Ensoniq Control 16 Undressed
by matt on Aug.16, 2009, under Hardware Pr0n
I bought an Ensoniq Control 16 off Trademe cause it was going for fairly cheap relative to new control surfaces. The problem with the Control 16 is that it is designed to only work with a proprietary PCI card from PARIS. So I am planning on reverse engineering it and building a USB adaptor. First things first, though, it needed to be disassembled so I can reverse engineer the circuit. Here are some pix for those who are interested.
Control 16 - Before Disassembly
Control 16 - Rear panel
Control 16 Regulator/IO Board
Control 16 - I/O Regulator Board (Underside)
Control 16 - Undressed
Control 16 - Up Close
Control 16 - The Brains
Control 16 Rotary Encoder
Control 16 Slider ICs
Control 16 - Misc ICs
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September 16th, 2009 on 3:59 pm
[...] matt on Sep.16, 2009, under Informational As I stated in my first Control 16 post, the C16 is meant to connect to a proprietary Ensoniq PCI card (which I don’t have.) So [...]