SP-12 : Sample Diskettes

E-mu Systems Factory Library E-mu created a 5.25" diskette library of 21 sample banks for the SP-12 and SP-12 TRUBO. Each diskette came with a coloured insert card which explained the samples.

Northstar Samples have a 63 sample Diskette Library for the SP-12 ($20 each), it is still available (just).

Walt Whitney This small company based in Overland MO produced a 7 bank set of samples on 5.25" diskette or as an Atari ST 3.5" diskette. $45.00.

Other SP-12 sample libraries came from Sampleware and Mohawk.

K-Muse This California company based in Tarzana made a range of high quality sounds for the Emulator II and Emax as well as the SP-12. In mid 1986 they introduced seven sets of sample diskettes called the Sound Composers Series. Each boxed set cost $99 and consisted of four diskettes, three diskettes with a total of 24 samples and one sequencer diskette.

• Disk #1 - kick, three snares (centre hit, rim shot, sidestick
• Disk #2 - complimentary percussion in the low registers
• Disk #3 - complimentary percussion in the high registers
• Disk #4 - a group of sequences to demonstrate the sounds

The Sound Composer Series

• New York
• L.A.
• Techno
• Euro
• Electronic
• Island
• Sledgehammer