Comments on: Recession Gear: SP-1200 Crunch For a Fraction of the Price

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By: Svend G

Svend G — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:17:50 +0000

Thx. Great post. Great blog.
Actually the Emax 1 did have a sequencer (the keyboard model did, anyway). I also have a SP-12 turbo and did try and save the bank to 5.25 floppy once. The Commodore drive took 15 minutes and two disks to complete this..

Btw. The floppy drive on my Emax 1 seems to be defect. I’ve read somewhere that ordinary pc-drives won’t work. Any solutions?

Thx again.

By: beatstatus

beatstatus — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:04:52 +0000

Thanks for reading!! If the cost is right, buy it. But if you actually want to save your drums and have that access, definitely get it with the drive.

By: loopwholetube

loopwholetube — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:30:20 +0000

dope article…i didnt realize that the fd for the sp12 was so rare and hard to come by…i was in the market for this, i dont think ill buy one uless it has the drive included. ill just stick with my 1200 for now…eventually ill buy a 12 and 12T.

By: Joen

Joen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:58:33 +0000

I had a SP12Turbo conected to an ESI4000 with an internal HDD, so I used ESI to save my SP samples. It is a good idea if you can´t find the Commodore 5.25″. Now i replaced the ESI with an MPC2000 fully maxed out (fx, outs, ram, zip) and it´s having an sp1200 with a multi effect unit an zip drive.

HOT TIP:
Don´t know if you already know this but you can´t save your SP12 data on “anything” able to “record”. For instance, I saved sequences and samples connecting the disk out to the mic in or line of my PC (running Cool Edit Pro 2), so I was able to record the “info-noise” on a digital track. Once you have it recorded it, you can obviously save it and manage it as any computer file (wav, mp3, wma, etc…) To load the info is the same process: put play on the recorded info to the disk in and CHAZAM!
You don´t even need the Commodore.

Try it at home!

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By: Beatmaking on a Budget | HipHopProduction

Beatmaking on a Budget | HipHopProduction — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:23:25 +0000

[...] SP-1200 Crunch For a Fraction of the Price Any SP-1200, regardless of condition, is hard to find below $1000 and sometimes go upwards of $1500 – $2000. Now that’s simply too out of reach for most of us since it’s primarily going to be just for drums. Not quite affordable in anyway. There are a few options out there that can give you almost the EXACT sound at a fraction of the price. [...]