E-mu Proteus/2 Orchestral.

Descripción

REF 110

Proteus 2 XR (1990)

The standard Proteus 1 and 2 could be upgraded to XR versions (extended RAM) as well. These doubled the RAM and memory up to 8MB, adding another 192 of user patches (128 preset / 64 user) for a total of 384 patches.

The E-MU Proteus/2 sound module is based on the same technical characteristics of its predecessor, Proteus/1, but with different waveforms. It concentrates on purely orchestral sounds with a wide range of solo strings, woodwinds, classical brass, orchestral percussion and more.

Based on the excellent EIII sound library, the Proteus/2 module is extremely capable of realistic orchestral emulations. It was heavily used for classical studio music compositions and film scores by composers like Mark Snow (the famous whistle sound used in the X-Files theme, Patch #125 “Whistl’n Joe”) and Eric Serra (the popular low octave sound effect used in the 1995 GoldenEye film score, Patch #86 “Infinite One”).

Preset Library
E-MU also created additional presets for the Proteus/2 in SysEx format and delivered on floppy disks. Each volume consisted of a bank with 64 presets.