How I set up my SP404sx for live sets + tips & tricks

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In this video I walk you through how I set up my SP404sx for performing live sets. I also share some other tips and tricks for making sure your set goes smoothly.
Sorry about my voice in this one, I'm just getting over a cold but hopefully will be back to 100% for the next video!
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@spvidz 4 года назад

Sorry for the pause that is now in this video at around 7:00 unfortunately the artist made a copyright claim. I will look into re-doing this video soon using only my own beats for demo purposes.

@soulcraft814 4 года назад

Some artists are stupid and need to get out their feelings. That could've been free advertising for them.

@carterpenny2536 4 года назад

How do you get stickers on your SP?

@user-pg4sn8jz1y 3 года назад

Why didn't you just tag the artist in the first place? Not trying to be rude, just asking honestly. You tag a whole lot of merch, Amazon, whatever. Why not give a shout out to the person who made the music?

@spvidz 3 года назад

It doesn’t work like that on RU-vid. It’s an algorithm that detects their music and they will just automatically tell youtube to file a copyright claim. Tagging it would make no difference. (I’m not even sure you can tag songs) It’s fair enough imo it’s not my song - I’m happy to redo the video in the future

@user-pg4sn8jz1y 3 года назад

@@spvidz I understand. Thank you for an honest answer. I love your videos and your channel, was just wondering honestly. Peace.

@thisismaplesyrup 5 лет назад

Omg, you have my beat on your pad 5! That was surprising haha Great videos man, watching every new one, thanks for the knowledge you’re sharing.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

No way man thats sick haha!

@ChristopherHowardRgnD 5 лет назад

I hold remain, then turn on the effect. That turns the fx on all pads... so you don’t have to worry about accidents. And it helps with doing fx transitions.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Good shout man yeah!

@tadarohn3305 5 лет назад

thanks for that one amigo !

@SandcastleTheory 5 лет назад

@@spvidz You can also hold the remain button to set the position of the knobs *before you turn on the next effect. Normally, of course, the knobs apply to either the current effect or the last one used; but by holding the remain button you can, for example, set up the knobs for a filter sweep, ahead of time, even if the last effect you used was actually the delay or whatever. I see a lot of people tapping the FX on and off really quickly, just so they can set the knobs to where they want them, before turning the effect back on again; but they could be using the remain button instead. Cheers!

@larsyvegas8140 4 года назад

Is there a video on this method?

@Hitnrun69ify 4 года назад

Man, I would have to say your way of explaining this box is much better then most of this videos on RU-vid. I appreciate you taking the time on putting this together for us on here in this Roland 404 community. I just picked one up my self and it does look overwhelming for me. But hopefully with your help I be able to to grasp the concept of it. Thank again for sharing your knowledge.

@spvidz 4 года назад

Thanks a lot man really glad to hear that! Yeah at first it can look a bit daunting but everything starts to make sense pretty quickly!

@slimyzombie 5 лет назад

Hell yeah man ! really great information here... nice work with the consistency !! ... long live the SP404SX!!!!

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Cheers man, appreciate it :)

@tonycarrera69 4 года назад

Thanks for the tip about the effects ! i wondered and was puzzled at some point! cheers

@spvidz 4 года назад

No worries! Glad I could help

@germacam3498 5 лет назад

Just got an SP so these videos are so perfect thank you so much man so helpful

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Glad to hear it man, hope you're enjoying using it!

@miguel7er 2 года назад

These videos are gold. Thanks

@spvidz 2 года назад

Thanks for tuning in!

@lyuboslaviliev445 8 месяцев назад

this has been very helpful. figuring out the sp404 on your own can be so confusing. thank you for this video and the great tips

@spvidz 8 месяцев назад

🙌🙌🙌

@allprominence 4 года назад

bro love the vids and the music! i subbed and liked! nice work and keep it up! real tight!

@spvidz 4 года назад

Appreciate that man, thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the content

@dudemanxx 5 лет назад

From 8:24... hitting remain + the pad you want to apply FX to will ADD that pad to the group of pads that'll be affected. Double tapping it will "solo" the pad so it's the only one receiving the FX. Either would seem to work in your case, as the other pads wouldn't be playing in this workflow.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Cheers for the info man!

@wariatosss 5 лет назад

Awesome stuff!!

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Thanks man appreciate it!

@mumionebeats2415 4 года назад

Great tips. Thanks homie 👍

@spvidz 4 года назад

No problem man. Thanks for watching

@wearesofucked 4 года назад

Thanks for being so transparent in your workflow. Your channel has been a lot of help..

@spvidz 4 года назад

No problem man. Thanks for watching

@colinpeet2389 5 лет назад

Yoooo thank you for that remain button tip! Not being able to use an effect on my beat after I triggered a sample was killing me.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Glad it helped man. Thanks for watching!

@seven7sseven7s83 4 года назад

Great advice subscribed

@spvidz 4 года назад

Glad to hear it helped. Thanks for the sub!

@monomad7655 5 лет назад

Thank u so much! Please do another one one transitions and stuff! cheers

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Yes definitely! I will post that soon

@visual_grooves 5 лет назад

Yooo thanks for this !

@spvidz 5 лет назад

No problem! Thanks for watching

@HANNAH-GT 4 года назад

great video!

@spvidz 4 года назад

Thanks a lot!

@nujerusalemtv809 3 года назад

Dope Vid, Bruv

@spvidz 3 года назад

Cheers for tuning in!

@arktikfoxtrix Год назад

Thank you!

@WoodenAxle 4 года назад

DAMN! Sooooooooo helpful!

@spvidz 4 года назад

Thanks for watching! Glad the video was useful for you

@whenmountainsmove 5 лет назад

I can't believe you don't have more views. Brilliant work mate. Love your videos. DO you make your beats on the SP as well or do you make them in Ableton/ Logic/ Something else?

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Thanks a lot mate glad you are enjoying the content. I've made beats in ableton and you can make good lofi tracks in it but for me now its all about the SP being the centre of the workflow. I just can't replicate that end result in a DAW. Check out my latest EP - I did everything on the SP. The only time I used Ableton was to record them out of the SP then bounce them back in to add effects. I will do a video where I talk about it in more detail soon explaining the difference. Might even do some ableton tutorials! soundcloud.com/user-100688196/tracks

@whenmountainsmove 5 лет назад

spvidz That’s so awesome man. I’d be SUPER into some ableton tutorials and would do a blast share to all my pals.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

@@whenmountainsmove Cool man, I need to start doing some more definitely

@bbailey0625 5 лет назад

u can create a seamless loop on the sp via loop button and resample method. no need for external software in case anyone was wondering

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Definitely but I do think its a lot easier in a DAW. I've heard a lot of people record their sample chops into a DAW to get it looping perfectly then bounce it back into the SP. Keep forgetting to try it out :)

@bbailey0625 5 лет назад

@@spvidz most definetely. I think people shy away from the loop button on the sp because it takes a bit of fiddling to get it perfect until u get super fast and master the mark button. once you master how to time the mark button, the sp gets alot more fun. I enjoy the maticuluousness of creating the music stricly on the SP. Not hating on others who dont, dopness is all that matters but I am more fasinated when i figure out a producer strictly created beats on the SP

@spvidz 5 лет назад

@@bbailey0625 Yeah same man I always make my beats as much on the SP as I can, the only thing I use Ableton for is a little bit of EQ and to boost the overall output but apart from that I do everything else on the SP. One thing I do find a bit frustrating is when you get a perfect loop going then realise you want to add another MFX over the top and you have to resample and re-do the loop markers. Can become a bit time consuming some times

@saulberg5247 4 года назад

Thank you

@spvidz 4 года назад

You're welcome! Thanks for waching

@karelguzman9419 2 месяца назад

Good video, do yo recomend use efect limit? to play live, or is not necesary? sorry my english!

@joey.h14 4 года назад

Hey man, I’m really inspired by what you do, and I thought that I might give the sp404 a try for Christmas, but I’m kinda clueless as to what I need for it to work on my MacBook Air, do you have any ideas?

@spvidz 4 года назад

Not sure what you mean by work on your MacBook Air? It’s a stand alone sampler. It doesn’t require anything additional to use. Let me know if you need more info man!

@wildcardt_ 4 года назад

Hey man. This is a really epic video even tho I don’t have an so yet! I do have a question tho. How and where do you get your gigs because I’m finding it hard to get some for lofi especially (I’m in the UK and Japan :) )

@spvidz 4 года назад

Yo man, thanks for watching! I've only done a few gigs so far and they've all be in my local town. I've played live music for years so have a lot of connections - thats how I ended up getting them really!

@wildcardt_ 4 года назад

spvidz I see! Thank you for the help!

@spvidz 4 года назад

No problem, good luck!

@Millsmillsmills 2 года назад

I’m two years late but this was so helpful

@ManishSharma-po2el 4 месяца назад

sir. How to set sp 404 sx one finger or one touch main? Because to go to the second loop main button has to be pressed along with the first button...means the first loop which is running can also be used and the next loop has to be pressed as well..please sir help🙏😞

@TheFunStreet 3 года назад

Thanks for the great video! Question: When you perform with Sp404sx, are all the songs have to be in same tempo?

@spvidz 3 года назад

Not at all. You can put anything you want on each pad, different tempos, different styles of music, whatever you want

@TheFunStreet 3 года назад

@@spvidz Thank you!

@mothsinthecanyon 4 года назад

2:50 damn. relatable.

@spvidz 4 года назад

😄 thanks for watching man

@maxh98492 4 года назад

is there a vid for the transition related stuff? I can’t seem to find anything on your channel unless I’m missing it

@spvidz 4 года назад

Don’t think I’ve done anything around that yet no!

@1samwhich 4 года назад

Hey, thanks for the tutorial. I am new to stand alone samplers. Can you please explain to me about this device and in particular maintaining timing during sample changes. I want to load the sample banks up with a bunch of 16 bar Kick and Bass loops to use as backing tracks and be able to seamlessly switch between these loops say with a buildup or filter sweep leading into the switch (for example). What is the procedure for this and will it automatically stay in time/sync? or does it depend on your ability to hit the pads at the exact time? For example, I am used to Ableton where you can launch a clip and it will play at the start of the next bar (or whatever you set the launch settings it to...)Cheers :)

@spvidz 4 года назад

You won’t get that with the SP - it’s all about the user with this one. You gotta hit those pads in time :)

@maxh98492 4 года назад

@@spvidz hi nice vid, really helpful. i was wondering the same thing as Sam Livingston but it seems you cannot queue patterns on the sp to play on the following beat/bar like the way you can queue clips/scenes in ableton. Im wanting to use the SP in a similar way to you do but I'm wanting to also use ableton to trigger the drum patterns to the (drum-less) songs on the sp. would i run into any timing issues? E.g the drum loops from ableton slipping out of sync over the duration of the song? i was thinking sending midi tempo data to ensure this but then each song will be at different tempos which would then cause issues on the ableton end, unless i had separate ableton projects but that seems to clunky. The reason i want drums and the rest of the song on different devices is so i can improvise with effects separately. i hope this makes sense

@softeyez6700 5 лет назад

only got a 1gb sd card in my sp and i can still fill up 3 banks of songs and have samples and songs on other banks

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Yeah man its so good how little space they take up! Thanks for watching again :)

@pyrotarkus6491 4 года назад

Are the beats you have loaded up in this video all done with the SP? Or did you just use it for DJaying?

@spvidz 4 года назад

They are loaded in - not my beats either so who knows how they were made 🙂 I’m sure some in my set would have been from the SP!

@CTR-UTH 5 лет назад

I have a question: How do you keep your drum pattern and the finished song (the beat) in sync when you are changing effects for live sets? I've tried to do so but, I find that I have to rerecord the entire thing into one pad and then record effects after... I think that's what I am supposed to do with it but it honestly isn't as ideal

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Cet.Saail for live sets I have the whole beat on one pad without FX then put them over that. It’s much easier

@CTR-UTH 5 лет назад

So that's something that you'd recommend for music production? Making the track on a daw, then exporting to the SP? I was always thinking about doing it that way, especially since you showed that you could take tracks out from the SP and place them onto a daw.

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Well at some point you are going to have to get your beat recorded into an external device like a computer and from that you will have a finished wav file. so just take those wavs you make and use them. I tried ableton for beats but I prefer working in the SP as much as I can to get the waveyness and the fx as well. Its all personal preference tbh you can make full lofi beats in ableton and other DAWs for sure but it just depends how you prefer to do it.

@CTR-UTH 5 лет назад

@@spvidz Dang, that clears up a lot of confusion for me! Thank you for the information!

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Cet.Saail no problem man glad it helped!

@whitenoisefromelectronicto1728 4 года назад

Can I have 4 or more pads playing at the same time or do I have to put a complete track on a pad?

@spvidz 4 года назад

Having 4 pads playing all together sounds very chaotic. I imagine it would be hard to trigger them at the same time and maybe difficult to stop them all as well. You could try using ‘hold’ I think that’s your best bet

@lakshmivalenci99 4 года назад

7:55 What is the name of that song? It’s good ❤️😍

@spvidz 4 года назад

Yo man just searched all through my live set playlists and cant find it. Maybe it was taken off spotify. Sorry I couldn't help - love the beat too

@aaahelen 3 года назад

Also! I want to buy your drum pack but the soundcloud link to hear it is down.

@spvidz 3 года назад

Check out my beats playlist. I use my drums for almost every single beat I upload - ru-vid.com/group/PLVoItRMMtSwtfQvcjrWF7h67BVlVXPEeg

@coppersoul3211 4 года назад

Got a quick question for u man. Do u only use an SP for ur sets? or do u use other gear as well?

@spvidz 4 года назад

Just the SP man yeah 👌

@coppersoul3211 4 года назад

spvidz one more for ya. Have u ever done a live Lo Fi set? if so, how was it received?

@spvidz 4 года назад

Yeah i've done live sets, thats why I made this video, to explain how I set up for them. They went down well I think haha

@jorbbie 5 лет назад

Where's the link to the effects auditioning workflow?

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Yo man here we go - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9kueSA44_bM.html

@spvidz 5 лет назад

Wasn't feeling great when I made this one so missed doing that haha. Thanks for point it out

@okimoto3101 Год назад

Yo i use lubitel to👍👍👍

@spvidz Год назад

Awesome. It’s such a nice camera

@7thNoteOfficial 3 года назад

Can u play 2 tracks at same time

@spvidz 3 года назад

technically yes although I'm not sure why you would want to do that. You can just hold 2 pads at the same time or use the 'hold' button

@csyk1990 4 года назад

Did you buy those coloured knobs for the top man or? if so where from!?

@spvidz 4 года назад

I did man yeah. They give you much better grip and control - look pretty nice too. Do a search for ‘chromacaps’ think they are by DJtechtools

@csyk1990 4 года назад

@@spvidz cheers man

@csyk1990 4 года назад

spvidz is there no difference between the sx & a? I’m about to buy one but can’t get hold of an sx one near me

@csyk1990 4 года назад

@spvidz

@spvidz 4 года назад

c syk from what I’ve heard there is absolutely no difference apart from the colours!

@sprb4725 4 года назад

Do I sample from tape/vinyl straight to sp404 or do I have to load it from a computer?

@spvidz 4 года назад

You can use the phono input in the back of the box - static.roland.com/assets/images/products/gallery/sp-404sx_back_gal.jpg

@sprb4725 4 года назад

Cool, thanks for responding might be getting ind soon

@spvidz 4 года назад

No problem! :)

@felipecatnich9145 3 года назад

I need to ask you a question, should I record in mono or stereo? thanks!

@spvidz 3 года назад

I would do drums in mono and samples in stereo :)

@felipecatnich9145 3 года назад

@@spvidz and resampling?

@spvidz 3 года назад

@@felipecatnich9145 I do the same - drums in mono, samples in stereo

@felipecatnich9145 3 года назад

@@spvidz Thank you very much, very good channel helps me a lot with my sp 404 sx, I would like one of work with ableton live

@spvidz 3 года назад

@@felipecatnich9145 glad to hear that man!

@AstralVelvetV12 4 года назад

ay @spvidz I'm waiting on my 404sx and I have a MacBook, creative Bluetooth subwoofer speaker set, dual rca male to rca male cord, basically my question how do I set up the 404sx to a external speaker source, do I need to invest in monitor speakers? thanks

@AstralVelvetV12 4 года назад

I know to use MacBook, Ableton Live lite and the 404sx I need to get 2 1/4 dual to rca TS dual cables.

@spvidz 4 года назад

Hey man, I have monitor speakers and a mixer so when I want to go straight out the speakers I just use my mixer. You might be able to go through your laptop but there could be delay issues with that. Even if its a fraction of a second its really difficult to play drums in time etc

@AstralVelvetV12 4 года назад

@@spvidz yeah im looking to get a interface but I have no speakers and was reading the manual. is it true when you turn on there's a delay or powering on 32 minutes, like you don't use right away right when you turn on? thanks man

@spvidz 4 года назад

@@AstralVelvetV12 When you turn on the SP? Not at all, it boots up in seconds

@felipecatnich9145 4 года назад

I have a problem with the sp 404 d software, I have a macbook pro high sierra, I can install the software but not upload files, you know why?

@spvidz 4 года назад

sorry mate, i'm not really able to offer tech support. I guess try reinstalling it and see if that solves the issue!

@felipecatnich9145 3 года назад

@@spvidz In what format do I have to upload the files in the sotware?

@joehamling3194 4 года назад

Hi, can you tell if it’s possible to load other samples whilst you’re playing? Or are you limited to what’s on the 12 pads from the start? Cheer mate.

@spvidz 4 года назад

Not sure how that would work man, you'd have to swap the SD card and I'm sure the SP just stops playing if you do that. The best way would probably be another SP tbh or another device in the chain

@joehamling3194 4 года назад

spvidz cheers mate, I’m getting a kp3+ and want to add a 404. I guess recording into the Kaoss pad and looping on that whilst loading new samples on the 404. Is an option. Thanks for the response,much appreciated. Really enjoying all the videos.

@joehamling3194 4 года назад

Am I right in thinking each pad had more than one sample stored to it? Can you switch through those live?

@spvidz 4 года назад

It’s one sample per pad but you have banks so it’s 12 * how ever many banks there are on the SP. don’t know off the top of my head!

@joehamling3194 4 года назад

spvidz nice one, that’s a huge deal breaker for me! Thanks again for your help. Sorry for the questions, I’m sure you’ve got better things to do on a Saturday!

@sherylbaker9025 3 года назад

do you think this piece of equipment is still relevant or is there something better?

@spvidz 3 года назад

If you like dawless beat making yes. It’s a lot of fun. I am enjoying using it in conjunction with a DAW more recently though. The fx are killer for processing things through!

@aaahelen 3 года назад

What's the best way to load tracks onto the SP? I use the program the sp came with but its kinda shit.

@carotare5261 3 года назад

There are alternatives to the default program. The one that I use is called "Bankrobber" (hah) by drummachinefunk (dot com). It's a free software for loading tracks to the SP that has a FAR better design and usability. Highly recommend!

@aaahelen 3 года назад

@@carotare5261 I appreciate the tip! I'll check it out.

@spvidz 3 года назад

Look at the Import feature. Super easy to use. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C_RkYHhbAww.html You can also try this which is an amazing project - github.com/MatthewCallis/super-pads

@GrimSingmuf 3 года назад

@@spvidz really digging Super Pads

@forevershampoo 4 года назад

It’s important for a dj to know his records front to back, and when you are doing a set you should have the structure of each song memorized really.

@spvidz 4 года назад

True enough but its not easy to do that with beats that have no lyrics. Theres loads of stuff going on in your head when you're doing a live performance so really easy to lose your trail of thought in my experience

@OliverRabies 4 года назад

do you know it mutes on 7:06? dont know what youre saying while muted.

@spvidz 4 года назад

Yup I had to mute because of copyright on the beat 🙁

@dragon-id5uj 4 года назад

Every live setup tutorial ive seen involves the hold button. I dont understand why no one just has it set to loop, or takes off gate. Starts to feel like a lot of people just have the machine for the aesthetic of it

@spvidz 4 года назад

The problem I’ve found with having loops is that you have no concept of how long you have been doing the beat which can feel a bit strange when you are up on stage but yeah it’s something I’ve looked into and could possibly help make things a little more seamless. I’m definitely not just using it for the aesthetic or I’d just DJ straight out of ableton. I’m constantly on the FX which is basically the best feature of the SP and the reason I chose to DJ with it in the first place

@dragon-id5uj 4 года назад

Totally fair game considering it's such an open ended instrument. There's probably 20x more ways to use it that neither of us have discovered! Thanks for the thoughtful reply, and excuse me if my thoughts came off derogatory. Keep on rockin

@spvidz 4 года назад

乁dragon違 all good man. It’s good to hear other perspectives :)

@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 Год назад

Always have at least one timer that you can see at your workstation. Click start on it soon after you transition to a new song. You can also keep a second timer that runs constantly from the start of your set. Time distortion can be severe on the performer in a live set in some contexts.