404 and an MPD24?

J.Daniels · Post by **J.Daniels** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:25 am

How do you think these two would work together?

It would be nice to have some solid velocity sensitive pads to bang on.

strength · Post by **strength** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:45 am

i was triggering the 404 pads from my mpc 1000 and felt great. something about hitting the mpc pads is just so satisfying! the 404 responeded to velocity changes but i didnt get to try if the sequencer on the 404 would record different velocities though. that would be stupid fresh

Post by **Chulukinat** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:27 am

i think it does why not? but i'm not a 100% sure

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:02 am

I know that the 2kxl and the 404 don't work well together like that cause the 2kxl pads can't get a big enough range of note numbers assigned, to sequence all samples in the 404 :-(

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:56 pm

yea I wanna know if its worth getting one of these for velocity changes on the sp 404

5_ELEMENT_NINJA · Post by **5_ELEMENT_NINJA** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:09 am

i got the mpd16 and yes it does record velocity on the sequence!so the 24 should work

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:22 am

Thas gonna be my purchase instead of an mpc then...that and a digital 8 track recorder...wooooooooo!

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:08 pm

Good luck finding an MPD 24! I have had mine on order for about a month or so and I still dont know when mine will be shipped. The MPD 24 is probably the hottest controller out right now. Also, I have been controlling the 404 from my 2500 and velocity works great!

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:38 am

word, i use a midi keyboard sometimes. seems like i do less deleting and starting over than when i play the sp404 pads

charliegreens · Post by **charliegreens** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:05 pm

I'm thinking of buying new pads too, but I don't know if it's going to be Korg Padkontrol or Akai MPD24.

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:39 pm

I just bought an MPD16 I didn't think I needed the extra features of the MPD24, plus I saved a bit of money. I have no idea how to accurately set the midi channels for the sp 404 with it. The instruction manual doesn't seem to make any sense.lol. Has anyone got any tips?

MYSTERY 0F CHESSBOXING · Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:27 am

Cheenergies wrote:I just bought an MPD16 I didn't think I needed the extra features of the MPD24, plus I saved a bit of money. I have no idea how to accurately set the midi channels for the sp 404 with it. The instruction manual doesn't seem to make any sense.lol. Has anyone got any tips?

ya on the back of the mpd theres a diagram that explains how to do it.theres a way to assign each pad to the 404 just check out the diagram its pretty self explanotory.hope that helps

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:06 am

Thanks for that M.O.C! Much appreciated mahn!

I understand the diagram on the back and can assign certain pads to the MPD, but I can't set banks D/H for some reason...I think it's to do w/ the 404

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:53 am

The MPD16 has only 2 switchable banks which lets you assing 32 midi notes in total (banks A-C), the sp-404 on the other hand responds to 120 midi notes in total (see manual). The problem lies with the MPD16 not the SP-404.

Cheenergies · Post by **Cheenergies** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:14 am

oh mahn...yea...I thought I could assign pads to different channels...now I've gotta shift my samples over??? WOW