ROLAND SP-404 MKII

SAMPLER AND EFFECTS PROCESSOR

The Roland SP samplers are the authentic kings of performance-based beatmaking, celebrated for their distinctive sound and ability to create fast beats anywhere and anytime. Carefully refined through community feedback and extensive research and development, the SP-404MKII is the ultimate SP sampler. It's faster and better than ever, with a vivid OLED display, new expressive pads, extensive effects, smooth sequencing and sampling, and a vast library of authentic sounds to inspire your music. The SP-404MKII has all the most loved features of its predecessors, with some major updates, such as 17 ultra-expressive pads and updated knobs for direct, linear control. Beatmaking is even more immediate, with a faster start-up time, faster loading of projects and importing samples, and easy access to projects thanks to 16GB of internal memory. Experienced users and new beatmakers will immediately feel at home thanks to the intuitive layout and classic SP effects, along with renewed sampling and sequencing workflows, Skip Back Sampling to quickly capture performances, DJ mode for mixing live beats

, and much more.

Features

• Vivid OLED display for waveform editing, full access to menus, and much more
• 17 RGB pads, sensitive to dynamics, with no-click design for exceptional playability
• A faster workflow, with reduced start and load times, 16 GB of internal memory, low latency pad, and quick sample editing
• Compact, ultra-light design (1.1 kg) with versatile power supply: USB-C, portable battery (via USB-C), 6 AA batteries, or with an AC power adapter
• Internal effects including SP such as Vinyl Simulator and DJFX Looper, new Lo-Fi, Cassette Simulator and Resonator, Vocoder, Auto Pitch and Guitar Amp Simulator 32-voice polyphony, 160 samples per project, and
• 16 internal projects for expanded programming editing

internal samples in real-time or auto-chop, automatic BPM detection, envelope, transposition and resampling to superimpose sounds and phrases Sound library preloaded with 144 professionally recorded high-quality samples and patterns Complete customization options, with removable metal front, downloadable profile template, various screensavers, and customized start logo The inputs and outputs updated include 1/4" line in/out, 1/4" mic/guitar input, 1/4" and 1/8" headphone outputs, 1/8" TRS MIDI in/out New resampling workflow for recording with various effects, for a detailed sound design Audio recording and streaming supported with mobile devices and computers via USB-C* Skip Back Sampling to automatically capture up to 25 seconds of audio from your last performance FX bus to superimpose multiple effects, with customizable addressing to create complex sound textures Adjustable quantization and shuffle percentage on different note resolutions, to customize the feeling of swing Pattern sequencer to create full tracks with BPM for each bank, ideal for playing backing tracks or programming performances Concatenation of patterns for automatic reproduction and use of Pad Link to play up to four samples with a single press DJ mode allows new approaches for live performance, manipulating and mixing two separate audio files Mac/PC software editor with sample access/management, waveform editing, pad assignment, importing MIDI files and projects from previous models Dimensions: 276 x H 70 x 177 mmWeight: 1.1 kg