Proteus Vx Free!

[MD69]

For whoever is interested:

Emu have made available Proteus VX for Free!

Cheers

[braincell]

You don't have an email address for this purpose?

Maybe it will sound better than the hardware did?

Thanks, I have a friend who will want this.

"Proteus VX is not copy protected or card locked like other versions of our instrument " hehe you gotta love that being a Sonic Core customer!

[Cochise]

Maybe it will sound better than the hardware did?

I've one of those.

There's a preset I like very very much which I often use. It's called '2002'. Though I don't know if it comes from factory or if it was made by the previous owner (the ROM/RAM thing there is still quite puzzling to me).
Another intriguing one is called 'percolate', but I like this way less

The unit I've got It's not fast enough to use simultaneously two double voiced presets.
Especially if the 2nd preset is a drum set or percussion and the whole thing is driven by a sequencer, this has a noticeably delay related to the tracks playing in the DAW. Of course it can be compensated.

[braincell]

I just tried the VSTi and the stand alone. It's better than I thought it would be. For a free rompler, I would say it's nice. It would compliment the Halion player well.

[Zer]

Thanks for the hint. Does anyone have experience with the hardware featured ProteusX and the others? What are the points in a comparison chart?

[astroman]

thanks MD69 - very useful, as I just aquired Band-in-a-Box only to find out that it supports multichannel Asio, but lets me pick only 1 stereo pair
I have the original Proteus II (orchestral) and always admired it's timeless patches.
EMU has top quality soundset which are compact and extremely well tuned, which they sell and sell and sell...
in 19" hardware, with PC soundcards, as plugin Rom Boards, etc - though that stuff is (was) anything but cheapo.

Proteus X should be no difference in sound except the usual variations by analg circuitry and converters
of course EMU hopes to sell one or the other soundsets this way...

cheers, Tom

[Neutron]

I have one of their cards (1212) which i just use as a a cheapo ADAT i/o to/from sequencer PC to scope.
Will this vsti take advantage of the DSP which is on the card? that is is just wasted right now, except for occasional EQ

[braincell]

I just got the Band In A Box Demo and loaded the DNA sequence I made in Music Wonk into Band In A box. That is pretty cool.

[valis]

I have one of their cards (1212) which i just use as a a cheapo ADAT i/o to/from sequencer PC to scope.
Will this vsti take advantage of the DSP which is on the card? that is is just wasted right now, except for occasional EQ

No it's just a Vsti. Put that 1212 (1212m?) into another box and run their sampler on it or something. Though I hear patchmix & the sampler have semi-clunky UI's...

[Neutron]

I have one of their cards (1212) which i just use as a a cheapo ADAT i/o to/from sequencer PC to scope.
Will this vsti take advantage of the DSP which is on the card? that is is just wasted right now, except for occasional EQ

No it's just a Vsti. Put that 1212 (1212m?) into another box and run their sampler on it or something. Though I hear patchmix & the sampler have semi-clunky UI's...

it is in a different computer. and i just set it and forget the patchmix. basically theres 8 out (set up as 4 stereo busses) to scope for mixing via ADAT, effects etc, and 8 returns, which can be used for recording, but i hardly looked in to that yet, i use vdat. i dont think i want to use their sampler or DSP effects. it has been very reliable and their ASIO seems to work nicely.

I am still working on getting my setup just so. but i start playing and progress becomes very slow

[Fluxpod]

Just tried it...meh..boring.
Cant complain for a free device tho.