The Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum

E-MU

Founded in 1972

Based out of Scotts Valley, California U.S.A
merged with Ensoniq in 1998 to become E-mu/Ensoniq

Made in 1996

ORBIT "the DANCE PLANET" TECHNO/RAVE MODULE

With over 600 of the earth's most cutting edge samples and the introduction
of new rhythmic features, Orbit blasts its way to the forefront as the dance
music machine. Orbit features 32 voices of polyphony, 512 presets (256
ROM & 256 RAM) is 16 part Multitimbral and has 6 analog outputs. Edit
and tweak Orbit's sounds the way you like them by using its powerful
filters, MIDI synced LFOs, and MIDIPATCH Modulation System. If that's
not enough, Orbit's equipped with plenty of user editable "beats".

These drum loops aren't going to sound like everybody elses! Orbit gives
you the flexibility to alter them to fit your style. Orbit's sounds include
Deep Pulsating Basses, Ambient Melodic Pads, Cutting Edge Percussion
and Drums, In Your Face Synths and Massive Effects and Hits. There are
over 50 drum loops (beats) in Orbit. Everybody has drum loops, right? But
they don't have "BEATS MODE"!

This ingenious mode allows the user to manipulate beats to fit his or her
own unique style by changing the beat's tempo, preset or transposition to
any of the 512 resident sounds. Because of this complete synth control,
beats can be unique in a way that other instruments cannot offer. This
exciting new feature allows users to really interact with Orbit's powerful
synth and, you can also use the settings that the Emu programmers created.
- Mfg list price $995.