Roland SP-404 MKII - Professional sampler equipped with a vivid OLED screen, new expressive pads, extended effects, smooth sequencer, sampling and a massive library of authentic sounds. It has a compact, ultra-light design (1.1 kg) with versatile power options: USB-C, mobile battery (via USB-C port), six AA batteries or AC adapter and includes the SP-404MKII editing software for Mac and Windows that provides direct access to sampling, detailed waveform editing, sampler management, pad allocation and importing MIDI files and SP-404SX and SP-404A projects.
Maximum polyphony: 32 notes
Recording information:
Samples: 2,560 (16 samples x 10 banks x 16 projects, stored in internal memory)
Patterns = 2,560 (16 patterns x 10 banks x 16 projects, stored in internal memory)
Internal memory: 16 GB
Total sampling time: 16 minutes (approximately 176 MB per sample)
Sampling Skip Back: 25 seconds (capturing the last moments of performance)
Data format: 16-bit linear WAV, AIFF, MP3 supported (The SP-404MK2 application supports WAV, AIFF, MP3, FLAC, M4A)
Sampling frequency: 48 kHz
37 types of multi-effects
2 types of input effects
16 pads + 1 sub pad (velocity-sensitive pad)
3 control knobs
OLED graphic display
External memory: SD Card (sold separately) for backup, restore, import and export functions (compatible with SDHC)
Connectors:
Headphone input with 3.5 mm and 6.3 mm jack connectors
Stereo line output with 6.3 mm jack connectors
Stereo line input with 6.3 mm jack connectors
MIDI IN / OUT with 3.5 mm jack connectors
USB C
Microphone/guitar input with 6.3 mm jack connector
Power supply: AC adapter, USB-C, AA NI-MH batteries (optional), AA alkaline batteries (optional)
I am very satisfied with the sampler, I was looking for something portable, standalone, to work with when I don't have access to a DAW, and it seems to do its job very well in this regard. It is high quality in terms of construction, compact enough to fit in a backpack, can even be powered by batteries, so you can make music anytime and anywhere with it. You can use it as a pure sampler, groovebox, audio interface, guitar amp, effect box, and many more, it's very versatile. I highly recommend it!
The device is exceptional, has an incredible texture, easy to handle but a bit hard to learn...once you get the hang of it, it's really great. My music has improved exponentially...very cool!
