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Ensoniq ESQ-1 in excellent condition that I acquired from the original owner. I recapped the power supply and replaced the soldered battery with a new off-board battery holder, so you can change batteries yourself next time they run low (I’ve got a fresh set in there to get you started). Includes a genuine Ensoniq CVP-1 pedal and FSW-1 footswitch. Has 3.50 firmware and the SQX-10 sequencer expander module installed. Sold as is due to the nature of vintage electronics, but will be shipped insured for the full purchase price.
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Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a 61-key, velocity sensitive, eight-note polyphonic and multitimbral synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1985. 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 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 8-track MIDI sequencer that can run either its internal sounds, external MIDI equipment, or both, with a capacity of 2,400 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.
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