E-mu Proteus/2 demo 

2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003

That's right they all the composers from the proteus 2. :)

American Public Television, Andrew Belling (Andy Belling), Andrew Dimitroff, Andrew McCrorie-Shand, Andy Paley, Andy Street, Bob Mothersbaugh, Boomerang, Barry Hirschberg, Ed Welch, Doug Howell, Bruce Roberts, Bruce Zimmerman, Barron Abramovitch, Dave Kinnoin, Jimmy Hammer, Sony Wonder, Family Home Entertainment 1991 and 2000 Logos, David W. Shaw, Del Casher, Fred Newman, Fred Wolf Films, Happy Holidays From Glade, Knowledge Adventure 1996 Logo, Hiroyuki Kouzu, Howard Goodall, Haim Saban, Hayden Whiting, Kyle Justin, Jay Ferguson, James Newton Howard, Jeremy Wakefield, Good Eats, Guy Moon, Jeff Fisher, Jerry Grant, Jim Lang, Josh Mancell, Gary Lionelli, Cedarmont Kids, Laurent Petitgrard, Eric Serra, Lyrick Studios 1996 Logo, Bradley Joesph, Mark Mothersbaugh, Kick Production, Mike Watts, Milan Kymlicka, Neptuno Films, Diana B., Andy Blythe, Marten Joustra, JellyTelly, Ing. Victor Acros, Dennis Scott, Kenneth Burgomaster, Liz Kitchen, Mark Simon, Mark Snow, Matt Muhoberac, Dennis C. Brown, Dan Sawyer, Gary Stadler, Michael Lloyd, Nathan McCree, Nathan Wang, Rich DeRosa, No Doubt, John Coda, Richard Bellis, John Du Prez, Murray McFadden, Motoaki Takenouchi, John Napier, John Zuker, Jonathan Wolff, Don Buczynski, Nicolas Carr, Paul Brier, Richard Friedman, Robyn Miller, Matt Muhoberac, Paul Ray, Paul Robb, Pete Levin, Pet Shop Boys, Pure West, Randall Crissman, Reed Robbins, Sylvester Levay, Steve Belfer, Steve Pecile, Stephen Lawrence, Stephen Rucker, Williams Electronics, Takayuki Sakura, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Keith Hopwood, Yuusuke Kohzu, Tom Worrall, Tony Banks, Tony Salerno, Tomohiko Fukuoka, Tommy Barbarella Yuval Ron, Robert J. Walsh, Ron Wasserman, Sage Guyton, Simon and Schuster Interactive Logo 1995, Shuki Levy, Tune Buddies, Mark Watters and Rowland Lee.

@@salstefanelli7406 Yes they are all the composers and musicians. :)

@@salstefanelli7406 I like to see is Andrew McCorie Shand, Paddy Kingsland, Keith Chapman too?

I think it was also used for the background music of Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat and Barney & Friends.

CintronToons To be fair, those seasons were using a different Proteus instrumental track (2000 I believe). But fair point.

This could be heard in the 1987 film Dolls and the 1989 film The BFG

One of the E-Mu Proteus/2 orchestral music is from Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends by seasons 3 through 7.

Seasons 5, 6 and 7

I came here from Baby Einstein because they used this

Darn right. Proteus 2 was used so often....

Totally agree, I have just bought a Proteus 2 on EBay and it's on it's way. My Roland U-220 arrived in the post this morning although I have to try and reset it via midi Syssex commands as it's not working properly. I might also buy a Proteus 1 in the not too distant future even though I only want it for a few sounds the Proteus 2 doesn't have. I can't wait to start midi sequencing with my Proteus 2 and U-220.

Cuz when he's tall he's what we call a dinosaur sensation

Correct. Haim Saban and Shuki Levy also used an E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral for many projects throughout the early 1990s. Original production works such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as well as some Anime adaptation dubs of theirs. Jeff Fisher also used an E-mu Proteus 2 for Are You Afraid of the Dark? towards 47 episodes he composed for, as he used patches such as the snare drum assorted sounds from Percussion 1 (Patch 58) and as well as Pizzicato 1 (Patch 17), Xylophone (Patch 54) and certain others.

Correct Nathan the proteus instruments and can be joined them tigether in been since in 1990 and 2000 nice answer Nathan Parisi.

Correct the ragdoll recorded on BBC kids Nathan.

That's right including Rosie and Jim, Tots TV and Teletubbies that have Proteus 2 in them.

NewBlueMario1016 Wasn’t Mighty Morphin Power Rangers done by Ron Wasserman? Same goes for other shows, such as the Canadian dub of Dragon Ball Z.

Exactly what we’re going through in our studio at the moment! It’s so fascinating to see how new tech unlocks potential in all this gear that people basically consider obsolete nowadays. I’ll very rarely open up a VST if I have a shitty old rack unit that does basically the same thing, be it for best or worst 😂

To add to that, modern sound libraries have so much control and tweakability now, that it can often make a chore out of the process of making music. Often, you have to do quite a bit of work to get a usable performance from today's sounds. In contrast, there's nothing quite like taking one of these sound modules from the 90s (by Roland, Korg, Yamaha, E-MU or others), dialling in a ready-to-go sound and hitting the record button. In fact, I'm making a template of purely old-school module sounds for sketching and idea generation because the sounds are quick to load and use - and if an idea sounds good with those old sounds, then putting in the work with newer sound libraries will just make the idea sound even better when you start developing it.

You should. The sounds from this module define the era of the 90s and early 2000s

Nice! :)

Do you remember what the video was called?

@@GabePickles3837 Nope

It’s deadass hard NOT to think of Barney when you hear that particular sound!

I can only think of one show when I hear these synths, and that's Thomas & Friends

​@@TrainBoi227Maybe for you, but Thomas and Friends was far from the only famous media production from the 90s to early 2000s using the Proteus 2. It defined a whole era

That's right Carsyn it is from the sounds of Barney by Bob Singleton all of these insturments in mid 90s.

The Proteus 2 was just one of the midi sound modules Bob Singleton used on Barney, I think he also used a Roland Sound Canvas SC-55, I'm pretty sure the drums in the theme tune came from and Alesis drum machine ( possibly an SR-16 ) and Bob Singleton also used a Roland R8. Joseph Phillips did the music for Season 4 in 1997 but as the tracks have been Equed and smoothly mixed it's difficult to hear the tones of many of the instruments but I recognised the marimba and flute from a Proteus 1, clarinet from Proteus 2, Alesis drums and a couple of Roland SC-88 sounds. I also left comments on a couple of Barney videos if your interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uUU384Bqij4.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gdz6ISW4n5Q.html

@@LittleRichard1988 The drums were actually the SR-16's predecessor, the HR-16. They both shared many drum samples though I think the iconic marching snare that opened the original Barney theme was only found on the HR-16

It's patch, not sample! Well, patches are made of samples, so it kinda makes sense.

Michael Brandon

Teresa Gallagher

William Hope

And Maisy Mouse

And also Thomas The Tank

And also Doodle Do

I like George Carlin, William Hope, Teresa Gallagher, Alec Baldwin and Michael Brandon, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Taiwan Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican Spanish, Polish, Russian and Swedish versions.

Used on The Britt Allcroft Company, The Gullane Entertainment, Discovery Kids (Brazil), Rede Globo, TV Brasil, Télé-Québec, EBC Yoyo, DR1, DR Ramasjang, Ketnet, NPO Zappelin, Junior, KiKA, Premiere Austria, Premiere Start, ZDF, M2, TV2, Rai 3, BS Asahi, Cañal 5 (México), Discovery Kids (Latin America), ATM, Rozrywka, HBO GO, Minimax, MiniMini+, TVP1, Russia-K and SVT Barnkanalen.

Absolutely This

I can hear the Canadian English and the Canadian French versions.

The irony is that a Heinz advert came up on this video, the one where a man tried to take his supply of Heins baked beans with him abroad but he's not allowed them on the plane so he spends his entire holiday weaping about it, really? They should either bring back the Heinz adverts from 1996 or make modern adverts in that same style but use reuse that same jingle. In fact I think they should go back to using the Emu Proteus/2 on TV adverts because I would jump at the chance to compose music for TV adverts and get paid for it especially as I'm now unemployed.

True peter griffin is always makes sounds of the proteus Alexander.

Which episode did the family guy have a Proteus 2 samples Alexander Matthias? :)

I know the test pilot for “Family Guy” used this module, but I don’t think they ever used it in the actual show.

Seasons 3-7

Yes!

3-7

Yeah!

Oh, Yes!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KLLFFW9ye6k.html&ab_channel=forever90s

Video and computer games of the 90s and early 2000s were another ubiquitous use for this module besides children's productions. I even found a photo of Koji Kondo working in the studio around that time and he had a Proteus 2 mounted on his racking unit

Yeah. :)

Binka the Cat (2001)

Whistl'n Joe used for Teletubbies' Magic Tree

And Doodle Do too

Yes that's correct! :)

Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1995)

Doug Howell

I like Ryan O'Donohue, Tress MacNeille, Corey Burton and Jim Cummings versions.

I can hear the American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, Italian and Mexican Spanish versions.

Rob was The Narrator in the Helping Segments

He also voices NZ Stick from Doodle Do

How other modules were used to create the music for Doug?

I live in the Ukrainian, the US and the International versions.

Pablo the Little Red Fox (1999)

Hibbie A, Do you like Doodle Do

Do you know what other modules were used in Disney’s Doug?

Do you know what other modules was used to make the music for Doug ( both the Nickelodeon and the Disney series) ?

@@bravedoodle1333 Yes!

@@saltutter3160 Could you tell me, please?

@@bravedoodle1333 Sure!

@@saltutter3160 So what are they?

That's because it IS the sounds from those shows. The composers used an E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral for those shows. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers also used it as well, as Haim Saban and Shuki Levy used that for many projects throughout the early 90s.

That is a correct answer NewBlueMario1016 it is from the sounds of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers been taken of saban's kids ident.

Jeff Fisher also used an E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral synthesizer to score for 47 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? as he used patches such as the snare drum assorted sounds from Percussion 1 (Patch 58) and as well as Pizzicato 1 (Patch 17), Xylophone (Patch 54) and certain others. I left you something on the discussion page on your RU-vid profile. Check it out.

and William's Wish Wellingtons

true Sam C. O William Wish Wellingtons as well plays proteus.

Roly Mo Show***

I think Roly Mo Show was either done with real instruments or with a more modern synthesizer of that time. Possibly a Yamaha Motif, the guitar sounds like a typical Yamaha Motif guitar. It may have even been done with VST instruments including Halion as at that time for many producers sound modules were starting to be phased out with with VST instruments. Unless some of the incidental music used Proteus sounds. With more modern TV programs it's not so easy to tell.

12. Doodle Do

Rob, you'll just need a simple USB-to-MIDI (usb to din sync MIDI) interface, since the Proteus doesn't have usb but only the older style 5-pin din sync MIDI. Then, plug the USB end of the interface to another USB port on your computer, plug the din sync MIDI Out of the interface to the MIDI In of the Proteus, and plug the MIDI In of the interface to the MIDI Out of the Proteus. In Reaper, choose the YPG-235 USB MIDI as your MIDI In port, and choose the USB-to-MIDI interface as your MIDI Out going to the Proteus

Thanks for responding! This is how I have it all hooked up. I'm sure I'm missing something. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yq7DOwQkiBI.html Reaper picks up the Yamaha and the Proteus. But can't figure out the settings to play the sounds as you do in your vid. I'm new to reaper so it's been a tough learning curve these past 3 weeks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N-auTEeCOr8.html

I don't have Reaper at the moment (I used to have it a few years back) but basically, you want to create a new MIDI track in Reaper, and select the Yamaha USB MIDI for Input (or "any/all MIDI input) and the Mio Ioconnect for MIDI Output

Did that and I still can't play the sounds. I plugged the stereo output to speakers and I can hear the demo just fine. The only thing I can think of is there's a setting on this keyboard that I need to change but my manual doesn't help. If I connect the Yamaha directly to the proteus would it work even though the proteus is analog?

That's the one. :)

Thomas the Tank Engine, Pingu and Song Catcher also had Proteus 2

Tikkabilla used a Roland JV or XV sound module. I thought so. The Roland JV and XV sounds were used more in the late 90s and early 2000s. Roly Mo show could well have been done with a Korg Triton, Yamaha Motif or even VST instruments. Or possibly a combination of synthesized and real instruments.

What synthesisers do the Strachans' Twins use

I Dunno Hibbie A

Would the String Sequence You're referring to be this one? - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uC46_T9b3zs.html at 00:51. [Sorry for the horrible Audio quality. Sounds like the Uploader Increased the amplitude...] Because I've been looking for that Sample for years. The Score for this version of Dragon Ball Z was done by Ron Wasserman, of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers fame, and He told Me that He had used a Proteus 2 on the Soundtrack for It. :) Wasserman's Score for Dragon Ball Z Is super Intense and dark so It could be what You're referring to. There Is also another Sample that I have heard a lot which Is a Flute/Shakuhachi sound. I've heard It In Dragon Ball Z, the Game "Spud!", the Crypt Keeper Cartoon etc. which Is this one... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OGmTnihUvYA.html Been hunting for these Sounds for years but haven't had much luck! Lol.

Update: Seems like it could've been Peter Siedleczek's "Orchestral Colours" released as an AKAI sample CD by Best Service in 1994. I guess some of the sounds could've made it to some of the Siedleczek ROMs for various romplers as well (though none of the sounds seem to be in E-Mu's 32MB Siedleczek ROM for the Proteus 2000 line, but then 32 MB is extremely limited compared to the upwards of 700 MB you can fit on a CD).

Most of the music in Fun song factory was done with a Roland Sound Canvas. The first Fun song factory video used an SC-55 for most of the music but in one of the nursery rhymes I noticed the flute sounded like an Emu Proteus flute. In Fun Song Factory 2 and the rest of the Fun song factory live shows Liz Kitchen used an SC-88 and also a Roland JV-1080 for sounds like "Flying Waltz" and "Jimmy Dee" not to mention "Dance with me from Party Time was done completely on a Roland JV-1080. Liz Kitchen also did the music for most of the GMTV series but for the episodes composed by Graham Pike I think he used an Alesis keyboard and possibly an SR-16 drum machine but I think he also recorded real guitars and that cup mute trumpet could have also been a real trumpet.

@@LittleRichard1988 Oh yes, the GMTV of Fun Song Factory had a few Proteus instruments for the music.

@@samc.o.3684 In Letters and words all the music is synthesized and I think 5 little speckled frogs possibly used a Proteus for the steel guitar sound, the violin is probably also a Proteus sound and possibly the marimba.

@@LittleRichard1988 Oh Graham Pike used the Alesis keyboard to compose the music for the Fun Song Factory TV series I see and I suppose he did use a bit of patches from Proteus 2 Orchestral.

@@LittleRichard1988 Keith and Matthew Strachan used Flying Waltz for the Wwtbam lifelines Ask The Audience and Phone A Friend

I wish I can figure out how to get the XR versions in .sf2 file format, if I knew how. Only the original versions are available on Digital Sound Factory as they have the exclusive rights to the E-mu Proteus sounds. The XR versions of Proteus 1/2/3 hold more sounds due to more memory.

I have no idea but i wonder if the xr versions held any really new sounds. I think the had reprogrammed/ edited sounds from the original proteus 1 and 2...

I think Bob Singleton used a Proteus 2 XR module....it can only be found through online retailers... People such as Jeff Fisher used the E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral module to compose for 47 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? as he used patches such as the snare drum assorted sounds from Percussion 1 (Patch 58) and as well as Pizzicato 1 (Patch 17), Xylophone (Patch 54) and certain others. Check those out.

The Little Lulu Show Seasons 1-3 (1995-1998)

The Animal Crackers Seasons 1-3 (1997-1999)

Absolutley.Emu did an awsome job sampling those musicians in those days. And seriously, there is just something about their samplers especially the Emulator used to sample this module that sounds so warm.

Dont say that. I just got a 2080 with Orch expansion! Dya think I should trade one of these then? :D :?

I have a JV-1080 fitted with the Orchestral expansion board and the Proteus 2 which I just bought. I also have a Roland U-220 and a an MC-505 groovebox as part of that stack. The funny thing is before I bought the Orchestral SRJV board I thought the Proteus 2 sounds were from the Roland SRJV Orchestral board. The Proteus 2 has more realistic sounding woodwinds and brighter brass sounds as well as realistic percussion sounds but the Roland JV has nicer, sparkly bell pad sounds and generally sounds like basses, pianos and saxophones sound better on a Roland sound module. I was also going to buy a Proteus 1 or Proteus FX just for the marimba but I managed to create a marimba patch on my Proteus 2.

@@LittleRichard1988 ok cool to know. Im prolly gonna use more strings and wood than brass so maybe the 2080 stays for me. I just got an Ensoniq SQ1 and it has a very nice clarinet, oboe. Not comparing but just to my ears. BY THE WAY, AFAIK you can load any patches from Proteus 1, 2, 3 and XR into any other Proteus 1-2-3. So that marimba is out there as a sysex file somewhere.

I like Ryan O'Donohue, Tress MacNeille and Corey Burton versions.

I can hear the American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, Italian and Mexican Spanish versions.

I like Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Linda Gary and Corey Burton versions.

I can hear the American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, Italian and Mexican Spanish versions.