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Technics SL-1200
The Technics SL-1200 is a series of direct-drive turntables introduced in October 1972 by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic Corporation) under the brand name Technics. The series is widely recognized as influencing the emergence of hip hop, turntablism, and electronic music culture in the 1980s.
Originally released as high fidelity consumer record players, the turntables were quickly adopted by radio and disco club disc jockeys. The track cueing and pitch control functions were specifically utilized by DJs mixing two or more records, with the latter allowing the user to change the turning speed and tempo of the record gradually, from -8% to +8%.
As the use of slipmats for cueing and beat-mixing became popular in live DJ performances, the quartz-controlled motor system enabled records to be mixed with consistency. Its control over wow and flutter and minimized resonance made the equipment particularly suitable for use in nightclubs and other public-address applications. Since its release in 1979, the SL-1200MK2 and its successors were the most common turntables for DJing and scratching. With more than 3 million units sold, many 1970s units are still in heavy use.
At the London Science Museum, an SL-1210MK2 is on display as one of the pieces of technology that was responsible for "making the Modern World".
The SL-1200 was developed in 1971 by a team led by Shuichi Obata at Matsushita, and was released to the market in 1972. It was adopted by New York City hip hop DJs including Grandmaster Flash in the 1970s. As they experimented with the SL-1200 decks, DJs developed scratching techniques when they found that the motor would continue to spin at the correct RPM even if the DJ wiggled the record back and forth on the platter.
On November 1, 2010, Panasonic announced the discontinuation of Technics analog turntables through a statement on the DMC World DJ Championships home page.
Technics was relaunched in 2014, focusing on higher-end products. Reports at the time suggested that Panasonic had plans for Technics to reintroduce turntables, preceding the announcement of the SL-1200 series revival at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show under two "Grand Class" models: the limited-edition 1200GAE (1,200 units worldwide) and the consumer-grade 1200G. They later introduced the lighter, more affordable 1200GR, followed by the DJ-focused SL-1200MK7 in 2019.
Due to the increasing popularity of vinyl among DJs, a petition was created calling for the re-launch of the Technics SL1200 and SL1210 series turntables. As of September 2015, the petition had 27,000 supporters, while 35,000[citation needed] was the target Panasonic requested. On 5 January 2016, Technics agreed to relaunch both the SL-1200G and the SL-1200GAE.
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Technics SL-1200
The Technics SL-1200 is a series of direct-drive turntables introduced in October 1972 by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic Corporation) under the brand name Technics. The series is widely recognized as influencing the emergence of hip hop, turntablism, and electronic music culture in the 1980s.
Originally released as high fidelity consumer record players, the turntables were quickly adopted by radio and disco club disc jockeys. The track cueing and pitch control functions were specifically utilized by DJs mixing two or more records, with the latter allowing the user to change the turning speed and tempo of the record gradually, from -8% to +8%.
As the use of slipmats for cueing and beat-mixing became popular in live DJ performances, the quartz-controlled motor system enabled records to be mixed with consistency. Its control over wow and flutter and minimized resonance made the equipment particularly suitable for use in nightclubs and other public-address applications. Since its release in 1979, the SL-1200MK2 and its successors were the most common turntables for DJing and scratching. With more than 3 million units sold, many 1970s units are still in heavy use.
At the London Science Museum, an SL-1210MK2 is on display as one of the pieces of technology that was responsible for "making the Modern World".
The SL-1200 was developed in 1971 by a team led by Shuichi Obata at Matsushita, and was released to the market in 1972. It was adopted by New York City hip hop DJs including Grandmaster Flash in the 1970s. As they experimented with the SL-1200 decks, DJs developed scratching techniques when they found that the motor would continue to spin at the correct RPM even if the DJ wiggled the record back and forth on the platter.
On November 1, 2010, Panasonic announced the discontinuation of Technics analog turntables through a statement on the DMC World DJ Championships home page.
Technics was relaunched in 2014, focusing on higher-end products. Reports at the time suggested that Panasonic had plans for Technics to reintroduce turntables, preceding the announcement of the SL-1200 series revival at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show under two "Grand Class" models: the limited-edition 1200GAE (1,200 units worldwide) and the consumer-grade 1200G. They later introduced the lighter, more affordable 1200GR, followed by the DJ-focused SL-1200MK7 in 2019.
Due to the increasing popularity of vinyl among DJs, a petition was created calling for the re-launch of the Technics SL1200 and SL1210 series turntables. As of September 2015, the petition had 27,000 supporters, while 35,000[citation needed] was the target Panasonic requested. On 5 January 2016, Technics agreed to relaunch both the SL-1200G and the SL-1200GAE.