anyone see Roland's new SP-555?...

Post by **killedaway** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:12 am

http://www.roland.com/products/en/SP-555/

looks fun, but still no 1/4" outs... lame. if anyone finds a demo video, i'd love to see it.

hollandturbine · Post by **hollandturbine** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:20 am

WOW, this looks like the love child of a SP-606 and a SP-404.
I can't wait to find out what the price is.

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:33 pm

I'm not that impressed. The good thing about the 404 is battery power. Obviously this is the MPC500 competitor...and no battery power.

Roberto · Post by **Roberto** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:17 pm

People criticised the MPC500 for it's limited screen. I wonder how much flack Roland will get for a 3 digit LED ???

Post by **killedaway** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:27 pm

i didn't even notice the no battery thing. that sucks.

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:34 pm

killedaway wrote:http://www.roland.com/products/en/SP-555/

looks fun, but still no 1/4" outs... lame. if anyone finds a demo video, i'd love to see it.

http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... arentId=72

Post by **killedaway** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:12 pm

many thanks!

the real time overdubbing looks pretty cool to me... have any of Roland's older SP samplers had this capability? i also like the footswitch input, which is something i wish my ESX had.

overall, i rather like it. i just wish Roland would get a clue on some age-old issues, like the lack of 1/4" inputs, and everyone's favorite, no MIDI Thru.

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:15 pm

The thing with this is that it does not have anywhere near the capabilities of a MPC500...so you don't need a big screen. The SP series is known for its simplicity and no nonsense approach... basically a caveman method to beatmaking.

supermel74 · Post by **supermel74** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:24 pm

killedaway wrote:many thanks!

the real time overdubbing looks pretty cool to me... have any of Roland's older SP samplers had this capability? i also like the footswitch input, which is something i wish my ESX had.

overall, i rather like it. i just wish Roland would get a clue on some age-old issues, like the lack of 1/4" inputs, and everyone's favorite, no MIDI Thru.

Roland seems to think only djs use samplers

fuckrapsputin · Post by **fuckrapsputin** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:04 am

I was pumped when the sp-404 came out, as a long time sp-303 fan the new features were exciting -- batteries, massive memory, compact flash rather than s**t media, inbuilt mic etc... but the 555 looks pretty unnecessary, they kinda just seem to have added a bunch of stuff I didn't need. And I'm not a big fan of the "look" of the 404 and new 555 (as in the metal sheet over the unit) mine has just gotten dirty and scratched from gigging, they should have gone back to the sturdy and somewhat classically unattractive look of the sp-303 Dr Sample... oh well, I'll have a look at it when I see it in a shop, but the only thing that would make me that interested in a new Dr Sample would have been multi effects processor, where you can select 3 or 4 effects (with an overall of 12 nobs) so I could control several effects in real time on one loop while playing live... other than that I'll just stick to my 2 Dr Samples.

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:13 am

To me, the 303 is the best looking.

Xabiton · Post by **Xabiton** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:44 am

yay after 6 tries they finally realized that they should add midi out

hematurge · Post by **hematurge** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:17 am

Looks like it would make a great first piece of gear. A sampler, rudimentary synth, usb audio interface/midi controller, sequencer in one (relatively) inexpensive unit. That is assuming everything works at least half as well as it's supposed to. I'd like to have one myself but I'm still working towards getting a 404.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:58 am

supermel74 wrote:
killedaway wrote:many thanks!

the real time overdubbing looks pretty cool to me... have any of Roland's older SP samplers had this capability? i also like the footswitch input, which is something i wish my ESX had.

overall, i rather like it. i just wish Roland would get a clue on some age-old issues, like the lack of 1/4" inputs, and everyone's favorite, no MIDI Thru.
Roland seems to think only djs use samplers

I agree, and will add that they think djs are all 15 years old and want their samplers made by fisher price.

Maybe they just realise that the money is in making toys. Look how close to going out of business Akai keep going.

JSRockit · Post by **JSRockit** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:53 pm

Stab Frenzy wrote: I agree, and will add that they think djs are all 15 years old and want their samplers made by fisher price.

Maybe they just realise that the money is in making toys. Look how close to going out of business Akai keep going.

That is most likely who buys this product. There are a few hip-hop pros who use SPs... but not many. It is just smart on Rolands part.

anyone see Roland's new SP-555?...

anyone see Roland's new SP-555?...

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