Emu SP1200 vs the Rossum Sound Comparison Shoot Out

In this clip, the original Emu SP1200 from 1987 is put against the 2020 Rossum SP1200. So which would you choose?! See them in the 'sonic shooutout' and decide for yourself!

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Technical details of 'captures'
I used only Mogami Gold 1/4" cables for this demonstration. Both Samplers are 12bit,, which means any one of 4,096 values are available for their converters to choose from.. 26,040 times per second, otherwise referred to as 26.04kHz (the Sample rate).

I used an RME Fireface interface set to 24bit (which means any one of 16,777,216 values are available for the RME converter to choose from) at 48,000 times per second, also referred to as 48kHz (the Sample rate).

The signals were pushed to, what I refer to as the 'humanly-accessible ceiling' of what each Sampler could accept before 'clipping' (aka distorting). Doing this, reaches into an optimum amount of 'Bit depth', thus.. making the most of the available dynamic range from both.

it should be stated, that this is by no way a measure of the actual analog to digital converters.. but rather, a measure of 2 independent devices that share some aspects of various hardware.


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Index:
0:00 Introduction
4:09 Round 1
17:00 Round 2
29:58 Round 3
40:43 Round 4
51:19 Bonus Round

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