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=== Soundscape === [[File:Ensoniqsss-2000.jpg|thumb|[[Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000|Soundscape S-2000]]]] [[File:EnsoniqESP.jpg|thumb|upright|ESP DB]] * [[Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000]] The original Soundscape was Ensoniq's first direct foray into the PC [[sound card]] market. It was a full-length ISA digital audio and '[[Table-lookup synthesis|wavetable]]' [[sample-based synthesis]] audio card, equipped with a 2 MB Ensoniq-built [[Read-only memory|ROM]]-based patch set. * [[Ensoniq SoundscapeDB]] The SSDB was a '[[Table-lookup synthesis|wavetable]]' [[daughterboard]] ([[sample-based synthesis]] daughterboard) upgrade for PCs with a sound card bearing a [[Creative Wave Blaster|Wave Blaster]]-compatible connector. It was based upon the S-2000 chipset but was without the digital sound effects section or any [[Digital-to-analog converter|DAC]]. The SSDB would use the host sound card for final output. {{clear}} [[File:Esselitenoesp.jpg|thumb|[[Ensoniq Soundscape Elite|Soundscape Elite]]]] * [[Ensoniq Soundscape Elite]] was Ensoniq's high-end ISA offering. It offered the highest MIDI quality of any PC sound card they ever made, including the newer AudioPCI. The Elite was based mostly around the S-2000, with some additional features that set it far apart from its progenitor. {{clear}} [[File:Soundscapeopus.jpg|thumb|[[Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS|Soundscape OPUS]]]] * [[Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS]] This card was a [[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway 2000]] [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]], and possibly was used by other OEMs, but was never sold to Ensoniq's customers directly. It was a Soundscape-like board, using the Ensoniq 5530/5535 OPUS multimedia sound chip, a chip that was only used on these OEM boards and essentially comprises an OTTO with back-then usual additional interfacing (Joystick, CD-ROM). * Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO90 was Ensoniq's generational step forward from the Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000-based boards. It was first produced in 1996. VIVO90 had similar specifications to the older boards, but was built to cost less to manufacture. {{clear}}
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