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Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2016-08-25 13:19:21
Just picked up an Ensoniq Soundscape for one of my vintage PCs.  I have one already but I have two machines I want to use it in, now that's no longer a problem!  While not an Apple conquest it uses a variant of the 68K and IMHO was one of the best sound cards you could get on the PC side back in the day.

Posted by: commodorejohn on 2016-08-25 15:07:59
Never have used a Soundscape. I do have an old Ensoniq OPUS card I've been meaning to plug into something, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I do like those old soundcards (back when MIDI wasn't just that same damn cheapo mangled Sound Canvas patch set!)

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2016-08-25 15:17:23
There are a few versions of the Soundscape, the most popular one was sold under the Reveal brand. They have decent MIDI but the digital affects are crappy so you pair them with a SoundBlaster.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-08-26 12:10:36
Didn't Ensoniq do the sound chip for the IIgs?

Posted by: commodorejohn on 2016-08-26 12:28:01
Yes, it was the same Ensoniq DOC chip used in the Mirage sampler and ESQ-1 and SQ-80 synthesizers (though those paired it with analog filters, whereas the IIgs just outputs the sample data plain.)

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