Nielso3d ago
Lustig, wie so beim Experimentieren der #Ensoniq #ESQ1 #Synthesizer ein bisschen wie der Opa eines #Quasimidi #Sirius anfühlt.
NielsoApr 12

Mehrgenerationensynthetisieren. (Kann #FieseFrequenzen beinhalten.)

Wer ist hier wer?  

Kurze Impro mit Roland Juno 106 (1984), Ensoniq ESQ-1 (1986), Waldorf The Rocket (2013), Roland JD-XA (2015), Reverbs und Delay über Yamaha 01V96i (2011 oder so).

Aufnahme live und digital vom Main Out des Mischpults.

#Ensoniq #Waldorf #Roland #Yamaha #Synthesizer #Music #Musik #ElectronicMusic @waldorfmusic

NielsoApr 10

Ein Song, der mich als Pubertier enorm angesprochen hat… 1996, #Schwoißfuaß waren nochmal auf Tour, ein letztes großes #Revival nach dem Aus von 1986. Das Album #Rattakarma entstand aus dieser Tour.

Ich muss grinsend an Fleetwood Mac denken, da gibt es eine Parallele: In den 90ern klangen beide Bands (wieder) nach Rockmusik und legten je nochmal ein solides Live-Album vor. (Fleetwod Mac mit „The Dance”, 1997).

In den 80ern hatten beide Bands versucht, den Rock-Sound hinter sich zu lassen und sich einem coolen, eher synth-poppigen Klang zuzuwenden.

In diesem Kontext, der Abkehr von den 70ern und hin zum Sound der 80er, kaufte ein Bandmitglied von Schwoißfuaß den halb-digitalen #Ensoniq #ESQ1 #Synthesizer. Es ist nicht der gleiche, sondern wirklich genau derselbe, der nun hier bei mir steht.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Ohnf4PVco

#Rock #rockmusik #schwobarock #schwäbisch #schwaben #dialekt #mundart #historie #nielsotunes #music #musik

Du Bisch Dr Held

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Show threadNielsoApr 10

Fixed this #Ensoniq #ESQ1 yesterday. Dragged it to my little studio room today.

I mean… honestly… how can you not love this piece of gear if you're a #synthesizer enthusiast?

It does squeaky digital sounds, it does warm analog fat sounds. It smells like contact spray and it looks like old science fiction stuff.

It is equipped with a kind-of successor of the SIDchip (Commodore 64 sound) as 8bit oscillators, and analog Curtis filters.

With 3 digital waveform oscillators, 3 corresponding DCAs plus 1 master DCA, 3 LFOs and 4 enevlope generators… and all of this × 8 voices, it was a massive synth for 1986, when it was introduced.

The keyboard is a bit sloppy and its responsive action isn't that nice to use. The later ESQ-80 had polyphonic aftertouch – the ESQ-1 can also be programmed to accept pressure/aftertouch control via MIDI. It even has a keyboard split feature.

I'm having fun.

(Some Yamaha REV-X Reverb added in the video.)

@RueNahcMohr @kallemp @kevinevans

NielsoApr 9

I'm so excited!

With the #fedihelp of @RueNahcMohr @kallemp @kevinevans I was able to repair the display in my #Ensoniq #ESQ1 #Synthesizer.

One of the TL4810AN display driver chips was defective. Ebay suggested me an UCN5810AF as an alternative. I checked data sheets and it seemed to match. The UNC was available in Germany, while TL replacements I had ordered are still stuck somewhere in China.

The grain of salt is that after putting together the entire thing, I noticed that one key still is not acting properly. I have to take apart pretty much everything for that at some point…

I also put in new firmware chips I got from Italy via Ebay, now the thing is on version 3.5. Luckily it loads the factory preset if it runs out of battery power, which it did, because I replaced the battery, too.

I found this cartridge that has a little dial and actually is 16 cartridges in one unit… Ebay from the Netherlands. (Imagine not living in the EU… horrible thought.)

So many fancy new vintage sounds!

NielsoApr 9

Die Lötspiele mögen beginnen. Ich fühle mich inkompetent. Let's not brick this shit.

#Ensoniq #ESQ1 #Synthesizer #Display #Electronics #Repair #Reparatur #DIY

Nielso NautApr 9

(PCM) SQ8L Ensoniq ESQ-80 Clone vs. Roland Juno 106 – A Comparison Not Entirely Useless (no talking)

https://makertube.net/w/19sUpRyn41xKVnHKBnT3oA

(PCM) SQ8L Ensoniq ESQ-80 Clone vs. Roland Juno 106 – A Comparison Not Entirely Useless (no talking)

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#Ensoniq #ESQ80 simulated by this very old plugin, #SQ8L… combined with a little arpeggiator… and the original ESQ-80 preset “MTLBEL”, welcome to digital chimes madness!

#LinuxAudio #LinVST #Arpeggiator #MIDI #SoftSynth #Synthesizer

Show threadNielsoApr 6

Like #Dexed for the #Yahama #DX7, #SQ8L claims to be #SysEx compatible with the corresponding hardware #synthesizer, the #Ensoniq #ESQ80 or #ESQ1. So this means you can load patches from your 80ties hardware synthesizer into the plugin and vice versa.

Sad story is that #UbuntuStudio 24.04 has lost Dexed for some reason, it comes with #Hexter instead which – on my system – completely fails to show the GUI, so it's even worse than SQ-8L. (I'd love to get Dexed back, even though it looked very confusing, I loved the sound.)

These two are related, because the famous DX7 and the ESQ1/80 were new around the same time, both being very digital (the ESQ1 having analog filters, though). The ESQ1 never made it to the same fame as the DX7 did but both sound like the 80ties.

Show threadNielsoApr 6

Jump for joy!

#SQ8L, an #VST #plugin emulator of the #Ensoniq #ESQ80 #Synthesizer running on #UbuntuStudio #Linux 24.04 via #LinVST in #Carla plugin host. Needs #Wine.

All I had to do is wait. The plugin locks up Carla (and probably even Jack) for about half a minute.

So most likely it is trying to do something that ends in a time-out. When opening the GUI a second time, it pops up instantly.

Any idea on how to find out what this old #VSTi from 2008 is waiting for?

Btw., nerds:

$> file SQ8L.dll
SQ8L.dll: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 7 sections

Feels a bit like Christmas.

The ESQ-80 basically was an extended/upgraded version of the #ESQ1, with the most obvious feature being a diskette drive in addition to the memory cartridge slot. But also, Ensoniq had changed the dumb old home-organ-style keyboard by one with responsive action and polyphonic aftertouch.