Vangelis got close enough. The Emulator II was released by E-MU Systems in 1984. It was the first cost effective sampler following Fran's choice...the Fairlight CMI and Synclavier.

The demo was performed and recorded by Chris Stone, co-founder of Record Plant in L.A. Chris was an excellent musician, producer and recording engineer. Even though there was an 8 track sequencer, the memory limitations kept you from building a lush arrangement on-board. So tracking your performance was necessary.


The realism in the samples is still pretty amazing considering this was recorded 35 years ago with 8-bit floating sampling.


As Donny and Fran keep reminding us...getting the most out of the keyboard is the key. Not necessarily the latest and greatest keyboard.


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