Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland SP-404 MK2. Is this creative sampler, successor to the Boss SP-303 used by famous artists like J Dilla and Madlib and competitor to modern groovebox es like the Elektron Digitakt or Akai MPC ONE the end of lofi?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:01 Overview Roland SP-404 MKII
01:14 Classic Boss SP Workflow
01:46 Sequencer, TR Mode
02:15 Resampling
02:28 Additional Features
02:51 Display, Waveform Editing, More Features
03:15 Skip Back
03:22 Sequencer Features, DJ Mode
03:33 FX Section, Vinyl Effect
03:53 More FX, Input FX
04:20 Specs, SD Card, Limitations
05:03 What Else??? (Pricing, Custom Skins)
05:13 Hate
05:35 Jam 1 (Lofi House)
06:32 Jam 2 (Lofi RnB)
07:31 Finale (Lofi Jungle)
08:01 Verdict
Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness
patreon.com/audiopilz
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland SP-404 MK2. Is this creative sampler, successor to the Boss SP-303 used by famous artists like J Dilla and Madlib and competitor to modern groovebox es like the Elektron Digitakt or Akai MPC ONE the end of lofi?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:01 Overview Roland SP-404 MKII
01:14 Classic Boss SP Workflow
01:46 Sequencer, TR Mode
02:15 Resampling
02:28 Additional Features
02:51 Display, Waveform Editing, More Features
03:15 Skip Back
03:22 Sequencer Features, DJ Mode
03:33 FX Section, Vinyl Effect
03:53 More FX, Input FX
04:20 Specs, SD Card, Limitations
05:03 What Else??? (Pricing, Custom Skins)
05:13 Hate
05:35 Jam 1 (Lofi House)
06:32 Jam 2 (Lofi RnB)
07:31 Finale (Lofi Jungle)
08:01 Verdict
