I made a whole soundtrack for a short film in the late eighties with a Proteus and when I listen to it today it's incredible how good it sounded. Thank you.
@@fender1000100 Saying that the Proteus is still the best overall sound module ever made is perhaps not very realistic. The Proteus has no chance whatsoever against the Roland Integra 7 and similar more modern modules. Even a Yamaha MU2000 is far more capable and technically superior than a Proteus in many ways. The Proteus doesn’t have a decent set of build-in effects, not even reverb. All it has is a bit of chorus and that’s it. That alone is pretty sub-standard in terms of sound modules, even for the time when the Proteus was released. I mean, even the Roland MT-32 / D-110 / U-110 (1987/1988) and similar modules that were released during the pre-General MIDI era have reverb built in, but the Proteus 2-series (1990) doesn’t. Still though, the Proteus did sound quite good for its time especially when you started adding a touch of reverb and other effects externally in order to beef up the sound. But today, the Proteus is quite outdated and there are lots of better options out there. Even a Roland JV-1080 from 1994 is far superior when put against a Proteus 1 or 2. So no, the Proteus is not the best sound module ever made. Maybe it was one of the best for a short while back in 1990, but a lot of interesting alternatives started to show up already in the early 90’s, and around 10 years later there was no way anyone could realistically say that the Proteus 1 is still the best thing around.
To this day there hasnt been a greater sound module than the PROTEUS 1. I remember first hearing this in 1989. Knowing all you would need is this a multitimbral controller keyboard and a sequencer. And you could make incredible music. Outstanding PIANO CHOIR STRINGS CLASSICAL GUITAR BASSES DRUMS/PERCUSSION And editable too. Just a magical module. And at the second had prices today. They're a steal...
I can really hear the harpsichord that Super Mario 64 uses. It sounds really good in this module. It's one of my favorite instruments in the game and I'm glad to have finally the chance to hear where some instruments originated from
@@bravedoodle1333 Oh nice on the finding! For a second, I was looking more into the harpsichord instrument and it turns out, it is an acoustic guitar layered with a bite cycle. Seems like the guitar was emulating a harpsichord in its own right
The Baritone Sax patch from this module was used in "Those Without the Will to Live" and "The Epoch - Wings of Time" from Chrono Trigger. It was also used in the main theme of that game.
Thank you Paulo, it's so wonderful to hear these classic sounds performed! Unfortunately, apart from the occasional ESI-32 sampler, I haven't seen an E-mu on sale in a very long time. So I found the software synthesizer Proteus VX to be an excellent replacement which like the Proteus X2, has excellent sounds, the famous Z-plane filters (from E-mu Morpheus) and awesome programmable effects.
great demo of a classic module - love the E-mu stuff near the beginning there was some crackling on the right side, sounds like when one of my jacks on older gear needs some De-Oxit :-)
I don't understand why so many people dislike or even hate these Emu Proteus sound modules, you still can buy these modules quite cheaply on EBay if your lucky. These Emu modules are still good as a starter instrument bank and I have heard the sounds are also editable so you can still use it as a pad synth and generally turn any sound into a synth. These Proteus modules also condensed the same samples from the Emulator's disks so these Proteus modules are also good as a more affordable and smaller alternative to an Emulator.
@5:44 sMOOTH rHODES - The rompler sounds on this rack are far better than I expected - I will probably pick one up cheap to add to my rig to layer with a Yamaha Reface DX
In 2019 I very nearly bought the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral which is basically a Proteus/1 and 2 in one module. I did consider buying a Proteus/1 in addition to the Proteus/2 but in the end I decided just to stick with the Proteus/2 since I mainly only wanted this module for the marimba sound but it is possible to get a marimba sound very close to the Proteus/1 by editing patch 70 and assigning the xylophone tone to both parts. I also managed to synthesize the bell pad close but for stuff like the pianos basses and saxophone I prefer the Roland U-220.
I recognize several patches from the original Mind's Eye soundtrack. :-) This module would have been hot off the assembly line at the time. Not quite a decade later, many of those samples would be in my Sound Blaster AWE32's ROM. Memories...
Great sounds . I just picked up one of these for $25. I haven't received it yet but I'm excited. Quick question, does it allow you to stack sounds? Thanks
Does your PROTEUS/1 have a bad right channel output? Seems to be dropping out and crackling a bit and made me start checking my computer for problems! ;-)
Ron Wasserman apparently used this when he composed music for MMPR and I can definitely recognize 4:07 (or something similar) being used for one of the many cues playing during Rita Repulsa's segments.
i liked the style starting at 1:45 till about 2:20 something(the 2 guitars)...can you reccomend any classic rock pop tunes with that style(or piano)...i just can't find the songs that fit my VST yet(there are millions) BTW it's the Proteus VX...cool but, like I said" millions of sounds in the preset....have a good day!!
Getting an error message when I use mine . It operates for a little while then an error message pops up. I wonder if it's because I want to use multiple channels for my songs or because I want that as well as use my sampler and drum machine with it? I turn it off and come back. It works fine for a while and stops again? What's the deal? Is it some sort of midi thing? Too much at one time?
Very attractive sounds? Could you tel me what's the name of the Clean Guitar at 2:09 please ? It sounds like a Stratocaster guitar with echoes... Very nice sound !
The Proteus 1 was used extensively for the Goldeneye movie soundtrack. There's another sound on here referred to as Infinite One that is all over that and the N64 game's soundtrack.
My beloved Proteus 3 suddenly darkened the screen and began to emit percussive noises knock knock knock knock, it doesn't smell burning, it was working normally, I turned it off and after uncovering it, I checked it and closed it again, it turned on normally but after a few seconds the error continues, do you know what it will be? some help? Thank you
It's a killer bass patch for anything from Electro FUNK to techno. My mate used it to do a remake of Mjs wanna be starting something. And Snaps RHYTHM is a dancer. And it sounded amazing. And what makes the proteus really awesome. Is you can edit the sounds quite extensively. So there might be a sound on there that's close to what you want. And with some tweaking you can get it spot on and save it. The proteus to own is the PROTEUS 1 XR. You can save 256 user patches. When I first got it. The first thing I did was edit the drums to make a killer electro KIT. Then that bass patch. I rounded the attack on it. So it's pure moog style electro FUNK. And then I took the orch hit and flattened the sound to get that killer Fairlight type effect as used on Planet rock. Just an amazing module.
L I have the E-MU Proteus 1 + orchestral and never could find a good acoustic piano patches. I even did download lot of patches made for the Proteus 1 ( this did add 10 piano patches and a total of 511 patches) and all the acoustic piano just sounded like junk. Real wonder from where those piano patches ( starting at 4:00 and 7:00 in that video ua-cam.com/video/Fd1-CseulDU/v-deo.html ) are coming from ??? Also, what is the name/number of the patch that starts at 0:10 ? Thanks!
This is the same console used by Joe Phillips/Joseph Phillips (JP Productions, inc.) for Seasons 4-6 in Barney & Friends. The instruments are: 1. 000 Acoustic Piano 2. 017 Verb Flute 3. 045 Wide Marimba
This product is going for $39 on ebay. Enough to make me look it up. I have lots of synths but I'm in the market for PORTABLE ones. (bad back). People told me "sound Modules".
I have always suspected that preset 040 was utilized in the first three seasons of the X-Files for all of the brooding, yet tense, underscoring. Perhaps you agree?
I don't know, I would have to do some comparison - but I do know for sure (it was on a keyboard magazine interview) that Mark Snow used the Proteus/2 for the whistle: ua-cam.com/video/sfvCuXOyry8/v-deo.html
@@SynthManiaDotCom Very interesting, thank you! Up until today I was certain that the whistle sound from that particular score was from a DX7. I stand corrected. If I can find a SySex file online, I will attempt to load it to my Proteus/1. Here's to hoping that it is forward compatible...Thank you for proving that even with the most humble of synthesizers, the possibilities are endless, and new sounds may always be discovered...Best regards
I've read that Mark Snow used the popular (especially during the '90) Korg Wavestation synth to build up the X-Files soundtrack. Also David Wise used it in Donkey Kong Country series.
Hi Paolo, just bought myself a 2nd hand Proteus/1 and I wanna make it work on my W-30 just like in your video but I can’t seem to make it work. I’m using a simple MIDI in/out cable that I’ve first plugged IN the Proteus and OUT the W-30 and then the other way around but still no sound. Do I have to set the W-30 on some specific mode? Thanks in advance for your help!
The Proteus is set on C01, as for the W-30 I’m not sure how to set this... Went to SOUND -> 2: MIDI RX Set, then I seem to have 4 different channels to set (A-B-C-D). I’ve tried to set them all to 1 but still no success
Out of curiosity I’ve tried it with my Korg M1 instead and I do see some MIDI signal showing on the PROTEUS but no sound from the PROTEUS on the M1 either unfortunately...
The MIDI RX set is for Receive (RX) on different sounds on the Sound page. You need to be in Perf. page. Change to Perf mode and hit Config1, the main MIDI Channel is right there top left
Check to see if the previous owner changed the main outputs and other parameters on the Proteus. If you see the MIDI activity from the M1, MIDI is good, you just need to figure out why it's not passing the sound via software to the main outputs.
Does anyone else experience a low output volume when playing their Proteus? I can't seem to find much about it. Otherwise, great sound and a real bargain.
Hmmm...is that the one with the 'Rock Gitaro' patch (used in the Power Rangers theme, when blended with some guitar samples from Aerosmith's guitarist)?
E-MU provided some sample sets as soundfonts for the soundblaster advanced wave effects cards like the AWE32 and the AWE64. they also made a couple of their own PC GM compatible chipsets and used them on both value branded creative cards and their own audiopci series of sound cards, im pretty sure the samples came from the proteus library
Anybody find this preset in the soundfont? I went through all of them and diden´t find it. The closest is ZoundTrax, but i can´t quite get it to match the video in Ableton?
I dig mine out every few years in the vain hope I'll discover some magic I'd somehow missed. By far the least capable synth I own - far better ROMples on my cheap Yamaha home keyboard.
Still has some of the best natural sounds on the planet. I love the incredible EMU samples.
Wow! A Proteus and a W30? That combo would've been insane in the early 90s
I made a whole soundtrack for a short film in the late eighties with a Proteus and when I listen to it today it's incredible how good it sounded. Thank you.
Still the best overall sound module ever made. Whoever put this set of sounds together was a GENIUS.
@@fender1000100 Saying that the Proteus is still the best overall sound module ever made is perhaps not very realistic. The Proteus has no chance whatsoever against the Roland Integra 7 and similar more modern modules. Even a Yamaha MU2000 is far more capable and technically superior than a Proteus in many ways. The Proteus doesn’t have a decent set of build-in effects, not even reverb. All it has is a bit of chorus and that’s it. That alone is pretty sub-standard in terms of sound modules, even for the time when the Proteus was released. I mean, even the Roland MT-32 / D-110 / U-110 (1987/1988) and similar modules that were released during the pre-General MIDI era have reverb built in, but the Proteus 2-series (1990) doesn’t. Still though, the Proteus did sound quite good for its time especially when you started adding a touch of reverb and other effects externally in order to beef up the sound. But today, the Proteus is quite outdated and there are lots of better options out there. Even a Roland JV-1080 from 1994 is far superior when put against a Proteus 1 or 2.
So no, the Proteus is not the best sound module ever made. Maybe it was one of the best for a short while back in 1990, but a lot of interesting alternatives started to show up already in the early 90’s, and around 10 years later there was no way anyone could realistically say that the Proteus 1 is still the best thing around.
@@TheCrazyStudent That's an interesting way to spell "I don't know what 'overall' means, and my opinion is the objective truth." 🤔
To this day there hasnt been a greater sound module than the PROTEUS 1. I remember first hearing this in 1989. Knowing all you would need is this a multitimbral controller keyboard and a sequencer. And you could make incredible music.
Outstanding
PIANO
CHOIR
STRINGS
CLASSICAL GUITAR
BASSES
DRUMS/PERCUSSION
And editable too. Just a magical module. And at the second had prices today. They're a steal...
Controlling a proteus with a W-30. Early 90’s perfection. 👍
Great playing 😁 You hit the feel of the sound spot on every time. Nice.
Love these videos! Love the old school sounds man! You know how to play them all!
I can really hear the harpsichord that Super Mario 64 uses. It sounds really good in this module. It's one of my favorite instruments in the game and I'm glad to have finally the chance to hear where some instruments originated from
It’s also used in Disney’s Doug. Especially the acoustic guitar
@@bravedoodle1333 Oh nice on the finding! For a second, I was looking more into the harpsichord instrument and it turns out, it is an acoustic guitar layered with a bite cycle. Seems like the guitar was emulating a harpsichord in its own right
I wish i could play like you! Very nice demo of this lovely sounding module
Holy shit this thing has character
8:32
Oh my god! This is where the Banjo-Kazooie/DK64 bongo samples came from!
And Rayman I reckon
Thank you for doing this! Good job.
Yeah, this unit is ALL OVER those Rareware N64 games.
The intro of this video sounds like the "Statue" level of Goldeneye
Not all, Roland JV-1080 samples were used too.
Lots of sounds used on Lucasarts adventure games in the late 90s... :)
awesome sounds!!
The Baritone Sax patch from this module was used in "Those Without the Will to Live" and "The Epoch - Wings of Time" from Chrono Trigger. It was also used in the main theme of that game.
Ayy.
Neat
amazing job Mr.
I was very impressed the first time I played a Proteus in the store in 1989.
Thank you Paulo, it's so wonderful to hear these classic sounds performed!
Unfortunately, apart from the occasional ESI-32 sampler, I haven't seen an E-mu on sale in a very long time.
So I found the software synthesizer Proteus VX to be an excellent replacement which like the Proteus X2, has excellent sounds, the famous Z-plane filters (from E-mu Morpheus) and awesome programmable effects.
Great demo thanks for posting.
Morrisman, thank you for watching! :-)
You are most welcome also a big fan of your website
Just ordered one of these on eBay. Excited to get it.
great demo of a classic module - love the E-mu stuff
near the beginning there was some crackling on the right side, sounds like when one of my jacks on older gear needs some De-Oxit :-)
Thanks so much for pointing out the crackling because for a moment I thought that my new pair of headphones were playing up! 😉
Synth bell sound at 3:14 was used in the first two games of Capcom's Darkstalkers fighting game series.
Miracle Bass is one of the most kick-ass bass sounds from emu ive heard.
No ... now I'll have to got to my home studio and play my Nord. You make me inspired! :-D Thanks!
Who cares!!!
thanks for the fantastic sounding demo, reminds to use my proteus 2000 again ;)
great sounds
Good wide range sound demo - "feeling" early Depeche Mode and 80s R & B and Jazz tunes.
I like esp. the percussive, string and harmonizer sounds :-)
emu were done properly inside and out, geniuses them made
I don't understand why so many people dislike or even hate these Emu Proteus sound modules, you still can buy these modules quite cheaply on EBay if your lucky.
These Emu modules are still good as a starter instrument bank and I have heard the sounds are also editable so you can still use it as a pad synth and generally
turn any sound into a synth. These Proteus modules also condensed the same samples from the Emulator's disks so these Proteus modules are also good as a more
affordable and smaller alternative to an Emulator.
@5:44 sMOOTH rHODES - The rompler sounds on this rack are far better than I expected - I will probably pick one up cheap to add to my rig to layer with a Yamaha Reface DX
In 2019 I very nearly bought the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral which is basically a Proteus/1 and 2
in one module. I did consider buying a Proteus/1 in addition to the Proteus/2 but in the end I
decided just to stick with the Proteus/2 since I mainly only wanted this module for the marimba
sound but it is possible to get a marimba sound very close to the Proteus/1 by editing patch 70
and assigning the xylophone tone to both parts. I also managed to synthesize the bell pad close
but for stuff like the pianos basses and saxophone I prefer the Roland U-220.
I recognize several patches from the original Mind's Eye soundtrack. :-) This module would have been hot off the assembly line at the time. Not quite a decade later, many of those samples would be in my Sound Blaster AWE32's ROM. Memories...
Jan Hammer used the Korg Wavestation to make the Beyond the Mind's Eye soundtrack! It's pretty cool listening to the different patches used.
Great sounds . I just picked up one of these for $25. I haven't received it yet but I'm excited. Quick question, does it allow you to stack sounds?
Thanks
That's a great deal.
The most underrated and misunderstood instrument around at the moment? The sounds are editable....
Definately its alot more powerful than people realize. If people knew what this can really do prices will rise very quickly.
Amazing samples for the being
Does your PROTEUS/1 have a bad right channel output? Seems to be dropping out and crackling a bit and made me start checking my computer for problems! ;-)
it's not you, it's him...
Haha, I did to on my iPhone ear buds! 😂
Oh hey, I recognize some of these sounds from the DiC dub of Sailor Moon! Especially that guitar sound at 2:10!
i had one of these and paired it with a roland mc50 sequencer!
I really liked listening to this. Thanks! How do the physical pianos feel, in your opinion?
7:37 That’s gotta be what Mike Oldfield used on one of his late 90s songs! :D
Music From The Balcony
Got some noise and cutting out on the right channel. It was driving me nuts because I thought my AKGs were going bad!
+artgoat At what minute/seconds location?
+SynthMania Pretty much the whole video...
That's so funny! I did too! 0:55, 2:09 are some examples of this. Probably just a loose right channel jack or something.
Ron Wasserman apparently used this when he composed music for MMPR and I can definitely recognize 4:07 (or something similar) being used for one of the many cues playing during Rita Repulsa's segments.
😎
At 9:27 the same sound as at the beginning of Heart by the Pet Shop Boys (album version).
the ts-10 has three midi ports. I'm thinking of getting a Proteus 1 for christmas this year.
Wow not bad for the price at all
A couple of these sounds are also in the first two Age of Empires games. Also Tzar The Burden of the Crown....
3:48 The Vibe n Me (Patch 12) is from Baby Einstein.
The string sound at 0:29 was used in Final Fantasy VIII and the early parts of IX.
It's a pretty standard late 80s/early 90s rompler sound. You'd find it on most romplers and sample sets of the era.
So does the guitar around 1:50
The string sound also makes an appearance on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song.@@lajya01
This was also used in the Shirim K'Tanim video series in 1990-1993.
The camera loved it so much it flipped out before the end, much like I did. Thanks
I absolutely love the instrument at 3:30. How'd you achieve that?
theodorable I think it's ZounTrax ( Preset 011 )
At 5:21, it sounded like Joe Phillips music background.
The E-MU piano sounds were used in the soundtrack of the original Rayman on Playstation
Apparently the E-MU Proteus was also used for some of the samples in the Crash Bandicoot and Rugrats soundtracks.
The Reverb snare 4:28 sounds like the snare in the '95 classic Boom Bap rap. "Give up the goods" by Mobb Deep.
i liked the style starting at 1:45 till about 2:20 something(the 2 guitars)...can you reccomend any classic rock pop tunes with that style(or piano)...i just can't find the songs that fit my VST yet(there are millions) BTW it's the Proteus VX...cool but, like I said" millions of sounds in the preset....have a good day!!
Getting an error message when I use mine . It operates for a little while then an error message pops up. I wonder if it's because I want to use multiple channels for my songs or because I want that as well as use my sampler and drum machine with it? I turn it off and come back. It works fine for a while and stops again? What's the deal? Is it some sort of midi thing? Too much at one time?
Very attractive sounds? Could you tel me what's the name of the Clean Guitar at 2:09 please ? It sounds like a Stratocaster guitar with echoes... Very nice sound !
Xavier-Joseph PEREZ I think I've found... is it Modern Gtr ?
That cymbal at 7:32 sounds like when Oromov enters in the Goldeneye film (facility).
The Proteus 1 was used extensively for the Goldeneye movie soundtrack. There's another sound on here referred to as Infinite One that is all over that and the N64 game's soundtrack.
@@isher9035 ...which is on the Proteus 2, not 1 for the Infinite One patch. Just a little correction there.
My beloved Proteus 3 suddenly darkened the screen and began to emit percussive noises knock knock knock knock, it doesn't smell burning, it was working normally, I turned it off and after uncovering it, I checked it and closed it again, it turned on normally but after a few seconds the error continues, do you know what it will be? some help? Thank you
Still have my proteus1 and my vintage keys 30 years after
me too! Changed my life as an 11 year old just getting into MIDI. I remember using it on Cakewalk for DOS !
Do you know if the Proteus 2000 has a Factory Reset function?
I recognize the F-Zero drum kit
Yep, that's correct
What F Zero version? SNES or N64?
El piano @ 5 min 40sec so nice 😍
At 2:46 is a very popular synth bass sample used in a lot of SNES games such as Super Metroid, MegaMan X, and Top Gear, just to name a few.
It's a killer bass patch for anything from Electro FUNK to techno. My mate used it to do a remake of Mjs wanna be starting something. And Snaps RHYTHM is a dancer. And it sounded amazing. And what makes the proteus really awesome. Is you can edit the sounds quite extensively.
So there might be a sound on there that's close to what you want. And with some tweaking you can get it spot on and save it.
The proteus to own is the PROTEUS 1 XR. You can save 256 user patches. When I first got it. The first thing I did was edit the drums to make a killer electro KIT. Then that bass patch. I rounded the attack on it. So it's pure moog style electro FUNK. And then I took the orch hit and flattened the sound to get that killer Fairlight type effect as used on Planet rock. Just an amazing module.
I think it was also used in the early seasons of Rugrats
4:39 here some of Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie Percussion samples
Isn't the Proteus 1 is the sound module that has the marimba sound?
L
I have the E-MU Proteus 1 + orchestral and never could find a good acoustic piano patches. I even did download lot of patches made for the Proteus 1 ( this did add 10 piano patches and a total of 511 patches) and all the acoustic piano just sounded like junk. Real wonder from where those piano patches ( starting at 4:00 and 7:00 in that video ua-cam.com/video/Fd1-CseulDU/v-deo.html ) are coming from ??? Also, what is the name/number of the patch that starts at 0:10 ? Thanks!
This is the same console used by Joe Phillips/Joseph Phillips (JP Productions, inc.) for Seasons 4-6 in Barney & Friends.
The instruments are:
1. 000 Acoustic Piano
2. 017 Verb Flute
3. 045 Wide Marimba
Carsyn Cunningham Had no idea I wanted to know that.
I heard some Roland sounds in its first couple of seasons... (And I think that was Bob Singleton)
very nice....
is this multitymbral or is it just 1 patch at a time?
This product is going for $39 on ebay. Enough to make me look it up. I have lots of synths but I'm in the market for PORTABLE ones. (bad back). People told me "sound Modules".
4:20 : F-Zero and so many others SNES titles' snare drum.
Also FF5 snare drum.
Some retro sounds there. Some stuff reminded me of Mario and video game soundtracks.
A lot of these samples were used by Josh Mancell for the Crash Bandicoot games too.
Does the Proteus VX or Emulator x3 soft synths have these same sounds?
i have all these sounds for X3..i haven't tried VX but i would imagine that it has a bunch of this library inside.
I have always suspected that preset 040 was utilized in the first three seasons of the X-Files for all of the brooding, yet tense, underscoring. Perhaps you agree?
I don't know, I would have to do some comparison - but I do know for sure (it was on a keyboard magazine interview) that Mark Snow used the Proteus/2 for the whistle: ua-cam.com/video/sfvCuXOyry8/v-deo.html
@@SynthManiaDotCom Very interesting, thank you! Up until today I was certain that the whistle sound from that particular score was from a DX7. I stand corrected. If I can find a SySex file online, I will attempt to load it to my Proteus/1. Here's to hoping that it is forward compatible...Thank you for proving that even with the most humble of synthesizers, the possibilities are endless, and new sounds may always be discovered...Best regards
I've read that Mark Snow used the popular (especially during the '90) Korg Wavestation synth to build up the X-Files soundtrack. Also David Wise used it in Donkey Kong Country series.
Which expansions did Cheiron Studios use?
does any controller keyboard work on the proteus? I have an old Ensoniq ts-10 from 1993.
Yes, as long as your controller keyboard has MIDI Out - like the TS-10 does - you're good to go
I'm wanting a TS-10 for Christmas! It's my most wanted this year.
8:20 Paolo predicted the soundtrack to "El Hoyo" in 2014!
What was used for the opening 0.00-0:08 ?
John Galois I think it's Mythical Pad (Preset 040).
Hello I have a question and I don't know if you can help me, by any chance will you know if the Proteus can be restarted at the factory?
Yup - if you google "E-mu Proteus/1 factory reset" , the key sequence to press shows up for you in the answer box.
thank you very much friend, it was very helpful hero !!
3:30 OOOOOOOF
xD
Did you put reverb on this?
No
Hi Paolo, just bought myself a 2nd hand Proteus/1 and I wanna make it work on my W-30 just like in your video but I can’t seem to make it work. I’m using a simple MIDI in/out cable that I’ve first plugged IN the Proteus and OUT the W-30 and then the other way around but still no sound. Do I have to set the W-30 on some specific mode? Thanks in advance for your help!
Check that you are on the same MIDI channel on both the W-30 and the Proteus
The Proteus is set on C01, as for the W-30 I’m not sure how to set this... Went to SOUND -> 2: MIDI RX Set, then I seem to have 4 different channels to set (A-B-C-D). I’ve tried to set them all to 1 but still no success
Out of curiosity I’ve tried it with my Korg M1 instead and I do see some MIDI signal showing on the PROTEUS but no sound from the PROTEUS on the M1 either unfortunately...
The MIDI RX set is for Receive (RX) on different sounds on the Sound page. You need to be in Perf. page. Change to Perf mode and hit Config1, the main MIDI Channel is right there top left
Check to see if the previous owner changed the main outputs and other parameters on the Proteus. If you see the MIDI activity from the M1, MIDI is good, you just need to figure out why it's not passing the sound via software to the main outputs.
Definitely the FFVIII soundtrack used this.
That acoustic guitar patch is pure 'Breezy'
8:55 Used in South Park Season 3, Episode 15 (1999).
Can't not think of Majora's Mask/Ocarina of Time when I hear this module.
Classic game.
Does anyone else experience a low output volume when playing their Proteus? I can't seem to find much about it. Otherwise, great sound and a real bargain.
So many Squaresoft sounds
Great sound library, a lot better of today !!!
Hmmm...is that the one with the 'Rock Gitaro' patch (used in the Power Rangers theme, when blended with some guitar samples from Aerosmith's guitarist)?
+VectorOmega I'm pretty sure the koto-like patch at 8:09 was used in several of Saban's shows' BGM.
@@NLind i thought it was the roland d50
5:39-6:10 that sounds like an excerpt from a 70s song, so familiar (=^J
Rueben Wilson we’re in love 0:21 or memory lane by nas at 0:00
6:10 I heard this french horn sound from Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 before.
lol yes!
DalekEnclave123 it was used in several PC games too I believe. Pretty sure many of these sounds ended up in the Soundblaster
E-MU provided some sample sets as soundfonts for the soundblaster advanced wave effects cards like the AWE32 and the AWE64. they also made a couple of their own PC GM compatible chipsets and used them on both value branded creative cards and their own audiopci series of sound cards, im pretty sure the samples came from the proteus library
I seen I tr505 for sale in my area for £80 it still has the box is it good and is it a good price?
Does the Pop Rock module also have the Proteus 1 sounds or Just the Pop Rock Sounds?
It should be the same. They later had to label it Pop Rock to differentiate from the version that had Orchestral sounds.
7:18 thats definitely Too $hort "In the Oaktown"
Thanks.
You're welcome
3:38 GODDAMN ME IF THAT ISN'T THE SILENT HILL 2 SYNTH!
How do I get this goodness in me?? any way to use this as VST or soundfont?
Here's an official soundfont made by an old E-MU employee:
drive.google.com/open?id=0B8tp54mAoY59Ylp0ZUJxVzllNlk
thank you so much for this!
Anybody find this preset in the soundfont? I went through all of them and diden´t find it. The closest is ZoundTrax, but i can´t quite get it to match the video in Ableton?
Little late to the party, but can anyone tell me the difference between the module in the video and the Proteus/1 with Pop/Rock logo on it?
same module.
I have one of these units and it's really just collected dust most of the time.
I guess it does have some good sounds in it
I dig mine out every few years in the vain hope I'll discover some magic I'd somehow missed. By far the least capable synth I own - far better ROMples on my cheap Yamaha home keyboard.
Can you generate all those sound with just the E-mu Proteus1 and a regular synthesizer? whats equipment is needed?
All you need is any keyboard that can send MIDI Out to the Proteus' MIDI In port.
@@SynthManiaDotCom Thanks very much. I am new to this :)