OPEN SOURCE EDITOR FOR PROTEUS 2000 FAMILY

Though EMU totally switched to software solutions few years ago, there still are tons of EMU hardware sound modules out there. Sometimes degraded by the term romplers, EMU's family of Proteus 2000-based synths offer a great range of instant (sample based) sounds that are easily tweakable with the on-board knobs. Storing and archiving your sounds in the modules, however is not as easy as with software based models.

But there's a solution! Someone (thank you!) developed an open source sysex editor for all Proteus 2000-based synths, called Prodatum (screenshot here). It can be used with with all modules and keyboards from de Proteus 2000-family.

The Proteus 2000 was the world's first 128-voice sound module, expandable to up to 128 MB of sounds with genre-specific expansion ROMs. The Proteus 2000 also offers 32 MIDI channel support, 6 analog outputs and an S/PDIF digital output.

In addition to EMU's Proteus based rack mount modules (Vintage Pro, Audity 2000, Proteus 2000, Proteus 1000, B-3, XL-1, Virtuoso 2000, Mo'Phatt, B-3 Turbo, XL-1 Turbo, Mo'Phatt Turbo, Planet Earth, Planet Earth Turbo, Proteus 2500 and Orbit 3), Prodatum also works with the keyboard versions (Vintage Keys, PK-6, XK-6, MK-6, Ensoniq Halo) and the Command Stations (PX-7, XL-7, MP-7).

We haven't tested Prodatum ourselves yet, but various forums report it working, and given the user feedback on the project site it might be the time to breath some new life in one of these babies. If you don't have one yourself - ask your dad. He might have one locked up in the attic - surpriiiise ;)

  prodatum.sourceforge.net