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Here's how to test the volume potentiometer:

http://i.imgur.com/1OYQzcq.png


⋅ Set your multimeter to resistance-testing mode and choose the correct range.
⋅ Probe pins #2 and #4 to find the potentiometer's maximum resistance. Your multimeter should display ...

I'm looking for a replacement volume potentiometer too - I can't change my volume from maximum and turning the pot only results in a bit of static. The solder joints appear intact.

As a workaround, I use the "monitor" feature of my USB soundcard (m) to listen to the soundcard's line inputs. A ...

ritchrd wrote:hey guys its coco the cat here with the links u need!

thanks coco!

Would it be possible to write a sequence using this then save it back to the card and have the SP read it ?

Not currently, but someone comfortable with Python could add that feature. They'd need to...

⋅ Decide if/how to handle the samples the pattern references
⋅ Find an ...

Hey All.

I just released some open-source code: m

It allows you to convert a pattern from the 404SX to MIDI and SoundFont files which contain all the samples uses by the pattern.

Big thanks to ModuLR for his file format notes and jarills for the inspiration.

https://raw&#46 ...

antaganist wrote:anyone mind sending it to me in my dm? gotta keep this going!

Sent!

Sorry to dig up this old thread but... the "FCTRY" folder referenced by p40 of the SP-404SX's manual can be found in the "SP-404SX Utility CD-ROM" download now located here (70MB).

I made a mirror here.

When I have trouble, I open the file in http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ , do File->Export and choose "WAV (Microsoft) signed 16 bit PCM".

If you're comfortable at the Terminal, you can check a file's format by running "file myaudio.wav". On my machine, it'll say "RIFF (little-endian ...

anyone else have a runtime error?

Yeah, I get a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime error on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7: m

I tried downgrading c:\windows\system32\msvcirt.dll on XP from 7.0.2600.5701 to 7.0.7600.16385 from m but no luck.

Jarills - would you be willing to share the source code? I ...