When I have a drum pattern playing and sampling at the same time, do I have a limit to the amount of pads of samples I can play together? For instance, for this one track im holding down 4 pads with one hand, and playing individual pads with the other...and what happens is pads stop glowing(stop playing), as if there is a limit to how many I can use at once. This only happens when a pattern is playing underneath...

It also happen when I play pads fast the ones im holding down will cut out...is this a glitch or can I change some settings to fix this?

There is a limit to how many samples you can play at once... The 404 has a polyphony of 12 "voices", this means only 12 sounds can be played at once. Stereo samples count as 2 voices...

There are ways around that, though... You say you're holding down 4 pads at once? You could resample all of those samples to one pad, thus freeing up some space in your polyphony...

TRUE, good idea bro, thanks

stereo count as two? what the fuck...im going mono fuuuccckkk it.

I remember always recordin my samples in STEREO, and in the end recording in MONO...that was stupid.
Also, remember to record in MONO when you resample, too

i keep all my samples in stereo, only really put drums in mono.

i've noticed that the sequencer is more accurate when it's handling mono samples.

Really??? how does that work then, surely it is jus a midi msg sent to trigger the pad. i don't see how mono or stereo would make any difference?
will have a look later and see what you mean.

i guess what i mean is, a stereo sample triggered on one pad is the same as triggering two mono pads simultaneously, and it slows down your sequence or makes it stutter at the start if there are alot at the same time.

i see what you mean, hmmmm, will keep an ear out for this.
safe

I think it has got more to do with different starting points when merging stereo down to mono, than a sequencer slowdown issue. The 404 was designed to be able to handle up to four stereo samples simultaneously, so I doubt a single stereo sample would cause it to slow down.

Obviously four stereo samples simultaneously would then make the SP404 unworkable.