street priceThe Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a digital synthesizer and sequencer released by Ensoniq in 1986. It is an 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer with a 61-note keyboard and a built-in sequencer. It features three digital oscillators per voice, two digital filters, two digital envelopes, and a modulation matrix. It also has a built-in digital effects processor and a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive for storing and loading patches. The ESQ-1 is still popular today among electronic musicians and producers.
Country of origin / production: USA
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Hybrid, Digital+Analog | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 8 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 8 part(s) |
| Split/Layer | 2 splits/ 2 layers |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Synthesis Method | Digital Subtractive |
| Oscillator Type | Digital |
| Oscillators' hard sync | |
| Oscillators per voice | 3 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count | 32 |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 40 |
| Filter | |
| Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 4-pole | |
| 24dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Filter | ADSR |
| Amp | ADSR |
| Modulation | |
| LFO: LFO Count | 3 |
| LFO Waveforms | |
| Square | |
| Triangle | |
| Saw | |
| LFO Target | |
| Filter | |
| Amplifier | |
| Oscillator | |
| Effects | |
| Ring Modulation | |
| Sequencer | |
| Tracks count | 8 |
| Pattern Sequencer | |
| Note Capacity | 10000 |
| Max number of songs | 10 |
| Preset patterns | 30 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Portamento | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Size | 5 |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | EL |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Audio out | |
| Stereo | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Power | |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Case/ body | |
| Plastic | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1986 |
| Production end | 1988 |
| Production ended | |
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