Emu SP-12 Repair Squad
I´ve written it before and it arrived a week ago: My new SP-12! I used to own one before but had to sell it for a computer in 2001, stupid! So i had to post some pictures of it for you and to show off, of course. Unfortunately i can' t present you any soundfiles since the display broke after 3 days of use. This is not too unexpected since the machine now is nearly 25 years old. This is the primary reason it was a hassle to track down a new display. All the types i have checked on were either not produced anymore or didn't fit, let alone the finding the original optrex display. So first thing i checked on was the cable connections from the motherboard to the display but those weren't the issue, it is the contacts in the display itself. Anyone with a little more inside view knows that this is annoying and sometimes impossible to repair. In the end i found someone in the us who has original "new" old stock optrex displays available. But after laughter comes the tears, this time price wise. The thing cost me 100 bucks. On the other hand i found someone who knows the problem and would repair it, but he was asking for for $ 80 per hour and said he would need one or two to do it. So i´d rather buy a new one and try to repair the old one myself. If anyone likes to see what can be done with this machine and how, you should check out this video on youtube. Alan Braxe explains the SP-1200 and how he programmed his hit Intro. Stay tuned!
