E-mu
7 mentions in 6 episodes.
Bleachers
“You have the E-mu sampler just kind of holding these stagnant notes”
Sustained sampler pads underpin the ornate production layer of 'Dancing'.
Djo
“Planet Phat. It's, uh, I think it's like a 1998… it's like a rompler. E-mu.”
A hot-pink 90s E-mu Planet Phatt rompler sitting in Electric Lady's Studio B rack was patched in and its presets (jet noises, eagle, the intro guitar sample) ended up all over 'Delete Ya'.
HAIM
“those vocals are doubling this part that I played on the Emulator 2... I bought that keyboard and I've only used it once”
Rostam's Emulator II part doubles the stacked 'ahs' that make the Relationships chorus lift; he bought the machine and only used it on this song.
Olly Alexander
“that you get in sort of certain types of like Fairlight-y, emulator-y '80s production, where it's like, say, say, say”
E-mu Emulator-style '80s sampling is cited as the aesthetic reference for the chopped vocal hooks in Cupid's Bow.
Sam Gellaitry
“It's based on the Emu... all of these sounds are based off the Emu 2, the synth from Ferris Bueller”
The drum sequence and piano/chime sounds in 'Don't Try' come from Falcon's E-mu Emulator II-based instruments.
Tomora
“like an MPC 60 or SP 1200”
The E-mu SP-1200 is used alongside the MPC for making and crunching drum parts.
“Is that an Emu SP-1200? I think it was. Just doing drums, and I'll be on the machine and he'll be EQing it and compressing it”
Tom plays drums on the SP-1200 while Steve Dub EQs and compresses through the desk before resampling.