Emulator II

“Here is really cool piece of 1980’s synth history. I bought this unit from the original owner for my daughter who is really into keyboards. After purchasing the unit a while back, she decided that the unit was a bit overwhelming for her. The condition of this unit is quite spectacular. I am NOT a keyboard player so I listed below an accurate description from the original owner. All sales are VERY FINAL and this is for local pickup only near Albany, NY.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“Ive owned this Emulator II for about 14 years…

I bought it in 2011. The previous owner said he was from New York, and that that’s where he bought it in the early 1990’s. Him and his wife moved from New York to Nashville at some point, which is where I drove, to meet him at his house and buy it.

I transported it home in my vehicle on pillows. I have always kept it on a table so that the feet would make contact. When not in use it has always had a dust cover on it.

I bought a new power supply for it 2 years ago. The original has always worked fine. I wanted to have a replacement if I ever needed it. I went ahead and put it in to make sure it worked correctly. It does.

The previous owner installed a new display and put blue lights where red ones were. He also replaced the 2 black knobs with bigger, better ones(still have the originals)

The following items are included:

1. E-mu Systems volume pedal

2. 40 or so Northstar and E-mu sound disks

3. Two 5 & 1/4 OEM Shugart floppy-drive spares

4. Two random spare 3.5 floppy-drives.

5. original owners manual, service manual, schematics, extra memory chips, diagnostic chips.

6. new(I bought in 2022) Emulator II power-supply” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This listing is for a Vintage E-MU Systems Emulator II Sampling Synthesizer w/ Case

SPECS:

Serial #1316

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:

A&S Road Case
Power Cord

Note that the stand in the photos is not included, it is being used as a prop only.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“For sale is a rare vintage E-Mu Emulator II sampler keyboard. It’s in excellent shape and fully functional. Was recently serviced by previous owner and includes emulator USB drive with USB stick that has thousands of samples already on it to work with the EII. Includes hard case on wheels. The foam inside the case is in decent shape, but we will wrap the synth in plastic so no foam bits will get into the keyboard. This is a classic sampler synth and nothing else quite sounds as good as these old Emulators.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“Emu Emulator II – Booting up not connecting to FD emulator.

Here is an original Emu Emulator II, the rarest of the eighties sampler/workstation synthesisers. Get your chance to have one, but only if you are willing to put time/funds into getting fixed.

This one has a new power supply fitted and boots on okay but it is not connecting to the Floppy Disk emulator from a SanDisk usb with all the patches on it. It simply shows the message ‘Boot In Progress’.

This emulator is not working, so do not expect it to, it requires hard work to connect the floppy disk to the synth itself in order to work.

It has wear and tear all visible in the photos provided, including scratches, paint work chips, dust gathered on keyboard face.

It is missing the end key, which may be purchased on Syntaur if you wish to replace.

It does not have any screws to connect it either so it is currently loose, again easily replaceable though.

I recommend this to only be purchased by an experienced synth servicer/engineer as it requires work to get up to working condition. ” Click here to visit listing on eBay

“Travel back in time with this classic old synthesizer. Built by E-mu Systems in Scotts Valley, California sometime in the mid-1980s, it’s an E-mu Emulator II+ synth.

It’s all here and in pretty good cosmetic condition, but does not work. It powers up, but the LCD display reads: “Insert Diskette” and “DiskFormat Error.”

It came with two somewhat crusty old 5-1/4″ diskettes, marked “DRIVE PROTECT” and “Backwards. Jolts.” It will not read those. I tried and tried to find someone who would sell me even one good loaded diskette, but could not find anyone.

The only service I’ve done to it is clean and lubricate the disk drive control bar. I had hopes that would fix it, but no luck. As it is, the disc drives makes noise like it’s trying to read the floppy, but it just can’t grab it. The power cord is not original.

It looks like it’s complete under the hood, but I’m no expert. It came out of a long defunct home recording studio in southern Ohio.

For whatever reason, the back EMU logo had been covered with duct tape when I got. Presumably, so folks wouldn’t know what instrument was making such unusual sounds.

It has age and play wear, notably on the top housing, particularly next to the disk drive. Please see photos.

It’s being sold as a non-working repair project. Who’s up for it?

It will be well wrapped with bubblewrap and packing material and shipped in a stout new cardboard instrument box. ” Click here to visit listing on eBay