SP-404 MK2 BUS FX ROUTING Explained

[@weepwow]

Great tutorial, I just need to watch it 200 more times to let it sink in.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! I sometimes think only 6 people have watched this vid but many many times to get it all down. 😂😂😂 Cheers!

[@tobiasschmiederer5522]

Great vid! Helped a lot, thanks! One thing: For the mute trick at 5:30 to work your SP must be set up accordingly - mine wasnt. To set it up go to EFX SETTING (shift + pad 16), scroll all the way to the right with the CTRL 3 knob and set „Mute Bus“ to BUS instead of ALL.

[@Scrappym4]

Thank you. You actually explained everything clearly and zoomed in on the screen. I watched so many videos before yours!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot man, much appreciated!

[@j0hn94333]

Resampling different samples with different effects has really opened a rabbit hole for me...thanks for the explanations! Great video!

[@Nonjuror]

Yeah man, it’s pretty damn powerful once you start figuring out your workflow with them bus fx. Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Herr_Jehmineh]

Beginner here, in the process of understanding and learning the SP. Just discovered your channel yesterday. Not only does your work blow my mind and break my neck, also you made me going a giant leap forward in my learning. Thank you!
Watching your videos is the best tutorial I found so far!

[@Nonjuror]

Haha dope man, been seeing your comments today (I’m behind on that…), sp404 learning curve starts steep but once you find your workflow it’s all gravy. Cheeeers!

[@lindasson]

You've outdone yourself with the excellent details in this tutorial fam, thank for the close up on the screen, and for really breaking it down! Great job bro, much appreciated!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! When I came up with the idea to do the orange / green stuff to (try to) illustrate the routing path I felt like I earned myself a beer!

[@landonewts]

Thank you for this! Have to learn the 404 in less than a week for a show, and the FX assignments are going to be huge. This is a great breakdown.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks mate, glad it helped. One thing I like to do with beat sets is, for example, with beat 1 set to bus1 n beat 2 to bus2 then beat 3 to bus1 etc…this lets you do delays or djfx or filter stuff to end on beat to transition into the next without the effect being on the next (bus config in parallel mode)

[@Aaron-on3ro]

bro youre a master on the mk2 , these tutorials are gold. best tutorials out there by a mile.

[@IsshmanGarcia]

Can't remember if you showed this in video, but the shortcut to toggle Bus 3 & 4 on/off without menu diving is to: press and hold [value] knob and tap [Bus FX] pad. This is different from Mute Bus and bypass.

[@Nonjuror]

Great call, that’s wicked. I don’t think that function was in the firmware version I had when I made this vid yet 🤣

[@bodhibeats8257]

Thanks for this, was looking for a quick way to turn 3/4 on/off!

[@maikvanrossum]

Wow! The best FX explanation video I’ve seen so far 😎 Clarified a lot… not overly complicating things, but straightforward and to the point 👍🏻 Also the subtle visual cues for routing and corresponding to the actual pad colors, demonstrates that you know how to transfer knowledge 👌🏻 Some practical examples and bonus tips… thanks for these valuable 9 minutes on learning the SP 🙏🏻

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps for the kind words! I was pretty stoked when I figured out I could do the colour route path thing in the video, seemed logical…glad it helped demystify bus routing, cheers!

[@lowspotsound721]

Super clear explanation, thanks

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers!

[@mnlrbeats]

THIS VID IS THE SAUCE!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, glad it came in handy! Bus fx is really flexible once you figure out how to bend it.

[@iosmusicman]

Ace! Great explanation and demo. Cheers. Lee

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@DavidDeLuge]

Great video. I just need my MKII to arrive now! I ordered it in November...

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! Yeh the preorder wait is brutal

[@discowolf25]

@@Nonjuror I just heard June from my A and R 😂. Honestly fam…should I just get a 404sx? I’ve taken the 303 to it’s limit and, it’ll always be ready to just go, sample right in. I’m thinking…and hear me out- Digitakt-404sx-303 (I’ll use the 202 if I want sumn to be gritty AF I know you already know lol 🤘). But, June…I’m good on our countries invading other countries for computer chips. No need lol. Instead of the digitakt- would you go MPC 60 or 4000?? I know, completely different but, want your opinion.

[@Nonjuror]

Juuuuuune! Fkn aye….this is a microchip shortage related thing?? Damn.
I’m always gonna be an advocate for the 202->404sx/a->303 three-headed-beast. 202 pitch has been my saviour in the 303/404 world where pitch isn’t ideal. plus sx gotta be going for cheap atm…Mpc60 is like buying a vintage car - neeeeever know what your signing up for when you start it up…4000 tho….that could be really fkn fun

[@DavidDeLuge]

@@Nonjuror mine will be delivered on Thursday 😜. Really looking forward to it...

[@TomKuhl]

Your video explained the topic best so far. Thanks for that.

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, cheers!

[@virgilthewolfe]

Finally got my mkii after waiting for our 4 month backorder to clear, I’m grateful that this video exists to better understand this animal. Thank you so much for your work!

[@Nonjuror]

Wicked, hope you get a lot of fun out the machine, it’s a dope lil beast! Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@hellah216]

Super Helpful! Grabbed one up, so Im just entering the arena!! Don't even have it in front of me and I feel like I have an upper hand with bus routing... Thanks Man!!

[@Nonjuror]

Welcome to the mk2 party man, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@umoaire9323]

Clearest explanation of buses, finally makes sense, thanks!

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, thanks! Cheers!

[@elek-trick]

Thanks, that is one super useful lesson. I'm gonna have to watch it a few more times and try it all on my SP so that mystery becomes reality... 😃

[@Nonjuror]

Haha thanks mate, the bus setup is pretty damn flexible, I’m still finding new ways to twist it up. Cheers!

[@vznquest]

excellent breakdown. just got my mk2, count me as a new sub

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, glad it to hear it helped out, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@sailortomb9307]

You really opened a door in my mind with your explanations and demo of the bus system, thanks very much!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, glad it helped out, cheers!

[@gianbonme]

Excellent work man.. Thanks.

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@teepone33fam56]

Thank you very much!
Salute from Russia!💾💥🌍🌎🌏✊🏽Very useful knowledge!
After working with akai mpc, this is hard to figure out!
Your video helped me a lot!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers for checking out the vid! Yeah, the Bus workflow is unique thing on this thing, once you’re comfortable with the different ways to work it it’s really awesome.

[@Dispatcher813]

Thanks for this one. I just bought this amazing sounding sp404mk2 4 days ago. I've been on it experimenting nonstop, and your tutorials have been a great help. This is not an mpc. It took me a day to realize that , however I must say this is looking like it's going to be my favorite piece to go to for boom bap.

[@Nonjuror]

Really dope to read, thanks heaps! Def there’s a learning curve coz it does so much more than it’s predecessors. Enjoy this rabbithole man! Cheers!

[@OllieLoops]

Another solid video. Thanks.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man!

[@heiner_kruse]

great! btw dry pads routing can be applied to bus 3 and 4 too (fx page/ other / dry routing)

[@GonUkeCrazy]

Perfect tutorial on this subject matter! Thanks for breaking it down to a simple and concise manner!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot man, appreciate that, by day two of making a tutorial I never really know if I’m making sense or not…cheers!

[@micraw714]

Great info! I feel hella dumb because I'm still not fully grasping this but every time I watch this video it makes a little more sense each time lol 👊

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha dope. I think having used buses on mixing desks before I sorta just had to adopt that way of thinking to the mk2. I’m sure it’s one of those things where it’ll all just click into place which brushing your teeth or something unrelated…cheers!

[@micraw714]

@@Nonjuror Word! Haha so true, matter fact, I think it finally clicked in my head this morning 😁 big up Non!

[@lelandchapman1]

too bad you cant like a video twice. this was exactly what i was looking for. thank you! 😍

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha thanks heaps, much appreciated!

[@DionteBOOMstudio]

Thanks a lot my boy. Definitely helped me out.

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, cheers!

[@weddiedon]

Perfect thanks!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers!

[@TW-hf5ti]

Great tutorial dude. I watched like 15 videos on the same topic and it didn’t sink in. Keep killin it 🤙🏼

[@igorgodinho1279]

Perfect!!! Thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@flix3o3]

This tutorial is gold 👍

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man, cheers!

[@sdaniels160]

Thank you. This is beautiful. I understand so much now.

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers man! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@lorenzoengell8400]

best bus fx tutorial out there! thank you so much man!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, much appreciated. Cheers!

[@djantiwar]

Super handy thanks !!!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@YFGP1]

good move, thanks for the tip! waiting my SP and i'm looking things up! you explain it in a super simple way and i wanted to say thanks! Keep up the awesome work!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot, dope to read!

[@alchemistrpm82]

That’s a clean skin

[@Nonjuror]

Yeh I dig that one too, It’s from Cremacaffe n called “Maple Trees at Mama”. Cheers!

[@videodrome93]

Super duper crystal clear chief! Now I just have to buy one to try it hahaha

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man! Things pretty fun if you can get your hands on one!

[@MrRedvers]

Bus mute.. game changer for me! Thanks man

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers fam!

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

This was great; thank you.
Subscribed.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man, much appreciated, cheers!

[@n-spired]

Thanks. Helped me a lot.

[@Nonjuror]

Dope, cheers man!

[@teacher-sean]

This video is brilliant! I was afraid to get into all the bus routing stuff because I was confused but you offer very smooth explanations and outline of the process with lots of clear examples. This opens up endless new possibilities.. Mind blown. Thank you! Subscribed!! :)

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot, dope to read. I really like how they’ve designed the Bus fx system, like you said, surprisingly powerful n flexible. Cheers!

[@happyjessus]

What a helpful video, you fit a lot of substance in 10min. Looking forward to seeing more from you

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, much appreciated! Cheers!

[@thetropiki]

Great tutorial

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers!

[@nelio123]

Amazing, I finally understood the FX section :) Thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, cheers fam!

[@evilet1111]

Good shit! Thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@chriscarson6050]

Best tutorial ever

[@Nonjuror]

🙏🙏🙏🙏 cheers mate!

[@smallelephant_og]

You are the 🐐

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers fam! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@slickandlegit]

Big game, Gem dropper. I copped a couple of your packs as a thank you. Appreciated man

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man, the support is very very much appreciated! Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@NicoResonic]

Thank a lot 👏 super useful video 👍

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@just_pierre9730]

Good work, and very useful. I like your tutorials, good information and to the point. Hope for more to come!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks for that, much appreciated! I try not to talk too much crap and keep it tight…mostly coz I hate my voice n the less words
I gotta say the better 😂😂😂

[@tripper2077]

sick beat!

[@JNASTYLDN]

Mad helpful 🙏🏾

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers!

[@lindasson]

Hello my friend we haven't talked in a while, I've been on a TH-cam break. I came back to check this out to add it to my workflow. You do an amazing job of explaining and breaking stuff down, and I appreciate what you bring to the community my brother!!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man, much appreciated as always! Something that might be down your alley would be running your mpc into the mk2 like you do, assign JUST Ext Source to Bus 1 and all the mk2 samples (vocal chops etc) to Bus 2 - then set Bus Fx to Parallel mode so you can put wild delays on the vox stuff then do djfx type stuff on just the MPC.

[@lindasson]

@Nonjuror 🔥🔥🔥You just blew my mind bro!!! I researched this video because lately I've running the outs of the MK2 into inputs 3/4 of the MPC X SE, and when I turn the monitor of the sampler, I can hear the beat of the MPC, and Vox fx of the MK2, am I doing it correctly?? I'm going to try what you just said now, but how do I get it to Parallel.. by clicking the knob? Also.. I've seen DiBiase use Bus 3 and 4 with vinyl Sim 303 and compression as the anchor of everything, so to speak. I'm really trying to marry these two, and rock out!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Nonjuror]

Yep, parallel mode by clicking the knob (2:43). Don’t quote be but think Dibi connects his MPC (or whatever damn thing he’s conquering) outputs to the MK2’s line in so he can put the bus 3/4 effects on the MPC’s beats and use it as his computer’s interface to record the beat into his DAW…I think…

[@lindasson]

@Nonjuror I think you're right bro, he's a beast lol! It's soooo many possibilities!!!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@lindasson]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my brother!!! On your Bus 3 and 4, do you always keep all the levels of Compression on zero? I'm gonna experiment more on my break away from the channel!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Fiuz_rm]

Amazing video

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps!

[@jasonclark4618]

Really well explained tutorial. I'm truly grateful 🙏

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, much appreciated!

[@jasonclark4618]

@@Nonjuror quick question if you don't mind. You're in Australia aren't you ? I'm in Sydney. I've been looking for an adapter cord to use a power bank. Everyone suggests a myvolts ripcord but they aren't sold locally that I can see. Are you able recommend one locally that works ?
Thanks

[@digital_steve]

Christ… this was insanely helpful.

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, thanks man!

[@steknika]

very well done! gonna need this when i try to set my bus fx for the time! thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man, once you get comfortable switching between buses while jamming it opens up all sorts of sick opportunities when jamming. Cheers!

[@cufocufo]

This is a really great tutorial, the best I've seen yet on using effects and the buses. Thank you!

[@Nonjuror]

Wicked, thanks heaps for that! Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@holteenderrob]

Nice tutorial been driving me nuts how to do this. Subscribed for more great content!

[@Nonjuror]

Much appreciated, glad to hear it came in handy. Once you wrap your head around it the 4 buses are pretty useful. Cheers!

[@DjFuNkysara]

Omg finally someone have a good explanation on this . Thanks so much

[@Nonjuror]

Happy to share the science, appreciate you checking the video out, cheers!

[@HoochMusic]

Your tutorials are the best man, thank-you 👊

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, appreciate you watching, cheers!

[@amstaffyoshi1480]

Thank you this really helped me!

[@Nonjuror]

Dope to read, cheers!

[@FairchlldMusic1]

Excellent vid! Your tutorials keep getting better and better! 🍻

[@Nonjuror]

Dope, appreciate that! I honestly didn’t know how this one would work out coz there’s so much ground to cover…cheers!

[@df4630]

Wow the SP404 finally enters fx bus routing available 30 years ago on Ensoniq gear 👏

[@devine999]

I've watch a few video on routing, but you explained it perfectly! Thanks. You're an Aussie? From Melbourne?

[@Nonjuror]

Glad to hear it, cheers! Yep, from Brisbane.

[@ZombCity]

🔥I learn so much from these tutorials. Thank you ver much.

[@Nonjuror]

Awesome, appreciate you checking my stuff out, cheers!

[@terstapes]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much!!!!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers!

[@beatbanksproductions]

Great video. Just what I needed! Thanks!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers man, thanks for checking it out! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@bremki]

Thank you so much for this! Very easy to follow!! :)

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers!

[@HellboyMob]

Some people binge Netflix, I binge you lol

[@Nonjuror]

Hahaha cheers man! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@cornhusk]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks mate, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Ross_Antonich]

Excellent video and detailing! I cannot wait to get mine

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks man! I can’t wait for you to get yours too, your style n groove is gonna fit this sucker so well

[@Ross_Antonich]

@@Nonjuror aw shucks thanks man! that's very kind of you. Your videos are giving me all the ideas!!

[@I.O.M.]

Nice. I really like the Warm Saturator effect.

[@Nonjuror]

It’s wicked, I’m only just starting to get into it, the low n hi eq it has really shapes the sound nicely!

[@RussiBeats]

Great video, really explained it perfectly

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers!

[@hubspin]

Useful and clear. Thanks.

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers, much appreciated!

[@felipetroccoli7809]

ur the og

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks! Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@CAPS93]

Really helpful thanks a lot!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers for checking it out!

[@wiggesobk]

As always very helpful bro! 💪💪

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers my dude! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@dimensionstomorrow]

Nice one as always. I have been using the effects quite similarly. I’m hoping you do a video on the new pad mutes soon! I’d definitely like to know your workflow with this.
BTW, I finished my first full track on the SP, up on my channel. I did a bit of a dub session, and sampled myself playing organ, guitar, and did some vocals. Great learning experience. I totally screwed up the guitar levels, but you live and you learn. I made the mistake of sampling it in mix and should have kept it separate so that I could go back and fix the mix when I finished the rest of the parts of the song. I’ll definitely sort it out next time though. Anyway, thanks for all the tutorials. Definitely helping.

[@Nonjuror]

That organ sounds wicked, I didn’t realize it was live - sick! You nailed the fx on the jam too, those delays are on point. Portastudios are the best, I started on my brother’s 244 when I was a kid.

[@elyelosss]

Your video helped me a lot, although my pads don't change color, I was able to select the Bus. Do you know what it could be?
Saludos!

[@hcab43]

Awesome job, thanks man!!

[@Nonjuror]

Appreciate you checking it out, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Nonjuror]

Appreciate you checking it out, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@deanivan3951]

Thanks Brother!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@gushingcloud303]

Helpful video , thank you. One thing I’m still confused about is the “favorites” though. When I go in to select bus 3 and 4, it tells me to select a favorite. But they aren’t setup, they are all empty and won’t let you select them. So i can’t find any material on how to edit the favorites or set that all up. Basically anything about “favorites” in the bus effects trips me up and I get so frustrated. Any help out there ?

[@Nonjuror]

Hmmm interesting…so basically what I do is open Effect Settings, turn the Enter knob which should start scrolling thru the favourites (1-12 have presets already but can be changed, 13 onwards are blank), you have to select one of them - it can’t still be set to “bypass”, then use control 3 to change tabs to Bus 3 or 4.
When you first change tabs, turning the Enter knob moves the curser up and down, with the curser on “EFX Type” push in Enter - the effect is now highlighted, turn the Enter knob to scroll thru fx then push in Enter again to select it.
With the curser now free to move again, scroll down to over the effect’s settings and use controls 1-3 to change them.
Hope that helps!

[@francois-xavierpeille2163]

Hey thanks so much for it. I just havent succesfully muted the bus2. When im pressing shift plus mute bus it mutes both buses , what am i missing please?

[@Nonjuror]

Easily fixed, go to EFX Settings/Other and change Mute Bus to BUS instead of ALL.

[@akeyunturned3580]

Great vid. Thank you. How do you keep the fx page up? It keeps leaving the screen back to the BPM after a short amt. of time. thanks
EDIT: Found it hit REMAIN then the FX button. It then stays on screen.

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps! Remain + MFX keeps the screen up.

[@theoutputlab1906]

Thanks for the video.
Is there a way to a two or more different Effect on different pads.
Eg.
a filter on pad 1 then a looper on pad 2 and compression on pad 3 all playing at the same time.

[@prolyric]

Great video! Just one question, I don't fully understand how to save the effects on bus1 and bus2 so that every time I turn on the SP, just by pressing the "Bus FX" pad, all the 5 default effects of each bus are loaded, that is to say ( in total the 10 effects on both buses). Because when I do it and change the bus, the same effects remain on bus1 and bus 2, that is, only 5.

[@P-S-T]

Nice video! How lovely wouldn’t it be to have a colorscreen?

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks! Would be wild, esp having like 4-bit startup images

[@TheDarkDigital]

Is there fx send level for each pad? Or you can only torn on/off fx send to bus?

[@nateluna2765]

Man, thank you for breaking all of this down!
I'm wondering if you have a video(s) that would explain the process of using bus effects with the ext source (running beats from another sampler thru the sp as an effects processor)?

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks for checking it out! It’s actually exactly the same as everything in this video - the Ext Source is by default Bus 1, like the pads you can hold Remain to bypass or select Bus 2 (…etc). Just plug it in n go, more or less. I guess if it’s an iOS device you can connect via usb too.

[@nateluna2765]

@@Nonjuror Awesome! Thank you! I was so confused about assigning buses until I watched this video! I hope Roland is sending you a paycheck at this point

[@Nonjuror]

Haha hopefully one day they’ll put me on the payroll. I use the mk2 a lot with my mpc60ii (which has no fx), I run the samples thru the mk2 Ext In for fx and leave the drums on the output and record them all into my DAW on separate channels (1/2 mpc drums, 3/4 404 fx on samples)…

[@buckytoller8358]

Great vid. Is it possible to assign the inputs to separate bus fx? For example, a guitar plugged into the mic/inst input to bus 1 and a drum machine through the rca input to bus 2?

[@Nonjuror]

Hmm…I haven seen what happens when you run something thru the mic input n line in at the same time, I don’t think they can be separated, I know what you’re aiming for but I don’t think so, sadly…

[@yoosooh_wav]

So if I’m right, if I have my drums in Bus 1 with a filter on it, and I have my sample in Bus 2 with an isolator on it, I can’t use FX like the DJFX Looper to be active on the full beat? Should I resample everything to make space for the effects?
Thanks for this amazing tutorial btw!

[@Nonjuror]

I would always do the resample thing just to lock in to be aafe, so, like you said if you want easy access to DJFX Looper while jamming on the beat you couldn’t have fx already on Buses 1 & 2….BUT that doesn’t mean it’s not possible coz you can have DJFX Looper as Bus 3 or 4. It’s a little trickier to get to obviously but if you in a situation where you need filter on bus 1 drums n iso on bus 2 samples it is still possible to control DJFX from Bus 3 or 4 in Effect Settings. Great question man.

[@ShawnyDsMusic]

Another fantastic video man! For real. Amazing. Silly question though.
Do you think there is a way to isolate the sampling input from the output? The idea is to allow the MK2 to utilize resampling of external stereo effects without a feedback loop occurring. Pretty much kill the EXT IN from going out the main out. Just monitoring through your headphones both signals. Just a thought I had for some external effects loops.

[@Nonjuror]

I know what you mean, like you want to send a sample for example to a wah pedal and then sample it on the way back. I’ve never done such a thing and I’m honestly not sure if you can BUT I’ve also never use the “CUE” mixing function (Shift +3), this (from my limited understanding) would would allow you so send a sample from a pad (or pads) to JUST the headphones out and NOT the Line Out at the back…it may be possible doing it this way. Of course you would then need to find a way to listen to what’s coming back into the mk2 via the Line Out which is no big deal. Maybe peep the “Monitoring with Headphone (Cue)” - this might be crazy enough to work…

[@ShawnyDsMusic]

@@Nonjuror holy crap!! Didn't even know there was a cue feature. That is exactly what I was after. Going to try this. You nailed the concept explanation too. Exactly the same page I was on.

[@Nonjuror]

Let me know how it goes!

[@ShawnyDsMusic]

@@Nonjuror I'll keep playing around with it but I don't think with the current firmware version it is going to work. Seems like an update could fix this though. Right now Cue works to preview an already sampled location. What we need is;
1-Monitor EXT IN through CUE (not main outside)
2- Enable re-sampling to new pad through CUE in
3- Enable sample triggering through main outs while in this new "ReSample Cue" mode
Has some potential to be a great feature.

[@Nonjuror]

Hmmm this is probably gonna keep me awake tonight thinking on it 😂

[@matthewcollins3069]

Hey I’m really new to samplers. Wondering if you know if there is a way to route the click out to the headphone jack but not the main outs? Would like to use this with a band similar to the spd-sx but I like the smaller size of this.

[@qujota7258]

Hi bro. When I press shift+bus fx, both buses are muted, the message "BUS 1&2" appears, do you know why? (firmware 2.01). Greetings and thanks for the info!!!

[@Nonjuror]

Easy as, Shift+16 for Efx Settings, Scroll to Other tab, change Mute Bus from “All” to “Bus”. That should do the trick!

[@huber-lofiandchillbeats7693]

Thanks for this video, I learned a lot of thing, but I don't know why when I'm pushing enter in the efx settings, nothing happen :O someone have an idea ?

[@huber-lofiandchillbeats7693]

well I updated the SP404 to 2.0 version and it's working now :D

[@Nonjuror]

Wicked, good to know that v1.00 didn’t do that…interesting. Glad it worked out!

[@alexandrosroussos]

Thanks for your valuable video. I think the way Roland implemented FX routing in the DJ mode is flawed. The FX buses should be assignable to the Ch1/Ch2 rather than to pads as in pattern mode. Or at least it should be an option in the settings. Otherwise it's pretty much unusable in a DJing type workflow.

[@Nonjuror]

I see what you mean. What I do is set all the beats / pads I’m going to play on Ch1 as Bus 1 and Ch2 Bus 2 etc…but you’re idea would be a much more useful update for sure.

[@dylanl4780]

is there a way to route different external instruments to different fx bus? trying to get a turntable to come in clean and add effects to the a guitar

[@Nonjuror]

Hmmm not that I’m aware of, would be dope tho!