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 SP-12 Librarian
Overview In 1989 Water's Edge software in Canada launched an Apple Mac program called SP-12 Librarian. This amazing software provides both
sound and song management, a sample bank catalogue facility and sample transfer over MIDI from the SP-12. However, unlike Blank Software Drum File, there are no facilities for sample editing or loading samples from external software.
The software is still available for just US$99 and we have it working well on a Mac IIvx and an Opcode Studio 3. Contact Steve Makohin at Waters Edge Software for more information and to place an order for the software. wateredg@interlog.com
Product Description "SP-12 Librarian" for E-mu System's SP-12 and SP-12 Turbo digital drum machine lets you save and load sounds and sequences in a fraction of the time by using your Apple Macintosh
computer. Sounds, songs, and song segments can be named to help organize your work. Also, the SP-12 Librarian's Sound Catalog keeps track of your entire SP-12 sample library, so you don't have to. And of course,
the Sound Catalog can be printed at any time to document your library. So can sound files and song files, too.
General Features
The SP-12's data is saved on Macintosh disks - hard disks, floppies,
optical, removable disks, just about anything.
- Saves and loads files a lot faster than the Commodore 1541 disk drive or cassettes.
- SP-12 Librarian files are compact. A single 800K floppy disk can store about 5 average sound files, or a few dozen huge sequence files.
- "Fail Safe" file management makes sure you don't lose an existing file if something goes wrong while you are updating it with new SP-12 data.
- Each SP-12 Librarian disk is inspected for computer viruses before leaving our facility.
- Compatible with System 6, MultiFinder System 7, and newer
- Memory efficient. Will run with as little as 180K.
- Comprehensive, illustrated User's Manual.
- Full support for monochrome, gray-scale and color monitors, as well as Macintoshes with multiple monitors.
Sound Files
- Each sound can be named. This includes ROM samples too!
- The names of all 32 sounds can be seen simultaneously. The sounds are organized into banks, just like your SP-12.
- Each sound indicates if it's a RAM or ROM sample.
- Each sound can be classified in a manner that suits you best (such as: Kick Drums, Toms, Electric Toms, Cymbals, Hi-Hats, etc.)
- The SP-12 Librarian can remember a list of sound categories. This list can be used to standardize and simplify the classification of sounds.
- Each sound's Name, Category, Channel Number, Mix Level, Tune/Decay Selection, Tune/Decay Value, Sample Time, and Loop can be viewed simultaneously.
- Each sound's Name, Category, Channel Number, Mix Level, Tune/Decay Selection, and Tune/Decay Value can be edited on the SP-12 Librarian.
- You can alter the tuning and decay of ROM sounds beyond the range which is normally possible when using the SP-12's control panel.
Sequence Files
- Each song and song segment can be named.
- Both songs and song segments are viewed simultaneously in the same window.
Sound Catalog
- The Sound Catalog is a comprehensive listing of your SP-12 sample library. It's like an index to your samples.
- The Sound Catalog can be sorted by sound file. This list is best suited for determining the contents of each sound file.
- The Sound Catalog can also be sorted by category. This list is best suited when looking for a particular type of sample. For example,
all the "Snare" samples are grouped together, indicating the file in which each sample can be found.
Printing
- Sound files, sequence files and the Sound Catalog can all be printed.
- The SP-12 Librarian produces professional results, especially if you have a laser printer.
- Reports are printed in the font and font size of your choice.
System Requirements
- A Macintosh computer ((512KB or higher, excluding the Macintosh Portable, all PowerBooks and all Duos)
- Two floppy disk drives, or a hard disk
- Printer (optional)
- MIDI interface for the Macintosh (running from printer port or modem serial port), with 2 MIDI cables
- SP-12 or SP-12 Turbo drum machine
Test Comparison In actual tests, the SP-12 Librarian always out
performed the Commodore 1541disk drive and cassettes. The results are conclusive. If you're not using the SP-12 Librarian, you're spending too much time waiting on your drum machine. Time is shown in minutes:seconds.
Test Conditions When testing the SP-12 Librarian, a standard
Macintosh Plus was used with two 800K floppy disk drives. The SP-12 Librarian startup disk was in the internal drive, and a blank disk was in the external drive. If you use a hard disk, you will obtain slightly better
results (about 10%). In all cases, an SP-12 Turbo (5 seconds of sampling time) with version 2.6 software was used. The sample or sequence memory was completely full, depending on the data being saved.
Timing was started when the SP-12 command was entered, and ended when the SP-12 displayed "Cassette/Disk Complete." In all cases, the required disk or tape was inserted and ready to be used prior to timing. In
the event that a second disk was required (as with the Commodore 1541 disk drive), the time required to insert a new disk and restart the SP-12 was not included (actual time takes a little longer).
The SP-12 Librarian's disk requirements were based on an empty 800K disk which actually has 779K available for use. The sound file was 194K, and the sequence file was 37K. Both files do not include extra disk space consumed.
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