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Music theory doesn't hurt but it's not necessary.To be a dope hiphop producer,it's a different skill set.I have this great book by Sa'id(beattips manual) and he states that some trained musicians fail miserably at sampling.Personally,I think that a good ear and knowledge of records goes much farther ...

You are absolutely right and I thought about purchasing a 4 track but since I have a 555,I simply sample in it then remove the cf card and dump the beat in my laptop 2 track stylee.
I don't like to track out in a DAW,I'd rather start my beat in it,less hassle for me:)

The triple 5 is my favorite Sp because of all the pros mentioned above and I love the loop capture.I can make beats using the pattern sequencer then sampling the sequences with loop capture and use resampling to build a song.
I've got to say that the 404/og or Sx is more convenient because of the ...

You have to track out your beats only if you use the pattern sequencer but if you make your beats using resampling then all you have to do is remove the sd card and put it in a sd card reader if you have a Mac and most pc laptops have an sd card slot and this is what I do or I'll sample my beat(I ...

Say you want to use sounds on your pc/Mac,instead of sampling them you can put them on your sd card and then you can use that function to "import" the sounds in the Sx.Then you pick a bank with empty pads and there you go.
If it says empty,either there are no samples or are not named correctly,not ...