Emulator II 40th Anniversary

Electronic Music · Dec 17, 2024 · 1h 8m · transcript

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking E-mu Systems Emulator II sampler, Dave Rossum, Kevin Monahan and Paul Wiffen share inside stories of the development and manufacture of the instrument, their struggles to get around the technological limitations of the time and how the instrument was widely adopted by bands, artists and pop culture.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:50 - The Origins Of The Emulator

03:59 - The E-mu Name

04:57 - Kevin's Background

08:09 - Paul's Background

11:19 - The Motivation For Creating Emulator II

16:26 - Specific Challenges

25:19 - The…