All user reviews for the E-MU Emulator III

very complete machine has both sampler and synthé.une machine produce sound and full musique.connectique, large Separate outputs sync smpte

USE

a 4 year old kid can produce a coommencer sic on the beast, he will not even need to call his mother to ask Why this has it or ca.une music can be flared in 10 minutes with the sequenceur.faire sounds is a breeze, just by touching the release of the envelope of a sample, you get a different sound.

SOUNDS

then it is necessary to avoid a listen 3 emu if we can no longer do without it, it is the most impressive machine that I had in my hands and yet I have a bunch of machines (thirty keyboards. it is very simple when you put your hand over one wants to sell all the reste.un its huge, enveloping, musicality has to drop a bird that whistles in the trees, on the dos.comment say the sound is full, thick, magical spectral presence, the grave was acute. crazy dynamic, even a polyphonic analog seems a nice coté.on feel that we have a branch preamp, compressor and reverb lexicon 480l ass when listening tablecloths for example, because it is his field of predilection, monstrously beautiful tablecloths. if you turn the chorus mode to "on" then you go directly al hospital, beauty of sound is unbearable for our ears (we want to go buy another 5 emu 3 for the stock room in case it fails)

NOTICE GLOBAL

not I tell you, do not buy this machine, it will make you suffer unnecessarily, you will not stop crying before his sounds merveilleux.allez buy a nice little bontempi, it costs less and you will not have to go buy handkerchiefs.

16 voice polyphony
4 MB of RAM expandable to 8
16 separate outputs (1-voice polyphony per output!)
16-track sequencer real time (but not arpeggiator)
Subtractive
Menu Software Maintenance
Editor / librarian for Mac

UTILIZATION

not need the manual!

SOUNDS

Best (1DAC by separate X 16 output) against an 8 on a Akai S1000
emu filter time, a must envelopes super fine ...

OVERALL OPINION

used since its pre output in 1988
logical consequence of the EII from 12 bit to 16 bit

The very well managed SCSI which helped later use media that did not exist at its output (and higher capacity HD ...)

Attention to maintenance today ...

The features are a bit laughable today, but at the time it is outside the norm.
It is quite usable for up to 8 Mb of RAM and 16 voice polyphony of 16 multitimbral channels.

For cons, I have not tested but the sequencer in good and usable air.
The arpeggiator is great but I think it can only be used locally agrggggrrrrrrrr

UTILIZATION

Yes it is an emu is quite simple. All menus are on or near the machine.

SOUNDS

well then .....

We tested it against an Emu IV .... how to say.
one is a sampler other musical instrument.
The sound of EIII is not really much bigger or different. It is present, he breathes it is inhabited, as the Emulator II we tested at the same time.

The sound of EIV seems empty compared to EIII is not bad but it has no soul.

PS I also have a platinum E4 that we tested with the EIV is the platinum was a little better in medium but the difference was not at all obvious.

The next test will be against the EIV EIIIXs I have in the basement.

OVERALL OPINION

I very recently and I have problems with SCSI its impossible for the time saved sounds. But I understand why it's a legend.

between EII and EIII is a matter of taste and use, but are two instruments in the same vein .... it rings true. I would say that EIII is more crystalline cleaner and EII coarser but more wild.

Machine very complete, has both synth and sampler and sequencer in the machine bonus.une produce sound and music rapidement.connectique very full, many outputs separate sync smpte.machine very inspiring because of its extraordinary musicality.

UTILIZATION

a 4 year old kid can start producing sic on the beast, he will not even need to call his mother to ask Why this has ca.par against it or properly monitor the kid he goes not to pee above or put the jam with his dirty fingers (15,000 euros even when the beast!!). music can be torchée in 10 minutes with sequenceur.faire sounds is a breeze, just by touching the release of the envelope of a short sample, we get a different sound, a body of a beauty ....... in 5 seconds.

SOUNDS

then we must listen to avoid an emu 3 otherwise we can not live without it, the machine is most impressive that I had in my hands and yet I have a bunch of machines (thirty keyboards. it is very simple when you place your hand above one wants to sell its entire reste.un huge, enveloping, musicality has to drop a bird that whistles through the trees, the dos.comment say, the sound is full, thick, spectral presence of magic, from bass to treble. dynamics crazy, even a polyphonic analog seems nice coté.on has the impression that one branch has a preamp, a compressor and a reverb lexicon 480l in the ass when you listen tablecloths for example, because it is his field of predilection.le result in output is a professional sound that sounds like a tube mastered. if you put the chorus mode "on" then we will directly at the hospital, beauty of sound is unbearable for our ears (you want to go buy five other 3 emu for stock lot in case it falls panne.on becomes addicted to the machine) and the doc will tell you: "we will detain you, you are under the enprise your emu 3.You are in danger! it will heal you with a small plastic Bontempi organ"

OVERALL OPINION

not I tell you, do not buy this machine, it will make you suffer unnecessarily, you'll cry without sound judgment to his merveilleux.allez buy a nice little Bontempi, it costs less and you will not have to go buy tissues when it will fail

Magnificent instrument for a musician, researcher, programmer, technician computer music audio / video sync
SD 1GB RAM 8M, 10 ~ CD + Syquest samples of characters or pro
DoN compatible, CD-ROM, Syquest, Zip ... (SCSI 2), direct computer RS422 port
Full Midi, 16 outputs, excellent Arpeggiator Synchronizable midi ... SMPTE cinma / video ...
Mac: Passport Alchemy graphics editor of samples (auto configuration and plug & play, it's magic)
see site specially: www.emulatorarchive.com/Samplers/E3Overview/e3overview.html

UTILIZATION

See the website specially: www.emulatorarchive.com/Samplers/E3Overview/e3overview.html
SCSI connectors in (Syquest, Mac, CD-Rom) is sometimes problmatique (OS 2.42 ncessaire) ...
St SOVEMAM Repair Tool.

SOUNDS

Sound Banks extraordinary capacity ditions infinite thanks to digital and Analog segments Synthtizeurs! The sound!
CD Rom EIII brads www.Emu.com site.

OVERALL OPINION

Bought used in 1992, 12,000 francs. The price does not vary much. The SCSI connector is fragile.
This instrument remains an inspiration for my vritable pany and my arrangements.

What of course is that E-mu has always done the Samplers. From the Emulator and Emulator II (with or without HD), the Emulator III is no exception to the rule but has an additional part of publishing in terms of synthesis and the momentum that brings a real plus compared to the Emu-II HD. Compatible with readers CDRom 16Bits of the time, the Emulator III offers a real alternative in 1987-88 to Fairlight Cmi at 2X or Kurzweil K250, which in terms of cost price easily two or three times the price of an Emulator III between 650,000 and 80,000 francs at the time or more depending on options.
Eq U.S. prices:::
* EIII Rack 4MB $ 12,695
* EIII Rack 8MB $ 15,195
* Option 40MB internal hard disk SCSI and 4 MB of RAM to 8 = $ 2,500
<p class="bbcode-offtopic"> Off topic: <span>When you know that now looks euros for 5000-6000 Oasys or K2600x, a 2x Fairlight had to negotiate around 140,000 francs abroad and via the K250 is worse</span>
In fact it is the first sampler keyboard that introduced both the Pro homestudio musicians and especially the recording studios, post production and the brodcast for Jingles, classrooms electro-acousmatic conservatories "enlightened "at the time. In fact as the Emulator II was diponible musicians special occasion and we were in the era of "Tell me about how you play I&#39;ll tell you who you are", it was impressive to have an EIII and it makes sense.

In terms of look, and as at the time the manufacturers wanted to distinguish themselves through design also imposing machines (it is far from the mignaturisation e) the Emulator III shows the curves of E-II, but more streamlined, more profound and losing his gray side-armed, he sports a gray-blue beautiful and above all fantastic concert. Since the pit we see only him.

KEYBOARD:::
It will touch criticized the Emulator II (and worse, that of the first generation Emulator) and it is considering the importance of the keyboard 5 octaves of the Emulator III is new, sensitive to velocity and aftertouch . The stroke of the shallower note, it is faster to play, management of the velocity thinner (yes!).

RAM:::
Base available in 4MB or 8MB of RAM (E-mu was the only manufacturer has managed to know the internal compression of Samples having regard also to the sampling modest yet unmatched), it was possible to boost 8MB max. Amazing for its time.

HARD DISK:::
All models were available with a Hard Disk 5.25 "40 MB of evolution that were hard to recog 52.1 MB, but could be formatted to preserve disk space, 43 MB latter offered 16 or 32 banks sound-presets-sample ainsisauvegardés, uploaded and also depending on the available RAM.

SPECIFICATIONS:::
. Marketing year: End of 1986 (usa) - 1987 (Europe)
. Importer at the time: Musicland (Paris)
Keyboard:::
. 5-octave touch sensitive
. Aftertouch
Rack version:::
. 4U
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. 16-bit Digital Sampler
. Stereo audio outputs + 16.
. 33k sampling frequency, 44.1kHz (67 seconds)
. Analog low-pass filters (huge and fat)
. VCA - ADSR envelope control
. Sample RAM memory expandable to 8 MB
. 16-channel sequencer: 100 patterns, 100 songs
. SMPTE
. 40MB Internal Hard Drive Adapter
. Latest version OS 2.42
. Old OS 2.2 Version

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OPTIONS:::
. 4MB or 8MB RAM Sample
. Boot ROM Version 2
. External SCSI CDRom
. Internal SCSI Hard Drive
. Remote control software
. Sample Editing Software

UTILIZATION

Even simpler than Emulator II, III Emu has a features that artillery once again does not leave much room for competition Keyboard version.
(What is this white rack there ... A S900, from whom?).
But the impressive win Emulator III knows a 96dB dynamic output when it has only Asysmétriques outputs (unbalanced)! And 16 in total at that.
F Chip offers its Digital filters for the oversampling that will make it a musical revolutionary weapon.

Also this time we find a true 16-track sequencer and control the environment finally SMPTE / MIDI sync.

As between the years 1985> 1992 instead of the machines was predominantly in the musical productions, it was not uncommon to see several Emulator II or III on stage:
Depeche Mode, New Order, Prince, Van Halen, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ... In 1988 the E-MU Emulator III Rack markets in 4U brings the same characteristics. Amazing machine but it is not the version "I move easy" but "I show what I play on." It will not sell very little Racks and especially hard to find used.

Service side: Not much to remember except that like any good American machine, she wants sensitive to heat or transportation, LCD, Floppy Disk and Hard Disk house were the first to suffer. A small kit of good user EIII existed even then.

MANUAL: UK Only.
If you want to discover What the EIII got inside: take a look on this
http://www.emulatorarchive.com/assets/PDF/Emulator% 20II%% 20Reference 20Manual.pdf ( http://www.emulatorarchive.com/assets/PDF/Emulator%20III%20Reference%20Manual.pdf )
<p class="bbcode-offtopic"> Off topic: <span>It seems there was a French version, as the first Gospel of Christ, it was not found. If an archaeologist owner of EIII in French were kind enough to come forward, it would be urban.</span>

SOUNDS

SONS side: It&#39;s great delusion. Because the E-mu EIII like the Akai S1000 (which was produced then) were the only two machines that have aroused the greatest interest by the sound designers from around the world and with his two most references CD audio in bookstores (they were consistent) have been developed and marketed and fed the music of the whole earth, and also continues through the last platforms Software Samplers, or the latest in fashion.

OVERALL OPINION

Now as always just listen to the tubes of the time to notice how the EIII was used. Depeche Mode (on tour Music for the Masses) to INXS, ZZ Top in Prince or Bowie, Niagara, etc.. The EIII was everywhere.

Even Daniel had Chenevez Niagara Midifier his Hammond B3 EIII to drive her on stage for the organ, even bigger and more vintage, scene requires.

There were three schools in 1987: E-MU Emulator II with HD or E-mu III Fairlight CMI with the 2x and the appearance of series 3, NEW ENGLAND DIGITAL with the famous Synclavier 9600 (the exit 3.2) . it was more used as a Post-Pro or Direct to Disk at major concerts (eg Genesis, Wally Badarou, Dire Straits, Bowie, Pink Floyd).

The Emulator III was the last step of the first generation of E-MU Samplers. Then a truce and the start of the generation "Cheap Sampler" with the appearance of the famous E-and E-MAX MAX II Turbo and consequently the series ESI. The E4 was the beginning of the second generation to PRO the result with the E4 PLATINUM marketed during 2001. It was the last sample of the brand before the product Hardware sad merger with Creative, which spelled the end of Rnd in E-MU and the departure of many sound designer and developer.
Each model: Emulator, Emulator II, II +, Emulator III, E-max, E-Maxii, E4, E4 Turbo, E-4 K, E64, E6400, E-Synth, E-Synth K, E-5000, E- 5000 Ultra, Ultra E-6400, E-4 Ultra, E-4 Platinum has provided a disproportionate emotion to its owner and user. I believe that no other brand that is able to teach and offer as much fun to play and compose that E-MU (Sampler is in course) in mass.

I am very sad that commercial and industrial ambitions have led Creative to abandon the hardware market. Too Expensive? Too expensive? Inappropriate?
In the meantime, anyone has the chance to approach a EIII and putting your fingers on the keyboard, be it by design, will have eyes that sparkle even before the ears hum.