Fairlight-CMI

Depeche Mode used the Emulator II+ quite heavily but the majority of 
the lush sounds you are hearing are good old analog synths, many rare 
modulars that are heavily stacked and multi tracked.  No sampler even 
the Fairlight III or Synclavier II can reproduce synthesizer sounds
of 
that quality.  The Fairlight is by far the most organic, warm, analog 
style sound you can get from a sampler but even it can't reproduce 
these sounds 100% accurately.  The Emulator III was the only other 
sampler I've heard that could do synth sound reproduction well but
even 
it didn't compare to the Fairlights quality.  The Synclavier has a
very 
bright sound that cuts well in a track but its by no means lush and 
warm.