The fastest way to chop on an SP404sx?

[@aptudo]

I like your singular focus on the SP-404 on this channel. Lo-fi hip hop beats are so infectious. They sound good on their own and for adding flavor to other genres. The way to make great music is to go deep with your instrument, and that's what you're teaching people to do. I think you will see more subscriptions and more growth of your channel. Great job!

[@spvidz]

Rob Fowler thanks a lot. I’m definitely seeing a lot of new subs at the moment!

[@christopherlopez2491]

Just got my sp404sx. Your videos are perfect. Found about you through a forum

[@spvidz]

Awesome man glad to hear that. Would you mind sharing which forum just out of interest? Would be good to know where people are finding me! Welcome to the gang 👌

[@gearpunk9632]

thank you so much for the great vid. just did my firs successful chopping on my new 404A.

[@spvidz]

No problem man. Glad it helped 👍

[@wheniwasflesh]

Thanks, really helped me fix the workflow

[@spvidz]

Great to hear!

[@SamFranklinMusic]

this channel is amazing man, i started becoming obsessed with it when i was doing research on the sp404 to see if i wanted to get one... now that i have it, i find that you've already answered every question i didn't even know i had. this technique seriously helps so much, the speed helps you flow with your creativity. ahh i can't wait to go home and make something haha. thank you!

[@spvidz]

Glad to hear I've helped you out man!

[@LittleMusicBoxes]

I dont own an sp and I've watched like 20 of your videos. lol

[@spvidz]

😅 thanks

[@chiefsupreme4265]

Lol

[@Kofla2000]

Me too!

[@Durian404]

Same lmao

[@blakeoverholt1821]

Same

[@greenthumb14]

got my SP 404-A yesterday and your tutorials are making it so easy to understand how to chop/use the mfx and so on..thx dude!

[@spvidz]

Nice one man welcome to the club! Glad the channel has been useful

[@MookieFlex]

Just got the sp404sx and your tutorials have been a huge help, thanks bud!

[@spvidz]

No problem man. I’m really glad the vids help

[@MookieFlex]

@@spvidz Quick question! Do you run your samples through any fx on the sp before chopping to give it a nice sound? If so, which would you recommend? (lofi button, vinyl simulator, tape echo, etc etc?) Thx for the help ^_^

[@spvidz]

I don't usually no. I like to have the raw sample on the SP as a fall back incase I want to start again. If I want to add FX I always resample!

[@MookieFlex]

spvidz Right on, thank you. I look forward to these vids, keep up the hard work!

[@AgustinDavidF]

So good, man!

[@Randuski]

I'll be honest, I've been rockin the sp for a while, but this might actually be the best way to chop. It's kind of brilliant. You earned my sub dude 👍🏻 haha

[@spvidz]

Nice one man glad to hear it!

[@kri8beats778]

New SP404 user here, thanks for this!

[@spvidz]

No problem! Glad you found the channel :)

[@slimyzombie]

sp vidz :D my favorite channel !!! just recommended this place to a friend of mine.. keep up the quality content bro

[@spvidz]

Really appreciate that man!

[@softeyez6700]

best sp tutorials on youtube, hands down

[@softeyez6700]

oh shit you can watch this in 4k

[@spvidz]

My man! And yeah just takes a while for YT to render!

[@whheaattzmayne3183]

I'm late to the sp game I just got one a couple weeks ago. Thanks for your informative content. I ordered your sample pack to show support ✌

[@spvidz]

Awesome, thanks a lot, really appreciate it! And it never too late :)

[@joybeats2425]

Thank you so much brother. For Real. Had the sp for awhile but didnt understand truncating n chopping. But i seem to only understand how you explain it for some reason lol. Anyway Super excited to get back on the sp esp amidst the chaos we all facing right now. Revived my life once again n ready to immerse in it even for just a moment. Take care :)

[@spvidz]

Awesome man yeah it can be a bit tricky at first and there’s not a lot of info out there. Glad to hear it helped! Stay safe :)

[@jungle-wav1322]

This channel is going to be huge some day (:

[@spvidz]

Here's to hoping! haha

[@Brother_TD]

BRAVO!!

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching

[@CainaanDC]

I just purchased a 404 cent wait to use it I will be rewatching these tutorials thanks

[@spvidz]

Awesome man, welcome to the club!

[@milkweedreflections]

This channel is too legit.

[@spvidz]

ayyyy! thanks a lot :)

[@matstjean]

.. to quit!

[@matstjean]

Aie! You ve got awesome sharped ears thanks for that swiss knife chop trick

[@spvidz]

Np man. Thanks for watching!

[@namaste303]

Would love to see videos of you combining the 404 with your mpc to make a lofi beat.

[@spvidz]

Definitely man, I'm really keen to do that myself. Will be next week now though I think!

[@namaste303]

Sounds great man! I own an mpc 5000 and an sp404a so I’m curious how you would combine the two machines.

[@spvidz]

Same as well really, its new territory for me! I've been having a think over the last few days and reckon there's a few ideas I can pass on

[@faustostar9627]

Ohhhh shit. Thanks for the lesson fam

[@spvidz]

No problem man, thanks for watching!

[@divinenostalgia8517]

STOP calling yourself unofficial you're very much official mate

[@spvidz]

haha thanks man, appreciate that!

[@genesis_tracks]

When you're so early that the HD version of the vid doesn't exist

[@spvidz]

haha true fan! Its being really slow rendering today actually...

[@genesis_tracks]

@@spvidz Yeah man! Been followin since you had only 12 subs my man 😉

[@spvidz]

Waaat. That’s crazy man. Sorry about the 2 year break haha

[@genesis_tracks]

@@spvidz It's all cool man, we all got some things to do sometimes

[@kristenveloria]

Great video! Do you have another explaining what you're doing with the START/END/LEVEL button? looks like you're giving the sample a trim, but if you have a video for it, please let me know!

[@spvidz]

Yeah it’s just trimming not much more to explain about it. One control for start one for end :)

[@PrizeViolet]

spvidz haha ok ^___^ thanks again, love your channel!

[@tom22333]

Thx man

[@spvidz]

np man!

[@emmasure8552]

brilliant tutorial thamks, the sp404 a has a shift button rather than a function button from what I can tell. Is it possibe to copy a pad to a pad in another bank?

[@spvidz]

On the SX? Yeah, you can copy to anywhere! :)

[@Faceman005]

Chopping beats have been really good now BUT my next issue is when I chop my beats, it’s like CHOPPED, meaning when I loop it to play it over and over there no fade, hard to explain you would have to hear it.

[@earljohnson2024]

How do delete leftover on the original sample? Thanks for these videos they help a ton!

[@spvidz]

Old vid but it’s got the info! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajOioGgd9iKgq8

[@officialriff]

Thank you for the tutorial how to chop samples with the sp 404!👌 I'm using the MPC Live and I'm interested in the SP because of the FX, but both compared it seems the way to chop samples on the SP takes way much time. Is this the fastest way to chop samples? You can't play a sample and set markers live? Thanks for sharing your experience.✌️

[@spvidz]

No you can’t set markers live. The SP is a quite a basic sampler - no way near as comprehensive as the MPC. Like you say though the FX are great

[@officialriff]

​@@spvidz Thx for your quick feedback and your experience! Ok, then it would be a nice live addition to my set. 🙏✌️

[@U_G_Bp]

Any tips on "auto stop record" when resampling?? I know this function does not exist, but with some fx the resample ends make it very difficult to trim tight loops. Thx Keep up the awesome work my friend.

[@spvidz]

Not sure what you mean bro. The resample ends? What is it you’re trying to do?

[@U_G_Bp]

@@spvidz when i resample a drum break, Trimming the end is often very difficult to make when some fx are applied. For example this am i chopped a 2 bar break easy, then with a compressor applied I could not make a tight loop.

[@spvidz]

My suggestion is record a little more than you need then it gives you room to keep trimming until you get it right. It’s a bit fiddly on the sp no real easy way of getting round stuff like this!

[@RickJamesFPV]

Nice.

[@spvidz]

Appreciate that, thanks for watching!

[@SonicVibe]

Nice 👍

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching!

[@kennethsortmusik]

Great video! Can I ask why you have chosen the H5 as you're zoom? Thanks mate

[@spvidz]

The h5 had everything I needed. External mic for recording foleys and the stereo in for recording my bumps straight from the SP!

[@kennethsortmusik]

spvidz Thanks for the Quick reply! Im a bit new to all this, could you please explain what u mean by “bumps” and “foleys” ? :)

[@spvidz]

Foleys just means like atmospheric sounds or sounds like coins rattling or keys etc etc. Bumps is just another word for beats because they ‘bump’

[@kennethsortmusik]

spvidz Aight Thanks My man❤️ now that I’ve been trying this technique My SP suddenly started to take really long to truncate and copy samples. Do you know why This could be happening? Is the lenght of the original sample to long (4 min)? Thanks for you time

[@spvidz]

Kenneth Rothman yeah longer samples will take a little longer to truncate 4mins is pretty long. The shorter it gets you should notice it gets faster :)

[@christiankariuki4975]

1:19 when i choose the pad, nothing blinks. why is this happening?

[@spvidz]

That would happen if you either haven't quite done it correctly, or all the pads in that bank already have samples on them. Only pads that are free will flash

[@ramonebranker4143]

Tuff

[@Paytonwh]

How do you truncate the end point of a sample? Like say the sample I have is 10 bars but I make my chops and I want it to only be 8, how would I get rid of the last two measures?

[@thesun3698]

could explain the use of the Zoom H5 with the SP?

[@spvidz]

Its just a recording device man. If you get a phono cable that converts to double jack at the end it plugs straight in and you can record anywhere on battery power. I use it to record my SP and mic at the same time via a mixer because my laptop always skips when I record!

[@thesun3698]

@@spvidz Thank you, I appreciate the info.

[@spvidz]

Young Introvert any time bro!

[@astromayamusica9445]

is this copy function in classic sp-404?

[@spvidz]

I’ve never used a 404 og but from looking at the pictures there is no function button and therefore no copy. You could use resample instead I guess or it might be easier to just sample each part you want one at a time. Anyone is welcome to correct me if I’m wrong!

[@matstjean]

It dont seams to have any shift button neither sub options under the pads of the 404og’s manual on he website

[@dopelo-fi4422]

It might sound counter intuitive, but I think just playing the record and hitting record on the pieces you want is faster than all that button pressing.

[@spvidz]

Yeah that’s definitely an approach that can also work and like you say it may even be faster 👍

[@contraproduction8778]

when I press mark I get this pre sign and nothing happens, first time user but any idea what im doing wrong here?

[@contraproduction8778]

just turned off protect mode lol

[@spvidz]

ah cool man, you all sorted now then?

[@contraproduction8778]

spvidz yes! thank you these videos are super helpful

[@spvidz]

@@contraproduction8778 Glad to hear it man and no worries!

[@sk69to96]

is it at all possible to transfer recordings from your recorder on your left into the sp404 without the use of comp to edit? I've been curious for the longest since I've been debating if whether or not I should pick one of those up to start making my own samples.

[@spvidz]

You could yes, its got a headphone out and possibly a line out as well so its definitely possible with a mini-jack to phono cable

[@sk69to96]

@@spvidz wow! Awesome. Thanks for the heads up man. Do you by chance make your own samples and kits?

[@spvidz]

Yeah I’ve got a few beat packs on SPVIDZ.com.

[@laurakrug9931]

How do you stop from having your sample being completely deleted? Thanx

[@spvidz]

not sure what you mean by 'completely deleted' sorry? The samples will stay on the SP using internal memory even if you turn it off/on or you can back up everything using the back-up feature and start again fresh - then load that save at any point you want to bring it back. Hope that helps

[@portinim]

tried chopping a sample but every time i hit "mark" it will just say "Prt" and then doesn't allow me to do anything to it

[@spvidz]

Are you holding dow the pad at the same time? Hold the pad and hit mark at the same time at the point you want to mark. Hope that helps man

[@jaykeegan9929]

Not sure if this question will make sense. I’m terrible with wording questions sometimes. But in the video when you’re copying pad 1 to pad 2 and then truncating pad 2/ releasing mark on pad 1. On the first pad after you’ve released the mark, is the entire sample still there on pad 1 that you marked and then copied? So if you for example hit pad 1 you would still hear that part you’ve now copied and truncated on pad 2. I hope this makes sense and isn’t just word vomit.

[@spvidz]

Yeah the full sample will be on pad one as long as you don't truncate it. its nice to keep that as a kind of backup if anything goes wrong. I just mark it and start copying, I never truncate the original sample on pad 1

[@jaykeegan9929]

@@spvidz thank you! Great advice!

[@Faceman005]

How do you chop something if its at the end of your loop? Example, there's a 10 second song and you want only the first 8 seconds.

[@spvidz]

press mark once while the sample is playing to mark the start, press it again to mark then end then use the start/end button if you need to make adjustments

[@oldschoolwaverider]

Can you put samples on via SD card? So could you record an entire track and resample it and chop it up?

[@spvidz]

yep, look at the 'import' feature. I have a video here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZC1nIx-ncd0rdk

[@nikilburskyr]

Can this apply to the SP-404 Og?

[@spvidz]

Dont think so man no. I'm not exactly sure as I don't own one but I don't think you can truncate on the OG so you have to go through the sample each time and set a mark point. If you have one give it a try and let me know

[@NashakMusic]

You CAN place marks, truncate and delete the sample's marks on the OG, but there's no Function button, so no copy-pasting :-( . You have to re-sample the whole pad to a new pad in order to "apply" this technique. It's long, but it works just fine. Wish I had an SX tho... ! :-D

[@spvidz]

Nashak thanks for clearing that up man. It’s the same on the 303! Was surprised it had truncate :)

[@justapizza4079]

What else do you have hooked up to the sp404sx ? And why do U need them ?1

[@spvidz]

Mainly for FX Processing. You can run samples through it and completely mess with the sounds to get that crunchy lofi grit

[@CatFood420]

Can you make a video on finding samples and what to look for?

[@spvidz]

Got plans to do some content around this soon, stay tuned!

[@johnnyparker2128]

Where are the numbers?

[@spvidz]

years of use man, they've worn off!

[@MrTreyDark]

This technique was so fast that I’m getting stressed out by rewinding this a million times, to figure out what you’re doing..this tutorial isn’t for new sp users, clearly..I’ve been a beat maker for over a decade, and this is 6mins of hell for me.. May I please suggest a slightly slower pace, clearer hand gestures, and clearer explanations? Perhaps, if a tutorial is for more experienced sp users, please express that somewhere in the video.. Thanks, and many blessings.

[@spvidz]

Play the video at a slower speed man. You can do it in the KZbin options if you click the cog. I’ll try and slow things down in future though!

[@MrTreyDark]

spvidz all love though bruv! I enjoy your content otherwise. 🙏🏾

[@sumoslap1973]

Watched so many of these my sp404 just came in today

[@spvidz]

That’s dope man welcome to the gang! Hope the videos set you on your way 🙌🙌🙌