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E-MU Systems

38 products

Rompler

  • Audity 2000

    The Audity 2000 is a 1U rack-mount digital synthesizer from E-MU Systems featuring 64-voice polyphony, a 32MB sound ROM, and 16 simultaneous arpeggiators. Designed for electronic groove music production, it utilizes a Modular PatchCord architecture for deep sound-sculpting and a 12-pole digital resonant filter for tonal shaping.

  • B-3

    The E-mu B-3 is a programmable rack module designed to authentically recreate the classic sound of the Hammond B-3 tonewheel organ. It uses 32MB of sampled B-3 sounds across various drawbar settings, combined with built-in distortion and rotary speaker emulation for a convincing organ experience.

  • Carnaval

    A rack-mount sample playback module from 1997 dedicated to authentic Latin music sounds, featuring 640 presets and an interactive Beats Mode for instant loop-based performance.

  • MK-6 Mo'Phatt Keys

    A 61-key performance keyboard version of E-mu's Mo'Phatt sound module, loaded with hip-hop and R&B focused sounds including the Pure Phatt soundset, 50 Z-Plane filter types, and 16 programmable arpeggiators.

  • Mo'Phatt

    An enhanced urban and hip-hop focused sound module from E-mu, building on the Planet Phatt with doubled polyphony, expanded ROM, and the SuperBEATs performance mode.

  • Orbit 9090

    The E-mu Orbit 9090 is a rack-mounted dance music module packed with 8MB of vintage analog samples and digital filters, purpose-built for techno, house, trance, and hip-hop production.

  • Orbit-3

    The E-mu Orbit-3 is a 128-voice rack-mount dance sound module loaded with 64MB of electronic and techno-oriented samples, featuring E-mu's SuperBEATs groove generator and expandable Z-plane filter architecture. Designed by Rob Papen in collaboration with E-mu, it ships with the Beat Garden and Techno Synth Construction Yard ROMs as part of the Proteus 2000 family.

  • PK-6 Proteus Keys

    The E-mu PK-6 Proteus Keys is a 61-key performance keyboard built around the Proteus 2000 sound engine, offering 64-voice polyphony, 32MB of expandable ROM sounds, and 16 onboard arpeggiators for live performance. It packages the comprehensive Proteus sound library with real-time performance controls suitable for both live and studio applications across multiple musical genres.

  • Planet Earth

    The E-mu Planet Earth is a 64-voice rack-mount sound module dedicated to world instruments and ethnic percussion, featuring a 32MB ROM soundset of authentic global timbres with E-mu's SuperBEATs groove performance mode.

  • Planet Phatt

    The E-mu Planet Phatt is a 32-voice rack-mount sound module tailored for hip-hop, R&B, acid jazz, and trip-hop production, loaded with 8MB of ROM samples including tight basslines and classic 808 drum sounds. All parameters are MIDI-controllable with analog-style signal processing including filters, envelopes, and LFO modulation effects.

  • Proteus

    The E-mu Proteus is a pioneering 1U rack-mount sample playback module from 1989 that packed 4MB of 16-bit sounds from E-mu's acclaimed EIII library into an affordable and fully multitimbral package.

  • Proteus 1000

    The E-mu Proteus 1000 is a streamlined 64-voice rack-mount sound module offering the same 32MB Composer soundset as the Proteus 2000 in a more affordable single-expansion-slot configuration.

  • Proteus 2000

    The E-mu Proteus 2000 is a 128-voice rack-mount sound module that revitalized E-mu's iconic Proteus line, featuring 32MB of expandable ROM, Z-plane filters, and a comprehensive dual stereo effects engine across 32 MIDI channels.

  • Proteus 2500

    The E-mu Proteus 2500 is a 128-voice rack module expanding on the Proteus 2000 with over 30 real-time knobs, a built-in 16-track MIDI sequencer, and 24-bit audio output.

  • Vintage Keys

    A rackmount sound module from E-mu that packed 8MB of sampled classic synthesizer sounds into a compact unit, offering 32-voice polyphony and extensive real-time MIDI control.

  • Vintage Keys Plus

    The upgraded version of E-mu's Vintage Keys rackmount module, doubling sample memory to 16MB ROM and expanding to 512 patches of sampled classic synthesizer sounds with 32-voice polyphony.

  • Vintage Pro

    The E-mu Vintage Pro is a 128-voice rack-mount sound module loaded with 32MB of classic keyboard samples spanning three decades of iconic synthesizers, electric pianos, and organs from ARP to Yamaha.

  • Virtuoso 2000

    The E-mu Virtuoso 2000 is a 128-voice orchestral sound module packed with over 64 MB of sampled orchestral instruments, offering a full symphony's worth of strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion in a single rack space. Built on the Proteus 2000 platform, it provides over 1,000 sounds across 32 MIDI channels with lightning-fast response. The unit is expandable to 128 MB via additional internal ROM slots.

  • XK-6 Xtreme Keys

    The E-MU XK-6 Xtreme Keys is a 61-key keyboard version of E-MU's Xtreme Lead-1 sound module, featuring 32 MB of techno-focused sounds expandable to 128 MB. It offers 64 voices of polyphony, 50 types of Z-plane filters, and 16 syncable arpeggiators designed for live electronic music performance.

  • Xtreme Lead-1

    The E-mu Xtreme Lead-1 is a rack-mount sound module derived from the Audity 2000 architecture, loaded with dance and electronica sounds and featuring the innovative SuperBEATS mode for live groove performance. It ships with 32 MB of X-Lead ROM containing techno basses, synth leads, pads, dance drumkits, and DJ scratch effects, with 64-voice polyphony expandable to 128 via the Turbo upgrade.

Sampler

  • Emax

    The E-mu Emax is a classic 12-bit sampler workstation that bridged the gap between the Emulator II and Emulator III, offering powerful lo-fi sampling with analog-style sound shaping controls and an extensive sample library.

  • Emulator

    The E-mu Emulator is a pioneering 8-bit keyboard sampler from 1981 that brought sampling technology to a broader market, offering 8-voice polyphony and real-time looping at a fraction of the Fairlight CMI's price.

  • Emulator II

    E-mu's landmark 8-bit sampling keyboard from 1984, renowned for its warm analog filters and 8-track sequencer that helped define the sound of a generation of electronic and pop music.

  • Emulator III

    The E-mu Emulator III is a flagship 16-bit digital sampling workstation from 1987, offering CD-quality 44.1kHz stereo sampling, 16-voice polyphony, a 16-track sequencer, and extensive professional connectivity.

  • Emulator IV

    The fourth and final generation of E-mu's legendary hardware sampler line, offering up to 128-voice polyphony, Z-Plane morphing filters, and a powerful modulation matrix across multiple keyboard and rackmount configurations produced from 1994 to 1999.

  • ESI-2000

    A professional 64-voice rack-mount sampler from E-mu with extensive DSP editing tools, 6-pole digital filters, and expandable memory up to 128 MB at a breakthrough price point.

  • ESI-32

    The E-mu ESI-32 is a 32-voice rack-mount sampler from the mid-1990s offering 16-bit sampling at up to 44.1kHz, expandable memory up to 32MB, and an optional Turbo kit adding dual effects processors and advanced filter algorithms.

  • ESI-4000

    The E-mu ESI-4000 is a professional 64-voice rack sampler from the late 1990s featuring 16-bit sampling, expandable memory up to 128MB, and optional dual 24-bit stereo effects processors with digital I/O capability.

  • SP-12

    The E-mu SP-12 is a legendary 12-bit sampling drum machine from 1985 that combined preset drum sounds with user sampling capability. It pioneered the workflow that would define the SP-1200 and influence the Akai MPC series.

  • SP-1200

    E-mu's legendary 12-bit sampling drum machine, whose gritty lo-fi character and groove quantize made it the defining production tool for golden-age hip-hop and rap music.

Drum Machine

  • Drumulator

    The E-mu Drumulator is a sample-based drum machine from 1983 featuring eight 12-bit ROM drum sounds, real-time and step sequencing, and the gritty lo-fi character that became a staple of early electronic music production.

  • E-Drum

    A portable digital percussion module from E-mu Systems that used interchangeable ROM cartridges for sounds, powered by either batteries or AC adapter.

  • Procussion

    The E-mu Procussion is a 32-voice rack-mount percussion sound module from 1991 featuring 4MB of 16-bit ROM samples drawn from the Emulator III library, with fully editable drum kits and multi-sample layering capabilities.

Groovebox

  • MP-7 Command Station

    The E-MU MP-7 Command Station is a desktop production module combining E-MU's Mo'Phatt sample-playback sound engine with an integrated MPC-style sequencer. Featuring 13 velocity and aftertouch-sensitive pads, 128-voice polyphony, and 32 MB of hip-hop-oriented ROM sounds, it was designed as an all-in-one instrument for urban music production.

  • XL-7 Command Station

    The E-MU XL-7 Command Station is a desktop groovebox combining 128-voice sample-playback synthesis with a built-in MPC-style sequencer and 13 velocity-sensitive pads, tailored for electronica and dance music production.

Synthesizer

  • Audity

    An ambitious computer-controlled analog synthesizer commissioned by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann in 1979, representing E-mu's attempt at a flagship polyphonic instrument. Only one unit was ever built.

  • Morpheus

    E-mu's 32-voice rack-mount synthesizer built around Z-Plane synthesis technology, featuring 32 fourteen-pole interpolating filters with 198 programmable filter types that morph between timbres in real time.

Modular

  • Modular Systems

    The E-mu Modular Systems were custom-built analog modular synthesizers produced in limited quantities from 1973 to 1981, featuring drift-free oscillators and clean filter designs that competed with ARP and Moog modular instruments.