By Tohtruck
Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:29 am
jgarcia1419 wrote:The price for the unit is very high. More than i would pay for a piece of gear.
Keep in mind that when it comes down to it, the SP1200 is just a "piece of gear."
All the previous classics that were made on the SP1200 were great, but the SP1200 didn't make those albums; Pete Rock made those albums, the Beatminerz made those albums, Easy Mo' Bee made those albums, Large Pro made those albums, etc. etc.
Meh... to the comment about the SP1200 being a staple for the hip-hop beat enthusiast. Don't get me wrong, it's a cool piece of kit but the reason why so many classic albums were made with it is because it was one of the few "affordable" samplers that was available back then. If an MPC 4000 or a Motif was available back then rest assured, said piece of equipment would have been considered the staple of hip-hop beat production.
Also keep in mind one man's holy grail is another man's septic tank. Just because guys like Pete Rock like the SP so much and are able to make gold with it doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna work out the same for you. Whereas someone like Easy Mo bee might still use the SP1200 as the one and only piece of gear, guys like Diplo completely dread using the SP1200.
Get the necessities first: monitors, DAW etc. once you have that down then maybe it might be fun to look at interesting gear like the SP.