More great E-mu Emulator II sounds

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @cchris99ful
    @cchris99ful 4 роки тому +82

    i hear emulator i hear depeche mode

    • @frenk83
      @frenk83 2 роки тому +1

      Just like me :)

    • @stevendale7658
      @stevendale7658 2 роки тому +1

      I hear numan/tubeway

    • @awaken77
      @awaken77 2 роки тому +8

      Depeche Mode used a lot of Emulator. as well as Pet Shop Boys

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, and the Simple Minds used the Emulator 2

    • @DxModel219
      @DxModel219 Рік тому +8

      Depeche Mode had the most original samples of all bands. Amazing how Alan Wilder and Martin Gore used the emulator.

  • @synthlord2368
    @synthlord2368 4 роки тому +40

    Nice playing on the B3 sound patch. Reminds me of when my Dad played. He was a fantastic jazz pianist/ keyboardist. A year and a half since he's passed now. I really miss his playing.

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  4 роки тому +6

      Thank you and sorry for your loss

    • @pollock8000
      @pollock8000 4 роки тому +5

      so sorry to hear that my friend, sending you a big hug from Argentina, long live to your father's music for ever.

    • @metatronorder3565
      @metatronorder3565 2 роки тому

      @Synthlord - i feel the pain of your absence... my dad passed away 8 years ago...and there's a hole in my heart that will never be filled... hope you're okay...

  • @Duncan_1971
    @Duncan_1971 Рік тому +7

    I was a big fan of Depeche Mode at school and was also obsessed with the Emulator 2. What a fantastic bit of kit. You can actually alter the resonance of the sound using the ADSR sliders. A nice extra feature (or maybe bug) that was exploited by many artists.

  • @vco8450
    @vco8450 4 роки тому +41

    The sound at 5:04 is - in my opinion, one of the top 5 greatest EII sounds ever made.

    • @sonjaadamson1714
      @sonjaadamson1714 4 роки тому +1

      I'd LOVE to get that sample...sounds like that don't get used enough today.

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy 4 роки тому +3

      The first note sounds a little bit like the strings at the beginning of Orbital's "Halcyon".

    • @fender1000100
      @fender1000100 4 роки тому +2

      For sure its dreamy and ethereal. Takes you out of here.

    • @robinsss
      @robinsss 4 роки тому +1

      @@fender1000100 9:32
      let's all go down to get some refreshments

    • @Kossi.
      @Kossi. 3 роки тому +3

      It sounds very 80s ! ;-)

  • @scammell23
    @scammell23 4 роки тому +5

    Love the floating ork sound. Reminds me of being on a mystical ride of some sort in Disneyland or something.

  • @xrostr2K09
    @xrostr2K09 2 роки тому +16

    5:54 if i ever made a dark ambient album, i would DEFINITELY use this sound, mostly for the atmosphere.

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 роки тому +2

      Good sound from this preset

  • @Mike2NightBeatz
    @Mike2NightBeatz 2 роки тому +3

    Enigma & Sandra sound !!! Thnks!

  • @harmlesscreationsofthegree1248
    @harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 4 роки тому +8

    Haha I remember the Zip disk! They were heavy and expensive but super reliable...

  • @angh3ll202
    @angh3ll202 4 роки тому +28

    There's an episode of Bob's Burgers where Gene meets a friend's dad who has a home studio with tons of synths and it's as if he's in a candy store🎹 Made me think of this channel😁

    • @acialist
      @acialist 4 роки тому +2

      which episode?

    • @angh3ll202
      @angh3ll202 4 роки тому +4

      @@acialist season 3 episode 8 The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene!

  • @theimaginator8634
    @theimaginator8634 3 роки тому +7

    The "Floating Ork" sound was used in two songs of Dieter Bohlen's "Blue System" project: in the song "She's A Lady" from the project's first album in 1987, "Walking On A Rainbow", and in the song "Body Heat" from the project's second album of the same name in 1988. In both cases, this sound opens the composition.

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @Jexton
      @Jexton Рік тому +2

      Also used in the opening section of Pink Floyd's "Yet Another Movie". It is even easier to spot it in the Delicate Sounds Of Thunder version.

    • @theimaginator8634
      @theimaginator8634 Рік тому +3

      "She's a Lady" begins with a sample of a dramatic scream borrowed from the central part of Jean-Michel Jarre's greatest composition "Ethnicolor", which was tightly mixed with this preset "Floating ork".

  • @magicknight8412
    @magicknight8412 4 роки тому +6

    Absolutely love the sounds this thing can make. If I was an artist in the 80s would have this on every single track !

    • @onsesejoo2605
      @onsesejoo2605 3 роки тому +1

      I know, this was 10 months ago but please check out for Alan Wilder Emulator II. :)

  • @DroppedandSkrewed
    @DroppedandSkrewed 4 роки тому +4

    Love the e-mu design so simple

  • @abby78965
    @abby78965 4 місяці тому

    A few days ago, I converted a CD-ROM for Eⅲ that had been lying dormant for many years using Kontakt4, making it usable in my DAW. The sound is amazing! Of course, the usable range is narrow, but it's thick and smooth, and gives the same impression as the sound you hear in this video. How could they samplinged such a convincing sound in the 80s? It's magic. It's something that most 21st century ROMpler plug-ins couldn't achieve.

  • @norakat
    @norakat Рік тому

    Look at the size of that thing! Wow thanks for the scene w the Zip drive and B&W Mac.. instantly brought back memories!

  • @steveg219
    @steveg219 4 роки тому +15

    This is cool, I was around when the original came out, I was 17 and my friends Dad owned a studio that bought one

  • @MichaelTheoret
    @MichaelTheoret Рік тому +1

    This is NEAT ! "Old Technology " STILL can rock!

  • @0e0
    @0e0 4 роки тому +9

    floating ork is such a great sound

    • @deondewit3175
      @deondewit3175 2 роки тому

      LiteTinkLoop that he played just after Ork is great also. Perfect for soundtrack and video game work. Felt like I was in a Myst game listening to those sounds.

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 роки тому

      Yes it is!

    • @Wumpus.1201
      @Wumpus.1201 2 роки тому

      So good soundquality!

  • @MichaelTheoret
    @MichaelTheoret Рік тому +1

    Man, You can about do anything with this ! So wild!

  • @awaken77
    @awaken77 2 роки тому +4

    9:30 Quite unexpected to hear Hammond organ samples played on Emulator :-). Nicely done.

  • @TYSofficial
    @TYSofficial 2 роки тому +1

    I love the floating ork sound lol

  • @willswitchcraft
    @willswitchcraft 4 роки тому +3

    This takes me back - mainly because back in the mid 80's I had - what was probably the largest E2 sound library in the US. I was on tour with Van Halen during 1986, so in every city, I'd get together with the local EII owner - (usually a recording studio), and swap sounds. Hard to think that we were all so excited by the samples, as they were 8 Bit, and weren't even stereo. Great to hear them again though.

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  4 роки тому

      Awesome!! Thank you for the insight! Yes, there's something special about those early libraries, still great sounds, especially considering these were done thirty-five years ago...

    • @willswitchcraft
      @willswitchcraft 4 роки тому

      Damn, 35 years ago?! Yes, that really show my age I guess. Thanks for responding, and uploading this great little vid!

    • @powder-phun949
      @powder-phun949 2 роки тому

      You wouldn't happen to still have that collection on some old floppy, would you? Many people would love to archive and preserve such a trove

    • @willswitchcraft
      @willswitchcraft 2 роки тому

      strange as it seems, I was just about to throw them all out. I put a listing on eBay, and someone paid me about $1,500 to buy them and have me ship them to Hawaii.................................a nice little surprise

    • @powder-phun949
      @powder-phun949 2 роки тому +1

      @@willswitchcraft nice to know they didn't go to a landfill

  • @Kossi.
    @Kossi. 3 роки тому +5

    2:50 SCARFACE/Clockwork Orange Vibes

  • @JuanDaMajikOne
    @JuanDaMajikOne 4 роки тому +1

    WOW!! That Dust Warrior sound was awesone

  • @kiko1935
    @kiko1935 4 роки тому +5

    Wow that Mac. I had no idea this type of audio editing was possible back then

    • @kingslaphappy1533
      @kingslaphappy1533 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, i bought an Emu 2 back in 85 and yes Sound Designer was literally amazing tech back then. Only the Fairlight gave it a run for the money with its light pen and drawable waveforms...but at about 100,000 bucks (canadian ) it was out of most people’s price range. Heck, even the Emu 2 cost me over 13 grand at the time!

  • @vitracbertrand7938
    @vitracbertrand7938 11 місяців тому +1

    On entend aussi Genesis. C est génial et c est un son énorme.

  • @malibustacy3606
    @malibustacy3606 Рік тому +1

    Early Depeche a la Mode and Constance Demby/Novus Magnificat come to mind for the E-mu Emulator/Fornicator II.

  • @awaken77
    @awaken77 2 роки тому +6

    8:05 very Depeche Mod-y stuff

  • @Esperluet
    @Esperluet 4 роки тому +3

    8:00 "Some great reward" era

  • @whenvioletsturngrey9597
    @whenvioletsturngrey9597 4 роки тому

    One of he coolest machines ever built! Thanks for all your work.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden Рік тому +1

    2:12 I wonder if the High Strings sound is the same as Kraftwerk's Sex Object lead sound?

  • @KameFilmsOfficial
    @KameFilmsOfficial 4 роки тому +5

    Omg i never knew there was a piece of software so powerful so early on in computers history 😐😍😐

  • @jolesco
    @jolesco 3 роки тому +1

    I recognize the "LITETINKLOOP" sound from a radio show back in the late 80's....interesting to now know where it came from

  • @garyseymour6319
    @garyseymour6319 Рік тому +1

    You may find that 'Mad Metal' was used on Everything Counts by Depeche Mode

  • @ifeelluckytoday
    @ifeelluckytoday 2 роки тому +2

    5:00 unfortunately this amazing sound is nowhere to be found on Emulator II, a VST plugin by Arturia. What a shame D:

  • @jaggass
    @jaggass 4 роки тому +18

    I need to get an Emu II so i can have a day off school.

  • @oscillationcommunications709

    This is great! Thanks for sharing this with us.⚡️

  • @zzkjbry
    @zzkjbry 4 роки тому

    Great hardware, oldies are goodies here it seams!! have a fab time :)

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters 4 роки тому +1

    Such a great sounding synth. Love that you're using that old Mac SE to transfer data.

  • @FrankNFurter1000
    @FrankNFurter1000 3 роки тому +1

    Floating Ork took me to another dimension.

  • @KuroMicra
    @KuroMicra 11 місяців тому +1

    Think E-Mu. Think DM!

  • @pizzagogo6151
    @pizzagogo6151 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks that was interesting, that software seems pretty amazing for its time! ( I’ve got the much later Yamaha A5000 and just found out PCs can read it’s disks so it makes sending sounds to it a massive pain)- funny emu cracked that decades before!

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  4 роки тому

      I bought an A4000 when they came out. I sold it a short while after, because the SCSI loading times were unbelievably long

  • @scavenom2008
    @scavenom2008 4 роки тому

    Awesome video Paolo. Very well put together and sonically good as always 👍

  • @sanfran64
    @sanfran64 2 роки тому

    Happy New Year. Stay blessed

  • @amonster8mymother
    @amonster8mymother 3 роки тому

    Strings sound fantastic.

  • @100DollarHeadache
    @100DollarHeadache 4 роки тому +10

    Eighties samplers with analog filters sound more realistic than life itself, and E-mu was the rightful emperor. Unfortunately, I bet on the wrong horses (Ensoniq Mirage and Sequential Prophet 2002).

    • @mrkitty777
      @mrkitty777 4 роки тому +2

      Lol I had a Casio Keyboard when I started.

    • @antigen4
      @antigen4 4 роки тому +2

      haha the mirage was AWFUL - it was obvious when it came out - it was one of the few affordable ones however

    • @100DollarHeadache
      @100DollarHeadache 4 роки тому +3

      ​@@antigen4 To be fair, the Mirage's difficulties in realism can sometimes be to its advantage. Some of its factory library (especially the strings) has an uncanny valley effect in the same way the Mellotron evokes. The Prophet 2002, on paper, is better than the Emulator II - 12-bit, vs. 8-bit companded. Unfortunately it didn't get the library that the Emulator II did.

    • @andyanderson6455
      @andyanderson6455 3 роки тому +2

      @@100DollarHeadache Skinny Puppy used the Mirages, and they had major hits with them -I mean how could you go wrong sampling the Exorcist?

    • @100DollarHeadache
      @100DollarHeadache 3 роки тому +1

      @@mrkitty777 If it was a Casio SK-1, it might not have been that much worse than the Mirage in sound quality.

  • @kirillurvancev2116
    @kirillurvancev2116 4 роки тому +3

    5:06 it's sounds similar to Alan Wilder remix of In chains-Depeche mode

  • @ASH-ou4cg
    @ASH-ou4cg 4 роки тому

    Such amazing sounds in this! Wow, 1984 and these were around? I would expect these in romplers from the early 90's. Thanks for sharing!

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  4 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 2 роки тому +2

      Just wait until you see what both the Fairlight CMI IIx and the Synclavier II were capable of. Innovative samplers for their time yet costs just as much as a house.

  • @ntma
    @ntma 4 роки тому +1

    very cool!

  • @Evolved_Skeptic
    @Evolved_Skeptic 4 роки тому +1

    Not a musician, but definitely a fan of synth. Spent many hours just muckin' about with fascinating sounds using PC based apps & a dumb midi keyboard - waay back in the 1990s...

  • @sophiejones8813
    @sophiejones8813 Рік тому

    The first chord of Heaven 17 song "Temptation " is a haunting bass that even they can not recreate because they said the sample was lost ! I love the low signiture , the prodigy used the emu 2 , need I say more

  • @KuroMicra
    @KuroMicra Рік тому

    I need one of these keyboards in my life!

  • @godovscore
    @godovscore 3 роки тому

    Thank you Paul!

  • @christiaantinga
    @christiaantinga 4 роки тому

    I enjoyed every second of this ♥

  • @respobabs
    @respobabs Рік тому

    nice as always

  • @arlo12345678910
    @arlo12345678910 Рік тому

    Great sounds

  • @LozJBell
    @LozJBell 4 роки тому +2

    Mad Metal seems like it wouldn’t be out of place on Construction Time Again

  • @felipesundaephil5062
    @felipesundaephil5062 4 роки тому

    Impressionante its sound!!

  • @richieh007
    @richieh007 Рік тому

    That string patch in the intro is directly from Dark Train by Underworld.

  • @juanmico4085
    @juanmico4085 4 роки тому

    Lol, I had those pointer-following eyeballs on my Performa 2600 back in the day...

  • @zachhaywood1564
    @zachhaywood1564 2 роки тому +1

    The Mellotron of the 80's.

  • @Ndlanding
    @Ndlanding 4 роки тому

    Good video and some fine sounds, but MAN! That monitor flickering like hell at the start! I bet you've sent a few epis to hospital with that already!

  • @KaiserWilhelmIV
    @KaiserWilhelmIV 4 роки тому +8

    Mad Metal is Depeche Mode 1984

    • @TobiasTimpe
      @TobiasTimpe 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, the People Are People intro. I always thought that was a custom sample.

  • @claudioarcadexlab6397
    @claudioarcadexlab6397 Рік тому +1

    Pet Shop Boys Strings please!!!

  • @txdap786
    @txdap786 4 роки тому

    Amazing...

  • @iamkeiju6756
    @iamkeiju6756 3 роки тому +3

    the BIGBIGBIGBIG sounds a lot like ABC's Poison Arrow

  • @angelovintelservis
    @angelovintelservis Рік тому

    SUPER!!!

  • @JohnPaulBuce
    @JohnPaulBuce 2 роки тому

    5:04 love of a lifetime

  • @JohnPaulBuce
    @JohnPaulBuce 2 роки тому +2

    modern talking sound

  • @kevinlangley9644
    @kevinlangley9644 4 роки тому +4

    I want to say that ive been enjoying your synth reviews for a long time. When i was buying synths several years ago before i committed to one id go online to the website to see what your take was on whichever synth i was thinking of buying. You'd play a few lines on most of the sounds. You helped me sooooo much in my decisions. Thank you. Now, Idk if you know much about him but didn't Yanni use this synth? Seems like i saw one in his setup at "Live at the Acropolis"?

    • @SynthManiaDotCom
      @SynthManiaDotCom  4 роки тому +2

      Kevin, thank you - I don't know Yanni very well but at the "Live at the Acropolis" I see an Emulator III, which is the successor to the machine in the video. However, Yanni is one of the top synth guys, so I think it's likely that he used the Emulator II as well at some point in his career

    • @txdap786
      @txdap786 4 роки тому +1

      Kevin you and me both...If I saw a synth on Craigslist and was wondering what the sounds were like, I would be checking out his 15sec. Demos...

  • @middle_pickup
    @middle_pickup 2 роки тому +1

    It's bizarre how modern the librarian app appears on that old mac! Those sounds are so delicious. I would love to have sampled instruments of those banks. The strings, and brass particularly sound right to me. Do you want to make some in Ableton maybe? ;-)

  • @RosalvoParadella
    @RosalvoParadella 4 роки тому

    Esse synth soa fantástico nos dias de hoje... e eu escutei pelo falante do meu celular aqui. Imagina isso num P.A. !!

  • @Wumpus.1201
    @Wumpus.1201 Рік тому

    5:15 is so good!

  • @rhymeandreasoning
    @rhymeandreasoning 2 роки тому

    Tina Turner band member used Emulator ll, when on tour in the 80s

  • @FAQspharmacy
    @FAQspharmacy Місяць тому +1

    Petshop boys sounds

  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters 4 роки тому

    There's a very similar sounding patch to that That Big Big Big on the Kawai K1. I bet they got the idea from the EII

  • @experimentalel7
    @experimentalel7 Рік тому

    here bc of the residents. heard they used this in recording.

  • @transforminggravity15626
    @transforminggravity15626 4 роки тому +2

    Cool 🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯

  • @arkasonus7678
    @arkasonus7678 4 роки тому +1

    When I see a big synth like that, I wonder how small it could be today.

    • @alphabeets
      @alphabeets 3 роки тому +1

      It’s the size of an iPhone. GarageBand does so much more.

  • @andyanderson6455
    @andyanderson6455 3 роки тому +3

    why doesnt UVI or other companies make refill libraries for the plug in versions?-I have the UVI plug and its great but only has minimal sounds? where can I get the sought after classic sounds from?

  • @danielortizdecaracas
    @danielortizdecaracas 4 роки тому

    SALVE EMULATOR FOREVER

  • @gglibert3238
    @gglibert3238 4 роки тому +1

    Holy shit iomega zip drives

  • @blueeyedsoulman
    @blueeyedsoulman 4 роки тому

    I had all my Emu II and Emax sounds converted to Reason files and now I use them in my computers. I also have all the Fairlight sounds converted. I no longer need the hardware.

    • @80sJayOfficial
      @80sJayOfficial 4 роки тому

      I'd like to buy a copy of those if you'd sell me a copy. :)

  • @adrianbenc.8216
    @adrianbenc.8216 Рік тому

    Suena Genial!!!

  • @Esperluet
    @Esperluet 4 роки тому

    Museum of music and IT.

  • @amonster8mymother
    @amonster8mymother 3 роки тому

    This is very cool. I have this but I have an Emax.

  • @AndrewTSq
    @AndrewTSq 4 роки тому +1

    I have 2 zipdrives that work still. but you can only use the disc in the same zipdrive you wrote the disc with =) one internal and one external. dont really use them anymore since i have a scsi2sd installed

  • @salvatorepanzali3660
    @salvatorepanzali3660 3 роки тому

    Ciao Paolo,love your show, can you do one whit the Roland MC 505.Grtz. Salvatore Panzali 👏👌👍

  • @Nacios007
    @Nacios007 Рік тому

    I dont know for sure but I think that Floating Ork is the intro of Peter Ceteras "WIld Ways"?

  • @DadoSimicStudiostriver
    @DadoSimicStudiostriver 4 роки тому

    It seems I only dug original library from this machine. These imports somehow do not touch me too much on personal nostalgic meter.

  • @giannagiavelli5098
    @giannagiavelli5098 4 роки тому +1

    i was just wondering what you think of this vs a kurz 2000 sampler

  • @SiliconPrairie
    @SiliconPrairie 2 роки тому

    5:06 Windows NT Worstation boot sound?

  • @richieh007
    @richieh007 Рік тому

    Then, floating Ork patch, Pearls Girl - Underworld

  • @sonikboom007
    @sonikboom007 4 роки тому +2

    Was this not also ferris beullers synth? 'U seen aliens?.... well its like that '

    • @Dafjo
      @Dafjo 4 роки тому +1

      Yep, he used the disk, I think it’s called (sick day) or something like that

  • @languageacquire4279
    @languageacquire4279 Рік тому

    Please some place on the net were could download each key of mad metal disc ???😅😊😢😮❤

  • @mont-doggBeats
    @mont-doggBeats 10 місяців тому

    2:18 he hit the back dat azz up strings😂

  • @JonniArmani
    @JonniArmani 3 роки тому

    4:43 big in Japan opening sound

  • @JahJahBruh
    @JahJahBruh 4 роки тому

    That B3 patch sounds better than most sampled Organ vsts.

  • @LouisSerieusement
    @LouisSerieusement 4 роки тому +3

    Hey Paolo, Thanks a lot for another great E-mu video

  • @popmart3272
    @popmart3272 4 роки тому +1

    There is a lot of Depeche Mode in it

  • @MarshalArnold
    @MarshalArnold 3 роки тому +2

    Super cool that you could send patches from the Macintosh! Is it real time control, like with filters and envelopes or do you make changes, then send to the synth? I'm amazed at any rate that this existed back then.