The sound of this instrument is astounding, as good and better than Emu's best Ultra line of hard samplers with better outputs depending on the interface you choose.

It is a sampler, you can actually do a wide range of professional recording tasks, from taking the sample all the way through the sound design process, it's a champ. It's one of the only so called software samplers that actually samples. It has an entire sampling suite on board with full DSP and standard effect processing .

One of my favourite features is nice large(I have a 24" monitor)pc screen to work with. No more eye strain staring at a tiny display, you can work for hours with no pain involved.....yay!

What can you say, Emu invented the first commercially available sampler for under $20,000. With a fast pc,you have a Fairlight CMI without the astronomical price tag that goes with it.

My E4XT cost over $6000, that's not a typo in 1999. You get a whole system sans the pc that are getting faster and cheaper every day for, what, $300 or $600. Add a good fast pc from any number of discount dealers and you're talking maybe $800 to $1200, grand total could be under 2 grand. The Fairlight CMI III started at $50,000, so you can see.

Grade A, the few time I've needed to discuss something with a tech it's easy and painless.

It's more than I expected. There are substantial sampling features that I'm just beginning to absorb. I'm more focused on performance/production utility, which it is also quite capable at. I definitely see the X2 as a piece of gear that I won't 'outgrow' any time soon.

As good as the next thing, and very good considering the underlying complexity. You'll get a lot more out of it by spending some time with the manual.

I've had only a couple curious glitches,nothing that stops work. It's a wonderful contrast to the Gigastudio kernel mode monstrosity.

This is quickly becoming my first choice soft sampler, even with a pile of Gigastudio libraries (in other words, money) posssibly going to waste.

Haven't needed support. Included manual is excellent though, reminds me of the old Ensoniq and Emu Proteus manuals. Full of plain english explanations, illustrations, and including useful information on topics that have broader scope than just the X2, covering sampler/synth concepts in an informative way.

Not so at first, because of the subconscious Creative Labs, oh it will be a consumer toy, mentality. Now that I own it, I realize it is full of function and potential. Emu is the melding of the old Ensoniq (I always liked my ESQ1), some of the best technology of the Emulator and Proteus gear, and some new bits I'm just beginning to get my arms around. It's a serious piece of gear.