![]() When you open up the Emulator II V you will be greeted with a detailed view of the instrument – floppy drives and all! But if you want to dig into the the real functionality of this instrument, you will have to check out the little computer screen above the instrument. Let’s take a quick look through the features and jump through some of my favourite presets they’ve included! Getting Started… ![]() Now Arturia revived the classic and did an amazing job recreating the functionality and the sound of this sampler. Outside of the recording studios, it was probably most famously used in Ferris Buellers Day Off… ![]() The Shakuhachi flute sound for example was used in Peter Gabriel’s smash hit Sledgehammer and the Emulator was also a huge part of the Pet Shop Boys sound. It was only natural that it found its way onto a lot of records of the time. It quickly became the most popular sample based synthesizer of the time, because it was way more accessible and affordable than other options like the Fairlight CMI. ![]() The original Emulator II was a hardware sampler introduced in the 1980s by a company named Emu. I was super excited to check it out – mostly because of the addition of one new virtual instrument to their already incredible line-up! Let’s look together at the mighty Emulator II V! Arturia came out with their V Collection 8 update at the end of last year. ![]()
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