SP-FORUMS

Any other ideas? Sorry for my impatience but play-while-sampling is essential for me and until tomorrow I can give the SP-404 back for refund.

pt3r wrote:The updates are known not to work on a Mac.

There is no problem to update the SP-404 via my MacBook.

Here I've found more detailled informations regarding the 1.05 update:

http://www.roland.com/products/en/_supp ... iCncd=0844

And here is the change log as PDF:

ftp://ftp.roland.co.jp/downloads/en/dl_ ... dme105.pdf

what it does is that it Updates nur über CF-Karte (PC mit Card-Reader vonnöten). Die Werksdaten (2,15MB) können Sie hier auch herunterladen.

please god let 'herunterladen' mean velocity sensitivity :P

Unfortunately not, "herunterladen" is the german phrase for "downloading" ;-) In fact, there ...

I just got an sp-404 and I am trying to update the firmware to version 1.04 but when I copy the file to the card and put it back into the 404 it does not update. It just turns on and proceeds like normal. It currently has firmware ver 1.02. The computer I am using to copy the file over is a Mac ...

While playing (and sampling) my Microkorg I want to hear at least one drum loop played from the 404.

With other words: Is there any trick or setting to play a loop from the 404 while sampling external audio?

Hi!

On the german Roland website I've found a brand new update (June 2007) for the SP-404:

http://www.rolandmusik.de/seiten/downlo ... _pu.html#S

Unfortunately, there is no change log.