From leman@free.fr Sun Aug 14 17:18:06 2005
Subject:Re: precisions about Emu B3


> Hi,
>
> There is an extra slot for more voices which uses special E-mu ROM
> chips, no longer in production. You can sometimes find these on Ebay
> for the Proteus 2000 module. The Proteus has the extra midi in out
> sockets you mentioned and there is extra circuitry involved, not an
> amateur job. It would be easier to find a used Proteus 2000 module
> and put your B-3 simm into the Proteus, which can have up to four
> memory ROM chips installed. Also the the Proteus 2000 has 128 note
> polyphony, which makes a lot of difference when you start editing
> voices and adding layers together.
> There was an expensive RAM chip available to load your own samples
> but it needed the use of E-mu's Emulator sampler.
>
> There is an on-line downloadable patch editor called the Proteum
> at web-site www.saxonite.com
>
> Regards, Thomas. ( UK )
>
> P.S. I have a Proteus 2000 with an installed E-mu B-3 ROM chip, with
> three extra Rom chips installed which I will be selling soon.
> This might be useful to you, as you could use your B-3 module for
> lower manual presets with the LCD display showing the organ preset
> in use, and use the Proteus for upper manual which would further
> help polyphony and also allow you to see the upper manual voice in
> use at the same time on the Proteus LCD display, whilst giving you
> access to hundreds of voices including the 'Coakley' Perfect piano
> presets. Contact me off-line if you are interested.

thank you Thomas for your help!

I'll have a look at Proteum and try it.
I think Ill have to wait to realise my projects!
I think I'll first learn to use my B3 as it is and save money to buy a
Leslie emulator (maybe a Rotosphere?) before looking for another module.
For now i'm trying to understand how to change sound with my
modulation wheel (from sound A with slow leslie to sound A with fast
leslie) and put all that in one patch! Not so easy as I got the B3 a
week ago...

jean-marie