E-MU SP-1200 Reissue in beautiful excellent condition. Hard to find in this state. Minor scratches on side panel. Previously used in pro studio.

*Also includes custom flight case.

Has been to Pro Service, so it can be enjoyed for years without issues.

You will receive:

• EMU SP-1200 Reissue
• 7030 Model with SSM2044 chips, Serial 119202137
• LED screen upgrade
• Loratec Flash drive upgrade
• Manual (Copy PDF)
• Power Cable

Please let me know if you have any questions, James.

The E-mu SP-1200 is a sampling drum machine designed by Dave Rossum and released in August 1987 by E-mu Systems. Like its predecessor, the SP-12, it was designed as a drum machine featuring user sampling. The distinctive character of its sound, often described as "warm," "dirty," and "gritty," and attributed to SP-1200's low 26.04 kHz sampling rate, 12-bit sampling resolution, drop-sample pitch-shifting, and analog SSM2044 filter chips (ICs), has sustained demand for the SP-1200 more than thirty-five years after its debut, despite the availability of digital audio workstations and samplers/sequencers with superior technical specifications.

The SP-1200 is associated with the golden age of hip hop. It enabled musicians to construct the bulk of a song within one piece of portable gear, a first for the industry, reducing production costs and increasing creative control for hip-hop artists. According to the Village Voice, "The machine rose to such prominence that its strengths and weaknesses sculpted an entire era of music: the crunchy digitized drums, choppy segmented samples, and murky filtered basslines that characterize the vintage New York sound are all mechanisms of the machine."