The Orbit is first in E-mu's new line of dance modules. This is strictly engineered for the techno artist. It has 8 MB of samples of all the great vintage analog sounds plus many familiar and typical sounds used in house, hip hop, trance, and techno.

It includes an essential digital VCF-like filter that is (on many presets) usually controlled from the modulation wheel on your keyboard controller! It's great for filling tracks with lush sweeping pads, or trancing along a 303 bassline pattern and filtering away. It is a beautiful golden single-space rack unit with a big easy to read LCD. Its sounds are, well they're digital so they are a little harsh and 'tinny' but add a little 'verb and some delay and it sounds damn good! It is already being used by lots of techno artists around the world including Todd Terry, Roni Size, ATB, and Orbital.

Richard

March 9, 2012 @ 4:20 am

A box of PCM sounds doesns't seem too great on paper, but I remember many of its pad sounds with a certain fuzzy warmth of which it is probably wholly undeserving. Other than those possibly stellar pad washes, file under "nice if very cheap". Like most of the E-Mu PCM boxes, it's a solid grabbag of sounds to have around if you're not into (free) VST instruments. If you are, this is just space better spent on some decent AD/DA.

G. Urmel Dähn

January 26, 2012 @ 11:50 am

i got mine just a few days ago and 'll it use as a classical-style synth, not as a sampler. its capable to produce these vintage sounds and thats all i need! ;-)

Netm8kr

December 21, 2011 @ 1:20 pm

I just picked one of these up off Ebay for less than $100. It has tested out great so far. This unit will make a great addition to my "ever"growing home studio.

Peace...Netm8kr

Pablo

November 10, 2011 @ 9:49 pm

An Orbit 9090 was used for Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar :)

Ben

October 1, 2011 @ 11:05 am

Just for the record, the estimated value on here is grossly overestimated....these seem to go in the $150-$250 range currently (more in the $150 range than $250).

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