Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus

The Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus is a sampling keyboard produced by Ensoniq starting in 1990. It was the successor to the EPS, one of the first truly affordable samplers on the market. The EPS-16 Plus uses 16-bit samples at seven sample rates ranging from 11.2 kHz to 44.6 kHz and features 13 onboard effects. The unit was available in both keyboard and rackmount versions (EPS-16R). Some versions of the EPS-16 Plus were sold as "Turbo" units, which included an extra 1 MB of flash memory and SCSI upgrades. These units are designated with a "T" after the model number.

The EPS-16 Plus features a mono input and stereo outputs, made useful by the unit's stereo panning and internal effects. It was succeeded in 1992 by the stereo-capable ASR-10.

Notable users
Notable users include Havoc of Mobb Deep, RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan as well as Wu-Tang affiliate True Master, Speech of Arrested Development and Christian "Flake" Lorenz of Rammstein.

De facto Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA produced some tracks for Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) on an EPS-16 Plus, including the group's biggest single "C.R.E.A.M.". He then sold the unit to True Master, who used it to produce "Fish" from Ghostface Killah's debut solo album Ironman as well as "Brooklyn Zoo" from Ol' Dirty Bastard's debut solo album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. Havoc of Mobb Deep has stated that he produced "Shook Ones, Part II" an EPS-16 Plus.