Talk:Ensoniq ESQ-1

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I am not so naive I can say the difference between polyphony and multitimbrality. This definetely has Max 8 parts miltitimbrality. Look anywhere in the internet. After all how else it could use a 8 track sequencer with one timbre?

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No it hasn't. The ESQ1, although 8-voice polyphonic, is 9-times multitimbral. You have indeed 9 logical "channels" you can assign individual sounds to which are the 8 sequencer tracks (Track 1-8) and the keyboard (Track 0 as the ESQ's operating system treats it).

I just fixed the part about the analog envelopes; that's just not true. The only analog parts (synthesis-wise) are the 8 CEM3379 analog voice processors (i.e. 4-pole LPF, final VCA and panning). The oscillators are provided by the DOC ASIC, anything else is (LFO, ENV, computation of modulation matrix) is done in software -- which is also the weak part, as the update frequency of this very matrix is about 80Hz which is not enough to give real "punch" like pure analog and later digital machines are able to.

Oh, and whoever linked my site -- thanks :)

87.177.143.13 21:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)Rainer Buchty, 2007-05-22