first off what up sp-users! i posted here before been a while since i logged that i forgot my freakin password!

yep decided to sell my 505. the waveform display is cool but i just can't take the load time delays. im gonna miss that auto-chop function on the 505 but doin chops by ear is baaaaddd!!

.......meaning good!

welcome to the fold

i have both.
the sp-505 is a beast.
the sp-404 is good, but i don't like its pads very much. i prefer the sp-303, wich also i got (i prefer it also for the sound). but with the 404 you can build live songs in time, with the sp-303 is more hard to do. but with the sp-505 you have a real sampler/sequencer thing. and i think for this is better than sp-606 (wich i sold).
i think that we cannot compare the sp-505 and the sp-404, there are too many differences.
anyway good buy!
peace

not sure what you mean. did you mean playing in real time?

i mean that with sp-404 you can play (live) the patterns one after the other without interruption, instead with the sp-303 this is not possible 'cos you have to do it manually (and so, forcelly, without the same precision of a machine). the sp-404 and the sp-303 got the potentiality to do songs (live) and not only patterns, but with the sp-404 this is easier.
the whole thing is better done with the sp-505 wich has (like the sp-606) a good sequencer. and, patterns+patterns you can create and build up real songs (live or not)

can you do overdubs on the 505 like how you can on the 555?

i thought thats how you'd do it on the 303 i guess not. whoa you got 3 SPs!



live loop overdubs? not on the 505.

do you have the 555 how does that loop function work? say you have a footpedal plugged in can you have a sample loop and keep layering overdubs on it and not miss a beat?

well, i don't know much the 555.
what do you mean exactly for "overdubs"?if it's the way to apply live fx, yes. if it's the way to apply and record fx, no.

by overdub i think its referring to the looper on the 555... im pretty sure thats the only SP u can do that kinda thing on.

yeah im talking about playing samples or patterns on the machine and then recording another sample into the machine while they are playing

ah,ok.
i think that the 555 is the only sp able to do that.
in my mpc 1000 black i have this function too. cool feature.

cool i wasnt sure about that on the 505... also from the videos ive seen the mv 8000 can do this too. ive seen those go for as low as 500$ so im weighing the options between 555 and the mv

if you got no problem of space and transport (and price) get the mv, is a real professional beast. depending also about what you want/have to do, sure.
this is my advice.
peace