E-MU

E-MU is an American company, a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and equipment for digital sound recording. In 1998, Creative bought the manufacturer of samplers and sound modules Ensoniq, and combined the assets of the two merged companies in a single division of E-mu / Ensoniq; it is believed that the takeover was unsuccessful, and only one product inherited from Ensoniq was produced for some time as part of the new division (Paris digital mixer). The division made the most significant contribution to Creative technology by developing specialized integrated circuits for sound cards, in particular, the EMU10K2 digital signal processor became the main one in the Audigy 2 branch of the SoundBlaster line; The line of sound cards produced in 2003-2007 under the brand name “E-mu. Creative Professional. " 2010, there were no final products with the E-mu brand.