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Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Mon Jun 08, 2026 7:24 pm

DNTK wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 6:51 pm Probably the 16th.

Don't they normally do Fridays?

26th is my guess

beely · Post by **beely** » Mon Jun 08, 2026 7:55 pm

Tuesdays, normally. Hence why the 16th was suggested.

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Mon Jun 08, 2026 8:08 pm

Cherry Audio never ever clicked and gelled with me, visual-workflow wise.

Their busy, aliased and high contrasted GUI's full of noise and tiny settings always give me migraines, I always give up on their demos after 20 mins,

Really sucks cause they have really interesting synths and sonically they seem pretty solid. But I just can't stand their graphics, they are total eye-ache fuel for me.

DNTK · Post by **DNTK** » Mon Jun 08, 2026 10:26 pm

Seafire Mk2 wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 7:24 pm
DNTK wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 6:51 pm Probably the 16th.
Don't they normally do Fridays?

26th is my guess

Wasn't it usually a Tuesday, about 10 days after the first video?
One thing that bothers me is that they usually reveal the release date.
Since they're emphasizing the "1," it might be July 1st.

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 12:46 pm

wagtunes wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 5:26 pm These vague "release dates drive me absolutely mad.

GAS level 3000

Cuauhtli · Post by **Cuauhtli** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 4:05 pm

June 16th it is.

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 4:07 pm

Start of the fishing season

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 4:19 pm

IvyBirds wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 5:19 pm
Teksonik wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 11:41 am It would really be a win-win for Creative to licence the firmware to developers for a fee since they wouldn't have to do the work or provide the support. Then we might see other emulations like the Fizmo etc....
One of the biggest mysteries to me is why doesn't Creative license the Emulator X plugin code to Arturia and/or its sample library based off the Proteus lineup which is from the E-3
Seems to me a "Proteus V" in the V collection would be a welcome addition and fill a hole that Arturia doesn't have with a Rompler

I agree that bringing back all the instruments under Creative's control would be welcome.

Seems like a missed business opportunity for them since they really wouldn't have to do anything other than grant licenses but who knows what goes through the minds of corporate executives.

Neon Breath wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 8:08 pm Cherry Audio never ever clicked and gelled with me, visual-workflow wise.
Their busy, aliased and high contrasted GUI's full of noise and tiny settings always give me migraines, I always give up on their demos after 20 mins,
Really sucks cause they have really interesting synths and sonically they seem pretty solid. But I just can't stand their graphics, they are total eye-ache fuel for me.

Damn I didn't even consider their fuzzy GUIs. I imagine this one will not be of any higher quality.

beely · Post by **beely** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 4:36 pm

Cuauhtli wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 4:05 pm June 16th it is.

Yep, officially announced now.

So they'll probably start working on it in the next day or two...

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:39 pm

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:46 pm

Digital Sound Factory owns the Emu stuff now I think.

IvyBirds · Post by **IvyBirds** » Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:01 pm

Seafire Mk2 wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:46 pm Digital Sound Factory owns the Emu stuff now I think.

They license it from Creative and sell the presets as Kontact Libraries and Sound Fonts. It's not quite the same as it doesn't have the Z plane filters

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Thu Jun 11, 2026 3:46 pm

IvyBirds wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:01 pm
Seafire Mk2 wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:46 pm Digital Sound Factory owns the Emu stuff now I think.
They license it from Creative and sell the presets as Kontact Libraries and Sound Fonts. It's not quite the same as it doesn't have the Z plane filters

So Creative is up for licensing content so why not fully sanctioned versions of the VFX, SQ-1, ASR 10, TS 10, and Fizmo either from Arturia, Cherry Audio, or any other developer willing to make a plugin version?

Seems like there is at least some hope....

Eventually developers are going to run out of analog synths to emulate so emulations of these types of synths which were popular in their day would seem to be the next logical step.

Matt67 · Post by **Matt67** » Thu Jun 11, 2026 4:59 pm

Just a quick off-topic note. For those who might not have seen it, here’s what was on the product page today:

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/asr-v-by-hare-tech

It’s not for me. But if anyone’s interested in the ASR, it might be worth checking out. I can’t say anything about the product itself.

IvyBirds · Post by **IvyBirds** » Thu Jun 11, 2026 5:02 pm

Teksonik wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2026 3:46 pm
IvyBirds wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:01 pm
Seafire Mk2 wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 7:46 pm Digital Sound Factory owns the Emu stuff now I think.
They license it from Creative and sell the presets as Kontact Libraries and Sound Fonts. It's not quite the same as it doesn't have the Z plane filters
So Creative is up for licensing content so why not fully sanctioned versions of the VFX, SQ-1, ASR 10, TS 10, and Fizmo either from Arturia, Cherry Audio, or any other developer willing to make a plugin version?

Seems like there is at least some hope....

Eventually developers are going to run out of analog synths to emulate so emulations of these types of synths which were popular in their day would seem to be the next logical step.

Totally agree,

also FWIW their sample sets are really good for what they are. The founder of the company Timothy Swartz was the lead sound designer for E-mu on the Proteus line before the acquisition and then abandonment of E-mu by Creative, so he knows what they should sound like. You will find criticism of them online by various people expecting pristine modern samples of things like violins, but as someone who owned most of the Proteus line in hardware I think they sound spot on. The Proteus sample library was only a few MBs after all

They sell the Soundfont versions of their catalog pretty cheap and you can then use the excellent and free Convertwithmoss software to convert it to modern formats. They just updated that to support Omnisphere 3 which means I will soon have the entire Proteus Library inside of Omnisphere as soon as I get the time

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