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Ensoniq EPS / ASR Samplers
Family of Ensoniq performance sampling workstations
The Ensoniq EPS and ASR sampling instruments form a family of performance sampling keyboards that integrated sampling, onboard synthesis and effects, and a sequencer into a single self-contained digital studio, from the EPS and EPS-16 Plus to the 16-bit ASR-10.
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Samplers
Hardware samplers and production workstations centered on sample playback or sequencing.
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Ensoniq
Ensoniq was an American electronics company founded in 1982, known for affordable samplers and synthesizers such as the Mirage and the ASR and SQ keyboard workstations.
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Ensoniq ASR-10
Sampler · United States
The Ensoniq ASR-10 (Advanced Sampling Recorder), produced from 1992 to 1998, is a 31-voice 16-bit sampling workstation that integrated sampling, resynthesis, onboard effects, and a sequencer into a single instrument. It shipped with a 61-note keyboard (88 weighted keys on the ASR-88) and became a favorite of hip-hop and electronic producers.
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Ensoniq EPS
Sampler · United States
The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler), released in 1988, is a polyphonic sampling keyboard with up to twelve to twenty voices depending on sample rate, a 61-note velocity- and aftertouch-sensitive keyboard, an onboard sequencer, and disk storage, designed as an affordable performance-oriented sampling workstation.