E-mu Emulator
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The Emulator is the name given to a series of disk-based digital sampling keyboards manufactured by E-mu Systems from 1982 until 1990. Though not the first commercial sampler, the Emulator was among the first to find wide use among ordinary musicians, due to its relatively low price and its size, which allowed for its use in live performance. It was also innovative in its integration of computer technology with electronic keyboards.
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Notable users
- ABC
- David Bowie
- Depeche Mode - used Emulators I, II, and III in studio recordings and in live performances
- Dire Straits - played an Emulator II at Live Aid
- Front 242
- Genesis used Emulators I, II, and III in studio recordings and in live performances; used Emulator IV in live performances in 1997-98 [1]
- Herbie Hancock
- Human League
- Jean Michel Jarre - Used an Emulator and Fairlight in Zoolook
- John Foxx - used an Emulator on his 1981 album The Garden
- Mister Mister - an Emulator II is featured prominently on "Broken Wings"*
- New Order
- Nitzer Ebb - used an Emulator III
- Norman Iceberg
- Orbital
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - The "Mexican Radio" sample included with the Emulator I forms the basis for "Junk Culture."
- Paul Hardcastle - used an Emulator II to create n-n-nine-nine-nine..."19"
- Paul McCartney
- Pet Shop Boys - used an Emulator II
- Thompson Twins
- Queen
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - used an Emulator while in YMO and later an Emulator II
- The Residents - purchased the Emulator I with serial number 005
- Simple Minds - used an Emulator II
- Tangerine Dream
- Ultravox - played an Emulator II at Live Aid
- Vangelis - used an Emulator on the soundtrack to Blade Runner
- Brian Wilson
- Stevie Wonder - purchased the very first production Emulator I
- XTC
- Yes
- Yanni - used Emulators most notably in Yanni Live at Acropolis
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