The End of Lofi (Bad Gear - SP-404 MK2)

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland SP-404 MK2. Is this creative sampler, successor to the Boss SP-303 used by famous artists like J Dilla and Madlib and competitor to modern groovebox es like the Elektron Digitakt or Akai MPC ONE the end of lofi? Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:01 Overview Roland SP-404 MKII 01:14 Classic Boss SP Workflow 01:46 Sequencer, TR Mode 02:15 Resampling 02:28 Additional Features 02:51 Display, Waveform Editing, More Features 03:15 Skip Back 03:22 Sequencer Features, DJ Mode 03:33 FX Section, Vinyl Effect 03:53 More FX, Input FX 04:20 Specs, SD Card, Limitations 05:03 What Else??? (Pricing, Custom Skins) 05:13 Hate 05:35 Jam 1 (Lofi House) 06:32 Jam 2 (Lofi RnB) 07:31 Finale (Lofi Jungle) 08:01 Verdict