E-mu Emulator X2 Sofware Sampler

Full Description

E-MU's Emulator® X2 is the most powerful and complete software sampler in the world, featuring the E-MU's streaming sound engine with up to 192kHz sampling and playback, an arsenal of automated sampling/beat analysis/editing tools and almost unlimited sound manipulation that builds on E-MU's 35 years of synthesis experience.

Included in the box is the E-MU Xmidi 2x2 USM/MIDI Interface, a great solution for delivering the best from your music and audio applications

Features

• Automated sampling, pitch detection and preset creation with integrated waveform editor
• Powerful synthesis architecture with over 50
• Plane filters and 100 tempo-based parameters per preset
• Standalone (64 MIDI channels) or VSTi operation (16 MIDI channels per instantiation)
• Sound Engine supports RAM and streaming playback
• Integrated effects processors
• 2 in/2 out USB MIDI interface
• Comprehensive sound format support, including EOS, EIII, GigaSampler, MP3, REX2, .AIFF, SoundFont 2.1, .WAV and more
• Over 3GB of sounds, including the complete Proteus 2000 soundset, a stunning 1.5GB Grand Piano, 24-bit drums and grooves and more

• Emulator X2 Software/Operation Manual CD-ROM
• Quick Start Guide for Emulator X2
• Four Sound CD-ROMs
• E-MU Xmidi 2x2 USB/MIDI Interface

• Native USB port (for E-MU Xmidi 2x2 USB/MIDI Interface), or an installed E-MU Digital Audio System, E-MU USB Audio Interface or E-MU Xboard USB/MIDI Controller
• Genuine Intel® Pentium® III or AMD® K6® class processor or higher operating at 1.5GHz or faster (Pentium® 4 at 2.4GHz or faster recommended)
• Intel®, AMD® or 100 compatible motherboard & chipset
• 512MB System RAM (1GB or greater recommended)
• 7200 RPM hard disk or faster recommended for streaming
• 200MB of free hard disk space for minimum installation (3.5GB needed for full sound library installation)
• Windows® XP
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
• XVGA Video (1024 X 768)

"Some of you may have noticed my enthusiasm for the Emulator X2 seeping through this review. I'd seen demos of the new features at trade shows and been suitably impressed, but it was still far more fun using them than I'd expected, and occasionally jaw-dropping in the creative department. There are now quite afew soft samplers, but Emulator X has always had a good reputation for its audio quality, and the X2 version stands out for its incredible versatility, although CPU overhead can rocket if you avail yourself of too many of the features in a single preset."

"I also suspect that severing the requirement for an Emu soundcard, will now tempt others who already own a perfectly good audio interface but are looking for a soft sampler."

Martin Walker Sound on Sound August 2006