I uploaded KAWAI GMega LX page on my site.
http://deepsynthesis.net

It's a PCM playbacker with unique samples. I made a Emagic SoundDiver editor and layered 4 MIDI channles like Roland's Chase or KORG's Wavesequence.

I have a casio DG20 digital guitar that the signal is digital all the way to and including the ADSR, but then goes analog to the filter stage, which is only a fixed LP filter, not a true VCF/DCF style variable filter. IIRC, DG20 uses CASIO's SD synthesis engine - DCO-DCA-VCF architecture of HZ/HT s...

FZ is not so lo-fi - 16-bit, 36kHz was much higher spec than other samplers at that time (1987). I guess it has the analog filter used in CASIO HT-3000/6000 series. It seems to be 2-pole, and does not self-oscillate, but it does sound warm. You can create waveforms by adding 1st-48th harmonics with ...

EX-800 and POLY-800II have MIDI SysEx, and you can store your patches in your PC.

Note that the Mod adds two important parameters - cutoff and resonance. As they are just knobs and can't be stored in patches.

Thanks, solderguy!
And I agree with rockmanrock. Ensoniq may have limited the parameter range for ESQ-1 filter. And it seems to be the key difference from PVS. ESQ-1's 8-bit waveforms have good enough quality I think.

I have .mp3 pages for both ESQ and DW.
I think DW sounds warmer, and more analog as Sir Ruff pointed out.
I hear ESQ uses the same filter chip as Prophet-VS, but my VS sounds more powerful.
ESQ wins in its wierd modulations. I wish DW had ring modulator or filter FM....

As YOOZER pointed out, the MIDI bandwidth limitation is the problem. Just look at a MIDI monitor while playing a poly-AT keyboard. You'll see a lot of data stream. When you push the keys, every subtle fluctuation of your finger is translated and transmitted as polyphonic aftertouch. It's fun to play...

There are many, too many bargain synths in the world....

Yeti wrote:i think the yamaha tq5 sucks alot too.

Sorry, I like it....

I'm not attacking softsynths. I like my Reaktor 2.3 which came for $50 - definitely worth much more. Good thing is good, whether soft or hard. But I often hesitate to go soft. PC gets older soon and you have to pay for every updates, while vintage harwares stand still.... ***** Sorry! I'm getting of...

I tend to feel softsynths a little bit expensive for what they are.