The E-mu Systems EMAX SE is a digital sampler and synthesizer workstation. It was released in 1989 and featured 8-bit sampling, 8-voice polyphony, and a built-in sequencer. It was popular among hip-hop producers in the early 1990s and was used on many classic hip-hop tracks.
Released in 1984, the Emulator II (EII) was E-mu's second eight-bit sampler. It improved upon the original by using companding digital-to-analog converters and a 27.7 kHz sample rate, along with resonant analog filters. The EII offered enhanced real-time...
The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler) is a 16-bit sampler and synthesizer workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was one of the first samplers to feature a built-in hard disk drive for storing samples and sequences. It also had a built-in...
