A History of SP devices

I keep my SP-555 for the theramin-like sensor, still fire that unit up every now and then to play with it.

I have the 202 and matching drum machine, 505 (my first) and the 404sx. They are all great in their own right and all have features that the others don’t. Also I had the sp808 for a minute but never learned it and sold it pretty quickly. I still regret it. One day I want to get the 303 and the 404mkii

EXCELENT !!!!!

606 is my jamburger. Loving it!

nobody's talking about how beautiful the 555 is

Nice history lesson on the SP. I didn’t know that so many were made. Thanks. 🙏🏽

I had the original SP202 in 1996. It was always plugged to the audio output of my tv set. I used to sample tv movies on sunday afternoons.

I'm pretty sure one of those SP Devices had a theremin. Love the sp404mk2

Spit my first rap over sp-808 beat .. damn was such a feeling seeing that machine back then..

SP404 MKII is my very first sampler and I love it. Learning curve is a little steep. But once you 'get it' it's almost perfect
NB: I'm waiting for 3.1 version to fix some some annoying bugs and really hope Roland will add those enhancements that you already addressed in your other videos

Fantastic presentation!

Blessed to be running a 202/MKII combo these days

I fkn had the ms1 and Idk what happened to it

Loved my sp 505. It was my first sampler and i made many songs with it. I thought i could use my computer to do what that did. I sold it and found out sadly i was wrong...

I owned a 202, 404 and a 606. I must say I never got on with them very well. For me it was impossible to loop anything using the arcane 'mark' system purely by ear. Was tempted by the 404 mk2 as among many improvements it had a OLED screen and hence a way to visually loop stuff. Went with the MPC One, which I love. Sold my original 404 a few months back for a little more than I paid for it back in the early 2000's.

I have a working MS-1. It's super primitive and limited, but it actually has a cool sound to it.

without sound example(((

great video!
202/303 squad rise up

SP-606 was bundled with software called Cakewalk P606 and it was something like Maschine years before real Maschine. Software was clunky but we haved kind of integration which is now standard in modern samplers/controllers. In 2005 it was revolutionary.

Any reason they skipped 404 after 303 and went straight to 505 and 606? I always assumed it's cause it was the same number as the famous error code and Y2K was still recent.

I always wanted the Sp-605