Japan, but of course it was a scam. If I can find any of these legitimately, would you say a 404 would be a better bet for a beginner? Ir should I sack it off and go modern digital? Thanks bud. Already subbed. But added a like.

[@spvidz]

do you mean a 404 OG or an SX like mine? I Would say the SX is a better option. SD compatible, far more storage, more pads and its faster as well!

[@AmazonCrime]

@@spvidz Is the "pitch" effect worth buying the og tho? The SX has the Voice Trans FX on it and I'm not super fan of it.

[@barneychapman6007]

a scam?

[@barneychapman6007]

@@AmazonCrime the pitch on the og 404 is just mfx 21 on the sx

[@spvidz]

kwwundo. Thanks bro. I have no idea about the OG I’ve never owned one

[@sensisye]

this wants me to produce dawless

[@spvidz]

Nice man! Can still be done. I’m always experimenting with work flows

[@sensisye]

spvidz yes exactly. might wanna buy the mpc live first. can use a sp404 on it too. kinda stuck with producing on a macbook

[@spvidz]

Yeah they look awesome - I wouldn't mind one myself. Opted to go for a 2000xl in the end as its a piece of gear I've always wanted. Maybe one day I'll get one of the more modern models!

[@yushldnomi]

Thank you, the sequencer is annoying ash😂

[@spvidz]

Yeah it’s not the best haha takes a lot of patience to use

[@user-cs4vk3ck1r]

We can not see scriean 👍

[@Guz579N]

after several years of using it i came to being honest to myself: spsx sucks hard