Brilliant Ensoniq ESQ1 / SQ80 site

[jeeroj]

I've spent ages searching for ESQ1 sites and found all the obvious ones out there but I stumbled upon this one the other day and it's fantastic. Very easy to understand and even offers extra information than I had already found.

Sorry if you all know about it but I just had to share it!

http://www.scoreforsale.com/html/features.html

[vcs3]

Thanks!

[thebandseabright]

oh my goodness thank you!

been using ensoniq stuff for years (eps, esq) and never took the time to really figure all this stuff out.

[krzeppa]

Excellent find jerroj...this is going to help me out immensely.

[jeeroj]

no probs, it was a totally accidental find. I've spent so many hours trying to find as much info about the esq1 as I can.

Although I do have the manual I find it a bit tricky to learn from so having the interactivity of the website is a real help.

I will be getting all up in my esq and programming the s**t out of it now!

[ninja6485]

I will be getting all up in my esq and programming the s**t out of it now!

i bet you will! just remember to wear a condom.
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/defini ... up+in+that

[colorbars]

great site! one day i'll figure out my esq-1 haha. I've always wanted to figure out the sequencer but every time i do i spend about 5 minutes then go onto something else

[StepLogik]

nice find! my esq-1 is currently in pieces right now but i'm hoping to have it back together soon (waiting on parts and new customer wooden end-caps).

[loungedumore]

Thanks for the link I grabed the VST and run in it the latest VFX ( this one works for me on OSX finnaly ) and now I think I have to have an ESQ1/M?Or/SQ80 as if my shopping list were not long enough

On a somewhat related note seams to be a lot of chatter of Ensoniq coming back form the dead in 2011 ?
Grain of salt of couse it all steams from a Wiki post on supposedly belonging to a creative ip + a FaceBook page . A thread over a GS about it too . Well I would like a Fizmo VST how about you ?

[Elandroth]

Thanks for the link!


And yeah I read about Ensoniq coming back too, but the line about it says with a "special team of designers and youth marketers", so I'm guessing if it does come back as a brand that produces hardware, I'm thinking it's going to be making entry-level Korg-esque type stuff to compete with the market for people with $300 in their pocket. Not that that's a bad thing - I liked my MicroKorg, KP3, and the monotron is just awesome - but my point is that I doubt we'll see Ensoniq back to making full featured products that make professionals drool.

[jeeroj]

I will be getting all up in my esq and programming the s**t out of it now!

i bet you will! just remember to wear a condom.
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/defini ... up+in+that

lol yeah I know it can mean that, I was being silly.

[101 Force]

Brilliant website. The explanation of the envelopes has me second-guessing if I really want to let my ESQ-1 go.

It's too bad this device was never mass-produced...

[jeeroj]

wow!

but presumably you could use a generic midi controller like the behringer one?

[mharris80]

wow!

but presumably you could use a generic midi controller like the behringer one?

T'would take a s**t-load of programming. Plus, to match that monster knob-for-knob would require the use of two presets on the BCR, as there are 32 knobs, and the top row of encoders can have 4 groups per preset. Other than the tedium involved, though, I don't see why it couldn't be done.

[Sir Ruff]

Brilliant website. The explanation of the envelopes has me second-guessing if I really want to let my ESQ-1 go.

It's too bad this device was never mass-produced...

wow...had no idea that existed! But really, is it necessary? Aside from the fact that that thing would always cost more than an SQ itself, programming the ESQ1/80 really is a breeze... It would probably take as long to find each knob as it would to just push a button.