![]() ![]() It was then that E-MU came up with its next innovation, by bolstering the included sound library to a sizeable collection of 25 floppies packed with convincing, playable instruments. While initial excitement ran high, sales flagged after E-mu shipped the first two dozen or so units, despite such high-tech additions as a Release mode for sample playback. Legend has it that Stevie Wonder gave it a big hug upon playing it at the 1981 Winter NAMM show and immediately placed an order for the very first unit to come off the production line (serial number 001 had actually been promised to Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille, but Stevie’s name recognition won out). But the Emulator was met with much interest on its announcement. In fact, so new was the idea that the first Emulator lacked many features we now take for granted – filters and even envelope generators, for instance! When first released, there was no way to silence a sample once a key was depressed – it simply played through until the end of the file. Though referred to in-house as a ‘sampler’ by E-MU's boffins, the Emulator was not initially so designated, as the word would have been all but meaningless to musicians of the day. ![]()
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