r/sp404mk2

The SP 404 MKII allows you to attach a color to a sample, which I have connected to a Camelot key

I'm interested in bulk assigning every color to the corresponding Camelot key that matches the color,
that has been chosen for it.

Anyone know a way to bulk color 1300 samples?
Cant find a way to do it in the app and doing it on the device would take a long time

I am hoping someone can come to my rescue and save me some time doing research, so here's the query:

I want to use my Arturia 32 (midi controller) to play sounds from Ableton (MacBook) to arrange into my 404mkii (main production unit). I am very familiar with the 404mkii, have a simple relationship with Ableton, and haven't used the midi controller yet.

a) should I be routing the sound as midi or audio out into the 404mkii? (I've never worked with midi before)

b) should the midi or audio be coming from Ableton or the controller?

I haven't used a clock before as well, and am not quite sure what they even do to be honest. Pretty much don't know anything about midi because I've done the majority of work on a Moog and 404mkii to this point.

I'm errly.sleeper on whatever social or streaming service if you want to connect or collaborate as well.

thanks.

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Semi-improvised techno live setup with Octatrack, SP-404MK2 and TB-03: breaking down my routing, machine settings and how I use improvisation to turn prepared grooves and loops into a different live set every time.

Enjoy!

with love .noir. ❤️

Hey all, been using this machine since it dropped, sat down with it for the first time after a month overseas and it'd doing something I've never seen before. Settings are exactly the same as when I last used it:

- USB In set to LINE IN under general utility settings

- The SHIFT + EXT SOURCE routing is set to ExtIn

The weird stuff:

- Even with EXT SOURCE off, the audio I'm trying to sample over USB comes through my headphones.

- When I toggle EXT SOURCE on, despite having no FX set on any of busses 1-4, the audio is louder and muffled, like I had 303 + 404 comp on

- When I do put FX on Bus 1 +2, a lot of them sound really weird - e.g. cassette sim sounds like it has a short reverb on it, 404 sim sounds like a phaser

Anyone run into anything like this before?? It almost seems like effects have swapped places or even merged with each other, but again none of these issues are present when playing beats directly off the machine...

I feel like I'm going crazy, any help appreciated!

I just ordered my SP404 (frick yeah) and was wondering what size knobs I gotta buy for the 404 if I want to customize the look a little bit? I'm having a hard time finding a concrete answer on the size so any advice would be appreciated!

Also I live in Southeast Asia so please avoid recommending sites like mpcstuff because shipping would just cost too much for me

Using SP404mk2 to make jungle. How to prevent 808 bass to be full of clicks when retriggered mid waveform? Tried chromatic mono, legato modes. Resampling notes to sample pads and using mute groups. As far as I understand, if you retrigger in the middle of the wave form, there’s no way to prevent the click because it just chops the audio wave form at that point. And the envelopes only apply to the very start and very end of the 808 sample not on the retrigger action.

Greatly appreciate the communities insights here. Thank you!!!

Does anyone know why there has been a new firmware update without any actual updates?

[ Ver.5.52 ] JUN 2026

The version number has been updated due to management-related circumstances.
Product specifications are unaffected.

Cheers!

QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME.....