PARIS or Professional Audio Recording Integrated System is an expandable 24-bit digital recording, editing, mixing and processing system which can playback up to 128-tracks of 44.1 or 48Khz. digital audio. Essentially, the basic system bundles the Ensoniq EDS-1000 PCI card that plugs inside of your computer, the four-track 442 Interface with analog inputs/outputs and digital audio I/O, a 16-channel hardware control surface and multi-platform CD-ROM software that runs on either Power Mac or Windows 95/NT computers. This starter, four-track system configuration will sell for about $3,000.

Although all controls and functions are accessible via computer keyboard commands and/or mouse moves, the dedicated hardware control surface provides immediate access to the most important controls. Controls are; 16 channel faders (in groups of 16 if you use more than 16 tracks); master stereo fader; rotary controls for EQ, aux send, pan and control room monitor level; jog/shuttle wheel; transport controls with autolocate; numeric keypad; and mute plus solo buttons. I/O options include basic two-channel audio, four-channel system as above or an expandable modular mainframe for multi-track setups. Modularity is key in that you can fully customize your system to fit your needs with features such as: analog I/O (XLR and TRS jacks), digital I/O (S/PDIF and AES/EBU), ADAT optical, Tascam TDIF, video/word clock sync, and SMPTE timecode units. The software provides an intuitive, graphically responsive interface for the system's 128-track digital mixer, complete with dynamics processing, four-band parametric EQ, aux sends and real-time digital effects. The familiar "plug-in" design supports third-party development of additional effects and functionality. PARIS can be expanded with additional cards for extended processing power and/or I/O capability. Furthermore, expansion is said to be "additive" in that new system additions will not obsolete your current hardware/software.