Also famously used by mark snow for the whistle patch in the xfiles theme. The proteus 2 is the followup to the emu proteus 1. Even for the time, this could have been better, but then i guess the programmers opted to squeeze as many sounds as possible from the 4mb of memory they couldnt possibly devote more rom to piano samples, and they did do a great job. View and download emu proteus operation manual online. The new module contained 32 voices of multitimbral samples, coupled to a basic synthesizer sound architecture. The proteus was a massive hit that started the revolution of sound playback modules. Proteus operation manual 5 introduction introduction.
Emu systems proteus 2 orchestral sound module encyclotronic. Emu proteus 1 plus orchestral sound module emu mania. Page 91 proteus operation manual proteus 1 plus 2 orchestral instruments instruments plus digital waveforms 180. Proteus1 plus 2 orchestral instrument listing 88 proteus2 factory presets 92 proteus2 instrument listing 94 proteus3 factory presets 104 proteus3 instrument listing 106 lfo, delay and envelope times 116 technical specifications 117 midi specifications 118 index warranty. The proteus 2 was released in 1990 at summer namm in chicago. Emu proteus 2 orchestra expander module demo song youtube. The emu proteus2 sound module is based on the same technical characteristics of its predecessor, proteus1, but with different waveforms. It concentrates on purely orchestral sounds with a wide range of solo strings, woodwinds, classical brass, orchestral percussion and more. Emu proteus mps plus orchestral keyboard emu mania. This gave you 4mb of poprock instruments and 4mb of orchestral instruments.
The proteus3, focusing on world instruments, was also part of the same set. When introduced, the demand for proteus was so great. Rom cards emu issued a range of rom cards for the mps. The emu proteus mps plus orchestral is essentially a proteus mps with an additional 4mb rom of orchestral samples the same sample set used in the proteus 2. The emu proteus was a range of digital sound modules and keyboards manufactured by emu. It contains a sound set made up mostly of orchestral instruments and the rom could be doubled by installing the xr expansion. The proteus1 plus orchestral sound module is essentially a proteus1 xr with an additional 4mb rom of orchestral samples the majority of samples used in the proteus2. Unlike the true synthesiser, samplebased equipment does not derive its raw sounds from electronic oscillators but from recorded sounds held in readonly memory rom chips.
Emu proteus operation manual pdf download manualslib. The proteus 3, focusing on world instruments, was also part of the same set. Emu systems came to prominence in the 1990s with their relatively affordable emulator sampler, and subsequently pioneered samplebased synthesis technology with the proteus range. Proteus 2 orchestral features 4 mb of purely orchestral sounds. Emu expansion rom bibliotheques sonores pour serie proteus 2. Emu systems could not produce enough of these modules. The emu proteus2 sound module is based on the same technical characteristics of its predecessor, proteus 1, but with different waveforms. This was the first time really high quality sounding orchestral sounds could be had in a dedicated sound module. The proteus system preset primary secondary link 1 preset primary secondary preset primary secondary preset primary secondary link 2 link 3 proteus system the preset is a complete set of all program parameters for a. This gives you 4mb of poprock instruments and 4mb of orchestral instruments. The original proteus trilogy contains 192 patches each proteus 1, proteus 2 and proteus 3. Emu proteus 2 1990 module rompler focused on orchestral sounds, rom based on.
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