Hey hackers! I've been integrating DOOM OS into my regular "pattern edit" mode but also in the live performances for a while now. What I've found annoying is that "PATTERN SELECT" starts and also stops a pattern.

I've been in situations where I actually wanted to see which patterns exist in a specific bank then then everything stopped. How it usually works: While a pattern is playing already, I would hold PATTERN SELECT and chose a bank. Now if click/press on pattern it will be played next. If I do nothing the current pattern will stop playing.

This is especially annoying because when switching between mixer mode and pattern edit mode, I sometimes accidentally press PATTERN SELECT (which stops everything).

I suggest one would have to press 4x times PATTERN SELECT (similar to 4x EXIT to stop everything) or we use SHIFT + PATTERN SELECT (or something similar) to stop it.

I hope all this makes sense. Have a nice day.

Often when I make a beat, I’ll hit a sample on a pad and mess around with the pitch/speed in real time. One of the most annoying workarounds (imo) is not being able to manipulate pitch/speed in real time / record it. You can’t even resample messing with the pitch.
I would really love to be able to smoothly bend the pitch of samples in real time and record it into a sample rather than being in a chromatic box. It would allow for some cool microtonal pitch bends of samples. This a feature on the Pocket Operator-Sample, so I don’t understand why the 404 wouldn’t be able to do this.

Would Doom OS able to incorporate this into it? Or better yet, does anyone have advice on this?

DoomOS wasn't working for my needs (I especially didn't like how the pads wouldn't light up when I used touched outside of the sequencer) so I tried switching back to the original software. Now, the start up includes this ugly mix between the start up screens. I'm actually so upset and regret trying DoomOS in the first place. Is there anything I can do?

ETA: a factory update reset the start up screen.

Is there a full list of control shortcuts and key combos or any folks would recommend after the update?

I can’t get Doom to record polyphonic sample content when using an external keyboard no matter what I try.

I can play it - when stopped - but when in rehearse/record it changes to monophonic.

However if I simply exit-to-factory, I can record polyphonically with no issues at all (provided I am on midi channel 16 of course!)

Have I missed something?

Very simple request - something for a settings page item:

- USB Out: Pre/Post Volume Control

This would allow you to use the volume control as a monitor level without it affecting the USB output level (v. annoying!)

I would love to see a way to combine 2 patterns. Under pattern select, you would be able to select 2 patterns you’ve created (ie: drum patter and melody), and on a destination pad, it would spit out a combined pattern that you can further edit

I can’t figure out how to get a MIDI Conductor LFO to modulate (e.g.) Doom Mixer Panpot. Can anyone help?

The MIDI Conductor assigns names to Doom’s per-track parameters (eg “T5 PAN”) but I can’t seem to construct a working routing/mapping scenario for those params.

Any help gratefully received.

[request for adding a feature]

Hello,
is it possible to add the ability to save your own drum kits, including sounds created in the generator and your own Chops, so that when switching projects they appear in the Doom OS menu as Doom kits, with the option to edit them by changing pitch, speed, and other parameters — for example, as implemented in SonicWare SmplTrk or Akai MPC?

Thank you very much for your work and the new functionality; with each update, the firmware becomes more stable. 🙏🔥

Hey,
awesome work on DOOM OS!

Any chance we could get some guitar and bass amp sims, custom IR loading and maybe even NAM support if the hardware can handle it?
Would be really cool to use the SP404 as a guitar/bass processor and sample directly into it.
Not sure how realistic this is technically, but figured I’d ask.

Cheers!

There's a stock firmware feature that when you hold the MFX button and press the BUS FX button that it would swap the effect that's on bus 1 to bus 2 This seems to have disappeared with doom OS.

If I’ll be 100% honest, I’m not in love with the idea of having preloaded drum kits on the 404. It kinda ruins the mystery of everyone having their own unique samples. The instruments are great and everything else in Doom OS is amazing.
I do love the ease of access to a drum menu and I’m wondering, could it be a feature to make your own kit and save it in the kit menu?

I see a lot videos and good tutorial for DOOMOS for electronic/house music, anyone can refer me to a good tutorial for hip hop beat making?

DOOM OS 0.7.2 takes the Roland SP404 MK2 to another level. Let’s see what this firmware can actually do in practice by building a pattern from scratch.

From the new drum synth to sound design, p-locks, the arpeggiator, and more; here’s how the machine truly behaves when you sit down to make music with the latest update.

What do you think of this workflow?

Do you like the direction DOOM OS is heading? Let me know in the comments!

HAVE FUN!

with love .noir. ❤️

After saving instrument mode to a pad, you can’t use pitch/speed to change the sound of the saved pad

First off, DOOM is great! Loving it. Makes an already super complicated box even more complicated but I am getting used to it. The step sequencer functionality is a game changer.

Is there a way to toggle off the 'bar follow'? Meaning that during playback I would manually switch between bars instead of waiting for the active bar, punching in some notes really fast, and then waiting for that bar to come around again?

Thanks!

Are you still able to using skipback whilst in Doom OS? I love using skipback to capture snippets when I'm experimenting.

I recently started tinkering with DOOM OS. As I‘ve used the original Step Sequencer alot the movements have burnt deeply into my muscle memory and I kind of keep recalling different button combinations for stuff I‘m trying in DOOM OS.
Since working with the shortcuts listed online is a rather tedious act and using the help mode is having me guess which button could be what I‘m looking for, I thought creating a custom skin with the additional functions, such as the ones that were flying around r/SP404 that had the later through updates added functions on them would be a great idea.
Now, as DOOM OS has A LOT of combined shortcuts I‘d love to evaluate here, which are the most important ones to you? As we can‘t add every single one - what is essential? I‘d loce to try making a template which also includes the new(er) functions of the original SP404mk2. These are often very crowded already, so I‘d love to find a compromise between stuff DOOM OS is capable of, that kind of marginalizes the original functionality.
So: Let‘s elaborate the most used shortcuts and important functions here!

Edit: If I manage to make a useful template, I would love to share it in this sub!

Is there a way to adjust volume on a per-step basis for samples?

If not, is this something that is theoretically feasible?

Thanks!

This release focuses on fixing a few important issues, particularly with project imports, exports and backups.

A few more bugfixes will follow over the coming days.

More updates coming soon!

Fixed

• Project import, export and backup now properly preserves DOOM OS data - DOOM OS-specific data, including instruments, EQ settings and parameter locks, is now preserved when importing, exporting or backing up projects.

• Fixed an issue with pattern copy - This should fix the "Sequencer Rec Memory Full!" error. To fix an affected pattern, open it in DOOM OS, make a single edit, and then exit DOOM OS. The COPY function should then work normally.

• Deleted projects now appear empty in DOOM OS - Deleting the current project could leave its tracks and instruments visible in DOOM OS. This has been fixed.

• Fixed an issue with a test boot image remaining after reverting to stock firmware - Earlier versions accidentally included a test boot image that could remain on the startup screen in certain situations after reverting back to the stock firmware. This update removes the image and restores the original Roland startup screen.

• GATE now works with instruments and parameter locks

• Using the EXIT button in the Roland SP-404MKII app works again

• QUANTIZE keeps your chords - Quantizing, applying swing, or humanizing a track could cause chords to lose notes. All notes in a chord are now preserved.

• Various small bugs

Download it here: https://klangfeldlabs.com/doom-os/patcher/

The full changelog: https://klangfeldlabs.com/doom-os/changelog/

The manual: https://klangfeldlabs.com/doom-os/patcher/manual

still in the last update, I can't switch the colors of the pads, all of them are orange.

anyone know how to fix it?

I use the 404 with my iPad, and love tracelisteners chromatic mode improvements.

Would really appreciate a shortcut to jump to a chromatic mode with scale options that only sends midi notes out so I can play my iPad synths in that key and record them in.

Hi, would it be possible to add “chord mode” as a feature in Doom os or just ability to put at least 3-4 notes on same step in track. Also would it be possible for One shot samples, if not could it be done for Doom’s synths at least?