404 for.. 120$

[eyh]

heyo

I have the opportunity to buy an used 404 for 120$, w/o the power supply and apparently in not so good cosmetic ( but only cosmetic ) shape. What do you think? ( btw, I can buy a 202 for 85$ instead of the SP. need your help to chose between these 2 bad boys )

i'm after that boom-bap/abstract hip-hop/OL SKOOL hiphop vibe ( flylo, samiyam, dibiase, baths, shlohmo, lapalux, shigeto, soosh, cashmere cat, tokimonsta, madlib, balam acab, mf doom, a bit of atcq ( not so much, but I think "jazz-hop" sounds cool lol ), etc. well, if you want to know what I'm listening to I'm on last.fm. ), do you think the 404 ( or the 202. ) could suit my needs?


thxx

[kel]

You're going to get way more out of the 404 for sure... hopefully you're able to try it out first to make sure all the buttons work.

[eyh]

Unfortunately, I can't try it..

Well, I saw the 404 ( cant post photos right now ), and uh the guy replaced the knobs and removed the "front panel", I hope the guy who's selling it still have the original parts..

Btw it comes with a 1gb CF card. What do you think?

[eyh]

Ugh a guy is selling his SP404 for.. 95$. And he lives really near my city, I try to go try it this afternoon and we'll see. No memory card, no power supply, but it has a front panel!

[eyh]

I went to this guy's place, and he was cool. madlib, jay dee, mf doom fan, it was really nice
anyway, I bought the 404!!! the guy gave me a 1gb and a 4gb cards btw.

[formal]

I got to this guy's place, and he was cool. madlib, jay dee, mf doom fan, it was really nice
anyway, I bought the 404!!! the guy gave me a 1gb and a 4gb cards btw.

Nice find! Buy yourself some rechargeable batteries and go to town!!
The max memory card for the original SP404 is 1gb. If he gave you a 4gb it will not work in the OG 404.

[eyh]

Yeah rechargeable batteries are a great idea! or I may buy a power supply, or both lol. well if I can only use rechargeable batteries it could be great, but I think a power supply would be useful.

oh that sucks. Well I keep it anyway, we never know!

Damn the 404 is so easy to learn. Well it doesn't have a screen so it was a bit hard at first, but when you get what all the buttons do it's great! The only "con" I found is.. chopping samples!! it's so hard w/o a screen. ATM I use the 505 for sampling, chopping etc, and then I bounce my samples to the 404. i will definitely need to practice chopping

[MattCoops]

It forces you to use your ear. You gotta fine tune them spider senses.
That's a great find if everything works on it.

[hseiken]

Yeah rechargeable batteries are a great idea! or I may buy a power supply, or both lol. well if I can only use rechargeable batteries it could be great, but I think a power supply would be useful.

oh that sucks. Well I keep it anyway, we never know!

Damn the 404 is so easy to learn. Well it doesn't have a screen so it was a bit hard at first, but when you get what all the buttons do it's great! The only "con" I found is.. chopping samples!! it's so hard w/o a screen. ATM I use the 505 for sampling, chopping etc, and then I bounce my samples to the 404. i will definitely need to practice chopping

Music's always about your ears, not a waveform and notes drawn on a computer screen.