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Nielsonaut May 3, 2025

Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer - Preset Demo - Repair Photos - No Talking

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Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer - Preset Demo - Repair Photos - No Talking

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flatlinr Jul 19, 2023

So, from a completely dead synthesizer upon arrival: no sound, no display, no sign of life. To now a fully working #ensoniq #ESQ1 soundmachine. Not too bad...

flatlinr Jul 19, 2023

I finished my repairs on the #Ensoniq #ESQ1 today: final piece was replacing the out-of-juice soldered in-place battery with a holder and a new battery. Works nicely!

flatlinr Jul 2, 2023

I recapped the power supply in the ESQ1 but then I got this guilty feeling of replacing the nice Nichicons with some chinese capacitors, even though the Nichicons were only rated at 85C. So I ordered some new high quality 105C Nichicons and will recap it again... #ensoniq #esq1

flatlinr May 20, 2023

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

Ether Diver Feb 24, 2023

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.

#VintageGear #VintageSynth

Ether Diver Feb 6, 2023

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.