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Old 6th July 2009   #5
percussion boy
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Originally Posted by cl516 View Post
i tried a 404 - took me like 8 minutes to realize it wasn't for me. doesn't sound great, and trying to manually transfer your own samples in took a loooong time. some people swear by it, but i can't see the appeal. to me it feels like what i read in terms of specs and capabilities is completely different from the unit hands-on.

+999

But if you just have to get a 404, also get a card reader for your computer, and do the sample transfer direct from computer to card.

Loading samples into the card while it's in the SP is the bottleneck, from what I understand.
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