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Made in 1996
Emulator Æ: ('em-u-lat-er) n. A musical
instrument with power, performance, superb sound quality,
advanced synthesis, and ease of use. Sets the standards for sampling
and synthesis.
Sampling and Sound Design
The e6400's intuitive user interface makes sampling easy by automating
tasks like looping,
normalizing, truncating, and sample placement. Sample your own
sounds or playback any of the 400
MB of sound data that comes standard on CD-ROM - there's no limitation
to the sounds you can
have. The e6400 includes 1000 sample and preset locations and
the ability to upgrade to 128 MB of
memory, that's over 12 minutes of stereo sampling at 44.1kHz.
Superb sample playback is but one of e6400's outstanding
features. The e6400 is armed with a
comprehensive palette of digital audio sculpting tools. These
include loop, truncate, taper, cut, copy,
and paste as well as innovative DSP tools such as stereo phase-locked
time compression, pitch
change, doppler/pan, reverse, exciter, and transform multiply.
Internal digital re-sampling capability is
a very powerful feature that allows any sound generated at the
output, including FX and sequences, to
be recaptured as a single new wave. Combined with Digital Modular
SynthesisTM (DMS), DSP, and
FX, basic waveforms can be turned into new complex building blocks.
Audio Quality
The e6400 continues the long tradition of E-MU's professional
audio quality. A key factor in this
quality (apart from 18 bit DACs and internal 24 bit precision)
is the elimination of aliasing and clock
noise normally associated with sample pitch transposition by maintaining
a constant yet selectable
sampling rate. This contributes to a warmth and smoothness in
the Emulator sound that is quite
unique.
The e6400 offers the power of E-MU SYSTEMS' renowned
Emulator Operating System (EOS) and
superb audio quality in a package perfect for the budget-minded
professional. The e6400 comes with
stereo sampling, 4 MB of RAM and is fully upgradeable to E-mu's
top of the line Emulator sampling
synthesizers, the E4X, and E4XTurbo. The e6400 breaks down the
barriers of high-cost professional
audio products and makes them available for the most important
system around - yours!
Sounds & SoundSprintÆ
The e6400 comes with more than 400MB of brand new sounds, together
with some renowned
E-MUÆ classics. What's exciting about these patches is not
only the great way they sound using the
real-time controllers and the extended voicing architecture of
the e6400, but also the convenient way
that you can browse through the optional internal and external
drives. It's just as if they were residing
in a "virtual ROM bank" - the big difference is that
this particular bank is over 400 MB wide! The
SoundSprintÆ routine quickly pulls presets into memory one
at a time as you browse through the
optional internal drive. Each sound is sculpted with its own samples,
keeping the presets sounding
fresh and unique. And of course, the e6400 is fully compatible
with the enormous E-MU CD-ROM
sound library - including the AKAI S1000/1100 and Roland S-700
series library.
Synthesis Features DMSTM
Digital Modular Synthesis describes the nature of Emulator sound
design. Patching control sources to
synthesis parameters is the heart of preset modeling, and E-mu's
early dedication to modular analog
synths is finding new life. Z-PlaneÆ filters, dual LFOs,
32 sample layers with individual access to
variable loop and start points, tuning functions, and three fully
independent six segment envelope
generators provide the basic synth elements. These elements, along
with the raw sampled wave data
are then targeted by real-time inputs such as faders and wheels
or other control sources to model
unique, complex and expressive sounds.
Sixty-Four Voices Standard
A cornerstone of Emulator Technology is providing the user with
high polyphony. Why is this so
important? There are two main reasons. One is the support that
high polyphony provides for layering
sound elements - layering or stacking sounds is a natural, intuitive
approach to voicing and sound
design. As long as there is polyphony to spare, extra layers can
be molded into sounds to make them
richer and more complex. Another is sequencing, which typically
places high demands on voice
availability. High polyphony means less chance of notes getting
ripped off; it frees the natural creative
process overall and is one of the most important and fundamental
assets provided by the e6400.
e6400 Standard Features:
64 voice polyphony (expandable to 128)
16 MB sound RAM (expandable to 128 MB using two 72 pin SIMMs)
2 CD-ROMs included (400 MB of sounds)
8 balanced analog outputs
SoundSprint
Standard MIDI file playback and 48 track scratch pad sequencer
Expansion ports (three rear panel and one internal)
50-pin SCSI port
Onboard Graphic Waveform editing
Digital re-sampling
64 6th order Z-Plane Filters (21 Types)
128x Oversampling sigma/ delta conversion
Load While Play
Stereo phase locked time compression
UNDO
Voices:
64 (expandable to 128 via 6910 internal option card)
Sound Memory:
4 MB standard (expandable to 128 via 72 pin SIMMS)
Analog Outputs:
8 balanced outputs-2 main/6 sub-outputs
Output level: +4 dB nominal
Output sample rate: 44.1kHz, 48kHz
Data encoding: 18 bits
Analog Inputs:
2 balanced 1/4" TRS
A/D converter: 16-bit sigma/delta, 128x oversampling
Sample rates: 22.05kHz, 24kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
Input gain scaling: -18dB to +30dB
Input impedance: 10k ?
Audio Specifications*:
Frequency response: 20Hz- 20kHz, +2/-1 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio: 94dB
Signal-to-quiescent noise: 107dB
THD + noise: <0.02% (1kHz sine wave, A-weighting)
* (Analog in + analog out. All specs. are for 44.1kHz input and output/sample rates.)
Sequencer:
Playback standard MIDI files (type 0,1)
Direct reading of DOS floppy format
48 track recording
SCSI Interface:
SCSI connectors: 1 50-pin Centronix style connector
SCSI bus termination: active terminators, software controlled
Floppy Disk Drive:
Floppy disk type: 3.5" high-density, 1.44 MB
Power:
Voltage: 100-240 VAC 50/60Hz, autoselect
Power consumption: <50 watts
Options:
6910: 128 voice polyphony card
6310: MIDI option card increases multi-timbral capabilities from
16 channel to 32 channel
6313: 8 output card increases outputs from 8 to 16 polyphonic
balanced outputs
Digital I/O (AES/EBU) and ASCII keyboard card
6802 E6400 SAMPLING SYNTH RACK $2795
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