E-MU Proteus/1 - Revision history

FlashyRom at 15:36, 28 March 2026

2026-03-28T15:36:38Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:36, 28 March 2026
Line 71:		Line 71:
	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />
			[[Category:Rackmount units]]

Goatsoup.mp3: /* Preset Selection */

2025-10-13T01:13:04Z

Preset Selection

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:13, 13 October 2025
Line 35:		Line 35:

	So for example, you can link 072 Bright Steel to MIDI Program #40, or 141 Steel Drum to MIDI Program #23 (through the MASTER menu). This is the only way to access presets on the Proteus/1 past its first 127 over MIDI.		So for example, you can link 072 Bright Steel to MIDI Program #40, or 141 Steel Drum to MIDI Program #23 (through the MASTER menu). This is the only way to access presets on the Proteus/1 past its first 127 over MIDI.
	If you have ever acquired a Proteus/1 or related module where program changes jump around the preset list in a way that doesn't make sense, it's likely the previous owner had tweaked this particular setting for their own use.		If you have ever acquired a secondhand Proteus/1 or related module where program changes jump around the preset list in a way that doesn't make sense, it's likely the previous owner had tweaked this particular setting for their own use.

	==Variants & Expansions==		==Variants & Expansions==

Goatsoup.mp3 at 06:16, 5 October 2025

2025-10-05T06:16:26Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:16, 5 October 2025
Line 28:		Line 28:

	Out of its 192 presets, the Proteus/1 has 64 user-rewritable preset locations, or 128 ROM; 64 RAM presets. This range starts at 064 to 127 in the preset list. If the battery of your Proteus is depleted, then RAM presets will always be the default initial preset.		Out of its 192 presets, the Proteus/1 has 64 user-rewritable preset locations, or 128 ROM; 64 RAM presets. This range starts at 064 to 127 in the preset list. If the battery of your Proteus is depleted, then RAM presets will always be the default initial preset.

			==Preset Selection==
			Any Proteus/1 and its variants (as well as its two followups) is going to bear at least 192 presets.

			Unfortunately, the presets on these modules are not possible to all be selected over program changes. Unlike other synthesizer modules that use MIDI and have over 128 internal presets, the Proteus doesn't utilize MSB/LSB bank switching. A solution offered on the module is the ability to link different presets to different program numbers.

			So for example, you can link 072 Bright Steel to MIDI Program #40, or 141 Steel Drum to MIDI Program #23 (through the MASTER menu). This is the only way to access presets on the Proteus/1 past its first 127 over MIDI.
			If you have ever acquired a Proteus/1 or related module where program changes jump around the preset list in a way that doesn't make sense, it's likely the previous owner had tweaked this particular setting for their own use.

	==Variants & Expansions==		==Variants & Expansions==

Goatsoup.mp3 at 14:23, 21 July 2025

2025-07-21T14:23:48Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:23, 21 July 2025
Line 17:		Line 17:
	The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] sound library.		The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] sound library.

	Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic and held together with plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality compared to its contemporaries.		Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic and held together with plastic tabs, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality compared to its contemporaries. The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.

	The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.

	The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cotrqb-eHus E-MU Proteus vs. Kontakt Library by Gale Sosa (Youtube)]</ref>		The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cotrqb-eHus E-MU Proteus vs. Kontakt Library by Gale Sosa (Youtube)]</ref>
Line 28:		Line 26:

	The two oscillators can also be split to different parts of the keyboard or interact with an editable crossfade across the keyboard range. Up to 4 presets can be linked together and split simultaneously.		The two oscillators can also be split to different parts of the keyboard or interact with an editable crossfade across the keyboard range. Up to 4 presets can be linked together and split simultaneously.

			Out of its 192 presets, the Proteus/1 has 64 user-rewritable preset locations, or 128 ROM; 64 RAM presets. This range starts at 064 to 127 in the preset list. If the battery of your Proteus is depleted, then RAM presets will always be the default initial preset.

	==Variants & Expansions==		==Variants & Expansions==
	===Proteus/1 XR===		===Proteus/1 XR===
	The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets, and ~~the other~~ 64 being duplicates), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).		The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets, and 64 being duplicates), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).

	===Protologic Invision Proteus/1 / Protologic Invision Expansion Board===		===Protologic Invision Proteus/1 / Protologic Invision Expansion Board===

Goatsoup.mp3: /* Proteus/1 XR */

2025-07-21T14:06:42Z

Proteus/1 XR

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:06, 21 July 2025
Line 31:		Line 31:
	==Variants & Expansions==		==Variants & Expansions==
	===Proteus/1 XR===		===Proteus/1 XR===
	The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).		The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets, and the other 64 being duplicates), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).

	===Protologic Invision Proteus/1 / Protologic Invision Expansion Board===		===Protologic Invision Proteus/1 / Protologic Invision Expansion Board===

Goatsoup.mp3 at 13:08, 21 July 2025

2025-07-21T13:08:08Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:08, 21 July 2025
Line 12:		Line 12:
	\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />		\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />
	\| numpresets = '''Original'''<br>192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref><br>'''XR'''<br>384<ref name=p1-patch />		\| numpresets = '''Original'''<br>192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref><br>'''XR'''<br>384<ref name=p1-patch />
	\| expansion = '''4MB Expansion Board'''<br>Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion		\| expansion = '''4MB Expansion Board'''<br>E-MU Plus Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion
	\| effects =		\| effects =
	}}		}}
	The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] ~~sampler~~.		The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] sound library.

	Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality.		Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic and held together with plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality compared to its contemporaries.

	The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.		The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.
Line 29:		Line 29:
	The two oscillators can also be split to different parts of the keyboard or interact with an editable crossfade across the keyboard range. Up to 4 presets can be linked together and split simultaneously.		The two oscillators can also be split to different parts of the keyboard or interact with an editable crossfade across the keyboard range. Up to 4 presets can be linked together and split simultaneously.

	==Variants==		==Variants & Expansions==
	===Proteus/1 XR===		===Proteus/1 XR===
	The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).		The Proteus/1 XR features more RAM than the original module, adding an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).

	===Protologic Invision Proteus/1===		===Protologic Invision Proteus/1 / Protologic Invision Expansion Board===
	There was an expansion board created by Invision that would add 4 MBs of sounds to the Proteus/1, featuring 70 instrument tones and 128 presets of sounds like basses, keyboards, horns, percussion, synths, etc.<ref name=protologic-macproteus>[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-shape-shifter/7353 SoundOnSound "The Shape Shifter: Digidesign MacProteus And InVision ProtoLogic" by Kendall Wrightson]</ref>		There was an expansion board created by Invision that would add 4 MBs of sounds to the Proteus/1, featuring 70 instrument tones and 128 presets of sounds like basses, keyboards, horns, percussion, synths, etc.<ref name=protologic-macproteus>[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-shape-shifter/7353 SoundOnSound "The Shape Shifter: Digidesign MacProteus And InVision ProtoLogic" by Kendall Wrightson]</ref>

	~~There were also~~ Proteus/1s that had ~~the~~ expansion ~~pre-~~installed~~, which~~ had a distinctive yellow squiggle graphic to the side of the "PROTEUS/1 16 BIT MULTI-TIMBRAL DIGITAL SOUND MODULE" text on the module.		Proteus/1s that had this expansion installed had a distinctive yellow squiggle graphic to the side of the "PROTEUS/1 16 BIT MULTI-TIMBRAL DIGITAL SOUND MODULE" text on the module.

	===Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral===		===[[Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral\|Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral / Orchestral ROM Expansion Board]]===
	A Proteus/1 ~~Plus~~ Orchestral ~~is another variant~~ that ~~features~~ an ~~extra~~ 4 MBs of sounds~~, and all~~ of ~~the~~ instrument tones and 128 ROM presets from the Proteus/2.		[[File:EMU-PROTEUS1PLUS-2-Angle.jpg\|225px\|thumb\|right\|A Proteus/1 with the Orchestral Rom expansion board installed]]
			There was also an expansion board for the Proteus/1 by E-MU that you had to seek the service of an authorized E-MU Dealer or service center to install in your module. It upgraded a standard Proteus/1 to a fully expanded 8 MBs, featuring 4 MBs of sounds making up a selection of instrument tones and 128 ROM presets from the [[Proteus/2]]. This brings the preset count to 320 between the original 192 and new 128 ROM presets.

	~~There was~~ also ~~an expansion board that upgraded~~ a ~~standard~~ Proteus/1 to this ~~model that was hinted at and eventually announced at an E-MU Audio Engineering Society exhibit in Los Angeles~~ in ~~September 1990.<ref name=protologic-macproteus /> This was offered by E-MU for installation at their service centers~~.		The '''[[Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral]]''' or also known as a Proteus/1 Plus 2 (Module reads "1+2 XR" upon startup), is a variant of the Proteus/1 XR released in 1992 that has this expansion board built in.

			The demo sequence is removed due to space reasons.<ref>''"To make room for the additional presets, the Demo Sequence has been deleted. "'' - Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 88</ref>
	===[[Proteus MPS\|Proteus MPS / Proteus MPS Plus Orchestral]]===		===[[Proteus MPS\|Proteus MPS / Proteus MPS Plus Orchestral]]===
	The Proteus Master Performance System, or better known as the '''Proteus MPS''' is a keyboard version of the Proteus/1 that adds 2 effects processors with 32 effects, featuring 200 presets and is expandable to 300 with a RAM card. The piano preset from the original Proteus is also replaced with a mono version of the piano sound from the [[E-MU Proformance/1\|Proformance/1]] piano module.<ref>''"E-mu have made one change to the Proteus/1 samples which the MPS comes fitted with, replacing the original grand piano with a mono version of the superior sampled grand from their Pro/formance stereo piano module. "'' - [https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/e-mu-proteus-mps/956 SoundOnSound E-MU Proteus MPS Review by Simon Trask, March 1992]</ref>		The Proteus Master Performance System, or better known as the '''Proteus MPS''' is a keyboard version of the Proteus/1 that adds 2 effects processors with 32 effects, featuring 200 presets and is expandable to 300 with a RAM card. The piano preset from the original Proteus is also replaced with a mono version of the piano sound from the [[E-MU Proformance/1\|Proformance/1]] piano module.<ref>''"E-mu have made one change to the Proteus/1 samples which the MPS comes fitted with, replacing the original grand piano with a mono version of the superior sampled grand from their Pro/formance stereo piano module. "'' - [https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/e-mu-proteus-mps/956 SoundOnSound E-MU Proteus MPS Review by Simon Trask, March 1992]</ref>

	The Proteus MPS Plus Orchestral, similarly to the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral, adds ~~all~~ 4 MBs from the [[Proteus/2]] and more ROM presets utilizing them. And much like the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral, there was an expansion board to upgrade a standard MPS to a Plus model as well.		The Proteus MPS Plus Orchestral, similarly to the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral, adds 4 MBs from the [[Proteus/2]] and more ROM presets utilizing them. And much like the Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral, there was an expansion board to upgrade a standard MPS to a Plus model as well.

	===Digidesign MacProteus===		===Digidesign MacProteus===
Line 52:		Line 54:

	==Oddities==		==Oddities==
	* ~~The~~ Proteus~~/1 responds~~ to the standard MIDI panning message, however it is divided into 17 segments going in either a negative direction/left (-1 to -8) or a positive direction (1-8) with 0 being center and each value corresponds to an arbitrary MIDI panning number. Though, for some reason these values are slightly offset - a center panning message (0) is actually +1, or slightly right on ~~the~~ Proteus/1.		* Proteus modules respond to the standard MIDI panning message, however it is divided into 17 segments going in either a negative direction/left (-1 to -8) or a positive direction (1-8) with 0 being center and each value corresponds to an arbitrary MIDI panning number. Though, for some reason these values are slightly offset - a center panning message (0) is actually +1, or slightly right on a Proteus.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Goatsoup.mp3: took off the one stop music shop - seems to be based on the e-mu soundengine module than the p/1. deserves a page though

2025-07-18T08:46:42Z

took off the one stop music shop - seems to be based on the e-mu soundengine module than the p/1. deserves a page though

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:46, 18 July 2025
Line 50:		Line 50:
	===Digidesign MacProteus===		===Digidesign MacProteus===
	The MacProteus is a computer sound card version of the Proteus/1 produced by Digidesign for Macintosh computers in 1990.<ref name=protologic-macproteus />		The MacProteus is a computer sound card version of the Proteus/1 produced by Digidesign for Macintosh computers in 1990.<ref name=protologic-macproteus />

	~~===One Stop Music Shop===~~
	The One Stop Music Shop is an Amiga sound card produced by Blue Ribbon Soundworks based on the Proteus/1 in 1992. It uniquely features GM support unlike the rest of the Proteus series.<ref>[https://amiga.resource.cx/exp/onestopmusicshop Amiga Hardware Database, One Stop Music Shop]</ref>

	==Oddities==		==Oddities==
Line 58:		Line 55:

	==External Links==		==External Links==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701062130/https://www.emu.com/support/files/storage/proteus.pdf Proteus Operation Manual]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701062130/https://www.emu.com/support/files/storage/proteus.pdf Proteus Operation Manual, via Wayback Machine]
			**[https://www.synthmind.com/proteus_ProductManual.pdf synthmind.com mirror]
	* [https://youtu.be/ZlIcY1uMgNc?si=jkemPZ-0Q6I-R_tk&t=22 Proteus/1 Demo Sequence]		* [https://youtu.be/ZlIcY1uMgNc?si=jkemPZ-0Q6I-R_tk&t=22 Proteus/1 Demo Sequence]

	== References ==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />

Goatsoup.mp3 at 18:30, 17 July 2025

2025-07-17T18:30:14Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:30, 17 July 2025
Line 11:		Line 11:
	\| maxpoly = 32<ref name=p1-intro>Proteus operation manual, pg. 7</ref>		\| maxpoly = 32<ref name=p1-intro>Proteus operation manual, pg. 7</ref>
	\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />		\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />
	\| numpresets = 192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref>		\| numpresets = '''Original'''<br>192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref><br>'''XR'''<br>384<ref name=p1-patch />
	\| expansion = '''4MB Expansion Board'''<br>Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion		\| expansion = '''4MB Expansion Board'''<br>Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion
	\| effects =		\| effects =
Line 17:		Line 17:
	The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] sampler.		The '''E-MU Proteus/1''' is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1989, made to the likes of units like the [[Roland U-220]], being E-MU's first foray into making a rackmount synthesizer module. And much like the U-220 takes from sampled content from the S-series samplers, the Proteus/1 takes a lot of its sampled content from the [[Emulator III]] sampler.

	Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality. The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.		Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality.

			The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.

	The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cotrqb-eHus E-MU Proteus vs. Kontakt Library by Gale Sosa (Youtube)]</ref>		The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cotrqb-eHus E-MU Proteus vs. Kontakt Library by Gale Sosa (Youtube)]</ref>

Goatsoup.mp3 at 18:27, 17 July 2025

2025-07-17T18:27:29Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:27, 17 July 2025
Line 19:		Line 19:
	Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality. The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.		Presenting itself with an average 16x2 character display and uniquely being made of plastic, the Proteus/1 takes another major economical measure of having no realtime effects, but did have a notable quantity of sound contents and 16-part multi-timbrality. The Proteus/1 would be labelled the "Pop/Rock" module with later produced units, since the Proteus/1 focuses on a large range of instruments for contemporary production, and would be followed up by the [[Proteus/2]] and [[Proteus/3]], focusing on Orchestral and World instruments respectively.

	The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate, featuring effects and filters that the presets didn't use in the more simple sampled sounds to being completely off in the case of more abstract or synthetic sounds, overall not resembling the original module at all.		The sounds of the Proteus/1 and the rest of the Proteus series would find themselves on later E-MU products and software. A digital version of the Proteus/1 is officially offered in Digital Sound Factory's "E-MU Proteus Legacy" Kontakt library, however the sound is often inaccurate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cotrqb-eHus E-MU Proteus vs. Kontakt Library by Gale Sosa (Youtube)]</ref>

	==Sound Generation==		==Sound Generation==
	The Proteus/1 is fully editable ROMpler synthesizer. Presets are made up of 2 oscillators known "pri" (primary) and "sec" (secondary) that can hold one of Proteus/1's 125 instrument tones. An instrument tone can have its sound reversed. Along with a preset having its own global volume envelope/ADSR, each oscillator has pitch/tuning, panning, chorus and ADSR available.		The Proteus/1 is fully editable ROMpler synthesizer. Presets are made up of 2 oscillators known "pri" (primary) and "sec" (secondary) that can hold one of Proteus/1's 125 instrument tones. An instrument tone can have its sound reversed. Along with a preset having its own global volume envelope/ADSR, each oscillator has pitch/tuning, panning, chorus and ADSR available.
Line 35:		Line 34:
	There was an expansion board created by Invision that would add 4 MBs of sounds to the Proteus/1, featuring 70 instrument tones and 128 presets of sounds like basses, keyboards, horns, percussion, synths, etc.<ref name=protologic-macproteus>[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-shape-shifter/7353 SoundOnSound "The Shape Shifter: Digidesign MacProteus And InVision ProtoLogic" by Kendall Wrightson]</ref>		There was an expansion board created by Invision that would add 4 MBs of sounds to the Proteus/1, featuring 70 instrument tones and 128 presets of sounds like basses, keyboards, horns, percussion, synths, etc.<ref name=protologic-macproteus>[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-shape-shifter/7353 SoundOnSound "The Shape Shifter: Digidesign MacProteus And InVision ProtoLogic" by Kendall Wrightson]</ref>

	There were also Proteus/1s that had the expansion pre-installed, which had a distinctive yellow squiggle graphic to the ~~left~~ of the "PROTEUS/1" text on the module.		There were also Proteus/1s that had the expansion pre-installed, which had a distinctive yellow squiggle graphic to the side of the "PROTEUS/1 16 BIT MULTI-TIMBRAL DIGITAL SOUND MODULE" text on the module.

	===Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral===		===Proteus/1 Plus Orchestral===
Line 49:		Line 48:
	===Digidesign MacProteus===		===Digidesign MacProteus===
	The MacProteus is a computer sound card version of the Proteus/1 produced by Digidesign for Macintosh computers in 1990.<ref name=protologic-macproteus />		The MacProteus is a computer sound card version of the Proteus/1 produced by Digidesign for Macintosh computers in 1990.<ref name=protologic-macproteus />

			===One Stop Music Shop===
			The One Stop Music Shop is an Amiga sound card produced by Blue Ribbon Soundworks based on the Proteus/1 in 1992. It uniquely features GM support unlike the rest of the Proteus series.<ref>[https://amiga.resource.cx/exp/onestopmusicshop Amiga Hardware Database, One Stop Music Shop]</ref>

			==Oddities==
			* The Proteus/1 responds to the standard MIDI panning message, however it is divided into 17 segments going in either a negative direction/left (-1 to -8) or a positive direction (1-8) with 0 being center and each value corresponds to an arbitrary MIDI panning number. Though, for some reason these values are slightly offset - a center panning message (0) is actually +1, or slightly right on the Proteus/1.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Goatsoup.mp3 at 18:02, 13 July 2025

2025-07-13T18:02:51Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:02, 13 July 2025
Line 12:		Line 12:
	\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />		\| numparts = 16<ref name=p1-intro />
	\| numpresets = 192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref>		\| numpresets = 192<ref name=p1-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 74-75.</ref>
	\| expansion = 4MB Expansion Board<br>Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion		\| expansion = '''4MB Expansion Board'''<br>Orchestral Expansion<br>Invision Protologic Expansion
	\| effects =		\| effects =
	}}		}}