When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most notably, improved stability and syncing when playing long audio files means that you can now ...

The Boss and Roland line of SP samplers (specifically the SP-303 and SP-404) are some of the most important instruments in hip hop history. Right up there with the MPC and the Technics SL-1200.

The name of Roland 's new SP-555 sampler suggests it sits somewhere between the quick and dirty SP-404 and the workstation SP-606. In fact, it borrows features from both models while adding the new ...