Synths ⇝ E-Mu ⇝ E-Mu Ultra Proteus

The Ultra Proteus contains the same 32 Z-plane 14-pole digital filters found in the Morpheus and contains 288 different filters in ROM. Its sound set is based on the Proteus/1, /2 and /3 plus the Pro/Formance piano module. It can store patches on a 256kbyte Type I PCMCIA SRAM card and uses a standard CR2032 3V lithium battery for its memory backup. It is powered by a 25 MIPS Motorola 68020 processor.

Six ROM cards were released containing new presets but no additional waveform data. These cards were produced:

• 9211 Proteus 1, 2, 3
• 9212 Expressive Orchestra
• 9213 Real World
• 9214 Dance/Techno
• 9215 General MIDI
• 9216 Trance Track

Specifications

Year Released: 1994

Polyphony: 32 notes

Multitimbral: 16 parts

Preset Patches: 640

User Patches: 128

ROM: 16MB (470 waveforms) at 16-bit, 39 kHz

Screen: 16 x 2 character LCD

Power Consumption: 25 watts

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

Weight: 3.1 kg

This is a 1-space rack unit.

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E-Mu Ultra Proteus Manual

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