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The Emulator is a series of digital sampling synthesizers using floppy-disk storage that was manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1981 until 2002. Although it was not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was innovative in its integration of computer technology and was among the first samplers to find widespread usage among musicians.
- 8 voices (Emulator II)
- E-mu Systems
- $7,995 (Emulator II in 1984) equivalent to $22,520 in 2022
- Monotimbral Emulator, 8-part Multitimbral (Emulator II)
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 sampling music workstations .
- 1971
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The Emulator is a very old and classic keyboard sampler from E-mu that rocked the world in 1980 as it was truly the first affordable compact modern sampler. After E-mu flopped with its grossly expensive Audity analog polysynth, they sought to design a sampler, loosely inspired by the Fairlight CMI but much more affordable.
The Emulator is a series of digital sampling synthesizers using floppy-disk storage that was manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1981 until 2002. Although it was not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was innovative in its integration of computer technology and was among the first samplers to find widespread usage among musicians.
The Emulator III was E-mu's biggest classic "Digital Sound Production System". Also called the "EIII", it was E-mu's biggest and most professional sampler-synthesizer prior to the 1990's. It was the first sampler to offer 16-bit CD-quality specs with stereo or mono sampling at 44.1kHz or 33kHz.
Emu Systems started out as an apartment-based project in Silicon Valley, California, in the early 1970s, when the early Moog modular synthesizer captivated two young high school friends, Dave Rossum and Scott Wedge. Dave was studying at the University of California at Santa Cruz when he encountered the new technology.
