A SURPRISINGLY USEFUL BPM feature on the SP404-MK2

Hey vids…. Also after hitting the REC button or RESAMPLE button - before you pick your pad your going to record to … the sub pad will work as a tap tempo to set the BPM for the sample before you record it … so you can listen first … tap along to the beat … and then record your sample with the correct tapped in BPM

thank you so much for all your hard work man, this sum good shit

Man this is very helpful!🙏🙏

THANK YOU !!

Roland really needs to address how very broken their Auto BPM detection is. The old SX length that they added in 3.0 is more consistently accurate than their new system but even then it can get some data stuck in memory or something and counts BPM waaaaaay off. This helps while we wait for a better solution.

Ohh I didn't know about this one! very cool! will put it in use right away

When you are in the pitch mode you can also turn auto to manual with the black wheel and manually adjust the bpm value once you tapped along the beat and found out what the actual bpm is.

always wondered why the 90 was ominipresent xD great vid! really usefull

Only recently got an sp404 myself. Bpm has been a bit of a confusing area for me at the moment. This really helped! Loving the videos dude. Keep it up and thank you for the time and effort you put into making these!

Good stuff!!! 👍🏽 I had no idea..

Individual bpm pattern lock is absolutely needed. How many people make a whole bank of beats in one tempo..

I get fairly tangled with the BPM so this helps a lot. I'll likely have to watch a few more of your vids where BPM is discussed. Thanks as always!

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Nice demonstration. Takes that extra step but it helps. I wonder if this information is captured when taking the files off the machine

Hey fam, you can actually change the tempo in pitch/speed screen when you tap the sub pad

So I wonder if the set bpm also has influence over the algorithm and if it’s the wrong bpm you’re not using the repitch/speed change to its best ability.

I have a question, how would this help me? I usually record small chunks of samples from youtube, regardless of the bpm.... I do patterns between 79-90 bpm (when you set the BPM to pattern mode). and I haven't had any problems building beats..... so... is it strictly necessary to set the bpm before recording a small chunk of sample? if pattern mode already allows you to adjust the bpm of the pattern, then why is it necessary to adjust it to the sample you're recording from youtube or vinyl? you can simply accommodate it to that pattern, playing with the bpm strech as a whole. It seems very strange to me example... I have a pattern at 86 bpm, one beat ready. and it plays at 86 bpm, but the project where I have that pattern is at 98 bpm (according to the machine)... so .... how does it affect me if the pattern I was able to create still sounds at 86 bpm? I remain very attentive to your answers ladies and gentlemen.....

Random notice. Who exactly decided that 90 bpm is the center of the universe ?

Why not just set the sample to the correct BPM after you record it? You can use tap tempo inside the PITCH/SPEED option with an existing sample. Change the BPM to manual, play the existing sample, and tap the tempo using the SUB PAD. You don't need to mess with tempo defaults or tapping out the tempo before recording it.

Personally BPM for my chops doesnt matter but when i set bpm i play the recorded in sample, press start/end and then use sub pad