Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Morning All & Happy Easter,

Been doing a little research on the history of Ensoniq for a little 
project of mine and have come to the conclusions put forth below 
based on information researched on the Internet. I would appreciate 
any feedback to the contrary on this information.

The two following excerpts are from the "Creative" website 
(http://www.creative.com/). "Creative" is probably more commonly 
known as "Creative Labs" because of the `Soundblaster' sound card to 
most folks, although "Creative Labs" is simply a division 
of `Creative' as I understand it.

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Excerpt One:
E-MU Systems 
Acquired in March 1993 
E-mu Systems, Inc. is a leading developer of innovative digital 
audio products based on digital sampling technology for the musical 
instrument and computer controlled sound markets. E-mu provides 
audio solutions for the multimedia market based on the proprietary 
digital signal processing (DSP) technology and design expertise that 
has fueled its growth in the musical instrument business.

Excerpt Two:
December 1997
Creative acquires Ensoniq Corp., a key innovator in the design and 
development of PCI audio microchip technology who has gained strong 
brand recognition with its line of electronic musical instruments.

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I have been for several years under the false understanding that "E-
MU Systems" had actually acquired "Ensoniq". However, it appears 
that "Creative" acquired "Ensoniq" and incorporated it and its 
technologies into "E-MU Systems", a division which it had already 
owned for several years.

From the Wikipedia website (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq) 
the following information was available on the history of Ensoniq.

Ensoniq was founded in 1982 by Commodore engineers Robert "Bob" 
Yannes (designer of the SID audio chip of the Commodore 64 home 
computer), Bruce Crockett, and Al Charpentier. Their first product 
was a software drum machine that ran on a home computer.

In January 1998, ENSONIQ Corp. was acquired by Creative Technology 
Ltd. for $77 million. The fusion with E-mu and Creative Labs sealed 
Ensoniq's fate: their products and support vanished soon after, much 
to the sadness and disbelief of their customers.

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Anyone wishing to correct and/or add to this information, please 
feel welcome and free to do so.

Thanks…..SR