Specifications

Proteus 2000 Operation Manual 1
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the E-MU Proteus 2000 – the
composer’s dream machine. The power of Proteus 2000 begins with 128
voice polyphony, which means that 128 different instrument lines can be
played at once! With all these voices, 16 MIDI channels didn’t seem to be
quite enough, so we added another MIDI input jack to allow 32 MIDI
channel operation. As long as we were going for the gold, we decided to
add the ability to access 128MB of sound memory on user upgradable
SIMMs. And there’s much more as you will soon discover.
Product
Description
Proteus 2000 contains four user-upgradable sound SIMM sockets, allowing
you to mix and match sound sets according to your needs. New sounds can
be added as easily as plugging in a new 16MB or 32MB SIMM module and
up to 128MB of sounds can be added! Each sound set has been meticulously
crafted to be the best of its kind. Samples are matched across the keyboard,
perfectly looped, and rich in harmonic texture.
Proteus contains 512 user presets and can hold literally thousands of
factory presets. (ROM presets are automatically added when sound SIMMs are
installed. As an example, a 32 MB SIMM may contain up to 1024 ROM presets.)
Proteus 2000’s Sound Navigator is a major improvement to the main screen
that makes it easy to find the exact sound you want from the thousands
available. It’s powerful, yet simple to use.
Of course the real power of Proteus 2000 becomes apparent when you
synthesize your own sounds. The extremely flexible yet easy to use, 4-layer
synthesizer voices make it easy to build sounds of any kind. Layers can be
switched or crossfaded using key position, velocity, real-time controllers or
any modulation source. Proteus 2000 also contains 50 different types of
2nd to 6th order resonant & modeling filters which are used to shape and
modify the raw waveforms.
The 64 modulation sources include three multistage envelopes and two
LFOs per layer, as well as full MIDI control over virtually every parameter.
The digital patch bay, with 24 cords per layer, (and 12 more cords per
preset) lets you connect modulation sources to 64 destinations in any
imaginable way.