eSPi

Name: eSPi
Price: 19.99 USD
Rating: 3.6 (30 reviews)
Author: Louis Teboul

The Future of the Past is Now

$19.99

30 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Louis Teboul
Language

EN
English
Size

31.6
MB

The original SP-1200 experience on your device Create sampled beats the original 90's way using eSPi. The SP-1200 was the primary tool of many legendary hip-hop beatmakers and house music producers in the 90's. It is well known for its gritty sound and simple but effective workflow. Now with eSPi you get to experience this machine right at your fingertips, on your iPad. Import samples or record them yourself, chop them up, pitch them and sequence them within the app. Features include multiple filters, effects, a compressor, and most importantly the best emulation of the gritty signature sound produced by the SP-1200 when pitching samples up & down. eSPi is also available on Mac, Linux & PC. *SP1200 & SP12 are registered trademarks or Rossum Electromusic LLC.

Ratings & Reviews

3.6

out of 5

30 Ratings

KEEP IT GOING!!!
Nov 19

BIGBolo73
The fact that this is for iPad and iPhone is phenomenal. The improvements made to this app as well as updates to come makes this a competitor.
KEEP IT GOING!!!
Nov 19

BIGBolo73

The fact that this is for iPad and iPhone is phenomenal. The improvements made to this app as well as updates to come makes this a competitor.
There’s potential, but still a work in progress.
01/07/2022

Kevin F. M.
It’s a cool app, it emulates the legendary SP1200 workflow and sound pretty well. Get it if you really want that classic boom-bap sound from early 90s. Think Pete Rock, Large Professor, DJ Premier, etc. But be aware of it’s limitations. Like other comments have mention, it can be kind of buggy. For reference, I’m on an iPad Pro 10.5. There is a bit of latency with tapping on pads. Not a ton, but it’s noticeable. There’s also some sound dropping out when I try to play a pad over a sequenced loop. For example, I have a snare and hat looping and when I play a kick, the kick mutes my recorded snare and hat while I perform. On playback it sounds fine however. It makes sequencing a beat frustrating. It’s pretty bare-bone in terms of modern features. No Audiobus or AUv3 support. Also, make sure to save your project before closing the app as there is no auto-save option. Lastly, the workflow of an SP-1200 is kind of clunky. But that’s not the fault of the app developer. There are quick tips that help, but I found myself looking up how to use the app. Just mentioning this for new users who are used to modern iOS samplers like Koala or Samplr. I would wait to purchase this app until the developer updates some of software and audio issues. Or wait until the price drops. $14 is pretty steep when comparing it to Koala that is about $9 with all its upgrades.
There’s potential, but still a work in progress.
01/07/2022

Kevin F. M.

It’s a cool app, it emulates the legendary SP1200 workflow and sound pretty well. Get it if you really want that classic boom-bap sound from early 90s. Think Pete Rock, Large Professor, DJ Premier, etc. But be aware of it’s limitations. Like other comments have mention, it can be kind of buggy. For reference, I’m on an iPad Pro 10.5. There is a bit of latency with tapping on pads. Not a ton, but it’s noticeable. There’s also some sound dropping out when I try to play a pad over a sequenced loop. For example, I have a snare and hat looping and when I play a kick, the kick mutes my recorded snare and hat while I perform. On playback it sounds fine however. It makes sequencing a beat frustrating. It’s pretty bare-bone in terms of modern features. No Audiobus or AUv3 support. Also, make sure to save your project before closing the app as there is no auto-save option. Lastly, the workflow of an SP-1200 is kind of clunky. But that’s not the fault of the app developer. There are quick tips that help, but I found myself looking up how to use the app. Just mentioning this for new users who are used to modern iOS samplers like Koala or Samplr. I would wait to purchase this app until the developer updates some of software and audio issues. Or wait until the price drops. $14 is pretty steep when comparing it to Koala that is about $9 with all its upgrades.
This app is killer! But..
Nov 24

ProdOwnz
There are a few bugs I’ve come across.1. The app won’t allow me to give permission to view files in the settings app, only permission to use microphone. I’m on iOS 17.6.1.2. There’s a graphic bug when I want to use the app in landscape. It turns the iPhone SP1200 UI into the iPad SP1200 UI but it remains vertical.3. Note repeats seems a tiny bit buggy. It now overlaps the sound rather than cutoff the sound and play it thru the note repeat like before the reconstruction update. An example would be like when I’m adding 1/16th hats over 1/8th hats, it makes the 1/8th hats sound louder because the note repeat is over lapping the sound. Maybe that is a bug.4. There’s no gain, mixer and metronome sound knobs in the iPhone UI. It only appears when I tilt my phone in landscape and use the iPad UI and change it there.Hope this feedback helps. I still rated the app 5 stars!
This app is killer! But..
Nov 24

ProdOwnz

There are a few bugs I’ve come across.1. The app won’t allow me to give permission to view files in the settings app, only permission to use microphone. I’m on iOS 17.6.1.2. There’s a graphic bug when I want to use the app in landscape. It turns the iPhone SP1200 UI into the iPad SP1200 UI but it remains vertical.3. Note repeats seems a tiny bit buggy. It now overlaps the sound rather than cutoff the sound and play it thru the note repeat like before the reconstruction update. An example would be like when I’m adding 1/16th hats over 1/8th hats, it makes the 1/8th hats sound louder because the note repeat is over lapping the sound. Maybe that is a bug.4. There’s no gain, mixer and metronome sound knobs in the iPhone UI. It only appears when I tilt my phone in landscape and use the iPad UI and change it there.Hope this feedback helps. I still rated the app 5 stars!
Amazing!!
10/13/2022

dreinstein
Truly an achievement and a labour of love. I have a real SP1200 and I'd prefer to use this. It's not perfect but real SPs fetch over 5k and are super limited. This can be the future of the SP with so much more potential when it is refined. There is a soul to that machine and the workflow that inspires a sound and an approach and this captures that. People who say it's no good simply do not understand. This is a real production tool.
Amazing!!
10/13/2022

dreinstein

Truly an achievement and a labour of love. I have a real SP1200 and I'd prefer to use this. It's not perfect but real SPs fetch over 5k and are super limited. This can be the future of the SP with so much more potential when it is refined. There is a soul to that machine and the workflow that inspires a sound and an approach and this captures that. People who say it's no good simply do not understand. This is a real production tool.

- Add a play head to the waveform editor - Improve waveform editor performance - Long-press the Start/Stop button to stop all playing audio - Make pads animate when triggered via MIDI - Fix error when using some audio interfaces (including SP-404) - Fix MIDI issue with bank button mapping - Improve MIDI Assign user experience - Add "MIDI Pads" option in the settings to let the user map the 32 pads or only 8 with bank switching - Fix "Sample from File" not letting users pick a file - Fix "Load Mapping" not letting users pick a file - Fix the app resizing to a smaller size after using the keyboard to enter text on iPhone - Performance improvements - Remove the graffiti style font from the pads - Preserve start & end points when reversing and normalizing sounds - Fix pad being trimmed very short if pressing apply in the waveform editor without having an area selected - Fix the app resizing to a small size when renaming a pad with keyboard open on mobile - Fix choppy sequencer progress bar - Fix muted pad being shown as muted on all banks - On phones, fix numpad not showing on sample screen - Disable effects after resampling - Added sample rate presets to the settings

Version 2.0.1

Nov 21

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