Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer - Preset Demo - Repair Photos - No Talking
Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer - Preset Demo - Repair Photos - No Talking
Fault-searching this Ensoniq ESQ1 synthesizer! Mega-cool, but: no sound; no display.
EPROMs were damaged but putting in new 3.5 ROMs affected nothing.
Main-board power supply (+5V, +-12V) seems to be OK at least (or unfortunately, because that would have been a pretty easy fix maybe...)
#ensoniq #esq1 #synthesizer #repair
The #Ensoniq #ESQ1 I have in the #studio right now (a loaner from my regular occasional production partner) was apparently once submerged due to flooding ( a fact my buddy didn't discover until after he bought it LMAO) and yet it still works flawlessly (after some pretty thorough cleaning -- but not so thorough there isn't still fine silt on some of the keys).
They really did use to build stuff different.
Right now I have, in my possession, a #Roland #MKS50, a #Kawai #K4r and an #Ensoniq #ESQ1 (all synths, in case you don't know). I've got a #Tascam 414 (4-track cassette multitrack recorder), a #Yamaha #REX50 (effects unit, basically an SPX-90 with added distortion algorithms) and an #Alesis #Quadraverb (more effects). All I need is an SR-16 drum machine and I could make an album like it was 1990 again.