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Founded in 1982, Ensoniq Corp. was an American electronics manufacturer, best known throughout the mid 1980s and 1990s for its musical instruments, principally samplers and synthesisers. Ensoniq was founded by Commodore engineers Bob Yannes (designer of the SID audio chip of the Commodore 64 home computer), Bruce Crockett, and Al Charpentier. Their first product was a software drum machine that ran on a home computer.Ensoniq entered the instrument market with the Mirage sampling keyboard in 1985. At the price of $1500 it cost significantly less than previous samplers, such as the Fairlight and the E-mu Emulator. Starting with the ESQ-1, they began producing wave table based synthesizers. Following the success of these products, Ensoniq established a subsidary in Japan in 1987. In 1994 production began on PCI soundcards for home computers. In 1998 the company was acquired by Creative Labs for $77 million, and combined with E-mu SystemsE-mu Systems was a synthesizer maker and pioneer in the manufacture of low-cost digital sampling music workstations. Founded in the early 1970s by Scott Wedge and Dave Rossum, E-mu began making modular synthesizers. During this time they also created the.
1 Timeline of major products
- 1985 - Ensoniq Mirage
- 1986 - Ensoniq ESQ-1
- 1988 - Ensoniq SQ-80
- 1988 - Ensoniq EPS
- 1990 - Ensoniq EPS 16 Plus
- 1992 - Ensoniq ASR 10
- 1996 - Ensoniq MR61The Ensoniq MR61 was the 61 key version of the MR series from Ensoniq. The MR series keyboards have a sound that is still sought after by many musicians around the world. It features a 16 track sequencer, multitude of effects and over 1500 sounds. The dra
- 1997 - Ensoniq ASR X
- 1998 - Ensoniq Fizmo
- 1998 - Ensoniq ASR X Pro
- 2002 - Ensoniq Halo
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