Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus
digital musical instrument
The Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus is a sampling keyboard produced by Ensoniq starting in 1990. It was the second generation of the EPS, one of the first truly affordable samplers on the market. The EPS-16 Plus uses 16-bit samples at seven sample rates ranging from 11.2 kHz to 44.6 kHz and features 13 onboard effects. The unit was available in both keyboard and rackmount versions (EPS-16R). Some versions of the EPS-16 Plus were sold as "Turbo" units, which included an extra 2 MB of internal flash memory and SCSI upgrades. These units are designated with a "T" after the model number.
The EPS-16 Plus features a mono input and stereo outputs, made useful by the unit's stereo panning and internal effects.
It was succeeded in 1992 by the stereo-capable ASR-10.
Notable users
Notable users include Havoc of Mobb Deep, RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan as well as Wu-Tang affiliate True Master, Speech of Arrested Development and Christian "Flake" Lorenz of Rammstein.
De facto Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA produced some tracks for the group's debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) on an EPS-16 Plus, including their biggest single "C.R.E.A.M.".
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