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Orbit- 3 : 128 Voice Super Synth
Overview Rob Papens electronica and dance sounds proved very popular as an add in sample ROM for the Proteus 1000/2000 range of modules. And it is indeed excellent ! So in late 2001 E-mu decided to launch a module dedicated to the talents of Rob, with 2 sample ROM's in a maxed out Proteus 2000 - welcome to the ORBIT-3 ! The Orbit-3 has the Beat Garden and Techno Synth Construction Yard ROM's - which are available separately. Why Orbit-3 ? Well there is the original Orbit module from 1996, then a few months later E-mu upgraded the OS to make a Version 2 Orbit. more » Sean Wilhelmsen, Director of Product Planning. "The combination of Rob Papen's soundset and E-mu's legendary synthesis and filter technologies makes Orbit-3 one of the most powerful and flexible dance synths ever created". Expansion The Orbit-3 has 2 ROM slots free for further expansion. Each slot can take a 32 MB ROM, either a factory sound set or a Flash ROM with sounds created in an Emulator Ultra. Filters The Orbit-3 has the usual 50 Z-plane 14-pole digital filters some of which are extracted from the 197 filter types that were created for the Morpheus. There are a wide range of filters from traditional analog, to formants and flange/phaser. If you use some of the more complex filters your voice polphony will reduce by a half. Configuration There are four "oscillators" called Instruments, Layers 1 - 4. They each can replay any of the 16-bit sampled waveforms, which are connected to the Z-plane filter, and then a digitally controlled amplifier(DCA) and stereo pan. There are 2 envelope generators (one for the filter, and one for the DCA), plus a third assignable envelope generator. There are also two independent LFO's per layer, each with 17 different waveforms and they can sync to MIDI clock. Then there is a full modular patch cord facility to enable control of any of the 64 destinations, with any of the 64 sources. Effects The Orbit-3 has a dual 24-bit effects set up, with 76 types of basic effects. Very useful, but not a substitute for a dedicated unit. Technical The Orbit-3 is a standard Proteus 2000 module, with a very fast (17 MIPS) 32-bit Motorola ColdFire micro-processor running at 33MHz, a few special E-mu Systems chips for the 64 voices, and the infamous Dave Rossum digital filter "G" chip. This form factor also has 4 slots of 72-pin SIMM, two are factory fitted with sample ROM's, the other two are blank for user upgrades. The main stereo DAC's are 20-bits, playing 16-bit samples. Verdict The Orbit-3 packs some amazing new samples into a familar and powerful formay. Well worth checking out ! |
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Demo Sequence Press and hold the Master and Edit buttons together to play the song demo's.
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The Orbit 3 has had no OS updates yet: |
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Diagnostics Mode The Orbit 3 has a full range of internal diagnostics, but beware they can cause speaker damage and the initilization routine is one way. |
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Factory Demos
* 128 Voice Sample Replay
* 16-bit 44.1kHz samples
The new Proteus modules have space for additional sound ROM's and E-mu released a wide range of ROM's from 1999- 2001. Here is the definitive list.
* Protozoa - Proteus 1,2,3 |
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