By sequentialvibe on Skatehive
Over 500 studio quality wave files. In the year 2000, E-mu Systems released the Planet Earth 64-Voice World Sound Module, a dedicated hardware unit that aimed to shrink the musical globe into a single rack space. As a specialized member of the Proteus 2000 family, this module moved away from the standard orchestral and pop palettes of its siblings to focus entirely on ethnomusicology. It arrived at a time when world music influences were becoming increasingly prevalent in film scoring and electronic production, offering a professional-grade alternative to the often thin-sounding "ethnic" presets found on general-purpose synthesizers. At the heart of the unit is a 32MB sound set titled "World Expedition," which provides a vast library of multisampled instruments spanning every continent. The collection includes everything from the delicate plucking of the Japanese Koto and the resonant drones of the Indian Sitar to the aggressive punch of Brazilian Batucada percussion and the haunting b