Drumulator
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Drumulator Sound ROM Creator v0.6
PC utility for creating custom Drumulator sound ROM EPROM images from WAV files. Allows you to build your own custom drum kits by converting audio samples into the Drumulator's native EPROM format.
Drumulator Alternate Sound Set 1
Alternative drum sound EPROM set for the E-mu Drumulator. Contains a complete replacement sound ROM with different drum samples. Requires EPROM programmer to burn.
Drumulator Electronic Drums Set 1
Electronic drum sounds EPROM set for the E-mu Drumulator. Synthetic/electronic drum kit replacing the factory acoustic samples.
Drumulator Electronic Drums Set 2
Second electronic drum sounds EPROM set for the E-mu Drumulator. Additional synthetic percussion sounds.
Drumulator Latin Percussion Set
Latin percussion EPROM sound set for the E-mu Drumulator. Congas, bongos, timbales, and other Latin percussion samples replacing the factory kit.
Audio Demos
Compatible Sound ROMs
EPROM Archive
E-mu Drumulator
E-mu Drumulator Sound Collection
E-mu emax-2
E-mu EMAX2 AM27C64
E-mu esi32_Firwmare3.0
E-mu ESI Series
E-mu lator 2+ not signed 2764
E-mu Orbit-9090-v1.00
E-mu orbit9090-v2.00
E-mu Planet Phatt LSB-MSB
MIDI Implementation
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Owner Registry
Production figures for the Drumulator were never widely published, so there’s no official record of how many were built — or how many survive. This registry is a community census: every owner who logs their unit makes it the closest thing there is to a real count.
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System Components
Manufacturer
E-MU Systems
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Specifications
- dac
- AM6012 12-bit DAC (8-bit samples)
- midi
- Optional MIDI retrofit kit (In/Out/Thru)
- songs
- 9 songs with pattern chaining
- memory
- Sound ROMs on removable EPROM board (64KB total)
- sounds
- 12 digitally sampled sounds (kick, snare, rimshot, hi-hat open/closed, crash, ride, 3 toms, claps, cabasa)
- outputs
- 12 individual outputs + stereo mix
- patterns
- 48 programmable patterns
- polyphony
- 8 voices
- processor
- Intel 8035 microcontroller
- weight kg
- 3.6
- form factor
- Desktop unit
- architecture
- Digital sampling playback, 8-bit DAC
- key features
- Swappable EPROM sound boards, real-time and step programming, accent, individual output mixing, song mode, metronome
- dimensions mm
- 432 x 279 x 76
- notable users
- Depeche Mode, New Order, The Cure, Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, John Carpenter
- synthesis type
- Sample playback (EPROM-based)
- sample resolution
- 8-bit, 10-28kHz sample rates
- competing products
- LinnDrum ($2,995), Oberheim DMX ($2,895), Roland TR-909 ($1,195), Sequential Circuits DrumTraks ($1,295)
- original price usd
- 995
