From: scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Ensoniq ASR10 Info Wanted
Date: 20 Nov 1992 02:54:39 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
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dgj2y@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (David Glen Jacobowitz) writes:

>	The person who posted this asked for an e-mail response, but I
>thought it is important to get a certain point cleared up because I
>see so much of it on the net. It seems to be a very popular notion
>that Ensoniq keyboards are unreliable. Really, this is not true. IT is
>important to note that when Ensoniq first entered the synth business
>(was previuously invloved only in hearing aids) they built

The hearing aids came after the synth's...          

>synthesizers to put electronic music in the hands of regular folk. The
>mcahines they built, the Mirage and ESQ-1 were cheap. They weren't the
>most wonderful synths in the world, but they reallly had a lot og bang
>for the buck and actually competed quite favourably (featurwise and
>soundwise) with the other synths and samplers in the industry. If

Actually they blew other synths/samplers out of the water in the sub
$5000 range, nothing came close.

>anyone remembers much about when the Mirage was introduced, it really
>knocked a lot of poeple on their butts. It didn't sound great but it
>was CHEAP. In trying to produce these products some corners were cut,
>and there were problems, but for the most part, the people who bought
>them delt with them because they knew that they'd have nothing if they had
>to buy an Emax or something. 
>	Since then Ensoniq has held true to their concept of making
>affordable synths, but they have only improved quality with every new
>product. THey have definitely learned a lot better how to make quality
>instrumnents. As of the last year or two, with the EPS16+, the SD1, SQ2,
>KS32, DP/4, and now the ASR10, Ensoniq sa entered the realm of truly
>world class products. These are professional boxes and they all work
>well. There may be problems here and there with them, but they are not
>unreliable. I have never had any problems with Ensoniq products that I
>have owned, except for the occaisional software bug and subsequent ROM
>upgrade.
>	My point: In the beginning things were a little shakey. They
>just aren't anymore. Ensoniq's current products are really all rock
>solid.

>					sincerely,
>					david g. jacobowitz
>					dgj2y@virginia.edu
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From: ipc@otter.hpl.hp.com (Ian Crighton)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:14:42 GMT
Subject: MIDI for piano accordians
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.