E-Mu Xboard 25, Xboard 61, PM5, Xboard 49, PS12 Brochure

Dig i t a l Audio S y s t e m s

Precision M o n i t o r s

Spring 2 0 08

Desktop I n s t r u m e n t s

USB I n t e r faces

USB/MIDI C o n t roller s

E-MU’s new Emula tor X 3 Str eamin g Sam pling Synt hesiz er is the most

pow erful and comple te so ftwar e ins trume nt in the world , fea turin g the Xstr eam

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str eaming soun d eng ine w ith u p to 192kH z sam pling and playb ack, an ar senal of

aut omated samp ling/ beat analy sis/e diting tool s and almo st un limit ed so und

man ipulat ion t hat b uilds on E-MU’s

35 years of s ynthe sis e xperie nce.

Emu lator X3 s hips with both 32-bit

and nati ve 64 -bit applic ation s, an d

inc ludes over 3GB of so unds.

Streaming

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Xstream™ 24-bit/192kHz Streaming Engine, featuring E-MU’s patented
pitch interpolation and precision 32-bit fl oating point processing for
unmatched sound quality

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32-bit and native 64-bit applications included (32-bit: Windows XP and
Vista; 64-bit: Windows x64 and Vista)

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Optimized for Multi-core and Multi-Threaded processors to intelligently
balance the processing load across all available resources for
exceptional performance

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Standalone (64 MIDI Channels) or VSTi (16 MIDI channels per
instantiation) operation

Sampling

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ASAP™ Automated Sampling and Placement

• Sample, Chop and Place

• Load, Chop and Place

• SynthSwipe™ automated hardware and software instrument

sampling

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Integrated Sample Editor

• Auto-Correlation Looping

• Crossfade Looping

• Comprehensive DSP Tools including Transform Multiply

and Xtractor™

• External Editor Link

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Beat/Loop Tools

• Beat Analysis and Markup

• TwistaLoop™ non-destructive audio manipulator

• Xplode™ beat slicer with MIDI and Tempo Map Export

Synthesizer

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Advanced Modular Synthesis and FX Engine (from your initial sample’s
tempo through Emulator X3’s entire synthesis and FX architecture, all
time-based parameters syncable to BPM clock)

• 12th Order Z-Plane™ Morphing Filters (over 50 types) including the

Morph Filter Designer

• Multi-Function Generators/Arpeggiators (can be programmed to
modulate pitch, fi lters, volume, retrigger samples or LFOs, change
tempo or trigger other events)

• Virtual PatchCord Modulation Matrix (over 100 modules)

• Integrated Modulation FX engine (23 core effects), including
SP12ulator, Tremulator, Reverbs, Delays, and many more

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Comprehensive sound format support, including EOS, EIII, GigaSampler,
MP3, REX2, .AIFF, SoundFont 2.1, .WAV and more

Emu lator X3 features

Emulator X3 includes:

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32-bit Emulator X3 Application

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64-bit Emulator X3 Application

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Over 3GB of Sounds

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Improved File Converter Application

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XP and Vista Compatibility

Proteus X2 includes:

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32-bit Proteus X2 Application

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Over 3GB of Sounds

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XP Compatible only

TwistaLoop

Morph Fi lter Design er

SynthSwi pe

E-MU’s 0404 USB 2.0 Audio/ MIDI Inter face deliv ers a n unp arall eled level of U SB

aud io pe rforma nce w ith p remiu m 24- bit/1 92kHz * A/D and D/A conver ters, pris tine XTC™

mic /line/ hi-Z pream ps, u ltra- low j itter cloc k and rock -solid stab ility. From its plug- and-p lay

fun ctiona lity and h ands- on er gonom ic de sign to pr ofess ional featu res l ike i ndepe ndent grou nd

lif t swi tches and signal -to-n oise specs that are simpl y unm atche d by any other USB/F irewi re

int erface in its c lass, the 0404 USB w ill f orever chan ge yo ur ex pecta tions of USB a udio.

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Premi um 24 -bit/ 192kH z A/D and D/A conver ters (A/D: 113d B

SNR , D/A : 117 dB SN R) de liver unmat ched USB a udio fidel ity

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E-MU XTC Class -A ul tra-l ow no ise M ic/Lin e/Hi- Z pre ampli fiers

(-1 27dB EIN) with 48V p hantom powe r and grou nd li ft sw itche s
ena ble y ou to plug micr ophone s, ke yboar ds an d gui tars strai ght
int o you r com puter with profe ssion al re sults , whi le th e bui lt-in
ana log s oft l imitin g cir cuit lets you r ecord a h otter sign al wi thout
fea r of clipp ing

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Compr ehens ive d igita l I/O with opti cal a nd co axial S/PDI F

(sw itchab le to AES/ EBU) and M IDI I n/Out to easil y con nect all
of your digit al st udio gear and i nstrum ents

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Ultra -low laten cy US B 2.0 driv ers o ffer accura te ti ming and

pla yback of y our r ecorde d aud io an d sof tware inst rumen ts

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Hardw are z ero-l atenc y dir ect m onitor ing ( mono/ stere o) al lows

you to r ecord and overd ub wi th no anno ying delay

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Plug- and-P lay o perat ion w ith h ands-o n con trol of al l maj or

fun ctions like mast er le vel, direc t mon itori ng, p reamp lifier

con trols and more

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Cross -plat form suppo rt (W indows XP/x 64 an d Mac OS X)

and comp atibil ity w ith m ost p opula r aud io/se quenc er ap plicat ions
(Wi ndows: ASIO 2, WD M, MM E, AC -3 an d DTS Pass thru; Maci ntosh :
App le Co reAudi o, Co reMID I, AC -3 an d DTS Pass thru)

Two E-MU XTC™ Ultra-low Noise Mic/
Line/Hi-Z Preamplifi er with Soft Limiter
and 48V Phantom Power (-127dBu EIN)

24-bit/96kHz
S/PDIF Coaxial In/Out
(Switchable to AES/EBU)

24-bit/96kHz
S/PDIF Optical In/Out
(Switchable to AES/EBU)

Stereo Headphone
Output (114dB SNR)

Main Output Level Control
(Passive Analog Attenuator)

Direct Monitoring Level, Output
Assignment and Stereo/Mono Controls

MIDI and Sync Status Indicators

Fron t

External Power

Two 1/4" Balanced
Outputs (117dB SNR)

MIDI Input/Output

Stereo 1/8" Speaker Output
(117dB SNR)

USB Connector

Back

0404 USB 2.0 AudioPod

* Macint osh analog operation u p to 96kHz and digital operation up to 48kHz only at th is time – ch eck www.emu.c om for upda tes

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