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Made in 1988, rereleased in 1993

EMU SP1200
LIMITED
EDITION

When the SP-1200 was first introduced, it
quickly became the tool of choice among
studio and performing musicians. Its sound
quality and flexibility made it the standard
for professional user-sampling percussion systems.
Now, by popular
demand, E-mu Systems is proud to reissue the SP-1200 in a special limited
edition black housing. This is the SP-1200 that has been used on literally
hundreds of hit recordings. You wanted it. It's back!The SP-1200 gives you
up to 32 instantly available user sounds contained in four banks. You can
easily create custom sounds sets by drawing from the extensive SP-1200
library and from your own samples. No longer limited to the trademark sound
of traditional drum machines, the SP-1200's user sampling function allows
you to create totally unique sounds.Fast Access You get fast access to all this
sound power through the SP-1200's 3.5" internal floppy disk drive. The drive
has been optimized to allow you to load a new disk (containing as many as 32
sounds, 100 sequences and 100 songs) in just seconds. Great for live
performances or critical studio situations.

Funk-tional Power: The SP-1200 has a unique user interface which
encourages experimentation and stimulates your creativity. Easy sampling,
looping and triggering makes it the ideal tool for the DJ or remix artist. It's
"the starting point of all jams" according to one famous producer.

Standard features include:

Flexible segment editing, backwards sounds, dynamic channel
allocation
MIDI Song Pointer and expanded programming functions
SMPTE time code reader/generator
programmable mixing eight dynamic buttons
sound swap functions
two-octave tunable range for any sample and step programming

Quality Sounds Sound quality is always E-mu's top priority, and the SP-1200
punches through with out-standing clarity and brilliance. The SP-1200 has the
largest sound library of any sampling percussion system. Each SP-1200
comes standard with five sound disks. That's over 120 sounds, with hundreds
more available from E-mu and other sounds developers.

Older gray cover Model

List Price $ 2495.00