this is a good look, nice one. just a shame i can't get the skin over here.

just to confirm, im all good to make the beat on my 404 but midi seq it with my mpc???????? thyat is all i will use the mpc for.
i've just got it back out after 2months in the crates and wanna use it like mad again.

Yeah, I think as long as you write down which samplers you've used, it's all good according to these rules.

hello?! where is my sample?

Oh Shit!!

It seems that I chose a good moment to get back to my sp after 2 months of work ( hehe, it's pretty funny, cuz I earned enough money to finally buy mpc1k but I didnt fell in love with it )

So guys, Im glad that Im here once again. I hope we gonna have the dopest battle ever!



Im not timfromtexas, so I hope you guys wont critisize my art skills

From an artistic point of view, that composition works very good though. Sure it may not look extraordinary when it comes to the painting, but who cares?

I'M IN ON THIS!!!!! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

The second sample has been added:
http://www.box.net/shared/3k2x1k29o2

Thanks Wax!

These are metal covers, also know as "face plates". The default SP404 face plate is metal/gray. You can replace it with one of these.

hi wax!
who is that sample track? it seems something electronic/ambient '70 stuff...

there are not drums samples, so could we use drum kits of our own?

great work Elhau!

LOL @ Whakai

nice one on saving for an MPC though, always rewarding after hard work. a seriously reckon an MPC + SP synced = serious business

Think I can't tell you who that is... *rolands watching* but it's late 70's ish...

I wondered about the drum kits too? ...but we're officially allowed to use ANY sampler... so pitch the break if you need to.

To answer some of your questions:

You should use a Roland sampler (SP or MV) as your primary equipment. However, if you can spice it up by incorporating some other samplers you might have laying around that's okay.

I don't think Roland minds since it will just show the versatility of using their equipment together with others.

( Sorry for the confusion, I should note I don't know a lot about music equipment myself so that's why I wasn't very clear. )

rules state that you can use whats on your card once you initialize memory. i think that means the stock drums that come with the 404??... but also there is a wicked drum break on my sample about 2/3 of the way in. diggg

yes, i listend to this. it's ok.
but you say something i never tought before;
in the sp-505 theare are the first 4 banks coming with the machine and you cannot delete them:they're protected and non unprotecteble. the first 3 are full of drums: can i use those?
i never thougt that for any other battle....

Are you sure? I am pretty sure you can delete those. It's possible on all Roland samplers.

Anyways, I would sort of vote to ONLY use the break for drums in those samples... as wouldn't say the MV or even the SP-606 have a huge advantage over the SP-404 and so on? The MV comes stock with loads and loads of factory samples.