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ah, that's the trick. adjusted my patterns and it works fine now. Thanks brother!

When I start a pattern using my Alesis SR-16, it is muted for a first 1/1.5 beats, and then the pattern kicks in, but only this only happens first time I play it after selecting it. Every time I play it after that, it works just fine. This only occurs when I am using the external device to drive the ...

yeah, that's a great idea. i have found that trying to make drums out of sounds can produce very stiff sounding beats. And while it's still pretty cool sounding, it just doesn't seem quite right. But you are totally right that it's all about rhythm and not necessarily percussion.

I like the sound of this. Seems like it would make nice organic songs.
What do you use to record, the external mic?

yeah i just use the internal mic on the 404. it works pretty well. I just go wandering around town and record stuff if i hear something cool. its a pretty relaxing thing actually ...

This past week I've been walking around town with my 404 looking for sounds to make a beat out of. I found kids chanting for a cymbal, a bus door opening for an open hat, a wrench dropping on a Jiffy Lube floor for a snare, and a hammer nailing a board for a bass drum. I was just wondering if anyone ...

helloitabot - that makes sense. thanks for that

fauna - so i don't just hold the pad down while that pad's pattern plays? i think that's where my problem was

thanks guys.

So I've been getting into the 404 a good bit, and I just have a couple questions about making patterns...

1. I'm having a hard time erasing a pad from a pattern if I make a mistake. If I am correct, once the display reads ErS, you hold down the pad you want deleted at the appropriate moment, for ...

hmmm.... it's an interesting offer. maybe in a few months. right now i'm enjoying the onboard mic and battery power. i've been sampling on my bus rides to and from work

I found one for $150 on craigslist this past weekend and finally pulled the trigger and bought something. it's already been a blast to play with and i've been making some cool loops for my band. i'll post something when we record it, but it feels good to be a part of the family now.

Thanks for all the responses....

So is it pretty easy to sync these two up? ie maybe adding beats on from sr-16 into a loop on the 404...

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It's very easy to sync the two machines. Just set the midi clock out to ON on the sr-16 and set the midi sync mode on the 404 to AUT and they're synced ...

hey i actually bought a 404 this weekend for $150 off craigslist. it's in great condition, i think i got a great deal. i got it from a guy in a band whose van crashed in Hollywood, so they were selling off all their non essential equipment to fix it.

ha yeah i've been watching that one. wish me luck!

thanks euclid, i've decided that if i can get a really good deal on a 303 (<$150) then i'll get one of those but if not i'll just get a 404. ebay and craigslist prices for both have been around $200 lately, and i figure its silly to pay almost as much for the 303 as the 404 costs when the 404 has a ...

So I think I may have been over-thinking things. All I want to do is play 404 pattern in sync with my drum machine. I'll have to switch patterns with my hands, but when I think about it, it's not really that big of a deal. That's possible right? Or is that where the SR-16's polyphony comes into play?

alright.... i've got a couple more questions to ask

changing the pad's midi notes between songs is a bit time consuming i imagine, right? i guess you would have to send program change messages from the SR-16 to the 404 or something? i have no idea how this is done....

would it be possible (albeit ...