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 E-mu Systems

  

Drum Machines
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Synthesizers
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 Western Graphics
Last modified
 05 July, 2003
 

An Introduction

Welcome ! The Emulator Archive web site has been created to enable you to easily select the area of information that you want to access. The site is split into Zones:

Specific model information is held within Zone, and all models manufactured by E-mu Systems since 1972 are represented in considerable detail. You can select a model directly from the drop down menu on every web page or choose a Zone and read the overview before selecting a specific model.

Site Content You will find lots of information on the E-mu Systems  products, as well as MP3 product demo's. We have details on how to carry out basic restoration on early products - see the repairs section.

Customer Support I no longer sell spares, and work on EPROM and PAL chip replacements has been suspended. I cannot answer every email, so you may not get a response. I do try and help Drumulator, SP-12, Emulator I, II, III and Emax users as much as possible. I can supply OS diskettes for US$15.00 and free Boot ROM binary images for these early products.

Relationship with E-mu Systems The Emulator Archive has developed a close working relationship with E-mu Systems and I know many of the key people both past and present. The current E-mu Systems President Don Scott and the Chief Scientist at Creative - Dave Rossum, have been very supportive of the project. Long standing Emuons such as Ed Rudnick and Riley Smith have helped alot with locating and sharing invaluable archive information. We are not affiliated with E-mu Systems and we cannot communicate on behalf of E-mu, so we do not have knowledge of future product development plans.

Audio Product Demonstrations
Overview This web site has a variety of audio demonstrations of the how the samplers and modules sound. They are available  as MP3 downloads.

MP3 You need a MP3 player, such as Winamp to play these downloads. They are often encoded as 44.1kHz stereo files at a 128k bit rate.
      
         Click on to download an MP3 audio clip.

 

 Aims

The Emulator Archive was founded in July 1999 to preserve the legacy of music technology created by E-mu Systems.

The Emulator Archive has comprehensive information on all vintage E-mu Systems products to enable owners to continue to enjoy the amazing technology, and to create new music magic from these innovative instruments.

The Emulator Archive's focus is on preserving information on products made between 1972 and 1987.
 

 Manuals more »

There is a complete archive of manuals in PDF format for the vintage products. We have located most of the old documentation from 1974 to 1988. Some of it is online, some is still just on hardcopy in the filing system.

Detailed technical info and schematics are not available online for copyright reasons.

For recent manuals go to E-mu Systems website.

 

 Contributors

Many thanks to:

 Jordan Drake
 Marcello Pignata
 Henrik Nydell
 Andrew Dennison
 Joe Gerardi
 Chris Edgar
 Rob Brown
 Sven Röhrig
 Niklas Olsson
 John Silveria

Emuons (past + present)
 Dave Rossum
 Scott Wedge
 Ed Rudnick
 Dana Massie
 Kevin Monahan
 Riley B. Smith
 Marco Alpert
 Steve Hoge
 Don Scott
 Sean Wilhelmsen