The ASR88 is a full featured 88 key weighted action sampling workstation with incredible features:Sampling -- Create stunning 16-bit samples in stereo or mono, with up to 16 MB of samplememory. Then, shape your sounds using the ASR's extensive voice architecture and editingfeatures.Effects Processing -- The ASR has the most powerful onboard effects processor ever offered ina sampler. Sixty-two effects algorithms (from our acclaimed DP/4) offer many creativepossibilities.

You can sample through effects such as EQ or compression to condition your soundupon input, or resample a sound multiple times through different effects. You can even processexternal audio through the ASR while you play live or play back sequences, eliminating the needfor added gear.Sequencing -- No mere "scratchpad," the ASR's 16-track sequencer provides real time andlooped recording modes, 96 PPQ clock resolution, an auto-locate function, and many of the sameadvanced, yet easy-to-use features that have made ENSONIQ keyboards famous around the world!Digital Audio Recording -- Add two tracks of live audio performance to your MIDI sequencedtracks for complete music production with one instrument. Record to RAM or SCSI hard drivewith the simplicity of a tape-recorder, with advanced features like punch-in/out, and auditionableediting. No other sampler gives you this extraordinary capability.

The ASR88 comes packaged with 16 meg of onboard RAM memory, a CD-Rom drive (external) with CDR3 & 4 sound libraries. - Mfg list price $4495.