Arturia Emulator II V Virtual Sampler Instrument Plug-In

Arturia 1090-87 Overview

The Arturia Emulator II V is a virtual instrument plug-in that models an E-mu Emulator II keyboard, the legendary multitimbral sampler heard on the Pet Shop Boys' West End Girls, Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumors, and the Terminator 2: Judgment Day score-to name just a few. The unique combination of high-fidelity 8-bit sound, warm analog filter, and instantly recognizable sample library is sure to spark instant creativity, just as the original once did.

Modernized with creative and advanced new features for today's music maker, the Emulator II V adds in-depth sampling editing, expressive modulation options, and a suite of FX that go beyond the original instrument. It also offers an easy-to-use interface, simple controls, accessible creative features, and 250 factory presets, making it an essential keyboard for bringing old-school digital grit to your music productions and sound design projects.

Arturia's proprietary TAE technology accurately emulates the characteristics of analog oscillators, filters, and soft clipping, ensuring that the Emulator II V sounds and behaves exactly like the original Emulator II. The software is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates within your DAW on the AU, VST2, VST3, NKS, and AAX Native formats.

Quickly Find Your Sound with Easy-to-Use Interface

• Instantly find the sound that's in your head with intelligent and streamlined preset browsing-over 250 factory presets.
• Integrated in-app tutorials guide you through every aspect of the instrument.
• Resizable GUI.
• Arturia Software Center lets you download, organize, and update all your Arturia software titles in one place, as well as manage all of your licenses across multiple devices.

Retro-Sampling Polyphonic Ensemble

• Next-generation component-level model of the E-Mu Emulator II.
• TAE powered for component-accurate detail and authentic analog power.
• Authentic 8-voice multitimbral architecture-up to 8 samples can be played at once on your keyboard.
• Analog modeled filter.
• 6-mode arpeggiator.
• Each sample is polyphonic within its keyboard zone, with its own filter, VCA, and LFO.
• 2 assignable expression wheels give this sampler an expressive edge.
• Assign and crossfade up to 8 separate samples across your keyboard range.

Added Modulation and FX for the Modern Producer

• Adjust the behavior of each of your 8 voices (samples), including transpose, sample looping, play direction, trig delay, and much more.
• Gain more control over your LFO settings, with parameters including rate sync, delay, variation, and more.
• Tap into the deeper functions of the warm analog filter and VCA to further shape the playback and tone of your samples.
• Choose specific FX per voice to craft a palette to suit your style, from new wave to industrial techno.
• Switch to a DAC that suits your taste-choose from modern clean or an emulation of the original crispy digital charm.
• Control every aspect of how your keyboard / note-range interacts with each of your samples, from zone assignment to aftertouch.
• Easily assign samples to different note ranges on your keyboard by simply dragging them across the visual interface.
• Set up the left and right expression wheels to affect 1 of 16 modulation destinations, from LFO rate to pitch transpose.
• Harness the keyboard/note input as a modulation tool-velocity, keyboard tracking, and aftertouch can be configured to manipulate the same 16 destinations.
• Apply an effect to any sample independently, apply up to 3 FX to the output, and opt for series or parallel depending on your tonal preference.
• FX include: Reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, overdrive, compressor, bitcrusher, multimode filter, parametric EQ, and stereo pan.