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Replying to myself:
I asked Roland's tech support and they explained the FC-50 only sends events while the SP-404 expects MIDI notes. The FC-200 or FC-300 (more expensive) will work with the SP-404.

Now, I'm stubborn and I found these DIY MIDI projects at http://midibox.org . With about ...

Hi there,

Is it possible to use Roland's FC-50 foot controller to start/stop samples or patterns on my SP-404? I've read the FC-50's manual but I'm new to MIDI and I'm not sure it'll do?

If not, would the FC-200 do it? It seems to have more possibilities for assigning events to a button ...

It's a pretty broad question... Basically, anything that will let you save a wav or aiff file can be used. Your macbook will come with GarageBand, that contains loops. It will also let you save music that you'll create (whether complex stuff or loops).

You can use a freeware like audacity to ...