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[dec0n]

arrived today, and I am in  :-*




Props to Rusty Ohara for hooking me up with his mate, so I could score this beast, very happy 

[beatrunner]

what does your new baby has to offer you haven't had before?

i see them pretty often on ebay and thelike for really cheap....

what is the mysterium about this EPS-Baby?

[beatrunner]

and btw: allways nice to have a new familiy-member! i will welcome my new drummer tonight (Jamstix2)

[ijed]

my mate's got one of these (and a mirage).  Has got a great sound.  It's 12-bit from memory yeah?

[BOB-SNARE]

Does it have 4x memory and SCSI?

Check out
http://www.chickensy...-disk_tools.php

One cool trick with the EPS is setting the mod wheel to sample loop points. You can get it to point the loop points into neighbouring samples. lo-fi Glitchtasticness.

EPS has the worst keyboard though with a loud audible click and the sequencer is horrible and doesn't record MIDI.

Enjoy!

[ehsan]

a ringing endorsement!

Now Bob, make me feel good about my FZ-1.

[BOB-SNARE]

FZ-1
Let's see...built in waveforms are a bonus when you rock up to a gig and you've forgotten your sample disks.
Nice keyboard action. You're lucky if the EL backlight still works...
Thank Casio for having the foresight to use a parallel port for sample dumps...i.e. no SCSI.

My EPS hasn't seen the light of day for a while...I've run out of space for keyboards in the studio.

I recently got a Prophet 2002+...12-bit sampler with analog filters 512k RAM and built in waveforms. Nice bass sounds. Stupid unreadable manual.

[dizzy]

i salute your choice of desk

[dec0n]

my floppy drive is DEAD!!  :'(  :wtf:    ???

[Jester_Fu]

So buy another one... I'd be very surprised if you pulled it out and it's not a generic drive with a slightly different case

[spazmatron]

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built in waveforms are a bonus when you rock up to a gig and you've forgotten your sample disks.

;D hang on guys, just programming up a bass sound.. tap tap.. tap... ok 1st harmonic done....

i love the fz-1. it has 8 outputs.

kind of.




and the backlight is sooooooooo dead

[spazmatron]

oh yeh nice work on the ensoniq... they made a few unusual and gnarly things back in the day. ASR-10 was very popular as a live keyboard for a while, lets you play one bank of samples while loading another.

i love changing floppies on stage

[rhythmboy]

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EPS has the worst keyboard though with a loud audible click and the sequencer is horrible and doesn't record MIDI.

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oh yeh nice work on the ensoniq... they made a few unusual and gnarly things back in the day. ASR-10 was very popular as a live keyboard for a while, lets you play one bank of samples while loading another.

i love changing floppies on stage

I had a VFX synth for a few years. I think a lot of Ensoniq models of that era used the same keyboard, screen and outer shell, just different engines and buttons.

VFX likewise had a very clicky keyboard, also the buttons are clicky too, and prone to loosening up or breaking. MIDI spec was weird and 21-note polyphony  :-

However, I loved its sounds, had really deep programming, good FX and lots of personality.

Enjoy the EPS Dec0n - they're quirky and fun 

[dec0n]

ok, its got the 4x memory and the 8 outputs, but alas no SCSI, I guess thats super wishful thinking...
This is my 1st real keyboard, so I guess I would have no idea it sucks, I luvs it.

Jester, apparently the floppy drives are non-standard 

but I found these excellent people that solve these problems: http://www.hometown....66/Drives1.html
man they even have floppy drives for my SP1200!

so for only $72 usd (plus shipping) I can get a new one  :bang:

[BOB-SNARE]

There's a few EPS SCSI kits available

http://www.syntaur.com/asr-scsi.html
http://www.kidnepro....e/eps-scsi.html

I think Pete's musician's market in Sydney had one. Not sure if its' still there.
494 King Street,
NEWTOWN 2042

Phone/ Fax: +61 02 9550 1416

Cheers.

[dec0n]

^^^
thanks for the info BOB, you're a wealth of knowledge 

[nanoloop]

i used the eps16+ quite alot, the sequencer is annoying as fuck, and it would pack up if i tried to use an external sequencer. half the buttons stopped working and it was more of a hed fuk than anything else in the end. i did have alot of fun with it.