

The Proteus 2000 departs from tradition in that there are no hard‑wired factory sounds. The front‑panel controls comprise just six knobs and nine buttons, not including the mains switch, but behind this simple facade is a powerful editing system. Presented in a rackmount case that's styled along the same lines as the Audity 2000, the Proteus 2000 features 128‑voice polyphony with 32‑part multitimbrality via two separate MIDI In ports. However, it's a very different sounding instrument to the Roland JV2080 and would actually complement it very well if you were in a position to afford both. It also has resonant filters and is expandable via internal ROM cards. It's quite obvious that Emu looked at Roland's successful JV1080 and JV2080 synths, then decided to go down a similar route - while at the same time trying to offer more of just about everything! Like the Roland models, the Proteus 2000's patches can comprise up to four layers. And although still sample‑based, it is a vastly more powerful instrument than the original. Now the Proteus is back with a vengeance, in the guise of the Proteus 2000. But in recent years, the company seems to have turned its attention away from traditional synths to concentrate on samplers and dedicated dance instruments.
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We meet the reviewer's dream - a powerful synth that's versatile, easy to use, easy to edit and even demonstrates its own patches for you!Įmu's original Proteus series of synthesizer modules was enormously well respected, and even today there are musicians who wouldn't want to be without them.
