<s>
The	O
Ensoniq	B-Device
TS-10	I-Device
was	O
a	O
synthesizer	O
and	O
music	O
workstation	O
introduced	O
by	O
Ensoniq	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
TS-12	B-Device
,	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
plus	O
76	O
weighted	O
keys	O
and	O
channel	O
aftertouch	O
courtesy	O
of	O
a	O
Fatar	O
keybed	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
TS-10	B-Device
had	O
polyphonic	O
aftertouch	O
and	O
61	O
unweighted	O
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TS	O
series	O
had	O
32-note	O
polyphony	O
,	O
integrated	O
24-bit	O
effects	O
engine	O
,	O
(	O
with	O
48	O
bit	O
accumulation	O
)	O
a	O
30,000	O
note	O
sequencer	O
(	O
expandable	O
to	O
over	O
100,000	O
via	O
memory	O
chips	B-Architecture
)	O
which	O
featured	O
up	O
to	O
24	O
tracks	O
,	O
full	O
MIDI	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
allowed	O
musicians	O
to	O
play	O
sounds	O
from	O
a	O
vast	O
library	O
of	O
sample	O
disks	O
and	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
(	O
via	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
expansion	O
option	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
patches	O
could	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
120	O
memories	O
,	O
or	O
saved	O
to	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
kind	O
of	O
basic	O
wavesequencing	O
,	O
it	O
essentially	O
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
user-defined	O
waveforms	O
,	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
internal	O
ROM	B-Device
or	O
sample	O
RAM	B-Architecture
area	O
,	O
and	O
played	O
in	O
sequence	O
with	O
definable	O
playback	O
step	O
times	O
,	O
pitch	O
and	O
other	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integral	O
component	O
of	O
Ensoniq	O
synths	B-Application
,	O
the	O
TS	O
 '	O
effects	O
were	O
first-class	O
and	O
well	O
specified	O
,	O
at	O
24-bit	O
and	O
32kHz	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keyboard	O
could	O
store	O
up	O
to	O
30	O
songs	O
with	O
100	O
sequences	O
per	O
song	O
,	O
memory-permitting	O
,	O
and	O
everything	O
was	O
kept	O
in	O
memory	O
when	O
the	O
synth	B-Application
was	O
turned	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
machine	O
's	O
internal	O
6	O
MB	O
ROM	B-Device
sampled	O
waveforms	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
install	O
up	O
to	O
8	O
MB	O
(	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
banks	O
of	O
4	O
MB	O
)	O
sample	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
volatile	O
)	O
,	O
via	O
30-pin	O
SIMMs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
samples	O
could	O
be	O
loaded	O
from	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
or	O
via	O
a	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
hard	O
drive	O
or	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
attached	O
to	O
the	O
machine	O
,	O
containing	O
an	O
ASR-format	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
synth	B-Application
even	O
remembered	O
the	O
mapping	O
of	O
samples	O
and	O
sounds	O
used	O
,	O
and	O
requested	O
the	O
appropriate	O
disks	O
for	O
loading	O
in	O
power-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TS	O
could	O
n't	O
import	O
WAV	O
or	O
AIFF	O
format	O
samples	O
as	O
the	O
disk	O
format	O
used	O
was	O
Ensoniq	O
's	O
own	O
,	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
EPS	O
sampler	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
loading	O
samples	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
extensive	O
EPS/ASR	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TS	O
suffered	O
from	O
limitations	O
including	O
the	O
non-resonant	O
digital	O
filter	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
proprietary	O
format	O
used	O
for	O
floppies	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
incompatible	O
with	O
anything	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
Ensoniq	O
acknowledged	O
this	O
problem	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
variant	O
called	O
the	O
TS-10	B-Device
Plus	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
conventional	O
LCD	O
display	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
vacuum	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model	O
also	O
had	O
the	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
expansion	O
installed	O
and	O
the	O
full	O
sample	O
memory	O
expansion	O
also	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
