I am guessing that your audio settings in Ableton are higher than the 404 can handle natively and there is either dither or sample rate conversion happening which is changing things.
One way to test this is to set Ableton to the same settings as the 404. The specs on Roland's website say 44.1KHz ...
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- Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:48 pm
- Forum: The Website: News, Questions & Feedback
- Topic: SP 404SX changes the sound slightly
- Replies: 5
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- Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:09 am
- Forum: Production Techniques
- Topic: noise/hum question about the sp-404sx
- Replies: 28
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Re: noise/hum question about the sp-404sx
thesisdrs wrote:Damn. I got my 404SX brand new and never encountered this. maybe this is fixed with the 404A?
Thanks for confirming that for me. Probably gonna have to take it in for a repair or warranty claim.
- Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:42 pm
- Forum: Production Techniques
- Topic: noise/hum question about the sp-404sx
- Replies: 28
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Re: noise/hum question about the sp-404sx
I have this issue with a brand new 404sx that I got for Christmas. I have discovered that the output in the headphones is very clean, but output from the Line Out buzzes horribly as soon as something is displayed on the display. For example, if I play a sample it buzzes/hums. Stop the sample, with ...