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Emu Emulator II Sound Demo
These videos demo Emu Emulator II sampler library sounds.
Recognize the sounds of hundreds of 80’s songs? Read more…
Emulator II Demonstration
Emulator II demonstration by Alan Wilder
via Turrican101:
Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode 1982-1995 Keyboarder) demonstrates the use of the Emulator II (French TV, around 1986)
Breath: An Ambient Soundscape
Breath (made with EMU Orbit)
via beckhusen:
The sound is made with EMU Orbit 9090 V2, only the beat comes from the MC-909.The video of the chamaeleon is filmed in Hagenbeck’s Tierpark Tropenhaus, Hamburg.
E-MU Modular SoundFont
Digital Sound Factory has released E-MU Modular SoundFont, a soundfont recreation of the sounds of the E-mu Modular.
Description:
Famous for its remarkable stability, E-MU’s Modular System was sturdier and would stay in tune much longer than the synthesizers offered by Moog and ARP at the time. The E-MU Modular featured the world’s first microprocessor-controlled polyphonic keyboard and sequencer (control voltage, of course, as this was years before MIDI), which was also one of E-MU’s first patents.
The E-MU Modular SoundFont weighs 64 MB and includes 141 instruments. It is available for purchase now for $59.95 USD.
The Emu Emulator II
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Filed under: Keyboard Synthesizers, Music Videos, User Reviews
The E-mu Emulator II was E-mu’s second sampler, released in 1984. Like the Emulator I, it was an 8-bit sampler, however it had superior fidelity, and allowed more flexibility in editing sounds.
It was priced similarly to the Emulator I, at US $7,995 for a regular model, and $9,995 for a “plus” model featuring extra sample memory. Several upgrades, including extra disk drives and a 20 MB hard drive, were available as well.
Notable users include: Depeche Mode, Enya, badass keytar player Herbie Hancock, Jean Michel Jarre, Orbital, Paul n-n-nine-nine-nineteen Hardcastle, Tangerine Dream & Ferris Bueler.
If you’ve used the Emu Emulator II, leave a comment with your thoughts!
Specifications:
- 8 voice polyphony
- Sampler – 27kHz; 8-bits; 512 KB to 1 MB storage
- 8 parts (8 midi channels) multitimbral
- 8 sequencer tracks
- 61 keys w/ velocity & aftertouch sensitive keyboard
- 24 dB/oct 4-pole lowpass filter with resonance
Resources:
- Wikipedia entry for the Emu Emulator II
- Emu Emulator II at VintageSynth
- The Emulator Archive
- Video of the Emu Emulator II via JMPSynth
