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By about 00:45 in (when you can hear the flutepad-ish synth in the BG), it feels like a missing downtempo trip-hop classic.  The no-longer-stock sounds sound good, too―but What is the "SP 404 resampling method?"

By about 00:45 in (when you can hear the flutepad-ish synth in the BG), it feels like a missing downtempo trip-hop classic. The no-longer-stock sounds sound good, too―but What is the "SP 404 resampling method?"

Oh, my bad! I was referring to the workflow some beatmakers use with the Roland SP 404 sequencer/sampler, when making lo-fi beats. Many artists don't use the internal sequencer and instead start with simple sounds and constantly record a manual (and often very loose) performance as an audio sample. The machine allows to directly "resample" the audio output back to a single pad, so in certain way, it's like bouncing tracks constantly.

Better than a thousand words, here's a Youtube video:

I'm not very keen on that beat itself, or the musical style (other than sharing a similar tempo) but the workflow looked interesting and it was a quick way to distance myself from the "dreaded" stock sounds.

By the way, thanks a lot for the "triphop classic" commment. Such a compliment in my book, as a nineties head smile

Sorry for the long rant. THANKS A LOT, ineff !!!

[quote=ineff]By about 00:45 in (when you can hear the flutepad-ish synth in the BG), it feels like a missing downtempo trip-hop classic. The no-longer-stock sounds sound good, too―but What is the "SP 404 resampling method?" [/quote] Oh, my bad! I was referring to the workflow some beatmakers use with the Roland SP 404 sequencer/sampler, when making lo-fi beats. Many artists don't use the internal sequencer and instead start with simple sounds and constantly record a manual (and often very loose) performance as an audio sample. The machine allows to directly "resample" the audio output back to a single pad, so in certain way, it's like bouncing tracks constantly. Better than a thousand words, here's a Youtube video: [youtube]ulHy8_ku6WE[/youtube] I'm not very keen on that beat itself, or the musical style (other than sharing a similar tempo) but the workflow looked interesting and it was a quick way to distance myself from the "dreaded" stock sounds. By the way, thanks a lot for the "triphop classic" commment. Such a compliment in my book, as a nineties head smile Sorry for the long rant. THANKS A LOT, ineff !!!

This beat is so /> /-/ /\ -|- !!!

This beat is so /> /-/ /\ -|- !!! [img=Lofi Love]https://media3.giphy.com/media/XbJYBCi69nyVOffLIU/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e4786j9vauxgkyz7ol4xoawwua6l36alm5joe0wgti1&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/img]

Smooth track. There is a sound that is just like a drop of water falling into a water puddle, that makes the trip hop vibe for me.

Smooth track. There is a sound that is just like a drop of water falling into a water puddle, that makes the trip hop vibe for me.

These drums sound so good and that hihat sits so well in the mix, very relaxing melody to go with the beat.  I was going to buy the new 404 on Friday, but then saw a local shop had an open box mpc one for the same price, so went with the mpc, will be fun to learn the workflow on it.

These drums sound so good and that hihat sits so well in the mix, very relaxing melody to go with the beat. I was going to buy the new 404 on Friday, but then saw a local shop had an open box mpc one for the same price, so went with the mpc, will be fun to learn the workflow on it.