For instance, I knew I had heard the Shakuhachi flute sound somewhere before.

It was used by many famous artists during that time, so you’ve most likely heard it on many of the recordings from that era. Though its 27.7 kHz sample rate wasn’t as high as today’s samplers, its analog filter and analog output stage definitely helped in the warmth department and could sound quite good. For you readers with a bit more technical know-how: DPCM mu-255 companding was used along with a divider-based variable sample-rate principle and it had analog output stages. Emulator II also had eight-voice polyphony, aftertouch/velocity and multitimbral capabilities (up to eight MIDI channels). The old style 5″ floppy disks were used for its storage and it had an eight-track sequencer.

It included a 24dB/octave analog filter which gave it a warm contour over the tones that were produced from the eight-bit samples contained within. It was released in the early 1980s and was produced until 1988. Here is a brief history of the original sampler/workstation synthesizer. Here, I will be taking a look at one of the new synth/sampler plugins: Emulator II V. Arturia also offers software effects, audio interfaces and hardware synthesizers. The in-app tutorials help you get started quickly even before you peruse the manuals. There are more than 10,000 sound presets in this latest group of plugins. In total, there are 28 plugins of all types to use in your own productions: Emulator II V, Vocoder V, Jun-6 V, OB-Xa V, Mellotron V, Synthi V, CZ V, Analog Lab V, Clavinet V, CMI V, DX7 V, Buchla Easel V, Synclavier V, B-3 V, Mini V, Piano V, Stage-73 V, Matrix-12 V, Farfisa V, Solina V, SEM V, Wurli V, Jup-8 V, ARP 2600 V, CS-80 V, Prophet V, VOX Continental V and Modular V. Arturia has also updated the Jup-8 V and Stage-73 V. Their latest version, V Collection 8, includes three new plugins: Emulator II V, Vocoder V and Jup-6 V. These can be purchased separately or in the V Collection of music software. Arturia is a well-known music software and hardware company with a long list of software titles, most of which are emulations, that include such plugins as DX7 V, CS-80 V, Matrix-12 V, Buchla Easel V, Synclavier V, and many more.

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