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Even though the company knew its glory in the 1980s, E-mu Systems and their Proteus range of digital sound modules continue to be popular among old-school keyboard users. While the manufacturer gave the impression they are abandoning the project briefly to focus on creating samplers and dedicated dance instruments, the launch of Proteus 2000 took everyone by surprise.

If you are a fan of the famous Proteus 2000, then there is a fair chance that you are also on the lookout for a solution that enables you to edit and manage your audio samples. prodatum is small, open-source app, you can gain control over almost all parameters of the synthesizer.

What makes the program stand out in the crowd is that all editing made is done directly in the buffer. Since you are making modifications to the volatile memory, it means that you have unlimited cycles in theory. However, in reality, the changes are made in the Arp editor are actually made in the flash memory, so you can only perform a limited number of operations.

Since it supports a vast array of devices, there is a good chance that you need to make some configurations to make sure you can edit your audio samples correctly. You will be happy to learn that the configuration file can be found in the same location as the app and that you can move it to another location knowing that you can use the same presets on another computer as well.

In the eventuality you want to have maximum control over the presets for the E-MU Proteus 2000 synthesizer, then prodatum might be the tool worth trying out.