FAQ

SmithsonMartin Inc. is the World’s leader in multi-touch control applications for the music, recording industry and professional lighting industries. Our principles have experience in professional lighting and DJ as well as production and live events. Every product we produce has real world application and testing.

SmithsonMartin Inc.
2283 Argentia Rd. #22
Mississauga, ON L5N 5Z2 / Canada

Emulator is multi-touch control software for Musicians, DJ’s, Lighting Designers, Video Editors, VJ’s, Radio Broadcast Stations, Recording Studios and much more.

Our patent-pending technology allows to control your DJ Software, DAW, Lighting Software and any midi-based software.

Emulator PRO gives you the flexibility to design your own custom GUI or Interface using our simple editor. Right Click the screen to enable the editor and hold the SHIFT key to drop items such as Buttons, Sliders, Encoders and more. With Emulator, you also have the ability to cut holes through the control software to see and interact with elements of the software you are controlling (i.e. seeing the preview window in VJ software).

Emulator works on Windows 7, Windows 8 & OSX (10.7 or newer)

Emulator will work with ANY midi software to make it multi-touch. Our online community forum allows users to share knowledge and also share different editable layouts for all sorts of programs. We will have layouts available on our website for Traktor, Ableton, Virtual DJ, Grand MA, Light Jockey and more. Emulator for Traktor (FT) is available for free when you buy the lifetime license.

Here is a sample of software titles that Emulator will work with. This list is not comprehensive by any means, feel free to email us with other software you find to midi map!

DJ Applications
Traktor Pro 2.0, Virtual DJ, Torq, Deckadance, Mixvibes, Ableton, ProDJ, MixMeister, PCDJ, PCDJ Karaoke

Music Production
Cakewalk, ProTools, Ableton, Reason, Kore, FL Studio, Sonar Pro, Acid, Bitwig (soon we hope)

Video
Resolume, Arkaos, Grand VJ, PCDJ, Virtual DJ, Mixvibes, VFX

Pro Audio
iLive, Cakewalk, ADK, Soundforge, Yamaha PM5D, Digidesign

Lighting
Light Jockey, ShowXpress, GrandMA 2, Venue Magic, WYSIWYG, Martin Show Designer, Softplot

* NOTE: Due to the way Serato midi-maps controllers, Emulator will not work with Serato. For more information, contact support@serato.com

Recommended Specifications:

WINDOWS

• Windows® 7 Home Premium or better (32/64 bit) Windows® 8  (32/64 bit)
• I3 CPU or better.
• 4 GB RAM
• ASIO sound card
• KS-1974 hardware, Emulator DVS, The monster, Multi-Touch Tablet PC or any PC Multi-Touch screen
• Emulator FT requiere a resolution of 1280×800 Emulator PRO can run at any resolution from 1024×768 to 1980×1080

APPLE MAC OSX

• 1.7 GHz Intel Core 2 i5
• 4 GB RAM
• Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
• Emulator supports resolutions form 1024×760 to full HD (1920×1080)

Emulator Dual View System (DVS) comes with the following:

• Emulator Multi-Touch Screen (6 simultaneous touch points)
• Etched, Tempered Chemically strengthened glass
• Custom folding Emulator stand with projector mount
• Ultra short throw 3D projector (3000 Lumen, 3D, HD 720p)
• 6″ VGA cable
• USB & all power cables
• Emulator Software (lifetime upgrades and support)
• 1 Hour Personal Technical support

Kontrol Surface 1974 (KS-1974) comes with the following:

• KS-1974 touch screen (4 simultaneous touch points) 22″ wide
• HDMI, USB, Power Cables (attached)
• Emulator Software (WIN & OSX lifetime upgrades and support)

THE MONSTER comes with the following:

• Emulator Multi-Touch Screen overlay (6 simultaneous touch points) 46″
• 2 x Samsung Commercial Grade 46″ LED TV’s
• Emulator “Black Box” image processor
• Custom Road Case with 2 Hydraulic Remote Control Operated Lifts
• Custom LED Lighting on bottom (available upon request)
• Custom LOGO graphic

Emulator Studio Kit comes with the following:

• Emulator Multi-Touch Screen (6 simultaneous touch points) 32”, 42”, 46”
• USB & all power cables
• Emulator Software (WIN & OSX lifetime upgrades and support)

SOFTWARE: You can purchase through our resellers and on our website CLICK HERE

HARDWARE: You can purchase through our resellers or directly from us CLICK HERE

Shipping from local resellers is dependent on many factors. If there is no distributor in your country, we can ship directly to you, but shipping prices are calculated on a person to person basis.

North America Shipping Rates (3 day expedited)*

Emulator DVS (46”) – $499
Kontrol Surface 1974 – $299
Emulator Studio Kits -$199
The Monster – $1499

European Shipping Rates (Air Freight)*

Emulator DVS (46”) – $999
Kontrol Surface 1974 -$499
Emulator Studio Kits – $299
The Monster – $2499

*All rates are approximate estimations & do not include import duties.

YES!! With the introduction of Windows 8, there are now hundreds of tablets, laptops and other touch screen devices.

CLICK HERE FOR THE MOST COMPLETE LIST OF TOUCH DEVICES

Emulator not only works with our hardware, but hundreds of other touch screen devices. Below is a list of some different hardware options. As we cannot test every device on the market, we recommend official SmithsonMartin hardware as we know it will work perfectly and reliably with our software.

SmithsonMartin Hardware

Emulator Kontrol Surface 1974 (KS-1974)
Emulator Dual View System (DVS)
Emulator Studio Kits (32”, 42”, 46”)
Emulator THE MONSTER
**There are 400,000,000 devices being released with Windows 8. Almost all of them will work with Emulator.

Emulator software uses our proprietary multi-touch & midi protocols to create a layer above the software to be controlled thus making it touch.

Emulator Dual View System (DVS) uses a state-of-the-art 46” Infrared Touch frame with 4ms response rate on a custom foldable stand that puts the control perfectly at your touch and visible to the audience using an ultra short throw retro projection system.

NOTE: Limitations of DVS are direct sunlight & confetti. It is recommended not to use Emulator outdoors during the day. This warning does not apply to The Monster or the Kontrol Surface 1974.

YES 100% Stable. We have tested this software in a variety of situations from 45 Degrees Celsius (113 F) to -10 Degrees Celsius (14 F) and it has NEVER failed during a performance. As long as you use a computer with the minimum requirements, you will be absolutely blown away by how stable Emulator is.