Planet Phatt
1997
A 1U rackmount sound module from E-MU's "Planet" series, designed for hip-hop, rap, acid jazz, and trip hop musicians. Its 8MB sound ROM includes classic instruments such as Minimoog basses, Wurlitzer pianos, Yamaha DX7 electric pianos, Roland TB-303 sounds, and TR-808 drum and percussion samples, alongside scratch, beat, and breakbeat material. Built on E-MU's 32-voice sampling synthesis architecture with Z-Plane filters.
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