Ensoniq Paris

Ensoniq Paris was a digital audio workstation available for PCs and Macintosh computers, sold by Ensoniq Corporation in 1998 and later by E-mu Systems. It was a combination of software and hardware providing its user the tools to record, edit and mix audio material in a professional environment, similar to the way that Pro Tools work.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan98/articles/ensoniqparis.htm |title=Ensoniq Paris II |publisher=Soundonsound.com |access-date=2013-11-08}} The software part which consisted of a multitrack audio sequencer, a virtual mixing console and various digital effects was developed by Intelligent Devices.

The basic system consisted of the PARIS cross-platform software, EDS-1000 a pci card with 6 on-board DSP processors, and Control 16 a dedicated hardware control surface. The pci card had to be connected to one of the three available interfaces which provided analog and digital inputs and outputs to the system.{{cite web|url=http://www.paris.ensoniq.com/html/interface.htm |title=Interfaces |date=1997-07-17 |access-date=2013-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970717151905/http://www.paris.ensoniq.com/html/interface.htm |archive-date=July 17, 1997 }} Multiple EDS-1000 cards could be installed in a computer to increase the number of audio input/output and the power of DSP processing.