While Rainer Buchty has assembled a wonderful collection of Ensoniq material, there are numerous items either missing or in need of better quality. This is an attempt to rectify that situation — as time and opportunity permit. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS (HARDWARE) Ensoniq DOC (ES5503) Digital Oscillator Chip Datasheet Ensoniq DOC (ES5503) … Continue reading
The original MPC60 came with four factory floppy disks, each with a different kit of sounds: Studio set Rock set Dry set Synth set The Akai MPC60/MPC60II library consisted of the following: SL601 Samba set SL602 Ambience set SL603 New ’60s set SL604 Loft-drum SL605 Real-drum SL606 Solid-drum SL607 Native-drum … Continue reading
Complete aside from ZD517 – Techno Drums #2, however these have not been extensively tested and may or may not be altered from the original content. ZD501 Latino Ensemble ZD502 Congas ZD503 Kyodai Rock ZD504 Standard Traps ZD505 Orchestral Bash ZD506 Rock Assortment #1 ZD507 Rock Assortment #2 ZD508 Electro … Continue reading
This article explains one method for authoring an Ensoniq compatible CD-ROM with custom content. The resulting CD image can then be burned to CD-R for use with SCSI CD-ROM drives connected to an Ensoniq device. Reasons for doing so are numerous: – Backing up data from physical media (Iomega Zip, … Continue reading
Owners of Ensoniq EPS (classic), EPS16+, or ASR-10/ASR-88 units without SCSI are limited to using a floppy drive interface. Whether or not this is a traditional floppy drive or an emulator replacement (such as Lotharek or Gotek HxC/FlashFloppy), the storage limitation is the same — 800K/1600K per floppy for EPS/ASR … Continue reading
