Synths ⇝ E-Mu ⇝ E-Mu Proteus/2 Orchestral

The Proteus/2 is the follow-up to the E-Mu Proteus/1. It contains a sound set made up mostly of orchestral instruments and the ROM could be doubled by installing the XR expansion. The Proteus/3, focusing on world instruments, was also part of the same set.

Demo Sequence: E-Mu Proteus/2 Demo Sequence (MP3)

Specifications

Year Released: 1990

MSRP: $995

Polyphony: 32 notes

Multitimbral: 16 parts

Preset Patches: 128

User Patches: 64

ROM: 4MB 16-bit waveforms at 39 kHz (expandable to 8MB with the XR expansion)

Power Consumption: 25 watts

Dimensions: 19 in. x 8.5 in. x 1.75 in.

Weight: 2.17 kg

This is a 1-space rack unit.

User Demo Videos

Rating

Sound Samples

WAV samples are available on freewavesamples.com.

File Downloads

E-Mu Proteus Manual

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