Roland SP-404MK User manual

Introduction
TheSP-404MKⅡletsyoudoeverythingfromaudiosamplingtoediting,creatingyourownsongsandperforming...allin
oneunit.
ThisReferenceManualassumesthatyourunitisusingsoftwareversion1.10orlater.

Introduction
PanelDescriptions

Introduction
PanelDescriptions

Introduction>PanelDescriptions
EditSection
[VOLUME]knob
Adjuststheoverallvolume.
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[CTRL1]‒[CTRL3]knobs
Usethesetoeditparameters.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
ControlSection(1)
Display
Showsvariousinformationdependingontheoperation.
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Effectbuttons
Usethesebuttonstoselecttheeffectyouwanttouse.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
ControlSection(2)
[PATTERNSELECT]button
Presstoselectapattern.Thepatternsequencerturnson.
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[PATTERNEDIT]button
Pressthiswhenthepatternsequencerisontodisplaythepatterneditscreen.Fromhereyoucanedit
thepattern.
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[RECORDSETTING]button
Pressthistomakethesettingsforsamplingandforpatternrecording.Thesettingscreenappears.
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[DEL]button
Pressthistoerasethesampleorpatterndata.
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[REC]button
Pressthistosampleortorecordapattern.
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[RESAMPLE]button
Pressthistoresample.
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[EXIT]button
Pressthistoreturntothepreviousscreenortoundoanoperation.
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[COPY]button
Pressthistocopyasampleorpattern.
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[REMAIN]button
Whilethisbuttonispressed,thedatathatʼssetforthelastpadyoupressedisshown.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
ControlSection(3)
[START/END]button
Pressthistosettheplaybackrange(startpointandendpoint)forasample,ortoeditasample.
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[PITCH/SPEED]button
Pressthistosetthepitchandspeedatwhichasampleplaysback.
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[MARK]button
Pressthistosetamarker,orwhenyouwanttouseskip-backsampling.
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[VALUE]knob
Turntheknobtoeditaparameterortoselectanitem.
Presstheknobtoconfirmaparameterortoexecuteanoperation.
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[BPMSYNC]button
Pressthistomakeasampleorpatternplaybackinsyncwiththetempo.
ThesampleʼsplaybackspeedissynchronizedwiththetemposetonthisunitorwiththeMIDIclocks
receivedviatheUSBportortheMIDIINconnector.
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[GATE]button
Turnsthegatefunctionon/off.
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[LOOP]button
Turnstheloopfunctionon/off.
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[REVERSE]button
Turnssamplereverseplaybackon/off.Whenthisison,thesampleplaysbackinreverse.
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[ROLL]button
Turnstherollplaybackon/off.Whenthisison,thesampleisplayedbackindetailedstepsatthe
specifiedlength.
Youcanchangethelengthofasample(howfasttherollplays)bypressingthe[ROLL]buttonwhile
holdingdownthe[SHIFT]button.
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Bank[A/F]‒[E/J]buttons
Switchesbetweenbanks.
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[SHIFT]button
Pressthistomakeapadorbuttonuseanalternatefunction.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
PadSection
Pads[1]‒[16]
Thepadsplaybackthesamplesandpatternssavedineachone.UsetheseascontrollerswheninDJ
mode.
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[BUSFX]button
Pressthistoswitchbetweenbusesforplayingbacksamples,ortousetheMUTEBUSfunction.
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[HOLD]button
Youcanmakethesampleskeepplayingbackevenafteryoutakeyourfingersoffthepads,byholding
downpads[1]‒[16](toplaybacktheirsamples)andpressingthe[HOLD]button.
Thisisenabledwhenthe[GATE]buttonison.
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[EXTSOURCE]button
Switchestheexternalinputon/off.
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[SUBPAD]button
Usethistoaccessdifferentfeaturesdependingonthemode,suchastaptempoinput.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
SidePanel
SDcardslot
InsertanSDcardhere.
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Introduction>PanelDescriptions
FrontPanel
PHONESjack
Connectyourheadphonesorearphoneshere.
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[GAIN]knob
AdjuststheinputlevelofthedeviceconnectedtotheINPUTjack.
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[MIC/GUITAR]switch
SwitchestheinputimpedancetomatchthedevicethatʼsconnectedtotheINPUTjack.Whenconnecting
ahigh-impedanceinstrument(suchasaguitarorbassguitar),fliptheswitchtotheright(towardsthe
INPUTjack).
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INPUTjack
Connectanexternaldeviceorinstrumentsuchasamicrophoneoraguitarhere.
INPUTjackpinarrangement
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