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Ensoniq | ESQ-M |
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Description | The ESQ-M is a rack-mount version released in 1987 which is identical to the ESQ-1 except that it excludes the on-board sequencer option. Similar to the Mirage synth/sampler, the ESQ-1 was Ensoniq's highly affordable and impressive digital synthesizer, released in 1986. Although the waveforms are digital in nature, the filters are all analog as on the Mirage. In fact, for a digital synth the ESQ-1 has many good old analog-synth features such as a ring modulator, sequencer, and oscillator-sync. The envelopes and LFOs are can be freely routed to each DCO, VCA and or VCF. There are 40 preset sounds which are the usual not-so-great sounds. Luckily the display screen is large enough to make editing the sounds somewhat pleasant. What really sets the ESQ-1 apart from other similar synths is the voice architecture. Choose from analog, digital, or samples or any combo since there are three independent oscillators per voice! Once you start editing on the ESQ-1 you will come up with interesting and unique results. Using dynamic voice allocation it can seemlesly switch from 8-voices of analog to 8-voices of digital or sampled voices! This gives you a wide array of different sonic elements at your fingertips! |
| Brand | Ensoniq |
| Model | ESQ-M |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Rack |
| Engine Type | Digital |
| Engine | DCO |
| Voices (max) | 8 |
| Multitimbral | 8 |
| Oscillators | 3 |
| LFO | 3 LFOs per voice; triangle, saw, square, random |
| Engine Detailed | 3 digital oscillators per voice, 32 waveforms |
| Filter (VCF) | 4-pole analog resonant filter with 6-stage envelope |
| Envelope (VCA) | 4 VCA + 4 Envelopes with 7 parameters per voice |
| Memory | 40 patches |
| Keys | 0 |
| Key type | N/A |
| Velocity | N/A |
| Aftertouch | N/A |
| Midi | I-O |
| Produced: | 1987 - 1987 |
| Legend: | Obvious | Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable | |
| VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator | DCO | Digital Controlled Oscillator |
| LFO | Low Frequency Oscillator | Sub | Sub Oscillator |
| VCF | Voltage Controlled Filter | VCA | Voltage Controlled Amplifier |
| Velocity | As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. | Aftertouch | Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel. |
| Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise. | |||
