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Aug 4, 2024, 9:19:02 PM8/4/24

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Thanksfor posting those. I see the Proteus units come and go on feePay and sometimes wonder whether or not they're worth the effort. I might have to pick one up. Where does the Proteus FX fall in the range of Proteus boxes, though? How does it compare to, say, a Proteus 2000 or 2500?

Falls in between. Basically the Proteus FX adds the orchestral sounds from the Proteus 2, effects, improved piano sound.... whereas the Proteus 2000 and 2500 are much newer, and feature more modern sounds... I have a page for the PK-6 which basically is the ROM of the 2000, and as can hear, it improves a lot on the older Proteus line... -6.htm

I read in an old MUSICIAN mag article wherein someone said their Proteus FX was the 'poor man's Kurzweil'. I had had one for a while then. Still have it. A box full of good stuff. Simple. Sounds good. Pianorg forever.

Hi, is anyone still here to talk to?

I've been hunting down a sound. A patch on the Proteus FX, patch 122 Infinite (Sfx). Essentially I just really want this sound for my own productions. I don't own any hardware, I can't afford it. I heard that there were software emulations so I started looking there. I got the Proteus VX, the freeware softsampler, which is great but doesn't contain the patch I'm looking for. I heard that the VX can load soundbanks from the Emulator series. But I can't find that patch in any other e-mu library. Can anyone help at all?

Hi, Rotan, I don't have a Proteus FX at the moment, and I don't think I have the sysex for it, sorry - but I do still have Proteus VX, and that patch sounds like it's a metal hit / bell / tambourine that's been pitch-shifted down a few octaves - those types of sounds were in vogue back then. So, until you find the sysex, on the Proteus VX you can probably recreate it using patches that contain similar sounds, i.e.

As viewer expectations increase and the year 2000 approaches, the soundtrack has become a major part of the 'multimedia experience' that is television. I was keen to know how much creative freedom a company such as West Productions is allowed when working on today's major television sound productions. David West:

"My concept is that you bring your project here because you think my opinion is important and valid. As a mixer and editor, I take it as part of my job to add to a picture as I see fit, in order to offer the client and the director what I perceive their vision to be and beyond. Rather than just going in to provide a mix, I feel it's my responsibility to produce something more than just the obvious. The music is at the executive's/producer's discretion. I've been on the stage and fought to keep the music in, or sometimes I've fought to keep the music out, if it's right for the picture, because we are the last stop, and everybody else's job is over when the picture comes to my company. The control always rests with the guys paying the bills, but we do offer a lot of creative input. Every sound guy goes to the spotting session [for the placement of spot effects in sync with the picture], where he sits with the director or the producer, who says what he wants, but if you can satisfy that, and then deliver a bonus on top, that's what makes the difference.

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You know the X-Files theme. For nine years, that music had an almost Pavlovian effect on TV junkies addicted to the paranormal adventures of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. But in the beginning, it was just a job for composer Mark Snow.

Snow was already an old pro when X-Files creator Chris Carter first approached him back in 1993. "I was looking for something that boy scouts could hum at the campfire, as a scary song," Carter says. "You know, something akin to The Twilight Zone."

Snow had previously scored detective shows, drama series, comedies and TV movies. He was born Martin Fulterman in Brooklyn just after World War II, and graduated from Juilliard. There, the young drummer co-founded a band with his friend and fellow composer Michael Kamen called New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.

"She said, 'You know, I'm a good whistler too,'" Snow remembers. "'Maybe I could beef it up a little bit.'" Snow got her in front of the microphone, and the sound that made it to the final theme was half Glynn, half machine.

All of this wasn't exactly what Chris Carter had anticipated; for one thing, it lacked what he liked from "How Soon Is Now?" "It has none of those guitars in it," Carter says. "But what it has in it is that signature whistle."

"Other TV series I've done, it's basically the same thing every week, same kind of sound," Snow says. "And those are certainly good gigs. [But] the wonderful, open-ended, creative world of The X-Files for me has been, and hopefully continues to be, just pure magic."

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original television series aired from September 1993 to May 2002 on Fox. During its original run, the program spanned nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A short tenth season consisting of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: The 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run had ended.

The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder is a skilled criminal profiler, an ardent supernaturalist, and a conspiracy theorist who believes in the existence of the paranormal, whereas Scully is a medical doctor and a skeptic who has been assigned to scientifically analyze Mulder's discoveries. Early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a few select people. The agents also discover an agenda of the government to keep secret the existence of extraterrestrial life. Mulder and Scully's shared adventures lead them to develop a close platonic bond, which by series' end develops into a romantic relationship. Roughly one third of the series' episodes follow a complex mythopoeia-driven story arc about a planned alien invasion, whereas the other two-thirds are "monster of the week" episodes that each focus on a one-off villain, mutant, or monster.

The X-Files was inspired by earlier television series which featured elements of suspense and speculative fiction, including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, and especially Kolchak: The Night Stalker. When creating the main characters, Carter sought to reverse gender stereotypes by making Mulder a believer and Scully a skeptic. The first seven seasons featured Duchovny and Anderson equally. In the eighth and ninth seasons, Anderson took precedence while Duchovny appeared intermittently. New main characters were introduced: FBI Special Agents John Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). Mulder and Scully's boss, Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), also became a main character. The first five seasons of The X-Files were filmed and produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, before production eventually moved to Los Angeles to accommodate Duchovny. The series later returned to Vancouver to film The X-Files: I Want to Believe as well as the tenth and eleventh seasons.

The X-Files was a hit for the Fox network and received largely positive reviews, although its long-term story arc was criticized near the conclusion. Initially considered a cult series, it turned into a pop culture touchstone that tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and embraced conspiracy theories and spirituality. Both the series itself and lead actors Duchovny and Anderson received multiple awards and nominations, and by its conclusion the show was the longest-running science fiction series in U.S. television history. The series also spawned a franchise that includes Millennium and The Lone Gunmen spin-offs, two theatrical films, and accompanying merchandise.

The X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Special Agent Mulder is a talented profiler, conspiracy theorist, and an ardent supernaturalist. He is also adamant about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life and its presence on Earth. This set of beliefs earns him the nickname "Spooky Mulder" and an assignment to a little-known department that deals with unsolved cases, the X-Files. His belief in the paranormal springs from the claimed abduction of his sister Samantha Mulder by extraterrestrials when Mulder was 12. Her abduction drives Mulder throughout most of the series. Because of this, as well as more nebulous desires for vindication and the revelation of truths kept hidden by human authorities, Mulder struggles to maintain objectivity in his investigations.[5]