E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1985-1986
name: label: maker
content: E-mu Systems, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This E-mu P-12 sampling drum computer was first released in 1986 by E-mu Systems. It is a drum sampler machine at twelve bits, allowing the user to sample and augment drum sounds. It has a 5000-note memory enabling the E-mu P-12 to store 100 songs.
label: Description
content: E-mu Systems was founded in 1971 as a software synthesizer, audio interface, MIDI interface, and MIDI keyboard manufacturer based in Scotts Valley, California.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Santa Cruz
topic: label: Subject
content: Hip-Hop
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tim Simcox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0164.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0164
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0164.01
label: serial number
content: 1950
label: model number
content: 7021
objectType: label: Object Name
content: synthesizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 19 in x 15 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 48.26 cm x 38.735 cm