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The Emulator was a floppy disk-based keyboard workstation which enabled the musician to sample sounds, recording them to non-volatile media and allowing the samples to be played back as musical notes on the keyboard. The floppy disk enabled the owner to build a library of samples and share them with others, or buy pre-recorded libraries on disk.
Stevie Wonder, who gave the sampler a glowing review at the 1981 NAMM convention, received the very first unit (serial number "001"). Around 500 Emulators were built. It was later followed by the Emulator II , the Emax and the Emulator III