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The EPS-16+ was an innovative early
sampler workstation designed for the 90's. Its sampler specs are
impressive: 16-bit, variable sampling rates from 11.2kHz to 44.6kHz.
With a slim 1Mb of memory this gives just about 11.5 seconds of sampling
time in mono at 44.6kHz. Editing functions are quite nice: normalizing,
sample splicing, merging, phase switching, auto-looping,
auto-truncating, sample rate conversion and more.
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On the synthesizer side
it has two great filters with switchable hi, low and band pass, 6dB to
24dB cutoffs. BUT, they aren't resonant. The keyboard is velocity and
pressure sensitive and it has full MIDI implementation. There is also a
sophisticated 8-track sequencer that can really be fun in a live
performance situation. A wildly flexible and variable LFO with seven
shapes always adds a new twist to your samples! Topping it off is a full
suite of on-board effects like reverb, delay, chorus, flange, phaser,
Leslie sim, distortion and wah-wah and these effects can be re-sampled
to become a part of the sample! It can even be played while it is
loading samples!
In its time, the EPS-16+ was a revolutionary machine.
It brought a lot of power and musicality to sampling. These days, the
EPS-16+ is still useful. It brings back the early crunchy sampler
sound but with a lot of features that make it really fun to play with.
Even with its non-resonant filters you can still find yourself filtering
a 'garage-beat' drum loop for hours while muting and un-muting other
loops on the 8-track sequencer! The EPS-16+ was also made available in a
rack-mount version.
DIGITAL SAMPLING WORK STATION - SEQUENCER SAMPLER -
STEREO
Ensoniq EPS 16 Plus
Specifications
Type: Sampler/ keyboard/
Synthesis Type:
Polyphony:
Max: 20
Typical in use: 8
Multi-timbral (number of parts): 8 / see below
Controllers : Foot pedal, CV pedal
Effects :
Number of FX units : 1 - can work in parallell
Number of different effects : limitless
Keyboard :
Number of Keys : 61
Can send on 8 simultaneous MIDI channels
Responds to : velocity, after-touch
Sounds can be split by : velocity, keyboard
Inputs and Outputs :
Number of Audio Outs (excluding Phones) : 2 / 6
Number of Audio Ins : 1
Number of MIDI Outs (excluding Thru) : 1
Number of MIDI Ins : 1
Sampler
Memory :
Standard : 1 mb
Maximum : 2 mb
Sampling Rates :
Minimum : 7 khz @ 16 bitkHz bits
Maximum : 71 khz @ 16 bitkHz bits
Features : scsi interface
Other Features: Can load while you play with the keyboard or over
midi. Very fast, intuitive interface, easy to operate, great sound
quality.
Upgrades: SCSI interfaces available from Rubber Chicken Systems. Flash
memory expansions (up to 1 mb) were available from the beginning, can
be hard to find today. Using flash memory didn't conflict with the
standard RAM, so in effect, a machine could have 3 mb of memory
available.
Sequencer
Memory :
Number of Notes : 8000
Number of Patterns : 99
Number of songs : 99
Cool features :
Disk drive, records on all tracks simultaneosly - good for dumping a
sequence from the computer into its memory. Stores SYSEX data for any
synth.
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