CHITS wrote:i knew the vinyl sim had to be different. i thought i was just crazy hearing you all talk about compression.
the vinyl sim works in reverse on the sx it seems... on the 404 its [knob 1= compression increase when spun from left to right] on the sx its more like [knob 1= level of knob 2 and 3 increased with intense compression when spun right to left]. I HAVE found a use for it. but its different than the usual vinyl sim compression.
also like to add that the lo-fi button acts as a button now, instead of a resample choice. any sample can be turned lo-fi on the fly, and turned back at will by hitting lo-fi on or off.
pads are more sensitive it seems. sometimes on my 404 i hit a pad and the machine does not realize i have hit the pad, could be me, the age of my 404 (3 years) or the technology itself... not sure. but the sx is very responsive.
I never had a problem with the sound of the original 404, a death spike snare is at the hands of the producer, not the sampler i feel... but the sx is more "realistic" in the idea of what you put in is what you get. its more crisp, and the sounds are very true to the sample source. when i hear both side by side the orig. 404 sounds a bit washy. but with the 404 vinyl compression sampled back into the sx with some eq efx it sounds dope. i love my set up
you cannot sample while playing a sample, i wasn't aware that the 303 could do this. that makes me want a 303... but the fact that i have a 404 to sample with while looping the sx defeats the fact
pause works as you would think it would, have only tried it with patterns... it pauses all samples. so if you have a long playing sample that starts at the first bar and you pause at the third bar on a four bar loop only the samples after you pause will play. it will not pick up were the long loop stopped unless you trigger it after the pause. I'm not sure if i explained that very well
still have not tried the backup function, tomorrow will probably be an experiment day...so hit me up with more questions
) and cf cards... i'm not jealous at all. 
