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SAMPLERS · 1993
Emulator III XPs
E-MU Systems
Manufacturer
E-MU Systems
Type
Samplers
Production
1993
Model
EIII XPs
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From the Community
From the community
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Document Library
Manuals
1Service & Technical
103
Audio Demos
04
Compatible Sound ROMs
05
Modifications
06
Owner Registry
Production figures for the Emulator III XPs 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.
1units registered
0 serials recorded
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System Components
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Specifications
- lfo
- Variable speed, multiple waveforms, routable
- midi
- Full MIDI implementation
- sync
- SMPTE timecode
- filter
- Programmable digital low-pass filter (per voice) — NOT analog; the original EIII used 16 analog Curtis CEM3387 filters
- inputs
- Stereo sampling inputs (switchable to trigger inputs)
- memory
- Expandable (base configuration varies)
- outputs
- 3 stereo submix output pairs + stereo main
- sampler
- 16-bit sampling at 32 / 44.1 / 48 kHz
- storage
- SCSI, built-in disk drive
- computer
- Macintosh graphical editing support
- keyboard
- Rackmount (no internal keyboard)
- envelopes
- ADSR for amp and filter, plus auxiliary envelope
- polyphony
- 32 voices
- sequencer
- 16-track, 100 patterns, 100 songs
