Listened to some Apple IIgs tracker tunes from a great musicdisk last night.
#Ensoniq #ES5503 #Apple #AppleII #AppleIIgs #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #chiptune #trackers #CRT #retrocomputers #music #video #synth #ByteCellar
#Ensoniq #ES5503 #Apple #AppleII #AppleIIgs #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #chiptune #trackers #CRT #retrocomputers #music #video #synth #ByteCellar
February 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Listened to some Apple IIgs tracker tunes from a great musicdisk last night.
#Ensoniq #ES5503 #Apple #AppleII #AppleIIgs #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #chiptune #trackers #CRT #retrocomputers #music #video #synth #ByteCellar
#Ensoniq #ES5503 #Apple #AppleII #AppleIIgs #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #chiptune #trackers #CRT #retrocomputers #music #video #synth #ByteCellar
It should have had a processor to rival the Amiga/ST as it was a 16-bit computer but Apple were wary about impacting the Mac line so instead a 2.8MHZ 65C816.
On the audio front, it has an Ensoniq ES5503 which has the clearest sampled and digitized sound that I've heard from its era.
On the audio front, it has an Ensoniq ES5503 which has the clearest sampled and digitized sound that I've heard from its era.
September 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
It should have had a processor to rival the Amiga/ST as it was a 16-bit computer but Apple were wary about impacting the Mac line so instead a 2.8MHZ 65C816.
On the audio front, it has an Ensoniq ES5503 which has the clearest sampled and digitized sound that I've heard from its era.
On the audio front, it has an Ensoniq ES5503 which has the clearest sampled and digitized sound that I've heard from its era.
It had amazing sound, with its Ensoniq ES5503 "DOC," but it was hamstrung with bit 64K of audio RAM (while common Amigas had 1MB or 2MB RAM that could be accessed by the audio hardware.)
February 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It had amazing sound, with its Ensoniq ES5503 "DOC," but it was hamstrung with bit 64K of audio RAM (while common Amigas had 1MB or 2MB RAM that could be accessed by the audio hardware.)
Die Kombi aus Digi-Oszillatoren und Analogfilter? Eigentlich so direkt nur einen, aber das ist bissl cheaten ;) Der Ensoniq ES5503 ausm Apple IIGS und den Ensoniq Mirage-Synthesizern. Aber den hat Bob ja als Nachfolger des SID ebenfalls designed :D.
July 30, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Die Kombi aus Digi-Oszillatoren und Analogfilter? Eigentlich so direkt nur einen, aber das ist bissl cheaten ;) Der Ensoniq ES5503 ausm Apple IIGS und den Ensoniq Mirage-Synthesizern. Aber den hat Bob ja als Nachfolger des SID ebenfalls designed :D.
So brilliant: youtu.be/DYuheZwW6RI
Fearofdark - Hopeless Romantic (Ensonic ES5503 + PCM cover) (Furnace tracker) (Oscilloscope view)
YouTube video by Ygor G.
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So brilliant: youtu.be/DYuheZwW6RI