Model

Ensoniq ESQ-1

61-key, velocity sensitive, eight-note polyphonic and multitimbral synthesizer

The Ensoniq ESQ-1, released in 1986, is an eight-voice multitimbral hybrid synthesizer combining digital waveform oscillators with analog filters and a capable built-in sequencer, offering a lot of power at an affordable price.

Technical line drawing of Ensoniq ESQ-1
Technical line drawing of Ensoniq ESQ-1

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    Synthesizers

    Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.

Made by

  • Ensoniq

    Ensoniq was an American electronics company founded in 1982, known for affordable samplers and synthesizers such as the Mirage and the ASR and SQ keyboard workstations.

Part of family

  • Ensoniq ESQ Series

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Ensoniq ESQ family comprises the company's late-1980s digital/analog hybrid synthesizers, beginning with the ESQ-1 and continuing with the SQ-80. They combined digitally sampled and synthetic waveforms with analog-style four-pole low-pass filtering and an onboard sequencer.

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