EMU-ENSONIQ Announces Audity 2000 Version 2.0
SoftwareNew software doubles polyphony and adds features August 12, 1998EMU-ENSONIQ announces the debut of Version 2.0 software for the Audity 2000
synthesizer. This software release doubles the polyphony of the Audity 2000 from
32 voices to 64 voices and adds the ability to download new features and presets
over the Internet. Equally important, EMU-ENSONIQ is making this upgrade available
free to anyone who purchases an Audity 2000 before October 31st, 1998. Audity
Version 2.0 software will ship this fall at an expected retail price of $199.
Twice the polyphony
The new software doubles the polyphony of the Audity 2000 synth from 32 voices
with 12-pole filters to 64 voices with 6-pole filters. New technology allows Audity
to dynamically switch between 6 and 12-pole filters based on voice count. "The
64-voice polyphony is unheard of in a synth that has the sync and filter features
of a product like Audity," comments Sean Wilhelmsen, Audity Product Marketing
Manager. "Now, sequences and Arpeggiator patterns can be twice as dense, twice
as lush, twice as intense."
Downloadable software over the Internet
In keeping with the company's policy of increasing the value of an investment
in branded products, Audity version 2.0 software will allow the user to download
new features and presets from the Internet and use the MIDI port to upload these
updates to the unit.
"Our belief is that software updates improve our customer's satisfaction with
our products. We are expanding our use of the Internet and making our website
a more useful and interesting place to visit by allowing customers to download
not only presets, but new operating system features for Audity," states Dave Bristow,
Vice-President of Marketing. He continues, "This is a radical new approach to
keeping customers current with the innovations our Engineering department develops
and we believe this will become a major trend in our industry."
Software update will be free for purchases before October 31st, 1998
As a goodwill gesture to those who have already purchased an Audity synthesizer,
and as a special incentive to purchase the product over the next few months, EMU-ENSONIQ
is offering this upgrade free of charge if you purchase an Audity 2000 between
April 15th and October 31st, 1998. "We strongly believe in protecting and increasing
the value of our customer's investment. This is a way we can both reward early-adopters,
motivate new customers, and make sure their experience with EMU-ENSONIQ is positive,"
says Bristow. Current owners of Audity will receive their updates through the
mail when it is available early in the fall. To qualify, users need only return
their warranty card with proof of purchase to: EMU-ENSONIQ, Attention: Audity
V2 Promo, 1600 Green Hills Road, Suite 101, Scotts Valley, CA 95067.
After October 31st, version 2.0 software will be offered as an upgrade to
Audity purchasers at a suggested retail price of $199 and will be available through
EMU-ENSONIQ dealers and distributors worldwide (part number 9096). For more information, visit E-mu's web site at www.emu.com. | 
