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E-MU Systems was a software synthesizer, audio interface, MIDI interface, and MIDI keyboard manufacturer. Founded in 1971 as a synthesizer maker, E-mu was a pioneer in samplers, sample-based drum machines and low-cost digital samplingmusic workstations.

After its acquisition in 1993, E-mu Systems was a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology, Ltd.^[1]In 1998, E-mu was combined with Ensoniq, another synthesizer and sampler manufacturer previously acquired by Creative Technology.^[2]E-mu was last based in Scotts Valley, California, on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.^[1]

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History[edit]

E-mu Systems was founded in Santa Cruz, CA by Dave Rossum, a UCSC student and two of his friends from Caltech, Steve Gabriel and Jim Ketcham, with the goal to build their own modular synthesizers.^[3] Scott Wedge, who would ultimately become president, joined later that summer. In 1972, E-mu became a company, developing and patenting a digitally scanned polyphonic keyboard (1973), licensed for use by Oberheim Electronics in the 4-Voice and 8-Voice synthesizers and by Dave Smith in the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. E-mu, along with Solid State Micro Technology (SSM), also developed several synthesizer module IC chips, that were used by both E-mu and many other synthesizer companies.

With the financial benefit of the royalties that came from working with these other synthesizer manufacturers, E-mu designed the Audity, their first non-modular synthesizer, showing it at the 1980 AES Convention. With a price of $69,200 (over $200,000 in 2009 terms when adjusted for inflation), only one machine was ever produced. At that same convention, Wedge and Rossum saw the Fairlight CMI and the Linn LM-1. Recognizing the trend of digital samplers, they realized that E-mu had the technology to bring a lower-priced sampler to market. The Emulator debuted in 1981 at a list price of $7,900, significantly less than the $30,000 Fairlight.^[4][5][6] Following the Emulator, E-mu released the first programmable drum machine with samples built-in priced below $1,000, the E-mu Drumulator. The Drumulator's success was followed by the Emulator II and III, the SP-12 drum sampler, and the Emax series of samplers.^[7]

In 1990, E-mu introduced the Proteus, a rackmountsound module, containing pre-recorded samples in ROM. At its introduction, the Proteus had a relatively large library of high-quality samples priced much lower than the competition. The success of the Proteus spurred the development of several additional versions, including the Proteus XR, an orchestral version, and a world music version.^[8] In 1987, E-mu's SP-1200 drum sampler offered an 'all-in-one' box for sequencing not only drum sounds, but looping samples, and it quickly became the instrument of choice for hip hop producers.

In 1993, E-mu was acquired by Creative Technology (the Singaporean parent company of Creative Labs) and began working on PC soundcard synthesis. Creative Wave Blaster II and Sound Blaster AWE32 used EMU8000 effect processor. Throughout the 1990s, E-mu made many different sound modules along the lines of the Proteus series. E-mu also made unsuccessful attempts at breaking into the digitalmultitrack recorder with the Darwin hard-disk recording system. In 1998, E-mu was combined with Ensoniq, another synthesizer and sampler manufacturer previously acquired by Creative Technology.^[2]

In 2001 E-mu's sound modules were repackaged in the form of a line of tabletop units, the XL7 and MP7 Command Stations, each featuring 128-voice polyphony, advanced synthesis features, and a versatile multitrack sequencer. A complementary line of keyboard synthesizers was also released using the same technology.

Subsequent products from E-mu were exclusively in software form. In 2004 E-mu released the Emulator X, a PC-based version of its hardware samplers with extended synthesis capabilities. While a PCI card is used for audio input and output, the algorithms no longer run on dedicated hardware but in software on the PC. Proteus X, a software-based sample player, was released in 2005.

Non-creative sound cards[edit]

During 2003-2007, E-mu designed and published a series of high-fidelity 'Digital Audio Systems' (computer sound cards), intended for professional, semi-professional and computer audio enthusiast use. They were released under the name E-MU, however bearing a 'Creative Professional' label. The card names are number-coded for the number of physical inputs and outputs: 0404, 1212m, 1616, 1616m, 1820 and 1820m, where 1616 is a CardBus version and the rest for PCI, while 'm' denotes extra high-quality analogue outputs and inputs. The 1820m was touted as the series' flagship product until the 1616 and 1616M were released (A PCI version of the 1616/M later followed). All of the cards had drivers for Microsoft Windows2000 and later versions that were current at time of the respective products' release. (32- and 64-bit). Only a beta version driver was released for Windows 7. Apple Macintosh support appeared to be pending, but may have been affected by Apple's migration towards Intel.

While the core DSP chip (EMU10K2) of the cards is the same one designed by E-MU and used in Creative's Sound Blaster Audigy2 cards (and hence capable of 24-bit 192 kHz PCM sound), official press releases for the E-MU sound cards have emphasized Creative's lack of input on the design, and the in-house development of the cards and drivers — that is, they wanted to distinguish their 'own' series from Creative's signature Sound Blasters. Notably, the cards and drivers entirely omit internal 'wavetable' sample-based MIDI synthesis, Creative's proprietary EAX sound routines and basically anything commonly associated with the parent company. Although the cards were rushed into market and originally came bundled with fairly raw drivers (which have subsequently received periodical major improvements and even additions beyond the advertised specifications), they have generally met with rather favourable reviews.

Timeline of major products[edit]

• 1973 - E-mu Modular System
• 1980 - Audity
• 1981 - Emulator
• 1983 - Drumulator
• 1984 - Emulator II
• 1985 - E-mu SP-12 Drum Sampler
• 1986 - Emax
• 1987 - Emulator III
• 1987 - E-mu SP-1200 Drum Sampler
• 1990 - Proteus 1 Pop/Rock
• 1990 - Proteus 2 Orchestral
• 1991 - Proteus 3 World
• 1991 - Pro/Cussion
• 1993 - Morpheus^[9]
• 1994 - Emulator IV / e 64
• 1996 - Orbit 9090 V2
• 1997 - Planet Phatt
• 1998 - Proteus 2000
• 1998 - E-mu APS (Audio Production Studio)
• 1999 - E4 Ultra Samplers
• 2001 - XL7/MP7 Command Stations
• 2003 - PCI Digital Audio Systems
• 2004 - Emulator X
• 2005 - CardBus Digital Audio Systems
• 2006 - Emulator X2
• 2006 - Xboard 25, 49, 61
• 2006 - E-mu Proteus X
• 2007 - Digital Sound Factory licenses and remasters original Proteus and Emulator sound libraries
• 2009 - E-mu PIPEline Digital Wireless Transmitter and Receiver System
• 2009 - Emulator X3, the final incarnation of E-MU's flagship software sampler
• 2010 - longboard 61, shortboard 49 wireless performance keyboards

See also[edit]

E-mu Sound Cards & Media Devices Driver Download

• Digital Sound Factory (company)

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abAbout E-MU, Creative.com
2. ^ ^abRob Keeble, '30 Years of EMU'Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Sound On Sound, Sep 2002
3. ^'E-mu Company History'. Creative. Creative Technologies. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
4. ^Julian Colbeck, Keyfax Omnibus Edition, MixBooks (1996), p. 25
5. ^Mark Jenkins, Analog Synthesizers, Focal Press (2007), p. 125
6. ^Mark Vail, Vintage Synthesizers, Miller Freeman (1993), p. 198
7. ^Mark Vail, Vintage Synthesizers, Miller Freeman (1993), p. 24
8. ^Julian Colbeck, Keyfax Omnibus Edition, MixBooks (1996), p. 32
9. ^'Quality Control'. Music Technology. No. 85. November 1993. ISSN0957-6606. OCLC24835173.

Further reading[edit]

• 'E-mu ProteusFX sound module'. Future Music. No. 20. Future Publishing. June 1994. p. 32. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.
• 'E-mu UltraProteus'. Future Music. No. 22. Future Publishing. August 1994. p. 27. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.
• 'E-mu Planet Phatt'. Future Music. No. 56. Future Publishing. May 1997. p. 32. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.
• 'E-mu Carnaval'. Future Music. No. 59. Future Publishing. August 1997. p. 48. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.

External links[edit]

• Interview with Scott Wedge NAMM Oral History Library. January 21, 2007.
• Interview with David Rossum NAMM Oral History Library. January 21, 2007.
• E-mu Planet Phatt - Sound On Sound review (archive.org)
• E-mu Orbit v2 - Sound On Sound review (archive.org)
• E-mu Carnaval - Sound On Sound review (archive.org)
• E-mu E-Synth - Sound On Sound review (archive.org)

These ROMs can be used to expand the various E-Mu rack modules. Modules that support ROM expansion include the MK-6, PK-6, XK-6, Vintage Keys, Ensoniq Halo, MP-7, PX-7, XL-7, Proteus 1000, Proteus 2000, Proteus 2500, Xtreme Lead-1, Turbo Lead, Mo'Phatt, Turbo Phatt, Virtuoso 2000, Orbit 3, Vintage Pro, Planet Earth, and B3.

Each ROM has two associated numbers - the product number, which is in the 9000's, and an assembly number, which is a one-or-two-digit number. Some products have more than one assembly variant depending on which hardware they shipped with.

Some ROMs require an updated OS in order to be recognized. For instance, version 2 of the XROM will not be recognized in a Proteus 2000 with OS version 1.05, but it will be recognized with OS version 2.26.

9061: Siedlaczek Advanced Orchestra special Edition 32MB

9062: Pure Phatt 32MB (ships in Mo' Phatt, Turbo Phatt, MP-7 and MK-6) There are slight variations -- the PHATT ROM (#13) has more beats, while the MP-7 ROM (#15) has more kits.

9063: Beat Garden 32MB (ships in Orbit 3)

9064: ENSONIQ Project ROM (#13) 32MB

9065: Vintage Collection 32MB (ships in Vintage Keys and Vintage Pro)

9066: Protean Drum 32MB (ships in PX-7)

9081: Holy Grail Piano 16MB

9082: Protozoa 16MB (uses sounds from Proteus 1, 2, and 3)

9083: Definitive B-3 32MB (ships in B-3)

9084: Techno Synth Construction Yard 32MB (ships in Orbit 3)

9085: Orchestral Sessions Vol. 1 Section Strings 32MB (ships in Virtuoso 2000)

9086: Orchestral Sessions Vol. 2 Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Solo Strings 32MB (ships in Virtuoso 2000)

9087: World Expedition 32MB (ships in Planet Earth)

9088: Sounds of the ZR featuring the Perfect Piano 32MB (ships in Ensoniq Halo) There are slight variations -- the ZR ROM (#12) has 4 preset banks, while the QROM (#22) has 5 banks.

9089: X-Lead 32MB (ships in Xtreme Lead-1 and XL-7) The XL-1 ROM shows up as XLEAD (#06), while the XL-7 ROM shows up as XL-7 (#14)

9140: Pop Collection (ships in PK-6). This ROM is similar to the Composer ROM.

9141: X-Lead 32MB v2 (ships in XK-6) The v2 version of the XROM ROM (#18) has 5 preset banks, while the v1 versions have 4.

9904: Composer 32MB (ships in Proteus 2500 and Proteus 2000) There are slight variations -- the Proteus 2000 CMPSR ROM (#01) has 8 preset banks, while the Proteus 2500 ROM (#20) has 4 banks.

Specifications

ROM: 16MB or 32MB

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