ROLAND SP-404MKII — MASTER WORKFLOW CHEAT SHEET

NOTE: When GATE is ON and an Envelope Release is set, fade-out begins the moment you take your finger off the pad (p. 56). Also gates EXT SOURCE when held (p. 20).

NOTE: When GATE is off and LOOP is on, tapping the pad toggles between starting and stopping; hold HOLD + Pad to retrigger from the start without stopping (p. 21).

NOTE: Where reverse playback starts when pressed mid-playback depends on the Reverse Type system setting (136) (p. 22).

NOTE: Requires accurate sample BPM data first. While BPM SYNC is ON, the manual SPEED parameter (CTRL 1 on PITCH/SPEED) is disabled (p. 20, 56).

NOTE: Patterns cannot be rolled. If the roll interval is longer than the sample length, the sample loops instead (p. 23–24).

NOTE: Assigning the same effect algorithm to both Bus 1 and Bus 2 shows "Same EFX on other BUS" (p. 31).

NOTE: Overwrites the destination pad. Copied samples may change volume across banks due to each bank’s BANK VOLUME setting (p. 60–61).

NOTE: Destructive — you cannot restore a pad’s sample after it has been deleted (p. 62).

NOTE: Enabling One-Shot Playback automatically turns off LOOP for that sample (p. 21).

NOTE: Only enabled when GATE is turned ON for the pad. If LOOP is on, Hold + Pad retriggers from the start instead of stopping (p. 9, 21).

NOTE: Pressing EXIT without assigning the audio to a pad—or turning off power—permanently erases the skip-back buffer (p. 42).

NOTE: Sample Merge mixes raw sample audio without Bus FX. You cannot merge samples while a pattern is playing (p. 46).

NOTE: Exiting Pad Mute playback with EXIT returns to normal playback (mutes stop playing back, though recorded mute motion stays in memory) (p. 79).

NOTE: Bouncing automatically bypasses BUS 1–4 effects and overwrites the destination pad. Use Resample if you want Bus FX printed (p. 72, 74).

NOTE: Destructive — once you quantize a pattern in Pattern Edit, you cannot undo or revert it to its unquantized timing (p. 85).

NOTE: Destructive — deleted patterns cannot be restored with Undo. Use Bank Protect (SHIFT + COPY) to guard finished banks (p. 88).

NOTE: Destructive — directly trims the original sample data and cannot be restored once confirmed (p. 49).

NOTE: Ensemble mode consumes 2× polyphony voices for mono samples and 4× voices for stereo samples (p. 57).

NOTE: Only saves Main parameters (CTRL 1–3) for Bus 1 & 2. Sub-parameters are shared in common across Input FX, Bus 1, and Bus 2 (p. 33).

NOTE: Copied samples may play back at a different volume if the destination bank has a different BANK VOLUME setting (p. 61).

NOTE: You cannot send two or more samples to CUE at the same time (p. 101).

NOTE: Cannot be performed while a pattern is playing. Swapping across banks may change volume due to each bank’s BANK VOLUME (p. 60, 85).

NOTE: Resets Start/End points, Pitch/Speed, Envelope, and BPM back to default values (p. 59).

NOTE: You cannot use Skip-Back Sampling and the Looper function at the same time (p. 42, 44).

NOTE: Max loop length is 16 seconds. When overdubbing, set Bus (SHIFT + CTRL 1) to LOOPER so effects are not re-applied each pass (p. 44).

NOTE: If START is set to any value other than 0%, substeps (rolls) cannot be set on that step (p. 69).