#28

That’s excellent - I’ve never (knowingly) heard an SP being used like that before

#29

omg. def need to use my sp more often.

Thinking out loud here, but wouldn’t it be great to have some sort of SP-sequencer on the Norns? I’ve always hated the sequencer on the SP itself.

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#30

“Bible School” is one of my favourite records ever!

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#31

Late, but on this now. Lovely! Even better that he made it on an SP - I absolutely love when people use things I know in ways I don’t expect *

  • you could choose to take this into some really dark places but remember that, if you do, that’s on you - I was just talking about a sampler…
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#32

I love my 303. The FX are great and it’s such a warm, gooey FX box. I like putting samples of (cold, abrasive) digital pads and “playing” them with the 303. Another thing I enjoy doing, akin to the method above, is taking a long sample (on a smart card) and using the “mark” to loop different sections and using the start and end points to find interesting, complementary rhythms. Something about the 303s amp envelope or something avoids zero-point clipping and is always nice and punchy.

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#33

Maybe you’ve seen these. I’ve found this guy’s use of the Dakim-technique really good. And it’s refreshing to see grooves being made that are something else than boom-bap.

Here he explains it a bit further:

And this one, where he makes a house track through resampling is cool too:

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#34

I’ve not come across the Dakim technique but have been listening to the record he did with Fumitake Tamura on Leaving a lot lately and this glimpse behind the curtain of his process is very much appreciated

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#35

fwiw, Dak—though obviously not relegated to this or that piece of equipment—mostly uses an Akai MPC1000.

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#36

Effectively the 404sx is only being used as a looper in this scenario, isn’t it? I’m guessing other things could be utilised to do it. I wonder if ENSO could on iOS… I bet Chris would know

#37

This is incredible.

Id scrolled past it cause I thought Id seen it before (whats that venue? edit: Mndsgn’s LA living room). I hadn’t. And I was worse off because of it.

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#38

I like pairing my 404 with my octatrack using the cue outs for send/return duties. Allows me to use 404 effects and sample both ways

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#39

I decided to go another direction and put my 303 up for sale.

If everyone could stop posting these awesome links that would be great. :wink:

I’ve convinced myself my newly acquired 2016 refurb’ed Mac can do all that I need…but you punks are giving me second thoughts.

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#40

This technique is so awesome. Almost missed it, too. Fantastic stuff.

#41

I’m really fond of my SP303 - the FX are instant Animal Collective and the samples are crusty LoFi in such a ‘right’ way

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#42

any of y’all ever have any luck with repairing an sp 303? i’ve got one that will shut off randomly. i recently purchased a soldering iron with the intention of fixing it but am not entirely sure where to start. i purchased a new power supply for it to rule that out. i’m assuming it’s a power related issue. just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and succeeded in fixing it.

#43

This whole thread is giving me a constant GAS twitch! I’m contemplating selling some my Moogerfooger and other things to finance an SP guilt-free but I’m not sure which I’ll go for (and I really, REALLY don’t need one, I’m aware…)

#44

Really like my 202 and 303s. Been meaning to grab a 404 of some variant for more storage, I use a 303 live with my band for one shot samples and drones and a few loops, but would like to free it up for other uses.

#45

Has anyone tried this out? A guy called Kwazi created a free effects rack for Ableton which aims to replicate the SP303 Vinyl Sim effect. I don’t know whether it’s a like-for-like but it’s capable of some really impressively authentic sound-mangling in lieu of acquiring the actual unit itself.

It’s available here for anyone interested and there’s an audio example of it at work here:

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#46

Amazing! I’ll have to try this later

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#47

You woulld think with the 303s pedigree Roland would rerelease it modernized but noooooo were only good enough to get a 404 paint job. :roll_eyes:

Anyway maybe someone will do like a VST clone or something.