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prodatum - made to control

prodatum is a cross-platform patch editor for the E-mu Proteus 1000/2000 sample based synthesizer family ('PXK' for short; supported devices are listed below). It is written in C++, uses FLTK for it's user-interface and portmidi for MIDI IO.

prodatum is free software: you may run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Features

  • Logical, musical interface
  • Customizable colors
  • Cross platform
  • Controls for (almost) all parameters of the synthesizer
  • Extensive tooltips for all available parameters
  • Cubic volume faders, arp editor, virtual keyboard, envelope editor
  • Undo/Redo/Reset
  • Program im-/export with drag and drop support
  • Portable (auto-loads configuration from current directory)

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System Requirements

Operating System:
  Mac OS X 10.6 or later /
  Linux (Kernel with Alsa support) /
  Windows XP or later
    *** prodatum binaries are compiled on Win 7, OS X Snow Leopard
    *** and Arch Linux. Let me know if you encounter issues while using a
    *** more recent Operating system.

Processor:
  i486 or better, 64bit support for the Linux binary version

Screen Resolution:
  1024x768 pixels (less will do when resized)

MIDI Interface (Bidirectional connection required)
    *** If you use Windows make sure to install the device driver from
    *** the manufacturer even if Windows detects your device correctly.
    *** (see note below)

One or more of these synthesizers:
  Rack Modules /
    Vintage Pro, Audity 2000 (v2),
    Proteus 2000, Proteus 1000,
    B-3, XL-1, Virtuoso 2000,
    Mo'Phatt, B-3 Turbo, XL-1 Turbo,
    Mo'Phatt Turbo, Planet Earth,
    Planet Earth Turbo, Proteus 2500
    or Orbit 3
  Keyboards /
    Vintage Keys, PK-6, XK-6,
    MK-6 or Ensoniq Halo
  Command Stations /
    PX-7, XL-7 or MP-7

Recommended:
  Latest OS for your device,
  Multiple sample ROM's,
  MIDI Keyboard,
  stereo speakers or headphones
            

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News

latest is v2.0.1 (CHANGELOG)

prodatum is no longer being maintained. thanks to everyone for your support!