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By jimmie Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:21 pm
forknspoon wrote:thanks, thats what I need! also, if anybody has a certain out of print book that pertains to cleaning a certain drum machines buttons, those pages would be extremely helpful... not saying I want them, and I would never say COPY THEM PLEASE FOR ME but you know... you can PM me if you want, and discuss my firm stance on copying further if interested..........


It's dead easy.
Take the tops off carefully and clean with a rubber/eraser.
Stops all double-triggering and needed button mashing and makes em work just like new.

SP1200 button clean


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By SimonInAustralia Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:06 pm
http://ghostinmpc.com/SP1200_rack-eg/

E-mu SP1200 Rackmount custom

Basic Price: $1650 (+shipping)

E-mu SP1200, known as legendary 12bit sampler.

We have started rack mount custom service. Any types(First type, Reissue type) are acceptable.

Of cource "one and only" sound isn't change. We realized the operation feeling as the original.

You can order body color, lettering, LED, and LCD color. You can also choose floppy emulator and VFD display with excellent visibility as option.

If there are some issues (bad buttons, hiss or noize from output, bad floppy drive, etc.....) on your SP1200, We take maintenance. you can use SP1200 Rack in perfect condition.


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By jibber Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:16 pm
I've never understood why anybody would want to do that to their SP1200. To me it's like butchering a classic car or something... Also, i don't see how it would not take away usability... would you want your MPC in rack form? Just imagine banging out a drumloop or samples hitting pads that are in a rack mount... :WTF:

Looks like quality work tho, as usual from ghostinmpc.
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By SimonInAustralia Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:20 pm
Yes, I don't know how you can play it like that.

I would prefer to see a remote panel for the main pads/sliders/buttons/LCD/etc. that are used when playing it.

Might be a good idea for a live rig, if you have a normal SP in your studio, and don't need to play it live, or as a second SP to go along with a normal SP, used together.
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By jibber Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:30 pm
Yeah i agree.

I was thinking it could be useful if somebody doesn't actually sequence with the SP / make beats on it "stand alone", but simply triggers sounds from it.

Still, looks like quality work. :smoker:
By Clint Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:29 pm
Looks dope.

A lot of people just use their SP's as a sound module, due to its shortcomings in the sequencing department. However I won't be converting mine to a rack unit anytime soon.

I assume the quoted price is for the conversion of an existing SP, not the price for a converted unit?

How I hate short faders, give me 100mm any day!
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By mr_debauch Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:06 pm
maybe it could be good for recording studios where people who made beats on their SPs at home can bring the disks in.. but they aren't producing on it really, it's just for tracking. That is the only real thing besides gigging I can think of.
By Clint Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:14 pm
Anyone fancy an 'exclusive' SP1200 poster?

Being sold direct by the graphic designer responsible for producing it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E-mu-SP1200-E ... 41845d0423

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To coincide with the release of the Lord Finesse 'SP 1200 Project', and in association with Slice Of Spice Records, is this exclusive A2 'E-mu Systems SP 1200 Sampling Percussion System' poster print, designed and illustrated by Mr Krum ©

High quality lithograph print on 130gsm stock.
Poster dimensions: A2 (594mm x 420mm)
Only 100 available! (at time of listing only 38 are left)

All posters are rolled and sent in professional mailing tubes.


Hurry only 22 out of 100 left.
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By SimonInAustralia Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:23 pm
J Dilla Box Set Features Unreleased Tracks, Floppy Disk, Replica Drum Machine

http://pitchfork.com/news/55651-j-dilla-box-set-features-unreleased-tracks-floppy-disk-replica-drum-machine/

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Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, the mother of the late J Dilla, is planning to release a box set of her son's beats called The King of Beats (Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition Box Set), as Rolling Stone reports. Above, listen to "Filth", a previously unreleased track featuring Dilla rapping.

The box set will include four 10" vinyl records from Dilla's "Batches" collection, a booklet of interviews with music scholars and Dilla's peers, and a cassette containing five unreleased tracks.

It's packaged in the shape of an E-Mu SP-1200 drum machine, which Dilla used to make much of his music. Also included in the box is a 3.5 inch floppy disk (!) containing one unreleased beat that you can upload into an actual E-Mu SP-1200 drum machine.

The box set will be up for pre-order June 24 on its website. Rolling Stone reports that it will ship August 26.
By Deck Lazer Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:28 pm
SimonInAustralia wrote:J Dilla Box Set Features Unreleased Tracks, Floppy Disk, Replica Drum Machine

http://pitchfork.com/news/55651-j-dilla-box-set-features-unreleased-tracks-floppy-disk-replica-drum-machine/

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Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, the mother of the late J Dilla, is planning to release a box set of her son's beats called The King of Beats (Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition Box Set), as Rolling Stone reports. Above, listen to "Filth", a previously unreleased track featuring Dilla rapping.

The box set will include four 10" vinyl records from Dilla's "Batches" collection, a booklet of interviews with music scholars and Dilla's peers, and a cassette containing five unreleased tracks.

It's packaged in the shape of an E-Mu SP-1200 drum machine, which Dilla used to make much of his music. Also included in the box is a 3.5 inch floppy disk (!) containing one unreleased beat that you can upload into an actual E-Mu SP-1200 drum machine.

The box set will be up for pre-order June 24 on its website. Rolling Stone reports that it will ship August 26.


that box looks dope. i thought i knew the body of dillas work and the gear he used.
first time i hear he worked on the sp aswell.
any beats he made on it i can look up? i would be very interested how it sounds and grooves.
By Deck Lazer Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:33 pm
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damn this looks cool. however why not go with an emax rack in this case?
actually i dont get why people pay for the 1200 so much when the emax has more sampling time and more flexible filters.

as much as i would love to have one, musically its nowhere near the price it goes for.
i got my emax I near mint for 300€.

sp is 2.500€ over here.
these are collector prices and have no relation to the musical value imo.
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By jibber Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:50 pm
The musical value is you'll have the best drum machine that was ever produced.

The thing is not only legendary for its sound, but also for the swing and especially for the workflow (super simple, straight forward, almost no hidden functions, etc).

The thing isn't exactly rare either, but most people who have one don't want to ever sell it again. So if somebody decides to sell it, they want their "emotional" values worth... if those are stupid prices or not... well, the market decides that (at the moment there is one on ebay for 2200 and people are bidding).

My friend paid more than 2000 francs years ago. I paid 2400 for mine (same seller is at 3300 now, you all know him). Some people still find one for 1500, but you gotta be patient and always looking.

If you offered me 2k cash AND an EMAX in exchange for my SP1200, i would still decline. It's not the same machine... maybe it sounds very similar, but it's not an SP1200 with all the little things that make it exactly that (and i would never butcher mine for the above rack mount mod (even if it looks like top quality)).

It's a legend.... it's THE LEGEND, period. :nod: