Most notably, improved stability and syncing when playing long audio files means that you can now perform with multitrack projects from your DAW, adding another string to the SP-404 MK2’s bow. There’s ...

The Boss and Roland line of SP samplers (specifically the SP-303 and SP-404) are some of the most important instruments in hip hop history. Right up there with the MPC and the Technics SL-1200.

The launch of Roland’s SP-404 MKII sampler in 2021 took a lot of beatmakers by surprise, as there’d been no hint at all that the celebrated pad-based groove machine was about to get an update. It was ...

When I went hands-on with Roland's SP-404 MKII back in October I said it was "becoming" my favorite sampler. Fast forward a few months and it is firmly entrenched in that spot. Of course, no piece of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The SP-404 is primarily a sampler, but it lets you program up your samples into patterns as a ...