A find that's tangentially related

[EvilCapitalist]

Just picked up an Ensoniq Soundscape for one of my vintage PCs.  I have one already but I have two machines I want to use it in, now that's no longer a problem!  While not an Apple conquest it uses a variant of the 68K and IMHO was one of the best sound cards you could get on the PC side back in the day.

 

[commodorejohn]

Never have used a Soundscape. I do have an old Ensoniq OPUS card I've been meaning to plug into something, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I do like those old soundcards (back when MIDI wasn't just that same damn cheapo mangled Sound Canvas patch set!)

 

[Unknown_K]

There are a few versions of the Soundscape, the most popular one was sold under the Reveal brand. They have decent MIDI but the digital affects are crappy so you pair them with a SoundBlaster.

 

[olePigeon]

Didn't Ensoniq do the sound chip for the IIgs?

 

[commodorejohn]

Yes, it was the same Ensoniq DOC chip used in the Mirage sampler and ESQ-1 and SQ-80 synthesizers (though those paired it with analog filters, whereas the IIgs just outputs the sample data plain.)