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Ensoniq ASR-10, ASR-88, EPS, EPS-16 Plus, and TS Series
Ensoniq ESS Series Sounds


These top-quality sets were created for the EPS and EPS-16 Plus by world-renowned recording artists and producers. Documentation accompanies each set, containing information about the artist, the instruments, programming and patch selects, etc.

Ensoniq ESS libraries, 3, 4, or 5 floppy disks per set $29.95/set


ESS-1: Nile Rodgers, Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS1) Buy $29.95

Exotic percussion, guitars, and other instruments from this producer/guitarist who has worked with Madonna, Chic, Diana Ross, David Bowie, and many other superstars.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Mini Drums 1 (153)
Razor Guitar (421)
Funky Pop (67)
Blasts (311) 		Mini Drums 2 (143)
Harp Hammer (120)
Feedback Lead (657) 		African Drums (353)
Indian Drums (517)
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ESS-2: David Hentschel, Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS2) Buy $29.95
Elton John, Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Andy Summers, and the Yellow Jackets are just a few of the groups that have used David Hentschel as a producer and/or keyboardist. Here are some of his synth, percussion, and vocal samples.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Textured Pad (569)
Metal Voices (373)
Clavipiano (187)
Digabla (114) 		Synorchestra (414)
Snow Voices (364)
Pipe Bell (227)
Woody Hit (52) 		Nu World Vox (177)
Kagong Rez (494)
Nuked Bang (79)
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ESS-3: Claude Gaudette, Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS3) Buy $29.95
Claude Gaudette has produced or arranged material for the Commodores, Belinda Carlisle, Natalie Cole, Night Ranger, George Benson, and Sheena Easton, among others. These are some of his stellar basses, percussion, and synth samples.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Mega Bass (276)
Big Stack (505)
Spike Bike (451) 		Latin Bass (82)
Breathy Vox (246)
Kaaaahs (193)
Metal Block (196) 		Slam Bass (740)
String Pad (220)
Bricks (213)
Soda Can Perc (51)
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ESS-4 Paul Jackson, Jr., Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS4) Buy $29.95
Paul Jackson, Jr. is widely acclaimed to be "the most recorded studio guitarist in the world." From Michael Jackson to Chicago, Whitney Houston to Anita Baker, Paul's sounds have graced an astounding number of platinum records. Now you can add his electric guitar sounds to your tracks.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Clean Guitar (621)
Dance Guitar (628) 		Octaves (653)
FX Guitar 1 (902) 		Slammin' Gtr (1085)
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ESS-5 Craig Anderton, Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS5) Buy $29.95
Considered the technical guru of the keyboard world, Craig Anderton not only is a successful recording and touring solo artist, but has also authored hundreds of articles for music magazines, as well as numerous books on music technology. Here is a huge collection of his memory-efficient synth samples; Disk 1 is from the Oberheim OB-8, Disk 2 is from the Minimoog, and Disk 3 is FM synth sounds from the Yamaha TX-802 (an improved version of the DX-7) and TX-81Z.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1
"OB-8 Disk" 		Disk 2
"Minimoog Disk" 		Disk 3
"FM Disk"
High Strings (133)
Rich Horns (151)
Genevieve (25)
Heavy Bass (132)
Harpsitine (333)
Pipe Organ (49)
Solo Oboe (17)
Whales (11)
Piano (129)
Kalimba (16)
Rubbed Glass (18)
Low Strings (81)
Triangles (54)
Electric Piano (9)
Celestia (32)
Mr. Koolbass (120)
Harp (13)
Church Organ (11)
Starbells (107)
Attack Decay (6)
Big Sawtooth (112) 		Filter Sweep (130)
Eurobass (317)
Monster Bass (473)
EchoBs/StrSyn (105)
Rude Lead (292)
Square Lead (26)
Tuned Noise (216)
Gently (7)
Dazzle Pulse (8) 		Tines (115)
Punch Bass (120)
PercussFlute (86)
Nylon Guitar (176)
Tuff Clav (121)
Vibes (41)
Clarimonica (98)
Flugelhorn (86)
Heaventine (31)
FM Filt Bass (96)
Pan Flute (37)
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ESS-6: John Robinson, Vol. 1, three floppy disks (Part #ESS6) Buy $29.95
John "JR" Robinson has worked with virtually every major record producer in the industry, laying down his powerful drum grooves for Michael Jackson, Steve Winwood, Whitney Houston, Stevie Nicks, Richard Marx, Madonna - and on and on goes the list. He has played on more Grammy-winning albums than any other drummer. Use these three drum kits to add the JR touch to your tracks!

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Rock Kit 1 (1379) Ambient Kit 1 (1552) Jam Kit 1 (1498)
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ESS-7: Craig Anderton, Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS7) Buy $29.95
This second volume from tech guru Craig Anderton contains electric guitars, vocal sounds, drums and tuned percussion, and synth sounds.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
8-String Bass (182)
Silicon Pluck (101)
Slap Bass (214)
E-Bow Guitar (254)
Harmonics (29)
Tap Feedback (276)
Cathedral Organ (42) 		Lead Guitar (853)
Fantastique+ (229)
Megapipe (273)
Lush Voices (214) 		DinosaurDrum (1017)
Bells (113)
Chime (133)
Marimba 2 (50)
Flute 2 (33)
Breath Voice (214)
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ESS-8: Claude Gaudette, Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS8) Buy $29.95
Here are more synth, percussion, and bass samples from this acclaimed producer.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Tech Bass (277)
CG Bangz (141)
Mondo Brass (1112) 		Slick Clav (205)
CG Drums (534)
CG Electric Piano (680) 		Stereo Pad (964)
The Bell (445)
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ESS-9: David Hentschel, Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS9) Buy $29.95
This second volume of samples from this producer/keyboardist contains some excellent synth and percussion instrumens.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Big Guy (1256)
Tab Drum (161)
Perky 5th (55) 		Brass Orchestra (1122)
Out Flute (374) 		Pretty Harp (253)
Mute Patrol (133)
East Pluck (263)
China Pluck (872)
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ESS-10: Paul Jackson, Jr., Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS10) Buy $29.95
The second volume from Paul Jackson, Jr. contains the acoustic guitar samples from "the most recorded studio guitarist in the world."

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Acoustic Gtr 1 (975)
Dobro (588) 		Nylon String Gtr (1338) Twelve String (1363)
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ESS-11: John Robinson, Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS11) Buy $29.95
Round 2 with John "JR" Robinson adds three more slammin' drum kits to your percussion arsenal.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Rock Kit 12 (1573) Ambient Kit 2 (1543) Jam Kit 2 (1532)
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ESS-12: Nile Rodgers, Vol. 2, three floppy disks (Part #ESS12) Buy $29.95
Unique industrial and metropolitan sound effects from this monster producer, as well as drums and a hammered dulcimer.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Drums - NRP (1402) Hamrd Dulcimer (1395) NY Streets (643)
NY Squeaks (458)
Industrial (351)
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ESS-13: Maurice White, five floppy disks (Part #ESS13) Buy $29.95
From the founder of Earth Wind & Fire comes this compelling 5-disk set of vocal sounds, kalimbas, guitar chops, and percussion sounds. The sustained vocal pads (oohs, ahhs, aays, and uhhs) of Maurice Vox are just amazing!

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5
Maurice Vox (1585)
* Disk 1 of 3 * 		Maurice Vox (1585)
* Disk 2 of 3 * 		Maurice Vox (819)
* Disk 3 of 3 *
Alto Kalimba (315)
Bass Kalimba (280)
Kalimba 3 (148) 		New-isms (670)
MW Bass+Drums (135)
Stuff 1 (732) 		Maurice-isms (1221)
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ESS-14: The System, five floppy disks (Part #ESS14) Buy $29.95
David Frank and Michael "Mic" Murphy created a unique smooth blend of R&B and pop with their group, The System. Here is a 5-disk collection of their hot basses, loops, hits, drums, synth sounds, and vocal snips.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5
System Kits (1398)
Sys SynBass 4 (32) 		Sys SynBass 5 (237)
Sys SynBass 6 (307)
System Synth (799)
System Hits II (214) 		System Bell (1030)
Drum Loop (479) 		System Bonus 2 (1378)
Sys SynBass 3 (94)
Sys SynBass 2 (76) 		System Hits (530)
System Bell Bing (271)
Sys SynBass 1 (210)
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ESS-15: Joey DeFrancesco, three floppy disks (Part #ESS15) Buy $29.95
This is the definitive Hammond B-3 organ collection, from the king of jazz organ. Joey not only has a stellar solo career, but has also worked with many of the jazz legends of our time, most notably Miles Davis.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Solo Jazz B3 (1534) Split Jazz B3 (1571) JD Organ 1 (371)
JD Organ 2 (363)
JD Organ 3 (69)
JD Organ 4 (186)
B3 On-Off (530)
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ESS-16: Marcus Miller, three floppy disks (Part #ESS16) Buy $29.95
From the master bassist of the R&B and jazz world comes this set of spankin' clean electric bass samples in a variety of articulations.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
Studio Bass (1564) Warm Mutes (1427)
Demo Shake (29) 		Fingered Bass (678)
Super Mute (264)
Growlin' Bass (398)
MM-Slap Bass (156)
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ESS-17: Jason Miles, five floppy disks (Part #ESS17) Buy $29.95
Hit producer Jason Miles put together this stunning 5-disk set of basses, drums, vocals (from Nona Hendryx), keyboards, and more - a great set of instruments for the pop musician.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5
JM Rhodes (1155)
JM Vox Pad (376) 		Vocal Drums (532)
JM Ana Synth (535)
JM Guitars (420)
JM Bass 1 (71) 		JM Strings (1065)
JM Bass 2 (150)
JM Bass 3 (149)
Nona Yeah (198) 		JM Drums (1319)
Nona Vox Map (224) 		JM Clav (541)
JM Digi Syn (398)
JM Bass 4 (373)
Nona Uuhs (524)
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ESS-18: Jeff Lorber, four floppy disks (Part #ESS18) Buy $29.95
Keyboard wiz Jeff Lorber is renowned for his own fusion jazz recordings, and is also a top producer for such artists as Kenny G, Michael Franks, Nu Shooz, and others. His keyboard lines grace the albums of artists from Luther Vandross to Fine Young Cannibals, Diana Ross to Chaka Khan. Here are his signature basses, lead synths, DX-7 Rhodes, drums, and loops.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4
JHL Loop 1 (515)
JHL Loop 2 (511)
JHL Drums (350)
OB Rezz (54)
Perk Lead (137) 		JHL Bass 1 (47)
JHL Bass 2 (116)
JHL Bass 3 (153)
JHL Bass 4 (90)
Warm Rhodes (841)
Big Pad (269) 		JHL FM Rhodes (719)
String Pad (685) 		JHL Loop 3 (520)
JHL Flugel (188)
OB Lead (456)
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ESS-19: Richard Souther, three floppy disks (Part #ESS19) Buy $29.95
From performing with the Mothers of Invention to producing Twila Paris to his own solo career as a keyboardist and producer, Richard Souther shows a great talent as a creator of music and sounds. This is a wonderful collection of "organic" real-instrument samples, such as exotic percussion instruments, pan flute, wooden flute, recorder, nylon-string guitar harmonics, concertina, and harp.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3
RS Percs (1497)
RS Bass (71) 		RS Bell 1 (440)
RS Harmo (270)
RS Flute (721)
RS Panflute (133) 		RS Harp (531)
RS Concertina (124)
RS Recorder (171)
RS Synth 1 (305)
RS Bell 2 (408)
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ESS-20: Philippe Saisse, five floppy disks (Part #ESS20) Buy $29.95
This gifted mallet and keyboard player has producer/arranger/writer credits with Al Jarreau, Peabo Bryson, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, and many others. He has recorded with an impressive list of top artists, ranging from Tina Turner to Mick Jagger to Billy Joel. Here are some of his sounds, from a huge electric piano stack (Le Rhodes) to basses to guitars and more.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate sample block sizes.)
Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5
PS Percs (962)
PS Loopmaker (132)
Wheel Bass (119)
Demo Keys (109) 		Le Rhodes Small (583)
Le Pad (429)
Lead Lick (125)
Decay Bass (284) 		Guitar Strums (1251)
Midimoog 1 (276) 		PS Tine Syn (652)
PS Loop (883) 		Le Rhodes (1366)
Midimoog 2 (134)


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