Ensoniq TS 10 (sound demonstration)
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2021
- The Ensoniq TS-10 was a synthesizer / music workstation introduced by Ensoniq in 1993. It featured synthesis, user sample playback, sequencer, effects and performance facilities in a 61-key package. Another version, with 76 weighted keys, but otherwise identical features except polyphonic aftertouch, was offered as the TS-12.
Main Features
The TS series sported 32-note polyphony, integrated 24-bit effects engine, (with 48 bit accumulation) a 30,000 note sequencer (expandable to over 100,000 via memory chips) which featured up to 24 tracks, full MIDI capabilities. The design was a direct evolution of Ensoniq's previous VFX and SD synthesizers. While the synthesis structure lacked a resonant filter, which limited the sample+synthesis possibilities, the TS could read ASR wavesamples directly. This feature allowed musicians to play sounds from a vast library of sample disks and CD-ROMs (via SCSI expansion option).
The TS-10 featured polyphonic aftertouch and a good keyboard feeling, which was much liked by pro musicians. In Ensoniq's tradition of ease of use, the front panel offered plenty of buttons for dedicated functions, and a large 40 x 92 vacuum fluorescent display, easier to read onstage than conventional LCD displays.
Synthesis structure. The TS offered up to 6 oscillators per patch or sound. Each oscillator was processed by its own pitch, filter and amplifier blocks, with dedicated LFOs and envelope generators for each block. The architecture allowed various modulation sources, such as keyboard velocity, modulation and pitch wheels, etc. to modify several instances of the sonic chain. Despite the well-specified architecture, the filter didn't feature any kind of resonance. This limited the possibilities of emulating analog and heavily-filtered sounds. However, this was a common omission from several manufacturers of the early 1990s. The total 32-note polyphony was reduced when using more than one waveform per patch. The user patches could be stored in one of 120 memories, or saved to floppy disk.
Hyperwave. It was an attempt to offer a kind of basic wavesequencing, it essentially was a series of user-defined waveforms, taken from the internal ROM or sample RAM area, and played in sequence with definable playback step times, pitch and other parameters. Clever use of this facility could produce complete rhythmic patterns.
Effects. An integral component of Ensoniq synths, the TS' effects were first-class and well specified, at 24-bit and 32 kHz engine. The effects block was arranged in several fixed algorithms, which allowed up to three simultaneous effects at once, plus a dry signal path. The effects list was comprehensive, including reverbs, flangers, chorus, compressors, delays. While adequate at single patch level, the effects block had to be shared by all instruments when the sequencer was used, meaning that only selected sounds could ported their effects to the mix.
Sequencer. Ensoniq's approach for sequencing was somewhat different from other manufacturers. Instead of offering a linear set of tracks for recording, the TS required the user to record short sequences (12 tracks each) to use as a base for song structure, then chaining them and optionally layering another 12 linear tracks on top of the chained blocks. The sequencer editing options included quantization with audition, controller editing and scaling and MIDI functions per track, as well as copying whole or parts of tracks to anywhere else. The keyboard could store up to 30 songs with 100 sequences per song, memory-permitting, and everything was kept in memory when the synth was turned off.
Sample playback. In addition to the machine's internal 6 MB ROM sampled waveforms, the user could install up to 8 MB (divided into two banks of 4 MB) sample RAM (volatile), via 30-pin SIMMs. The samples could be loaded from the floppy disk drive, or via a SCSI hard drive or CD-ROM attached to the machine, containing an ASR-format disk. The synth even remembered the mapping of samples and sounds used, and requested the appropriate disks for loading in power-up. The TS couldn't import WAV or AIFF format samples as the disk format used was Ensoniq's own, first developed for the EPS sampler, and it wasn't MS-DOS compatible, so the user was limited to loading samples available in the extensive EPS/ASR library.
Performance features. The TS offered the ubiquitous pair of modulation and pitch wheels, polyphonic aftertouch, and 'patch select' buttons for easily changing tonal variants of a patch. It was very easy to layer up to three single sounds, or split the keyboard in all zones for internal or MIDI playing control, without cumbersome menu editing. It was also possible to layer up to six single sounds by taking advantage of the live-auditioning feature of the sequencer (without actually recording or playing back anything), but this was less easy to manage in a performance environment. - Hudba
So if I am going to buy an Ensoniq keyboard with poly aftertouch, THIS should be the keyboard to buy! A mix of old tech and new and old sounds and new. Love it!
Check out Sam Ashe. I got mine from them for like $400 with delivery. Best deal ever.
Aw, **** - I forgot that sticker under the display.. because I removed it back in 1995 😉🤣😂
I had TS 10 but sold at 2010
...... 😪. Should have kept this great synth, holding on to mine for sure!! 😎🤙🎹🎵🍻
@@theaudioeng i sold for guy from Moscow. He paid 900$
@@kostyan6368 ... now I see where you are coming from!! Not bad!!
I bought one brand new in 1993 and sold it in 2008. I missed it and while I was looking around to buy it again, I found a TS-12 for $400 in 2016 and just called it a day.
me want me need
What do you need?
@@Goran.Stojanovic me. Need ts10 and me has to sell Kingkorg
@@janpieternieman5295 where do you live?
I live in the Netherlands sir. @@Goran.Stojanovic
@@janpieternieman5295 I have both ts 10 from this video and ts 12, both in exellent condition. My job is keyboard seller and service. I want to sell one of them or both. Price is not big problem. Im sure that I will offer best price on the world. Problem is transport. It could cost 100€ or more for larger and heavyer ts12. Or you can fly to Belgrade, Serbia and pick by yourself.
PIANO on a synth like this...wasted!
Why wasted? Whats wrong?
Watch yo mouth on legendary piece boy
@@mariojohnson2186 What u babbling about, r u sober???
@@Goran.Stojanovic It is a SYNTH!
@@Goran.Stojanovic I think he's saying that it excels more at pads and bells vs realistic piano sounds