SP-FORUMS

all previous claims to the unit being flawed from the factory are being redacted by myself. i found the cause. it bothers me that Roland never found the cause and doesnt have the cause listed in their manual (to the best of my knowledge - i am pouring through it page by page to make sure):

i have ...

all previous claims to the unit being flawed from the factory are being redacted by myself.

i just got off the phone with roland and yep - i got a second faulty unit.

this blows. they dont know if it was a bad production run or what. the third one is on its way from zzounds... ugh.

^ doesn't work. does a tempo or something have to be running?

i thought it was just basically a retrigger button.

ok guys. got the replacement unit. still cant get the 'Roll' button to do anything. what are the chances of getting 2 defective brand new units? the answer is - not likely.

so - what am i doing wrong? using the pre-loaded samples (Bank A) i cannot get it to work. using a recorded sample that is ...

it happens on all pads. the unit is defective. i thought it was me at first and that maybe i was doing something wrong but you guys are right - it's a pretty cut and dry kind of thing. got a new on one the way. thanks for the fast replies

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Here is my live rig (building a new enclosure atm and my sp808ex has been replaced with my new sp555). loosely designed after some of Mike Patton's setups, though it blows any of his out of the water. he helped with some of the gear and routing ...

yeah - that's what i thought. nothing happens. if i hold the Roll button and then hit a pad - it just stops the pad from playing....

(sigh...) guess i gotta call zzounds >:(

i cannot get the 'Roll' button to work. i dont understand what i am doing wrong. it will not Roll anything. my samps, demo samps, nothing. any ideas?

$400 USD. everything on it works perfectly and the drive is quiet. includes original sample bank zip disk, manual, power cord, 2-3 new 250MB zip disks, OP-1 expansion card, original expansion card plate.

will be posting a vid on youtube showing that it works perfectly. i live in the US but can ...

i have an sp808ex for sale with the OP-1 card. only used in non-smoking studio environment. pm if interested. its going to go up on ebay soon...

i just bought the sp555 so i am selling my old sp808ex.