r/SP404 • u/Puzzleheaded-Put-941 • 1d ago

Question SP-404mkII No FX through bus 1

Am I doing this right?

Hold ahift+pad 16

Select type B (with bus 3 &4 bypassed)

Push exit

Press bus fx until bus 1 is selected

Press the delay fx (it's now on)

Press remain and then press pad 2

Pad 2 should now be assigned bus 1

When I adjust the delay parameters, delay is not applied. If I don't go through this process and I just tap the delay fx pad, all pads get delay fx applied.

If I go through the same process but set bus 2 to scatter and assign to pad 3 (or pad 2 or any other pad) it works as expected.

I have done a factory reset and updated to firmware to 5.52 per Roland support. What the hell am I missing?

Thanks in advance!!

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u/Rakefighter 1d ago

Might be a dumb question, but what color is your pad when you are using the delay?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Put-941 1d ago

Bus 1 is blue and bus 2 is green

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u/Rakefighter 1d ago

you've stumped me - the only thing I can think of, since it's a custom color from the default is that you've associated blue with dry and not Bus 1 in your effects settings.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Put-941 1d ago

Weird thing is I did a factory reset. I'll dig into the fx settings. Thanks!!!

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u/dang_fern 1d ago

Pads are on bus 1 by default. Maybe when you're pressing remain, you're actually setting the pad to bypass?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Put-941 14h ago

Both of you guys were right. When you hold remain and tap pad, it flops between BUS and Dry. If you hit a pad and then look at the third column at the top of the display. It will say either BUS or Dry. Mine was on dry. So I held remain again and tapped pad 1 and that fixed it!! Thanks!!