E-MU Proteus/2
| W × H × D (mm) | 482.6 x 44.45 × 215.9[1] |
|---|---|
| Rack units | 1U |
| Weight | 2kg[1] 2.173kg[1] |
| Type | Fully-editable ROMpler sound module |
| Manufacturer | E-MU Systems |
| Release date | 1990 |
| Parts | 16[2] |
| Max polyphony | 32[2] |
| Normal presets | Original 192[3] XR 384[3] |
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.[4]
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).