i dont have a 505 my homie does but from what i remember its the same as the 606

404 since it has battery power which makes its portable and has a built in mic.

202 was battery powered as well and has a dirtier sound because the a/d conversion was 20 bit. Which is cool for alot of people BUT the type of memory card it used was only capable of a 4mb Smart Media card, which are a bit more difficult to come by now. It also has a built-in mic.

is the 606 alot better than the 555?

No.

555 Replaces the 606. Although the 606 did have the auto-chop function in it which i miss on the 555. Why they left that out ? I dunno.

but the rc-xx feature is sweet. i like the 555 a lot. i want one.

rc-xx ?

boss rc-20, rc-50=looper

Oh your talking about the Loop Capture function, Yeah that thing is fun once you have a foot switch connected to it.

yeah i need a foot switch for my 555 hope santa brings it lolz yeah right.

Just FYI for u guys in case some of you didnt know.

Everyone always asks me about re-sampling a " Pattern " from the sequencer but none of the SP's allow you to do that

BUT

The SP-555 actually can ! Just use the Loop Capture, set it to 2 or 4 bars, set the source select to EXT & PADS and press the AUTO START button.

Wooowwww dude... fo real?!

good job. you pitched both the 404 & 555 in the same thread! you're bosses should give you mucho props for that shit.

Here we go again . Wasnt a pitch , just a helpful tip for some SP users who may be new to the 555 , since i get asked this question alot and we were talking about the 555 and loop capture with a DAW.

Your a real genius , your intellect shines thru here , im sure you get mucho props for that all day.

all sp's are sweet little boxes whatever model it is.

my favourite being the 303 because to me its got the perfect balance of necessary features. i also got a 404 and it falls into that category too, but i really dont like the pads on that one.

being playing with a friends 505 for a few months and again, its mad, but i find it does feel like im sometimes playing with an 'mpc-lite'. cant explain really.

im pretty loyal to the sp line, that if the new model just had standard ancient technologies like an adsr and pitch control. id probably buy 3....

505 was pretty cool , i wish it would have been black.

Mmm, the 555 is great, but I am definitely hoping for a direct 606 successor.

I wouldn't mind a 777 with a screen though, it would be cool to have a new SP for live performances.