Look what I just found on Roland US!

Jason13 · Post by **Jason13** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:28 pm

A new SP model

http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... arentId=84

Looks pretty sexy

FamicoM · Post by **FamicoM** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:42 pm

it looks fuckin dope...

soopa · Post by **soopa** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:05 pm

looks dope!!! i wanna try

Jason13 · Post by **Jason13** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:23 pm

They had me at velocity sensitive pads! Then the list of cool features just kept getting longer and longer. I mean 12 hours of sampling time on a 2 gig card, thats insane. The loop capture looks awesome. I don't care how much it is I want one now... :wink:

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:02 pm

i think this is Roland's answer to the ever so buggy half ass not well thought of nukai MPC 500...or MPC 500 KILLER...

J.Daniels · Post by **J.Daniels** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:39 am

^^im not too sure about that. It looks like roland are trying to market these sp's more as live dj tools than grooveboxes. This sp-555 is essentially the same sampling and sequencing process as the 404.

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:00 am

J.Daniels wrote:^^im not too sure about that. It looks like roland are trying to market these sp's more as live dj tools than grooveboxes. This sp-555 is essentially the same sampling and sequencing process as the 404.

true, sp's & mp's are two different machines... my bad, sorry 500... but definitely still can make beats with this... it's like 4 track style beatmaking or like an SP-808 but with more polyphony, pattern sequencer., velocity sensitive pads..i like to make music with this... dam i high... it took me 10min. to type this ish down...anyhowz, peace...

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:05 am

wait...

SP-555
MPC 500

ton-ton-ton....j/k..

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:19 am

it seems like the same shit as a 404 except a little more of a pain in the ass - it cant run on batteries, it takes up more space, doesnt look like it even comes with an adapter.
the only good thing i see is the extra pads-
:lol:

and they got the pad numbers upside down.

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:57 am

Yo, this thing looks insane ! the loop capture is SICK ! its worth it just for that. Basically...it lets u resample patterns or external stuff. So, you can play your keys or turntables or guitar or w/e for 15 seconds over your current sequence ! This is so friggin dope. The mic pre with phantom is a nice touch also. not a big deal tho. 16 velocity sensitive pads and a roll button is pretty fresh. It seems like all the effects have been upgraded. to "fantom quality" w.e that means...hopefully it means a chromatic PS that works better and doesnt cut out all your high end

J.Daniels · Post by **J.Daniels** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:06 am

I wouldnt mind owning one. but i gotta feeling its going to be expensive.

Lopar-XL · Post by **Lopar-XL** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:25 am

Granted, the D-Beam and phantom power for the mic (among other things) are gonna require a lot of juice, so one can expect an AC outlet only deal, but I think they could've made it portable if the SP-555 had a removeable lithium-ion battery in it...maybe.

balazs · Post by **balazs** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:05 am

has anyone notice the pad numbers are fucked up? you should count from top to bottom/

nobody · Post by **nobody** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:38 am

juxt wrote:has anyone notice the pad numbers are fucked up? you should count from top to bottom/

maybe u never used these guys machine???http://www.audiostacja.pl/images/big/mpc1000_01black_over.jpg

mostblunted · Post by **mostblunted** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:01 am

nobody wrote:
juxt wrote:has anyone notice the pad numbers are fucked up? you should count from top to bottom/

maybe u never used these guys machine???http://www.audiostacja.pl/images/big/mpc1000_01black_over.jpg

Yeah, they are using the mpc system now. That thing has a lot of shit that I'll never need. I'll keep my 404. Funny shit is that in 2-5 years the 404 owners will be the the ones with the old school machine that everybody wants.