What I think so far.

[PHeMoX]

Thanks, yep, it sounds pretty different indeed. The SP 555's vinyl sim sounds a bit more as a separate sound because of the lack of compressor I think.

Personally probably not something I'm really going to miss a lot, but there's definitely a difference there. Thanks for posting the beat with the effect applied.

[Euclid Ov Oåklånd]

No problem. Does the 555 have a regular compressor like the 303 and 404?, If it does you could use the vinyl sim when you record your sample and then resample that with some compression.

[PHeMoX]

Yeah, it has a regular compressor on it too, so that's a little workaround indeed. Haven't quite tried that out, but it will definitely add more flavor to the sound for sure. The isolator is pretty powerful in this respect too.

[Dj Frantic]

the standard compressor on the SP-303 - 606 Its amazing on drums. It will make kick that will put a whole through a brick wall ! Those audio sample are coming soon...my friggin computer is jacked up right now.. gotta go hit up the mac store

[blast1]

Sure I'll make a little beat with the vinyl sim on my 303. The only thing the 555 has different is there's a filter instead of a compressor.

Here it is, I applied the vinyl sim(heavy on the compressor) on the sample as well as the whole drum track, so you can get the best idea of the sound it creates.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=721110

nice beat you goin here

[Euclid Ov Oåklånd]

Thanks.