The ESI-32 is an excellent polyphonic sampler for any musician at any level. It offers all of the same sampler-type features and goodies that you would find in other Akai and Roland samplers. Its base model is perfect for anybody looking to get into sample-based music and is designed to grow and expand with you into a complete and professional sampler.

The standard ESI-32 comes with 2 MB of RAM (about 11 seconds at 44.1kHz stereo), 32 voices polyphony, 16 MIDI multitimbral parts, built-in 3.5" disk drive, extensive editing features and an easy to use interface. Sampling can be in any combination of Left, Right or Stereo in, at 44,100 or 22,050 Hz. Auto looping, truncating, triggered sampling and auto key placement functions make sampling fun and easy. Editing features include truncating, loop editing, gain, reverse, taper, DC filter, stereo/mono, tuning, compressing, Para-EQ, time comp/exp, pitch shift, Doppler, exciter and transform multiply (harmonic sample morphing) as well as a host of envelope, filter, velocity and MIDI effects.

When that's not enough anymore you can easily upgrade the ESI-32 with user-installable parts from E-mu. Increase the RAM up to 32 MB for very extended (up to 6 minutes) sample times. Replace the disk drive with an internal ZIP or hard disk. Install the external SCSI card for external drives or computer interfacing with ReCycle and some Sequencers. The Turbo Expansion kit offers the greatest bang for the buck. You get two on-board effect processors with reverb, delay, chorus and distortion. Up to 8 outputs are made available. The VCF (filter) section has several awesome filter algorithms for filter sweeping or tweaking loops and sounds. The professional purists can add the Digital I/O card for digital sample input and main output. The ESI-32 is without a doubt the easiest to use, customizable, upgradeable and professional sampler perfect for anybody who is thinking about sample-based music. It is used by Daft Punk, Ixy InDaMix, and Somatic Responses as well as many, many more.

Tito

April 17, 2012 @ 9:32 am

Hey jorge ignacio
Can I get a copy of those hard to find cds... Thanks

fv2k

April 14, 2012 @ 1:52 pm

Re: Jorge Ignacio: contact me at skln_pcs (at) hotmail

Jorge Ignacio

April 13, 2012 @ 6:57 am

I have a really nice emu esi 32 sampler with a cd-rom player and 10 hard to find e-mu cd-roms of all kinds of sounds, any one interested? I will give it away.

gabriel.a

January 10, 2012 @ 8:18 pm

http://car2.elpasoco.com/RcdQueryRecepnum.asp?Rn=99127790
Usa el reception number

Henry

March 13, 2011 @ 3:16 pm

I just bought one of these. The sound IS warmer and fatter than the average Akai sampler as you´re told everywhere. The preset/sample handling is still bit cryptic compared to the program/sample in the Akai. Looping and editing samples is quicker than Akai S3000s. Nice sampler for instant looping, let your creativity flow. Solid case and high quality. 4 outs are enough for my needs and 32mb more than enough.

The downside is the poor SCSI support. I can´t even get an old Ioemga Zip100 to work.

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