I am an electronic sound designer. I sold off an older Korg sampler and then missed having one. I researched and found this SP-404SX. It has just the right amount of control over the sounds and has an amazing 29 effects to warp and alter sounds that you import. The pads feel very good and the colors are nice on the eyes ;) It supports up to a 32GB SD card, so you can keep up to about 48 hours of sounds on the SD card and then import them into banks and pads on the sampler. If you don't want to get an MPC, then this is a very good choice for a very nice hardware sampler. Oh, and it also comes with some simple software to import sounds into the various pads within the banks, which is helpful.
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I have used a few sp 505's over the years, and i keep coming back to it because it is easy to use and has some high end features such as waveform editing, step editing, and good effects. It is definetely limited, having only 8 note polyphony and a 4 track sequencer, but ive been hard pressed to find a more fun and easy to use sampler.
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There is only one con: the printed manual is in Japanese and I can't read it. But you can download it anyway. Otherwise it's GREAT. Where else can you get a Mint, In-Box original SP-404sx? Right here. I like the funky secondhand ones too but it's nice to know that this one is brand new. Been jammin on it night and day.
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There is a learning curve as expected, but an easy one - at least for me. I grew up in the 80's and 90's making beats with boomboxes, making radio shows, home recording onto the early digital 8-track models, etc. In my mind, the 404sx takes that 80's/90's usability and updates it with all of the basic things of modern technology of the day. Super easy to learn and allows a lot of room for creativity. Yes it is limited in aspects, but often times limitations force you to be more creative! And I don't believe the limitations are a game changer. The pros are much greater. And I love that it's so compact and easy to take on the road. You can literally use this as a field recorder with batter power and sample things out in the world at will, if you wanted to. I'm sure there are more powerful sampler/beat makers out there at this point, but for the price and usability, it's a bingo in my book.Read full review
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Perfect for Hip Hop Producers! It's a Sampler, Effects, Recorder plus it's portable. So much this little machine can do. It's really good for live shows!
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