Depeche Mode used a lot of Emulator. as well as Pet Shop Boys
@Wumpus.12012 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the Simple Minds used the Emulator 2
@DxModel219 Жыл бұрын
Depeche Mode had the most original samples of all bands. Amazing how Alan Wilder and Martin Gore used the emulator.
@synthlord23684 жыл бұрын
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.
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
Thank you and sorry for your loss
@pollock80004 жыл бұрын
so sorry to hear that my friend, sending you a big hug from Argentina, long live to your father's music for ever.
@metatronorder35652 жыл бұрын
@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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@vco84504 жыл бұрын
The sound at 5:04 is - in my opinion, one of the top 5 greatest EII sounds ever made.
@sonjaadamson17144 жыл бұрын
I'd LOVE to get that sample...sounds like that don't get used enough today.
@AshleyPomeroy4 жыл бұрын
The first note sounds a little bit like the strings at the beginning of Orbital's "Halcyon".
@fender10001004 жыл бұрын
For sure its dreamy and ethereal. Takes you out of here.
@robinsss4 жыл бұрын
@@fender1000100 9:32 let's all go down to get some refreshments
@Kossi.3 жыл бұрын
It sounds very 80s ! ;-)
@theimaginator86343 жыл бұрын
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.12012 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Jexton Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
"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".
@scammell234 жыл бұрын
Love the floating ork sound. Reminds me of being on a mystical ride of some sort in Disneyland or something.
@harmlesscreationsofthegree12484 жыл бұрын
Haha I remember the Zip disk! They were heavy and expensive but super reliable...
@magicknight84124 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the sounds this thing can make. If I was an artist in the 80s would have this on every single track !
@onsesejoo26053 жыл бұрын
I know, this was 10 months ago but please check out for Alan Wilder Emulator II. :)
@ifeelluckytoday2 жыл бұрын
5:00 unfortunately this amazing sound is nowhere to be found on Emulator II, a VST plugin by Arturia. What a shame D:
@Mike2NightBeatz2 жыл бұрын
Enigma & Sandra sound !!! Thnks!
@norakat Жыл бұрын
Look at the size of that thing! Wow thanks for the scene w the Zip drive and B&W Mac.. instantly brought back memories!
@SynthManiaDotCom Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@xrostr2K092 жыл бұрын
5:54 if i ever made a dark ambient album, i would DEFINITELY use this sound, mostly for the atmosphere.
@Wumpus.12012 жыл бұрын
Good sound from this preset
@abby789655 ай бұрын
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.
@lundsweden Жыл бұрын
2:12 I wonder if the High Strings sound is the same as Kraftwerk's Sex Object lead sound?
@awaken772 жыл бұрын
9:30 Quite unexpected to hear Hammond organ samples played on Emulator :-). Nicely done.
@steveg2194 жыл бұрын
This is cool, I was around when the original came out, I was 17 and my friends Dad owned a studio that bought one
@willswitchcraft4 жыл бұрын
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.
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
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...
@willswitchcraft4 жыл бұрын
Damn, 35 years ago?! Yes, that really show my age I guess. Thanks for responding, and uploading this great little vid!
@powder-phun9492 жыл бұрын
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
@willswitchcraft2 жыл бұрын
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-phun9492 жыл бұрын
@@willswitchcraft nice to know they didn't go to a landfill
@DroppedandSkrewed4 жыл бұрын
Love the e-mu design so simple
@Bustaliscious15 күн бұрын
You play really good, I liked much the B-3 FAST LESLIE
@0e04 жыл бұрын
floating ork is such a great sound
@deondewit31752 жыл бұрын
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.12012 жыл бұрын
Yes it is!
@Wumpus.12012 жыл бұрын
So good soundquality!
@kiko19354 жыл бұрын
Wow that Mac. I had no idea this type of audio editing was possible back then
@kingslaphappy15334 жыл бұрын
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!
@MichaelTheoret Жыл бұрын
This is NEAT ! "Old Technology " STILL can rock!
@garyseymour6319 Жыл бұрын
You may find that 'Mad Metal' was used on Everything Counts by Depeche Mode
@jaggass4 жыл бұрын
I need to get an Emu II so i can have a day off school.
@MichaelTheoret Жыл бұрын
Man, You can about do anything with this ! So wild!
@JuanDaMajikOne4 жыл бұрын
WOW!! That Dust Warrior sound was awesone
@malibustacy3606 Жыл бұрын
Early Depeche a la Mode and Constance Demby/Novus Magnificat come to mind for the E-mu Emulator/Fornicator II.
@jolesco3 жыл бұрын
I recognize the "LITETINKLOOP" sound from a radio show back in the late 80's....interesting to now know where it came from
@whenvioletsturngrey95974 жыл бұрын
One of he coolest machines ever built! Thanks for all your work.
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@demonicsweaters4 жыл бұрын
Such a great sounding synth. Love that you're using that old Mac SE to transfer data.
@awaken772 жыл бұрын
8:05 very Depeche Mod-y stuff
@DxModel219 Жыл бұрын
industrial sounds
@oscillationcommunications709 Жыл бұрын
This is great! Thanks for sharing this with us.⚡️
@TYSofficial2 жыл бұрын
I love the floating ork sound lol
@Esperluet4 жыл бұрын
8:00 "Some great reward" era
@scavenom20084 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Paolo. Very well put together and sonically good as always 👍
@KameFilmsOfficial4 жыл бұрын
Omg i never knew there was a piece of software so powerful so early on in computers history 😐😍😐
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
The Fairlight had it even before
@ASH-ou4cg4 жыл бұрын
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!
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@pizzagogo61514 жыл бұрын
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!
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
I bought an A4000 when they came out. I sold it a short while after, because the SCSI loading times were unbelievably long
@sanfran643 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year. Stay blessed
@SynthManiaDotCom3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@claudioarcadexlab6397 Жыл бұрын
Pet Shop Boys Strings please!!!
@paolobarrella3 жыл бұрын
2:07 "Mi Vendo" by Renato Zero? :)
@100DollarHeadache4 жыл бұрын
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).
@mrkitty7774 жыл бұрын
Lol I had a Casio Keyboard when I started.
@antigen44 жыл бұрын
haha the mirage was AWFUL - it was obvious when it came out - it was one of the few affordable ones however
@100DollarHeadache4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@andyanderson64553 жыл бұрын
@@100DollarHeadache Skinny Puppy used the Mirages, and they had major hits with them -I mean how could you go wrong sampling the Exorcist?
@100DollarHeadache3 жыл бұрын
@@mrkitty777 If it was a Casio SK-1, it might not have been that much worse than the Mirage in sound quality.
@Kossi.3 жыл бұрын
2:50 SCARFACE/Clockwork Orange Vibes
@middle_pickup2 жыл бұрын
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? ;-)
@juanmico40854 жыл бұрын
Lol, I had those pointer-following eyeballs on my Performa 2600 back in the day...
@sophiejones8813 Жыл бұрын
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
@richieh007 Жыл бұрын
That string patch in the intro is directly from Dark Train by Underworld.
@andyanderson64553 жыл бұрын
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?
@zzkjbry4 жыл бұрын
Great hardware, oldies are goodies here it seams!! have a fab time :)
@FrankNFurter10003 жыл бұрын
Floating Ork took me to another dimension.
@kirillurvancev21164 жыл бұрын
5:06 it's sounds similar to Alan Wilder remix of In chains-Depeche mode
@KuroMicra Жыл бұрын
Think E-Mu. Think DM!
@LozJBell4 жыл бұрын
Mad Metal seems like it wouldn’t be out of place on Construction Time Again
@SiliconPrairie2 жыл бұрын
5:06 Windows NT Worstation boot sound?
@Ndlanding4 жыл бұрын
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!
@KaiserWilhelmIV4 жыл бұрын
Mad Metal is Depeche Mode 1984
@TobiasTimpe4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the People Are People intro. I always thought that was a custom sample.
@udontknowme67643 жыл бұрын
I need help what riff is being replayed at 02:10 plz don’t say Renato Zero-mi vendo cause i just listened to that song 5 times now in a row
@christiaantinga4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed every second of this ♥
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Christiaan!
@salvatorepanzali36604 жыл бұрын
Ciao Paolo,love your show, can you do one whit the Roland MC 505.Grtz. Salvatore Panzali 👏👌👍
@vitracbertrand7938 Жыл бұрын
On entend aussi Genesis. C est génial et c est un son énorme.
@Evolved_Skeptic4 жыл бұрын
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...
@godovscore4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Paul!
@Nacios0072 жыл бұрын
I dont know for sure but I think that Floating Ork is the intro of Peter Ceteras "WIld Ways"?
@westbestp4 жыл бұрын
Floating ork pad intro on Is this love? From Whitesnake?
@kevinlangley96444 жыл бұрын
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"?
@SynthManiaDotCom4 жыл бұрын
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
@txdap7864 жыл бұрын
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...
@demonicsweaters4 жыл бұрын
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
@languageacquire4279 Жыл бұрын
Please some place on the net were could download each key of mad metal disc ???😅😊😢😮❤
@respobabs Жыл бұрын
nice as always
@AndrewTSq4 жыл бұрын
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
@rhymeandreasoning2 жыл бұрын
Tina Turner band member used Emulator ll, when on tour in the 80s
@giannagiavelli50984 жыл бұрын
i was just wondering what you think of this vs a kurz 2000 sampler
@zachhaywood15642 жыл бұрын
The Mellotron of the 80's.
@iamkeiju67563 жыл бұрын
the BIGBIGBIGBIG sounds a lot like ABC's Poison Arrow
@arkasonus76784 жыл бұрын
When I see a big synth like that, I wonder how small it could be today.
@alphabeets3 жыл бұрын
It’s the size of an iPhone. GarageBand does so much more.
@tritonrecordings2 жыл бұрын
I'm dying to find a way to get the OMI Universe of Sounds set on my Emax II. Finding a set of floppies would be the easiest I suppose, but I've kept an eye out for a few years now to no avail.
@gush41192 жыл бұрын
I havet them on my computer.
@tritonrecordings2 жыл бұрын
@@gush4119 Nice. I wish I could find it on floppies or even a CD, I think that’s how it was originally released? I have access to a SCSI CD drive so I’d be all set if I found it on either format
@christophergeee4 жыл бұрын
hello SynthMania will you tell me which synths were used to make Cynthia "endless night" or some other latin freestyle songs from the eighties Thank you 😎
@amonster8mymother2 жыл бұрын
Hey Paulo. I'm looking for the pedal for my Emax. Hopefully Emax 1 and Emu2 use the same pedal???
@KuroMicra Жыл бұрын
I need one of these keyboards in my life!
@SynthManiaDotCom Жыл бұрын
There are several for sale on Reverb and eBay
@ntma4 жыл бұрын
very cool!
@amonster8mymother3 жыл бұрын
Strings sound fantastic.
@mont-doggBeats11 ай бұрын
2:18 he hit the back dat azz up strings😂
@MarshalArnold3 жыл бұрын
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.
@experimentalel7 Жыл бұрын
here bc of the residents. heard they used this in recording.
@relaxmax68082 жыл бұрын
Can a SP12 read in the same way via Zip disk & old mackintosh ??
@robertoliver17452 жыл бұрын
Do you have the frog/croaking sounds that New Order used in The Perfect Kiss?
@DadoSimicStudiostriver4 жыл бұрын
It seems I only dug original library from this machine. These imports somehow do not touch me too much on personal nostalgic meter.
@user-nu7xx7pc1d2 жыл бұрын
is this the future or the past?
@abby789655 ай бұрын
retro future🎉
@sonikboom0074 жыл бұрын
Was this not also ferris beullers synth? 'U seen aliens?.... well its like that '
@Dafjo4 жыл бұрын
Yep, he used the disk, I think it’s called (sick day) or something like that
@JohnPaulBuce2 жыл бұрын
5:04 love of a lifetime
@LouisSerieusement4 жыл бұрын
Hey Paolo, Thanks a lot for another great E-mu video
@blueeyedsoulman4 жыл бұрын
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.
@80sJayOfficial4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to buy a copy of those if you'd sell me a copy. :)
@overlordbeatsofficial Жыл бұрын
Hello, do you have a soundbank with moans from emulator 2
@arlo12345678910 Жыл бұрын
Great sounds
@seaningram3285Ай бұрын
I remember those Iomega Zip Drives. Didn't last long.
@transforminggravity156264 жыл бұрын
Cool 🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯
@lloydhaskel29564 жыл бұрын
Can you recommend a good editing software for the E3 for MAC? One that could transfer audio files to the machine?