Ensoniq DP/2 (1992–1995)
The DP/2 was Ensoniq's smaller, cheaper sibling to the DP/4. It was essentially a 2-channel, 2-bus version of that flagship effects processor, with the same core hardware and the same selectable 20-bit DSP. It sold for US $549 new and was produced from 1992 to 1995.
A June 1996 comparison in the same magazine listed the DP/2 at £799, positioned well below the DP/4+ at £1299.
The DP/2 had a vocal processor function, but you needed the optional ASRB-8 speech processor expansion to use it fully. So the unit's most distinctive feature depended on an add-on board. It ran as stereo or as two independent channels of DSP processing, for recording or live performance.
Owners have called the DP/2 a "good little unit" and "underrated," often overlooked in favor of its bigger sibling. Full specifications are thin. A/D and D/A conversion details, sampling rate, THD and signal-to-noise figures were never documented in the sources that survive, and no dimensions or weight have been recorded. What is known: it was a 20-bit, two-channel effects processor that shared the DP/4's hardware but was cheaper and simpler.
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