Roland SP-404A: Quantize Vs Unquantized & Pattern Sequencer Beatmaking Tutorial (w/ SP-202 Samples)

[@ricflomusic]

08:48 when the bass melody comes in, you got my attention (:

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, cheers!

[@BIG1TOWER]

People were saying that the pattern sequencer was bad but looking at this video to me it is just fine. I just bought my sp404A a few days ago and I am so happy. I could have bought a mpc one but I am sick of looking at a computer screen I perfer to use my ears…. Thanks for the video

[@Nonjuror]

It’s like anything - it has it’s feel n it takes a little practice for your brain / hands + machine to get to know each other but I really dig it and the workflow of it. Def feels good to work without a computer. Cheers!

[@THATSTREAL]

if you were on the fence on buying an sp, this video will single-handedly convince you to throw you money at one! masterfully done my friend!

[@Nonjuror]

Haha awesome, thanks heaps man! Cheers!

[@properboy]

Fighting off Covid by watching 404 vids. Thanks for this mate.

[@Nonjuror]

haha word, I'm fighting off this zombie apocalypse making them.

[@nikpharesmusic5768]

Thank you for this!! Just got my SP-404A on the way to setup with my 202. The perfect pair, can’t wait! Cheers!

[@Nonjuror]

Dope!

[@ricflomusic]

very educational, thank you

[@User173]

"back into erase mode and hold down all the patterns angrily" LMAO. Take my sub you beast!

[@Nonjuror]

hahahaahaaa cheers brother!

[@bakihanma644]

Lol 😂. Me everytime I fuck up. 😂

[@necronomicron5367]

Great to see the love for SP404 continuing. And you playing so much you wearing the paint off the pads. cool!

[@Nonjuror]

mark crow cheers man, that’s my usual hi hat n kick pads - I’m gonna feel good when the upper ones start to fade too

[@buckbumble]

This was a lot more helpful than a lot of other vids out there. Cheers

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, appreciate you checkin it out

[@culturemax234]

Peace and love still watching your old videos bro 👊🏿 since i never got the Mk2 i like the old SP's between than the Mk2

[@therealliveguy]

i have the exact same set up. 202/404 combo. i’m coming over from mpc so your vids are crazy helpful. thanks!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks for checking them out, cheers!

[@RasMichael1]

Thx man! You do such a great educational work. Greetings

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers dude, very much appreciated!

[@chrisgalactic]

Great video man! Beat is dope too btw Nice work

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers dude, thanks for checking it out!

[@HotelEdenMusic]

Really efficient video, thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, cheers for checking it out!

[@asylumbeat4162]

Hello ! Thank for the video but can you explain here in writing the part on quantification and swing please ?? I have trouble with English by ear when I put quantization parameters nothing changes on my sp

[@leroy0053]

dope work on this cuzzo!!

[@Nonjuror]

FatVonFree (LeroyFreemanJr.) Thanks dude!

[@0ace0hitta0]

Dope vid! Thanks!

[@Nonjuror]

cheers man!

[@DJDigitalJosh]

The SP404 is a great sampler for one shots.

[@Nonjuror]

Live too when I'm playing with a band and you have little a samples or skits or whatever to play, super easy and reliable.

[@slapalot2589]

@@Nonjuror hey! How do you synchronize the sequenzer bpm with the band when playing live?

[@Nonjuror]

@@slapalot2589 I'm usually finger drumming so I haven't gone down that road but you can control the sp404a as a slave via midi, so if you have a master like a laptop I'd feed the drummer a click track from there.

[@slapalot2589]

@@Nonjuror thank you! I mostly play guitar with a Looper, using the sp as a drummachine, with the sequenzer it would be much easier to switch between different parts... Trying to figure out the handiest ways to get it going smooth

[@cazikodeze3000]

tight bass sound man

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers dude!

[@Markus-3030]

Great videos. Finger drumming tutorial soon?

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! Yeah man, that's a good call. I'll start putting together some ideas, let me know if there's anything about my technique you want me to go through.

[@soonwaldmusic9871]

Great tutorial, thanks man!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers mate!

[@3beanstew672]

So the swing feel is written into the pattern itself? No way to dial it up or down in real time during pattern playback?

[@Nonjuror]

Sadly not, that would be nice. One positive of how it works is that you can have different swing settings happening at once if you record it that way.

[@b33lz]

Have you tried using the pocket operator? (Po33 Ko) specifically

[@Nonjuror]

I haven’t but I’ve been geeking out on videos on it - looks like it’s pretty damn powerful!

[@seydevilchick8]

does the tempo have to be the same on every pad I made a few different sequences on 12 pads and every time I change the BPM it changes it for All the pads …please any advice

[@Nonjuror]

Yeah, exactly, it's like the whole machine is one project file when it comes to tempo. If you're using different SD cards I think it might remember the last tempo is was on each card but that's it. It's a mofo, for sure.

[@seydevilchick8]

Oh shit thanks man appreciated much lol I just hit its limits but now see the light thanks again

[@Nonjuror]

@@seydevilchick8 All part of it's....personality

[@marziesk6969]

I have a sp202 . What’s the difference in recording in mono instead of stereo ?

[@Nonjuror]

If the source of what you are sampling is in stereo (and connected in the left and right inputs) and you select mono it combines the two signals into one. Also, uses half the disk space and there's a couple of the features like maybe time stretch that don't work in stereo as well as the highest sample rate.

[@marziesk6969]

Yeah I sampled from a professional turntable that has rca left and right . So it’s better to record into mono and if I’m gunna record that into sp404sx since it’s already stereo or into a daw. Thanks for the info .

[@cannibalsoulzeitdiebone8393]

digga ich habe die sp schon so lange. ok knap 2 jahre. und ich vervolge deine dopen learn videos schon ewig! aber erst jetzt . ist mir klar . der sp Swing parameter .. verstekt im quantize menu.o man und ich dachte mir scheisse roland hat hier was vergessen..so lange nicht gewust. und mich kaput gemacht mit no quantize .. aber stabile beats mag ich besser. und der swing trick ist mir jetzt klar . !!!! danke . HAhaha lmao.. yo . danke digga . ich habe so viel von dir neus gelernt! .Gruss aus Nrw vom Griechen ! chears!!

[@Nonjuror]

hahaha cheers man! Yeah, zweifellos braucht man für diesen old school boom bap groove quantize swing. Und mein lieblings deutsches redensart - der Bass muss ficken!

[@cannibalsoulzeitdiebone8393]

@@Nonjuror hahaha auf jeden fall bro!!! xd! deine beats bangen aber sehr hardcore !! keepdoing stuff Master Nonjunor! peace

[@culturemax234]

🖤

[@Nonjuror]

🤘🤘

[@samconduit7571]

is it just the 404a that has swing?

[@Nonjuror]

I'm not sure about the 303 but I'm pretty sure all the 404 series and the 555/505 (...etc) have a similar variable swing quantize setting.

[@samconduit7571]

@@Nonjuror I know how to get 16th triplet quantize is that what you mean by swingg? or is there actual quantize mode/option i am missing? thanks for your reply

[@Nonjuror]

@@samconduit7571 This has a swing 16th and a swung 8th quantize mode which is adjustable (straight is 50%, 55% is a little swung, 70 swings hard..etc). That's what I'm playing with at 2:20 in the video.

[@samconduit7571]

@@Nonjuror haha thanks i figured it out lol i though the "s" was a "5" and never touched it because i thought it meant 5ths hahah

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

Anyone who bitches about the sequencer I just show them this video

[@Nonjuror]

hahhaaahaaa for sure!