Technique
The limited sampling time of the SP-1200 was overcome within the late 1980s hip hop production circles by sampling 33⅓ rpm records at 45 rpm, with an additional pitch increase, then replaying the sample from the SP-1200 at a much slower speed (by the use of Multipitch and/or Tune/Decay edit functions). This expanded the total sampling time while at the same time decreasing the resolution. By the early 1990s, nearly every working hip hop producer had adopted this technique as industry standard until the advent of newer samplers such as Akai's MPC60, which provided higher sampling rates and more sampling time.
In May 2011, a comprehensive book titled The OFFICIAL SP1200 Book: the Art and the Science was published and endorsed by E-Mu Systems. Throughout the book, its author (PBODY the 10secondassassin) details the SP1200's technical and historical placement within hip hop and beyond.
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