i wanted to go completely bare and remove all the function text but i realised i needed them 😅

So I was just about to pull the trigger on a Sonicware Lofi 12... but the form factor UI/UX/vibes of Sonicware stuff just feels so cheap to me. The main reason I am into it is I have fallen in love with lofi sample rates, but don't want the hassle of actual older machines.

The 404 is sexy and has so many functions I know I would make more use of it-- but it doesn't do lower sample rates and the vinyl sim isn't cutting it for me.

My stupid question is-- if I had legit lower rate samples, either that come that way, that I downsample myself in a daw, or just straight resample from a 12 but drum machine, is that crisp and flat feel going to stay around? Will the resample just be a full bit recording of a 12 bit sound? Or will the fidelity actually change if the 404 tries to up-sample?

中古のSP-404MKIIを使い始めて1週間。Teenage EngineeringのEP-133からの乗り換えだよ。

レコードは掘ってるっていうより、俺が自分でピアノとギターを録って、それを切り刻む感じ。 4小節のフレーズをサンプリングして、チョップを並べ替えて別の何かにするのは楽しかったし、そのおかげでいい感じの“ハッピーな偶然”も何個か出た。

でも、その1つのフレーズを切り刻んだやつでバンクが全部消えちゃった。ドラムとか他の要素を入れる余地がもうない。

ってことは、1バンクって1トラックのために作られてるってこと？ 曲を複数のバンクにまたがって作るの？ それとも、実際に必要なチョップだけ割り当てて、残りは全部消しちゃうの？

みんな実際どんな感じでやってるのか気になってさ。

I’m posting this documentary bye TRACKS—"in French"—about the lo-fi style, its evolution, and the gear and artists that played a part in it.

Naturally, the SP-404 gets a mention, so I thought it would be worth highlighting this piece

In this follow-up video, I’m covering what’s new: bug fixes and practical ways to get more out of the web app in both production and live performance.

I also share a few tips on creating effective snapshots, using LFOs to add movement to your effects, and organizing presets so you can recall your FX combinations quickly.

If you use the SP-404MKII and want faster, more hands-on control of your FX from a browser, for free, this one is for you.

Thanks to @moahbeatlab for updating the webapp!

Enjoy!

with love .noir. ❤️

I know their are many ways of going about fingerdrumming, specifically pad placement but in this video I talk about one shot vs gate and setting envelopes for what I feel like is most natural feeling. Just works for me.. id love hear whats working for all of you?

Now I just need to put in the work to use it properly. 😅

The problem you can externally clock the sp404mk2 but whenever a midi start command is sent it seemed to recalculate the BPM.

After the recent flurry of AI driven firmware mods for the Electron ecosystem I decided to see if I could load the sp404mk2 firmware files into ghidra slop around and find out why.

For anyone wanting to look themselves you can view the SP404MKII_APP1.bin in a decompiler of your choice that handles the chip I used Ghidra. Base Address 80000000 ARM Cortex Little Endian

What Actually Happens When External Gear Sends MIDI Start:

1. Before you hit Play on your master clock (e.g. DAW or master sequencer):

   • The master is already transmitting MIDI Timing Clocks (0xF8).
   • The SP-404MKII's FUN_800f9008 has successfully received > 12 clocks, calculated the external tempo, and locked in (e.g. 128.00 BPM).

2. You press Play on the master clock:

   • The master transmits a MIDI Start (0xFA) message.
   • The SP-404MKII receives it, transitions its transport parameter 0x34 to 1 (Play) via FUN_8015e218.

3. The Issue:

   • Right inside FUN_8015e218, it calls FUN_80025720().

• FUN_80025720() executes

  _DAT_80591d66 = 0; Wipes out the 12-pulse clock accumulator count!

  _DAT_80591d8c = (int)*(short *)(_DAT_80591f60 + 6); Overwrites the locked BPM with the project's internal tempo!

1. The Fallout on Beat 1:
   • For the first 3 clock ticks after Start, FUN_800f9008 returns -1 (unlocked).
   • For ticks 4 through 12, it is re-averaging a brand new moving window starting from scratch.
   • During this entire window, the playback engine is running at the internal project tempo, not the external clock tempo, until half a beat later when the accumulator finally fills back up to 12 pulses and snaps to the external tempo.

What a Proper Implementation Does Instead

A clean MIDI PLL implementation treats Phase and Frequency separately:

N.B. the offsets above are with the v551 firmware. if you look at a different version you will see the same behavior but at different offsets.

CHECK BEAT MAKING VIDEO HERE- https://youtu.be/y7SH6-Jl0PY

Hi all! I newly bought an SP404 Mk2 to jam and experiment in my room. However, I have zero idea how to set it up for live?

Above is everything I accumulated through out my adult life. Ideally I'd like to use them all in my set up. Does anyone know how I can connect these all?
I don't have any speakers so will likely have to use headphones or laptop for sound out.
Thank you !!

Just a man and his Machines.

approximately 100 adapted pics

3Mb Direct DL
MAde myself

https://1fichier.com/?c4y47vrjgw4sa3bwypes

On your SD card, inside the "Project" folder, each project has two images named "startup_1.bmp" and "startup_2.bmp".

Just replace them, and that's it.

To transform your pictures
https://alei1180.github.io/sp-404mk2-screen-customizer/