Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS

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The Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS (SS-3016-NCD) is a

While Ensoniq always stated on their site that they did not support the card, the regular Soundscape's driver package functions on it. Ensoniq's support page referred to the boards as Soundscape OPUS. In a bit of humor, the board holds a chip labeled "COW". No doubt this is related to the card being a Gateway OEM board, a company known for their cow-related image.

ENSONIQ ES-5530 "OPUS" Multimedia Sound Chip

The

• '
  wavetable' sample-based synthesis
  with 32 independent voices
• Oversampled 18-bit d/a converter
• Integrated AT bus interface including:
  • Built in flexible CD-ROM interface
  • Built in joystick interface
  • Real time
    digital filters
  • 5 channel stereo serial communication port - 3 inputs 2 outputs
  • Industry standard data formats
  • Programmable clocks for defining serial protocol

References

• Ensoniq Corp. Web Site by Ensoniq Corp., Multimedia Division Product Information and Support Pages, 1998 at the Wayback Machine (archived February 14, 1998)
• ENSONIQ ES 5530 - OPUS by Ensoniq Corp., Semiconductor Information Pages, 1997 at the Wayback Machine (archived June 7, 1997)
• Ensoniq FAQ by Ensoniq Corp., Multimedia Division Product Information and Support Pages, 1997 at the Wayback Machine (archived June 7, 1997)