However, Sequential Circuits soon ceased paying E-mu royalties for its keyboard design, which prompted E-mu to release the Emulator commercially.įinally released in 1981, the Emulator was a floppy disk-based keyboard workstation that enabled the musician to sample sounds, recording them to storage media and allowing them to be played as musical notes on the keyboard. In 1979, founders Scott Wedge and Dave Rossum saw the Fairlight CMI and the Linn LM-1 at a convention, inspiring them to design and produce a less expensive digital sampling keyboard.Į-mu originally considered selling the design for the Emulator to Sequential Circuits, which was using E-mu's keyboard design in its popular Prophet-5 synthesizer. Licensing revenue for this technology afforded E-mu the ability to invest in research and development, and it began to develop boutique synthesizers for niche markets, including a series of modular synthesizers and the high-end Audity system. Impetus Į-mu Systems was founded in 1971 as a manufacturer of microprocessor chips, digital scanning keyboards and components for electronic instruments.
Its price was considerably lower than those of its competitors, and its smaller size allowed its use in live performances. Although it was not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was innovative in its integration of computer technology and was among the first samplers to find widespread usage among musicians. The Emulator is a series of digital sampling synthesizers using floppy-disk storage that was manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1981 until 2002.
Monotimbral Emulator, 8-part Multitimbral (Emulator II)Ģ4 dB/octave resonant analog low pass (Emulator II)
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