For several years, I've distributed small banks of sounds for E-mu samplers, which I've now updated for the Emulator X, Emulator X Studio and Proteus X products. The following banks of sounds are all in Emulator X's ".exb" format. Simply click the name of the bank to download, save the file to your local machine, unzip them and load them into Emulator X. These sounds also work with Proteus X and Proteus X LE products!
By the way, these sounds are optimized for Emulator X version 1.5 or later (or Proteus X 1.5) and many take advantage of the new software FX features. If you don't have the Emulator X 1.5 update installed, you should go get it now from E-mu. It's great... and you can find it here.
I hope you enjoy these sounds! They are provided as freeware for use in your own compositions or personal enjoyment. If you use these sounds in a recording, or have any other comments, I'd love to hear from you (email me by clicking my name below).
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A huge 60 Megabyte multi-sampled trumpet based on samples from the University of Iowa's sample archive. Three velocity samples per key, lots of character... sounds awesome! You can get the bank by clicking here - [download] If you want to learn some of my sampling and programming techniques, don't forget to check out my video tutorial here.
An FM-style electronic piano with a pulse width modulated analog synth sound underneath it. This preset is the basis for my 90 minute video tutorial about programming Emulator X sounds. You can get the bank by clicking here - [download] - and check out my video tutorial here.
Turns your Emulator X into a cheap toy! This bank contains a rather extensive set of samples taken from my old Casio SK-1. For those who don't know, the SK-1 was a funky little sampling "toy" keyboard that Casio made many years ago. The presets contain the original sampled programs (piano, trumpet, brass ensemble, human voice, etc.) all reprogrammed to more-or-less sound like the originals.
The SK-1 also featured a pretty powerful additive synthesizer (you could stack up sine waves to create new waveforms and then attach preprogrammed amplitude envelopes to them). I've sampled a few of these "synth" waves, including two multisamples that preserve some of the unique distortion the SK-1 produces. The presets corresponding to these waves are mostly pretty simple, but I threw in a "Stellar SK-1" preset that might give you some ideas of what to do with these waves. I also sampled the little rhythms that the SK-1 produces and turned that into the "SK-1 Kit" preset... nifty little percussive bleeps and bloops not unlike an 808. Groove with me, people! [download]
A huge, multi-oscillator sawtooth sound, sampled from the Nord Modular. A great starting place for lots of phat variations. [download]
As you might guess, this bank contains a number different presets that are "breathy" in character. The bank contains 6 presets. For all the presets in this bank, the MIDI controllers A through D and the "thumby" button (Controller 64) change certain parameters. Play around. [download]
The TX81Z is a classic FM synth module made by Yamaha back in the heyday of FM. This bank contains a preset that uses samples from the Z's "LatelyBass" program. It's one of the most popular rap/dance bass sounds ever. Here it is for you to use in your own funky compositions. There are just two presets in this bank. The first one uses a standard lowpass filter. The second uses the bat phaser filter for a more aggressive sound. The MIDI controllers A through D adjust filter resonance, filter cutoff, filter envelope effect, and glide. Velocity controls filter cutoff, too, just like in the original program (the sound gets brighter at higher velocity). "Peace, I'm out!" [download]
This is a bank of mostly "spacey" sounds that use two samples that I created using the Emulator 4's transform multiply feature. I can't remember what the original sources were. The Aquarius preset is a space signal from a distant galaxy. AstroRhodes is a glassy electric piano sound. Psychedelicize and Mello Tonez are quirky, LFO'ed pad sounds. I also threw in Fat Little Bass, the transform multiplication product of two different bass sounds. On some of these, controllers A through D and thumby button do neat things. Remember: space is the place. [download]
More synthy presets based on sounds I programmed for the Clavia Nord Modular. The original idea here was to create an entire commercial sound collection based on samples from the NM, but I never quite got the project completed. Some useful stuff in here, though. [download]
I originally developed this bank to demonstrate new features in EOS 3.0 (one of the last operating system updates for the hardware E4 series samplers). It's a little "algorithmic" drum machine. Here's how to use it:
Advanced tweakers may want to substitute their own drum samples for the ones I used. To make them work, however, you need to go to do two things. (1) Paste a short amount of dead silence at the end of each sample. (2) Edit the sample and turn lopping on. Make a short loop at the end of each sound in the totally silent area. Now your sounds are ready to be substituted for any of the voices in this preset.
Have fun! [download]
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EmulatorXone ("Emulator Zone") offes E-mu Emulator X and Proteus X sampler resources including free Emulator X sounds, a video tutorial about programming the Emulator X sampler and a video tutorial about programming the E-mu Proteus X synthesizer. Copyright 2005, Keith R. Crosley
