Pro/cussion
"Maximum Percussion Module"
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The E-mu Pro/Cussion is a classic module belonging to the glorious "Proteus" line. This is a multi-timbral percussion instrument whose sounds are based on actual digital recordings of "real" instruments. The sound is typically E-mu: very clean, punchy and digital. There are hundreds of different drum and percussion instruments, easily available at the tip of your fingers (when using a controller keyboard or drum machine pads) or drumsticks (when using a trigger drum controller) The Procussion contains four
megabytes of very high quality 16 |
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The extensive cross-switching functions allow a
high degree of musical expression not normally attainable from sampled
percussion instruments. The 16 bit samples are arranged into 128 kit locations,
64 of which are user-programmable. Procussion also features 32 voice polyphony allowing you to take full advantage of its layering capabilities (up to 8 sounds on each key or drum pad) and its ability to respond multi-timbrally to all 16 MIDI channels makes it ideally suited for multi-track sequencing and composing using a MIDI sequencer. Other features include 3 stereo outputs for individually processing sounds (also configurable as 6 polyphonic sub-mixes with fully programmable panning), integral sends and returns to allow the addition of external effects units without the need for a separate mixer, and of course, an extensive MIDI implementation. The unit works with - obviously - all MIDI-equipped devices, but it's particularly suitable to be paired with a drum controller such as the Roland Octapad and SPD-series, Alesis, DrumKat etc. I also have had success just using a common MIDI keyboard controller. |
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Here is the Pro/Cussion's on board demo song:
| Kit name with audio demo | My comments |
| 000 Ampitheater | Arena rock drum kit - huge kick and great reverb on the snare |
| 001 Mega Drums | Extremely clean and punchy |
| 002 Rock n Roll | Perfect for '70s rock |
| 003 Palladium | Terrific urban rhythm kit - check out that 808 kick |
| 004 Jazz Drums | Outstanding ride cymbal in this one. Great velocity-switched snare as well. |
| 005 Metal Drums | Incredibly powerful. Just add your own metal guitar and bass. |
| 006 Rap Session | Another terrific hip-hop kit - including synth bass. |
| 007 Latin Drums | Extremely realistic and very expressive percussion - perfect for all Latin genres! |
| 008 Percussion 1 | Lots of great-sounding clave, cowbells, maracas etc. |
| 009 Tool Kit | Drums for outer space |
| 010 Ambient Rock | Nice room ambience |
| 011 Acoustic Kit | Nice and fluid, laidback. |
| 012 Thundadome | 1960s-style effected drum sounds |
| 013 Disco Ball | Very nice dance drum kit |
| 014 Vibrations | There's even space for a fantastic vibraphone! |
| 015 Rock Drums | Dry and high-pitched rock drums |
| 016 House Machine | Early '90s American "New Jack Swing" style setup |
| 017 Fusion Stix | Highly-produced, "gluey" and punchy drum kit |
| 018 Found Sound | Quality sound effects originated from the drum samples. |
| 019 Marimba | Superb marimba patch! |
| 020 Space Drums | Manipulated pitches and pseudo-echoes. |
| 021 Hard Rock | Mega-powerful kit - hear the drummer go crazy :-) - and the crowd cheer |
| 022 Stadium Rox | Another very good arena rock setup. |
| 023 Dance 2000 | Interesting dance kit, with a killer synth bass on the right of the keyboard layout. |
| 024 Industry | Low-pitched oddities |
| 025 Heavy Metal | Powerful kit with thundering toms |
| 026 Hip Hop | Hybrid 808 + pop sounds - very punchy. |
| 027 Rosewood Tine | Another marimba-style idiophone. |
| 028 Percussion 2 | More great percussion instruments, in a different keyboard layout. |
| 029 Sound FX | Reversed, low and high-pitched samples make for an interesting kit. |
| 030 Sluggo Drums | Love the name. A punchy rock-blues setup. |
| 031 Beat Box | The classic Roland TR-808 kit! |
| 032 Rocket Drums | Powerful toms and superb compressed sounds! |
| 033 Huge Room | Great natural reverb |
| 034 Churchyard | Low-pitched bells |
| 035 Drum Dance | Nice hybrid 808 + rock set. |
| 036 Percussion 3 | Congas, bells, guiros... |
| 037 Mallet Bells | Beautiful, hypnotic bells |
| 038 Hip House | Drums for the classic early '90s style. |
| 039 Latin Layers | Latin percussion from Pluto |
| 040 Big Band | Characteristic swing orchestra drum set. |
| 041 Multi FX | Lots of sound effects. |
| 042 Heavyosity | Heavy and compressed. |
| 043 Ritual Night | Jungle drums |
| 044 Dance Club | Fantastic and typical early '90s techno-house kit |
| 045 Indo Steel | Nice ethnic metals |
| 046 Orch Perc | Larger than life orchestral percussion. Lovely tubular bells... |
| 047 Country Kit | Outstanding, clean and very powerful country drum set. |
| 048 Killer Synth | How about a synth hidden in this module? Definitely a nice surprise :-) |
| 049 Heavy Handed | very |
| 050 Percussives | more percussive special fx |
| 051 Mystic Land | Reversed fairies |
| 052 Beach Party | Bongos by the sea |
| 053 Intervallix | Mutants |
| 054 Jazzy Traps | Acid jazz drums |
| 055 Clavarimba | More marimbas for you. |
| 056 Rockabilly | Spot-on rockabilly drums |
| 057 Control Snares | A lot of snare drums |
| 058 Lotsa Kicks | A lot of kick drums |
| 059 All Snares | Processed snares |
| 060 More Toms | Weird toms |
| 061 More Cymbals | Atmosphere cymbals |
| 062 More Percushn | yep |
| 063 More Basses | all of them |
| Year of release: | 1991 |
| Polyphony: | 32-voice |
| Sound generation method: | PCM |
| Preset memories | 64 kits in ROM, 64 in RAM |
| MIDI: | in, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | no |
| Sequencer | no |
| Arpeggiator | no |
| Effects | no |
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E-mu Procussion review with audio demo