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| name = E-MU Proteus/2
| image =
| dimensions = 482.6 x 44.45 × 215.9<ref name=proteus-tech-specs>Proteus Operational Manual, pg. 117.</ref>
| rackunits = 1U
| weight = 2kg<ref name=proteus-tech-specs /> 2.173kg<ref name=proteus-tech-specs /> 
| type = Fully-editable ROMpler sound module
| manufacturer = E-MU Systems
| releasedate = 1990
| standards =
| maxpoly = 32<ref name=proteus-intro>Proteus Operation Manual , pg. 7</ref>
| numparts = 16<ref name=proteus-intro />
| numpresets = '''Original''' 192<ref name=proteus-patch>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 92-93.</ref> '''XR''' 384<ref name=proteus-patch />
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The '''E-MU Proteus/2''' or also known as the Proteus/2 Orchestral, is a 1U rackmount sound module synthesizer created by E-MU Systems in 1990 as a followup to the [[Proteus/1]], focusing on sampled orchestral needs of the time.

It's presented in the same shell as the Proteus/1 with the same synth engine and specs, featuring another 192 presets (and 144 instrument tones), and full 8 MBs of mostly orchestral content from the [[Emulator III]] library.

==Sound Generation==
Much of the synth engine remains the same as the [[Proteus/1]].

The only notable change to the synth engine from the Proteus/1 is the Chorus parameter being able to accept values between 1-15 than it being a simple binary On/Off toggle.<ref>Proteus Operation Manual, pg. 46</ref>

[[File:P1-chorus.jpg|200px]]
[[File:P2-chorus.jpg|200px]]

==Variants==
===Proteus/2 XR===
The Proteus/2 XR, like the Proteus/1 XR, adds an extra 192 user-programmable preset locations (with 128 of those being new presets), bringing the overall total to 384 (256 RAM; 128 ROM).

==External Links==
* [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://www.synthmania.com/E-mu%20Proteus-2/Audio/E-mu%20Proteus-2%20Demo%20Sequence.mp3 Demo Sequence via synthmania.com]

== References ==
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