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- Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a 61-key, velocity sensitive, eight-note polyphonic and multitimbral synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was marketed as a "digital wave synthesizer" but was an early Music Workstation. Although its voice generation is typically subtractive in much the same fashion as most analog synthesizers that preceded it, its oscillators are neither voltage nor "digitally controlled", but true digital oscillators, provided by a custom Ensoniq wavetable chip. The signal path includes analog resonant low-pass filters and an analog amplifier. The synth also features a fully functional, if crude by modern standards, 8-track MIDI sequencer that can run either its internal sounds, external MIDI equipment, or both, with a capacity of 24,000 notes (expandable via cartridges). It provides quantization, step-editing, primitive forms of copy/paste editing, and can be synchronized with external MIDI or tape-in clock. ESQ-1 can store 40 presets internally, and features a cartridge slot for additional storage capability. ESQ-M, a rackmount version of the synthesizer, was released circa 1987, with the same specifications but without the sequencer. Notably, the sound chip at the core of the synth, the 5503 Digital Oscillator Chip (DOC), is a brainchild of Robert Yannes, father of the popular Commodore SID chip. (en)
- L'ESQ-1 est un synthétiseur hybride analogique-numérique de la société Ensoniq, sorti en 1985. La polyphonie est de huit voix et la synthèse est de type wavetable + analogique soustractive. Il dispose d'un séquenceur intégré. (fr)
- De Ensoniq ESQ-1 is een synthesizer die gemaakt werd door Ensoniq. De ESQ-1 werd in 1986 geïntroduceerd en werd tot 1988 gebouwd. (nl)
- ESQ-1 är en synthesizer/ tillverkad av Ensoniq mellan 1986 och 1988. Den är i huvudsak digital men har analoga filter, vilket ger ett mer analogt ljud än samtida konkurrenter såsom Yamaha DX7 och Roland D-50. (sv)
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- L'ESQ-1 est un synthétiseur hybride analogique-numérique de la société Ensoniq, sorti en 1985. La polyphonie est de huit voix et la synthèse est de type wavetable + analogique soustractive. Il dispose d'un séquenceur intégré. (fr)
- De Ensoniq ESQ-1 is een synthesizer die gemaakt werd door Ensoniq. De ESQ-1 werd in 1986 geïntroduceerd en werd tot 1988 gebouwd. (nl)
- ESQ-1 är en synthesizer/ tillverkad av Ensoniq mellan 1986 och 1988. Den är i huvudsak digital men har analoga filter, vilket ger ett mer analogt ljud än samtida konkurrenter såsom Yamaha DX7 och Roland D-50. (sv)
- Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a 61-key, velocity sensitive, eight-note polyphonic and multitimbral synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1985. It was marketed as a "digital wave synthesizer" but was an early Music Workstation. Although its voice generation is typically subtractive in much the same fashion as most analog synthesizers that preceded it, its oscillators are neither voltage nor "digitally controlled", but true digital oscillators, provided by a custom Ensoniq wavetable chip. The signal path includes analog resonant low-pass filters and an analog amplifier. (en)
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