SP 808 WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS..

[@joefather6084]

I've been getting more into old school beat production and these videos are like a bible for all this gear I'd only heard about or seen in pictures. Good work man!

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam I appreciate it..Alot of good vintage pieces out there.

[@doyoulikelofi2244]

Same!!

[@legendsflashback]

@@DyReckProductions sp808 ex you mean?

[@freeagentbeats6170]

I had one I still have many of the zip floppies I used it with my Roland MC-505, but when the Roland MC-909 Groovebox came out I got rid of the Sp-808.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah the 909 was a beast!

[@karlmeadows4986]

Didn’t know the 505 had zip disc

[@freeagentbeats6170]

@@karlmeadows4986 no it didn’t The Sp808 had a Zip drive

[@wayaltee573]

I'd seen the EX version for sale at LnM back in the day, my first time seeing it. I went on KZbin and seen Madnez tutorials on it but then Roland drops the MV 8800 so that became my focus. Every now and then I come back to thinking about this unit.

[@marcusholder495]

Thanks for the video 📹 always fire 🔥

[@mikenoface]

The best part about the Sp-808 was the resampling. Since it only could play 4 stereo samples at once.. you could easily resample them down to one pad. Same workflow still used on the Sp-404.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup.

[@dallas-cole]

And the worst part was the pads. I mean I feel uncomfortable calling them pads.

[@stephane406]

you forgot the effects !

[@AveMcree]

I'm definitely one of those kids rocked Polo..... Well, I still do

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao! I feel you..Im not gonna front I did wear CHAP'S back in the day. But I mixed it up with Hilfiger and Nautica at times.

[@lordg3803]

All Day Lo Life!

[@DyReckProductions]

@@lordg3803 Lol..I feel u.

[@bigcrown1766]

The effects alone is worth the cost..I still have 2 of them

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup..The effects are dope!

[@customerservice9602]

Rocking 2 SP 808 crew checking in!✌🏽👍🏼

[@chrisl.4568]

Mine need a zip disk

[@JeffMyers-ir3pn]

I saw Mad Professor performed on one for a show in ATL in the late 90's.

[@geewillikers5342]

I was a poor man, and this was my MPC.

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I feel u.

[@ogsleepdealer]

Miss mine, only thing that sucked was that Zip Drive going bad

[@92pmda]

So The first Android vs. iPhone war was with the sp808 and the mpc 2000 😂😂

[@marcusholder495]

Can you do a video on the roland mc505 one day ?

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Cheers dude, you’ve just doubled the 2nd-hand price!

[@Thomas_Swift]

I had the 808 ex version along with the Roland VS 840gx with my Vestax set, worked very great for me for blend tapes in 2000, I did have the MPC 2000 and agreed two different machines but if you have skills you can Soul Train out on anything.

[@Alfred_English]

your channel is a goldmine

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol thanks bro.

[@vincentaugustus2748]

Love the video, very fun, wish I could hear some of your old tunes you did on the sp 808, I used to have a sp606 and the fx on it were nutty, I loved the sound of it

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah the 606 was cool..I got to put some old stuff up soon.

[@jamespierce1189]

This was my first machine. I still have it and all the zips of my projects. My set up was the SP 808, zoom sample track st 224 and the roland BR8.

[@customerservice9602]

St 224, the "poor man's sp1200". That was prob a cool little budget set up.👍🏼 The St 224 ~ way before the ISLA 2400, lol.

[@djzonque4770]

You mean a Boss BR8?

[@jamespierce1189]

@@djzonque4770 yeah, you right! It was the Boss BR8.

[@djzonque4770]

Nice, I have a BR8 just for the effects

[@jamespierce1189]

@@djzonque4770 I keep the sp-808 around for the same reason.

[@philtyrich1]

Is there anyway around that delay on when trying to trigger kick and snares when making a beat I’ve had this for bout a week & ready to post it on Facebook Marketplace

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

If you've still got it, yeah, get one of the replacement drives. The delay is because it reads directly off the zip. If you search on here, there's a computer guy, Scottish but living in Cali, that makes a drive that works with the 808.

[@philtyrich1]

@@MicrophonesInTheTrees I traded my 808 with a buddy of mine for a fixer upper ASR 10 but I could probably get it back for a few bucks .

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

@@philtyrich1 The video is called 'USB/SD storage on a Roland SP808?'. Link for the shop is in the description. The drive is 200 unified currency.

[@philtyrich1]

@@MicrophonesInTheTrees I checked out the page it said currently out of stock gonna see if I can find another person who might be selling one .

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

@@philtyrich1 Message the guy. I might be wrong but, from when I ordered mine, I think he puts that up so he doesn't get rushed with orders.

[@dj_saint]

Great video as always. Do you have an MV 8000 video?

[@dj_saint]

Never mind I just found it

[@JamesJReid]

I could never understand the sequencer

[@omannpro]

SP-808 was my first major piece of gear. Made whole mixtapes on it. Dude on youtube(Midimaniac) put the Akai 2000xl MCD drive in the Sp-808 and it works and it gives the machine a whole new life. The MCD seems to be the only drive that will replace the zip and actually work.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah It sucks id have to buy a 2000xl to get that hard drive out of there. But maybe I could get one in bad shape for a real cheap price and just take the hard drive out.

[@omannpro]

@@DyReckProductions If I would have known when I had both, I would have done it. Could have got a new drive from MPCStuff and had the MCD / card reader in both. I may revisit this machine. The effects were amazing, and it had some Roland specific features that no company has been able to match for over 20 years.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@omannpro I feel u.

[@garyhelterbran6533]

This was never trying to be an MPC it had it's own workflow it was it's own thing. It was dope. The MV8800 that was Roland flexing and saying this is how you MPC

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel you on Roland flexing..The 808 wasn't trying to be an MPC. But for those that couldn't afford the MPC this was like the next best thing at the time.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

People are now making replacement drives for the proprietary zip disk management, so it should become a bit more of a player.

[@MichaelBLevi]

I was hoping you'd get to this machine. You're killing it as always. Keep it up.

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks bro.

[@LofiHustle]

I'm gonna experiment midi mines up with my mpc X! Let's see what happens.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice.

[@arthurwilliams3479]

kind of ironic how i keep coming back to my sp808 and my mpc2000 is sitting on the shelf. mpc2000 might be better with specs on so many things, but the sp808 is more organic and usable. by the way i have many akai samplers and am a huge fan of vintage japanese akai stuff. i just really like roland stuff more.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh wow!..Ok cool!

[@thelefthandofcreation1617]

CHAPS had me rollin' LOL

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!..That was a true story lol.

[@dumafuji]

Oh shit. Too funny.

[@georgewilliams9531]

Damn you just keep killing it. I got this and it still works.keep doing what ya doing 👍

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam!..I appreciate it.

[@Dilettanteworks]

This was my first sampler and it's still one of the most satisfying instruments I've ever used! The D-Beam is everything. I don't make dance music, so I don't give a shit about keeping a beat. I used it as a weird loop/sfx machine and whipped my head over the D-Beam while twiddling knobs elsewhere. Those were some fun, fun times. If the SP-808 had used a storage medium other than zip disks, or if someone could finally figure out how to modify it to accept SD cards, I would be the absolute best sampler in existence. The FX sound great, the D-Beam is fun, and with enough storage, the 4-track recorder/sequencer would actually be useful.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah it was pretty dope as an all in one unit. If they fixed the zip drive situation it would have took it to the next level.

[@doyoulikelofi2244]

I have an sp808ex and I'm looking for an Mpc2000xl sd reader to swap to it for a decent price, it's the only sd reader confirmed to work...anyone got any leads?

[@doyoulikelofi2244]

Follow me on TikTok @doyoulikelofi

[@LevelAte1]

I'm thinking more and more about buying it. I don't need it, I have sp-404 MKII and sp-555, but for some reason the looks of sp-808 makes me wanna buy it, it looks so appealing to me...

[@DyReckProductions]

It has pretty good effects and I luv the D-beam.

[@Mikaeelabdullah]

Dyreck Is a fool bro 🤣🤣🤣 had me rolling, salute

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!..No doubt!

[@4e4ehehe]

my God!!!!this is my fav. :: used it on YA kIdd k's unreleased rec. {Polo shirt.. with touch in the air)

[@joelowry1323]

absolutely love this video! very informative and engaging!! thank you for this!!

[@joelowry1323]

also holy shit that chaps line was hilarious

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol..Thanks fam.

[@illanoiz1]

Maaaaaaaan you bugging’ today….singing and the chap shirt 👕

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@2gunzfilms425]

the fact that these are still selling for $250-300 is amazing

[@quentin9287]

Just got a sp 808 ex fully tested and working for $120 lollll

[@MikeFrame]

Love your channel. It's amazing how there's no perfect sampler for what I want...I've been turning over every stone but nothing can do long samples and has a midi out. Maybe the MC-101 or 1010blackbox but these don't turn up at good used prices often. "Could've Had A Polo Shirt" lol

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao...Yeah its hard to get the perfect sampler..Be patient though..Those MC 101 prices are bout to go down soon.

[@DyReckProductions]

@Lucifer Live 2 is dope!

[@customerservice9602]

@@DyReckProductions Uh, the sp808 has midi out/thru and has like 25min sample time or more (i think ). I mean it's basically whatever the max the system let's you assign per pad which is pretty long I'm not sure why one would need a more than a minute per pad though. I've never used anything close to a minute per pad on any of my samplers.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@customerservice9602 Yeah your one of those old school sample guys that only need's like 10 seconds lol..That's dope though Dj Premier still uses the MPC 60II to make his music..Pete rock still jumps on the SP 1200 at times..

[@mindexpansionpuzzles]

Hello sir, have you heard about the Octatrack from the fine folks at Elektron?

[@mackie32x4]

I have 2 plus the clear framed 808ex. Those zips can be problematic and the hard drives may go out on you BUT I still use it to load samples on my Reason and slam out some old school samples!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok Nice.

[@LS-pv4dh]

Good idea. Lol

[@ceemain]

i need to see you hit some other gear w/ that D-beam technology!

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah Roland put it on a couple of there products.

[@Zenonbuster]

Was literally just looking at this

[@DyReckProductions]

Great minds think alike lol.

[@WarrenWortham]

Bro, that "Coulda Had A Polo Shirt" is too comedy. LOL!!!!!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!

[@kleann]

fo real

[@German_LP]

Friend try option automatic subtitles. Great video

[@DyReckProductions]

No doubt gonna look into that.

[@DroppedandSkrewed]

Uncle can u do emu rack romplers like mo phatt

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. gonna put that on the list.

[@validcore]

Still got mine & a ton of packed full zipdisk!

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice.

[@michaelgiordano3757]

Sounds like this thing did stuff that mpcs of the day didn’t do. Could you record audio onto those old mpcs like this can ?

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah you could the MPC's were better..But the 808 did have better effects than the MPC.

[@DyReckProductions]

@Jayo Delaware Good point.

[@arkatheprod]

Any chance we could listen to what you and your producer did with this gear?? Greetings from Chile!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Ima see if I can set something up.

[@clutchhawks1268]

upgrade it with a sd card drive

[@fantasyproduct1042]

How?

[@joebrewer4529]

What happened was it had a zip drive.

[@DyReckProductions]

True.

[@xlrgbeats]

Great content. How do you know about all this hardware?

[@DyReckProductions]

Most of them I had, wanted to have, know someone that had them..Did research on before getting them..Im not to good at software though..I only stuck to Acid Pro..I tried some of the others but I didn't really sick to them.

[@bairahrecordings]

When I was growing up, I always wondered what type of equipment the SP 808 was,now thinking 🤔back,I had a Boss Dr Groove Dr 202 and the color scheme of the SP 808 was some what similar.

[@DyReckProductions]

Very similar design I guess Roland and Boss always kept the looks in the family.

[@sootsrichmore6421]

Can u do one on the sp 555??

[@BassmeantProductions]

Had one. Gave it to family. Still have the Roland A6. That thing is weird

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol I feel u.

[@BassmeantProductions]

@@DyReckProductions you should do a dive into the Edirol A6. I think that's what it's called. It's same build as sp808 but it's for movies so the HD is huuuuuge and it has SMPTE instead of bar beat. I used it as a giant sampler

[@DyReckProductions]

@@BassmeantProductions Ima check it out.

[@harrisonlaws4866]

Love these vids

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks bro I appreciate it.

[@StevenEdward0]

Great video as usual

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@mattmediate6928]

I love all your videos! This particular one was also great albeit a minor mistake at the very end. The last Unit pictured is not an 808. It's an A-6 Video canvas. Whatever that is. Anyway, Please keep these up. Love them!

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks bro I appreciate it.

[@jawazshabazz]

Been waiting on this one! I am just waiting for the Zoom Sampletrak video now. Matter of fact, let me buy as many I can find before you increase awareness and the price triples! Hahaaa

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao! The zoom was a nice piece.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Long time Groove box user here. I've owned the MC303, 307, 505 and 909. All of my DAWs were roland. Couldnt stand the ZIP Drive memory tho. Hated it. My bro had this but we never put our hands on it at all. Great video.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok cool.

[@tali813]

Thumbs up to the guy sampling from his cassette boom box :D

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol yup.

[@Analoque444]

Hahaha, I love your style to tell it in your videos. I am a owner of that SP 808 at the point it came out. I had so many issues with the Disc, it´s simply too slow and lags. The efx are crazy, it can be a secret weapon, if you resample it. Tried to change the drive to sd with a new system (ex) but did not work. I am so frustrated somehow, the unit is collecting dust :D like many other gear hahahaha. Best regards

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks bro!..I learned alot watching my home boy use it back in the day..Too bad it was slow.

[@Analoque444]

@@DyReckProductions Thank you bro! Your videos made me smile and I watched every single one of "What had happened was". I catch myself searching for more :D hahaha I love the american style to talk about that. I touched the 808 today and thought "The dust is more happy then me but I can´t give you away, because I love your FX-Baby :P :P" BTW I have the MC-909 and MC-505, too. In my opinion the MC-505 has more bottom end to the sounds and it sounds fatter somehow and the 909 hasn´t those Megamix-feature... Anyway, I use the MC-909 also as a secret weapon (Masteringunit) and to preproduce my beat, then into the DAW. The key on the MC-909 is to create your own sounds (Presets are crap on that unit), because it has a incredible Soundengine - it´s a beast, even today. Best regards.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@Analoque444 Oh ok cool!..Good to know.

[@MrLawrenceOnethree]

bro this is so entertaining

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol Thanks !

[@theroboticsketchcomedyrepo9277]

It reminds me of the Roland VS-840gx That I was working with in the late 90s.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah there very close.. The 808 just has a sampler and more effects.

[@natedogtrainer3812]

You can upgrade to a sd or ssd or ide drive now. Midimaniac is all over it. No disk error and hours of time to use

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok cool.

[@Craftmaster3]

SLAMMIN REMIXES!!!!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao!.. I miss the 90's

[@elijahjenkins1921]

Crazy they have mpc live for 1200 now

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup.

[@MarsHottentot]

The zip drive is a hassle but not a deal breaker. As ever, we look for a CF card replacement!

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@chipcrell242]

I have an SP-808EX in a box like new.. I think about it but it stays in the closet...

[@ShaneNewville]

Man, I used to hang out at the local music store where they had this setup. Used to dream about owning one, but $30 a week at my fam's pizza place made saving hard (had to buy cd's!!). ...though I did manage to save up for a DR-202 on that income

[@DyReckProductions]

The DR-202 is dope!

[@ShaneNewville]

@@DyReckProductions do you have one? Most of the buttons and knobs stopped working on the one I had after a while. Took it to a music shop to get repairs, but 6 months later they let me know they couldn't fix it (probably didn't try). RIP DR-202. should have gone to an electric repair shop

[@DyReckProductions]

@@ShaneNewville Nah..I wish I had one back in the day..I heard RZA talking about using one on acouple of his tracks.

[@ShaneNewville]

@@DyReckProductions woe didn't know RZA used it. The sounds of that drum machine were so dank but its up to the artist to make good use of it. It was much fun. Crap now I want to here what he did

[@DyReckProductions]

@@ShaneNewville Yeah he used it on all his beats for the 1st Kill Bill.

[@savoirfaire8979]

I still have my SP-808. Upgraded firmware to the SP-808EX. Zip drive upgraded to larger storage. Never bothered to learn how to use. Not user friendly, but I keep it for nostalgia.

[@martinofenzi858]

Man this is dooope

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@stevechase2232]

In 99' i bought the MPC 2000 for around $1300. Before then I couldn't afford 1k for a sampler sequencer.

[@djallious1188]

Because it doesn't matter its subjective i use whatever i really don't care if it helps me it helps.

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice.. I feel u.

[@devondetroit2529]

Rza recons he had one of these machines but I dunno if he actually made any beats with it, probably just had it to advertise it

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok cool..I didn't know RZA messed with the 808.

[@devondetroit2529]

DyReck Productions he tells a story in an interview where he says about his using it for his album and then taking it to a gig and djing with it

[@DyReckProductions]

@@devondetroit2529 That's dope.

[@superdisco101]

Back in the days i made a full track on the sp-808ex with this loop technique you did describe. It was a bit a pain. But yeah, if you get used to it and you had no other tool, it magically worked out. For many years i used just the effects on the device. I still miss it for that. I tried to get one in the last couple of years, but the prices for a sp-808 in good condition are just out of this world.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah in good condition they go for like the same amount they was when they first came out 900 to 1000 dollars.

[@customerservice9602]

Damn. I got another EX a couple of months back for under 300. Doesn't make sense to more than that. It's a pretty cool machine if you want to get that old school 4 track type sound but the SD card upgrade is a must.

[@fantasyproduct1042]

@@customerservice9602 I haven't found anywhere that describes the SD upgrade. Can you point me in the right direction?

[@customerservice9602]

@@fantasyproduct1042 Yeah dood. Unfortunately the only compatible drive heads in the know have found is CF card reader found in the MPC2000XL MCD edition. Make sure it's the original drive because you might get one with a swapped out drive which is what i had to do (swap out the drive). Lol. Probably not worth the hassle to most. But I'm old and stubborn. There is no part number on the drive so I don't know who the manufacturer is etc.

[@whyattlee9633]

Technically this is better than the MPC from functions the MPC is just a sampler that's it this thing let you have a synthesizer which meant you can create sounds from scratch and then use the buttons trigger them or use a keyboard and even some limited recording capabilities that surpassed the mPC stand-alone unit at the time

[@DyReckProductions]

If you want sound manipulation and dope effects the 808 is your choice..But if you want easy beat or full song music production the MPC is the choice.

[@whyattlee9633]

@@DyReckProductions that's the thing today all those things seem like just calculators when you compare them to a d a w otherwise you just have to take one piece and connected to another piece and to another piece just to get one cohesive piece of work where you can basically do all that in a d a w today for 25% of the price

[@customerservice9602]

@@DyReckProductions I'm old enough to remember making beats with just turntables and the 3 loop sampler on my Vestax mixer. You can definitely make beats with just the SP808. But if you want to make your own single shot drum patterns it won't be the same way as an mpc. Unless you do the SD drive upgrade and still no proper sequencer though. You can still make a single shot drum patterns using the loop effect.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@whyattlee9633 I feel u..But the reason people are willing to spend thousands of dollars on hardware is because of the sound..Them daws cannot replicate some of the sound you get out of some hardware pieces..the SP 1200 is a good example or the ASR10..And some people get tired of the daw workflow..They want to turn knobs and push buttons..But then I also remember in the mid 2000's people were tired of hardware Lol.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@customerservice9602 Good point.

[@Durian404]

Great fx, love the faders, but zip is just to unstable nowadays and also very slow, oneshots are almost impossible so only phrase sampling/ playback.. love the 808 but too slow for my workflow lmao

[@DyReckProductions]

I feel u.

[@brokemanmusic2587]

You are so right but Roland sp series should destroy akai but they never known how to get it to the people

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah Roland is a funny company when it comes to servicing the consumer..They make products that almost get it just right lol.

[@brokemanmusic2587]

@@DyReckProductions yo I just brought the Sp 606 it's the best Roland sp ever been created

[@thelabby9998]

@@brokemanmusic2587 sp555 is also good but the lack of screen and the mark/edit for chopping... oh god... pitassfuck...

[@brokemanmusic2587]

@@thelabby9998 yeah but sp 555 is not a workstation it's a groove box

[@rashodlewis2918]

@@brokemanmusic2587 facts. I bought other gear during the past year but my SP-606 I’m still using the effects and editing samples with it. Using it with my other gear.

[@thearki-vist6050]

Received recently my Sp202 Boss

[@Ashfaq1999]

Dope video & Dope machine definitely not a bad machine or poor man’s mpc. It still can produce kick arse beats.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yup.

[@Ashfaq1999]

@@DyReckProductions Cheers my friend 👊

[@R_Durand]

9:41 whoa that’s not an SP-808 🙃

[@sp-404hypnodiqsoundjunkie8]

It’s a video controller/ editor 🤗

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. yeah.. But I figured yah get the point Lmao.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

Roland A-6 Multi Audio Station

[@j.mil1710]

This dude funny as hell 😂😂😂

[@DyReckProductions]

Lmao Thanks bro!

[@streetlife20]

Needed sample libraries!

[@DyReckProductions]

Commin up fam!

[@goliathoner]

very interresting and STILL ya funny as f ! Thanks

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol..Thanks bro

[@ernestgibson8950]

Great presentation. Bar-nun!! ◇

[@DyReckProductions]

Thanks fam.

[@phillindablank]

The Roland disclab CDX-1 is almost like an sp 808 sans the VA synthesizer, less pads and no knobs to control the real time effects. It has 8 tracks instead of 4 for the multitrack recording and instead of the zip drive there is a CD drive. If i were to choose between the two I would go with the SP 808, but am still happy with the disclab at the moment 😊

[@DyReckProductions]

Nice wish the 808 had a Cd drive or a regular hard drive. That would have probably put it on top at the time.

[@streetlife20]

Was my first sampler lol!!

[@streetlife20]

And the TR 808 was my first piece of gear lol!!!! Wish I had it now!!! $$$$$

[@DyReckProductions]

@@streetlife20 Yeah fam ive seen TR 808's go for 5k on ebay.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

Search for a video called 'USB/SD storage on a Roland SP808?'. Bloke makes and sells replacement drives.

[@djiqs]

I got mine new back in 98. Never used it to tap out beats. I would use it for loops and then time stretch different loops to match BPM. Zip disks weren't fast but man that sample time was on point.

[@DyReckProductions]

Yeah it did have alot of sample time..And some of the older gear back then just gave you a couple seconds of sample time.

[@glowinggrenade]

This reminds me of the zoom AR48. Cheap, recently discontinued, but insanely powerful, 12 sounds and 12 voices (not linked together), Synth, PCM and sampling, 4 bars. It was ignored because it was cheap and looked like a rainbow tamborine. that thing is poooowerful.

[@multipreach2674]

Dope machine, mine sucked unfortunately though, never ending disk problems.

[@DyReckProductions]

Dang.

[@benjr6214]

So what happened was...

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol.

[@oraz.]

That thing seemed so cool. I would even get one. The only person I heard shout it out was bigg jus.

[@randomanton]

Black mamba serum

[@customerservice9602]

I still have an SP 808EX. Found a compatible CF card and that upgrade is a game changer. SP1200 and a SP 808 is crazy unknown dope combo.

[@DyReckProductions]

Oh ok nice.

[@customerservice9602]

⬆️Heads don't know that with that CF card upgrade the SP808 is better than the newer SP sample boxes, imo. And the disk busy error is gone because SD card is way faster than that zip drive. So you can use it to actually make beats. Still would have been dope with on board sample memory obviously. Loops are what it's best at though. 👍🏼

[@DyReckProductions]

@@customerservice9602 Oh ok cool if the upgrade makes it so that the drive works 10x's faster thats awesome!!..I got to put my boy on he was thinking about putting a new drive years ago but never did.

[@customerservice9602]

@@DyReckProductions the bad news is that the only one the community found that works is the CF Drive that comes stock with MPC 2000XL MCD version. So I had to buy a 2nd hand one of those and swap out the CF drive for another one then sell it, lol.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@customerservice9602 Oh ok I feel you..Yeah I dont think he'll buy a 2000xl just for the hard drive..But it does sound like its worth it.

[@brianhodge2455]

I always loved mine … the original model, upgraded with the EX o.s. that I copied off a unit in a music store. Used it for industrial music, mainly, and it was great for that. It’s been stashed away for years, but I still have it. If anybody’s figured out how to replace the Zip drive with a card reader, I’d love to know about it. There’s been other drive-based gear from that era, like E-mu and/or Akai samplers I think it was, where that’s possible, but for the SP-808 it seems like all you can find evidence of is failed experiments.

[@DyReckProductions]

Some guys on here was talking about being successful with the Zip Drive replacement and installment..They said they brought a old 2000 from ebay for the parts and switched out the hard drives.

[@brianhodge2455]

Thanks for the tip. That's about the most encouragement I've seen on this.

[@DungeonStudio]

I liked the SP808 as it was great to augment compositions with. Beat loops arranged on 1, a full live guitar track on 2, One shots on 3, and have it drive a 16trk sequencer on a adjacent workstation all in one swoop! The drag of the 808 was the 4th track was kinda useless if overloaded, causing track snips to drop out. Not bad for intro/outro stuff, but that's about it. Plus the converting to WAV to do intense editing on a PC was a pain. Nifty little software app that was easy to use. But had to get another Zip drive and hook it to the PC/laptop. and the whole SCSI thing was a pain. But the other godsend was the back expansion board offering a LOT more connectivity. And that the SP-808 could be 'hacked' to become the SP-808EX - offering more sample time with 250MB Zips over the standard 100MB. Just WAAAAY Better than Rolands farty DJ-70 is all I can say! LOL

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol I feel you..Its funny back then we thought it was the dopest machine.

[@neilthompson8027]

SP 606 was dope too too bad the cf card reader only has a 512 mb limit tho

[@DyReckProductions]

I FEEL U.

[@theroboticsketchcomedyrepo9277]

Boom like a 808 circle's like a n figure 8.

[@DyReckProductions]

Used to love that Blaque song the 808 bass they used was crazy.

[@ColeGaddis-lz3pz]

@DyReck Productions. HAHAHAHAHAHAH Could've Had A Polo Shirt Had Me Laughing So Hard 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@DyReckProductions]

LMAO!!!!

[@mugm2]

we need to see the W-30 next fam

[@DyReckProductions]

Thats a good one. Im definitely putting that on the list.

[@ericdunn7521]

Bought eem for $2FITTY bout 3 years ago from an Asian Cat from Pasadena, in Pristeen Condition had the original Manual and the Roland soft Shoulder Case and really didn't care what it could do cause I remember Ice T shouted it out in a song back in the DAy lol... Had to have it, 11:30pm one night I was like, Yo, You still got da Thang? Yah, meet me at da all-night Starbuck's... Pasadena Here I come LOL!

[@DyReckProductions]

That was a good price.

[@ericdunn7521]

@@DyReckProductions I would like to see you do a segment on some of Phone daw's.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@ericdunn7521 Lol. That would be dope gotta hit that up.

[@customerservice9602]

Sweet. Is it a regular sp808 or the SP 808EX?

[@ericdunn7521]

@@customerservice9602 Regular,Standard SP

[@ericdunn7521]

Got one at ma feet sittin under my production desk right this minute lol and I need to put it back in its case but every now and then I get the urge to plug eem up and sample off my phone lol I be sampling old TV show tunes on it got a bad AsS Mix with the theme from the TV show bereta by Sammy Davis jr. on the mic LOL... That Shit Bangin tho Hahaha!

[@DyReckProductions]

Lol. I sampled from mad tv shows.. Me and my boy would do a competition on who could make the best tv sample beat using the same show.

[@ericdunn7521]

@@DyReckProductions That be Dope if you could do it and post um here.

[@DyReckProductions]

@@ericdunn7521 I feel u.