Emulator

NESynth is a virtual synthesizer designed to capture the 8-bit glory of old-shchool video game sounds.

Details on NESynth are available at the Newforestar site.

Now available in the App Store.

If you’ve used NESynth, leave a comment with your thoughts!

These videos demo Emu Emulator II sampler library sounds.

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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)

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

Sounds And Effects has announced a sample library, Synths of the 1970s, for E-Mu Systems’ Emulator X and Proteus X is now available via download or in a DVD case.

Source material was recorded at 24 bit from the Mini Moog, ARP 2600, Moog Opus 3, ARP Odyssey, and Oberheim SEM.

Developed by Terry Grame, who was a sound developer for many of E-Mu Systems’ hardware sound modules, the intent here is to be much more like a virtual sound module then just a collection of raw samples—not just to emulate the old synths, but instead to use their sounds as source material to build new and exciting sounds using Emulator/Proteus X’s advanced synthesis engine—including the morphing filters, LFO’s, integrated effects, mono mode, portamento and more.

You can preview the sound library below:

 

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