NAMM 2025 was packed with inspiring gear, and I walked away with some incredible sounds that I couldn’t wait to flip into a beat. In my latest livestream, I took samples from my favorite NAMM finds and turned them into a full track using nothing but the SP404 MK2. Here's How:
The Samples – Puzzle Pieces for a Beat
When working with samples, I like to think of them as puzzle pieces, each one fitting into a specific range of octaves or tones to be put together, creating a balanced track.
Here’s what I used from my NAMM samples:
🎵 Stylophone DS-2 – A drone synth that I warped into a nasty bass
🎵 ROLI Piano + Airwave – Played low-end piano arpeggios for depth
🎵 Guzheng Sample – Shoutout to Yukes, another SP404 YouTuber, who demoed this traditional Chinese instrument and let me sample it!
🎵 Roland T8 – I chopped a drum loop into one-shots for my beat
I intentionally kept the pianos low so they wouldn’t clash with the Guzheng, which sat in a slightly higher octave. Then, I added more elements at even higher ranges to fill out the frequency spectrum.
SP404 MK2 Tricks to Flip a Loop into a Full Track
To take the beat beyond a simple loop, I used:
🔹 TR-Rec Mode – Created pattern variations to build out a full track 🔹 Bus 3 & 4 FX – Used these to “master” the track and glue everything together
Get the most out of the SP404 MK2 with the easy to reference Cheat Sheet & Quick Start Guide:
This was a fun one, let me know in the comments what you’d do with these samples! All of my NAMM Samples are available to channel members at the Solar Sailor tier and above:
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