the orbit is first in e-mu's new line of dance modules. this is strictly engineered for the techno artist. it has 8 mb of samples of all the great vintage analog sounds plus many familiar and typical sounds used in house, hip hop, trance, and techno. it includes an essential digital vcf-like filter that is (on many presets) usually controlled from the modulation wheel on your keyboard controller! it's great for filling tracks with lush sweeping pads, or trancing along a 303 bassline pattern and filtering away. it is a beautiful golden single-space rack unit with a big easy to read lcd. [...] it sounds damn good!