Ensoniq ESQ-1
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Front panel of the Ensoniq ESQ-M, the rackmount version of the ESQ-1.
Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1986. The ESQ-1 featured 8 voices with 3 digital oscillators (DCO) per voice. Each DCO could be set to 1 of 32 different waveforms. The ESQ-1 also had 3 LFOs, a 4-pole resonant analog lowpass filter (VCF), 4 VCA and envelope generators. It also sported a 61-key keyboard, full MIDI implementation, memory for 40 patches, a memory cartidge slot, and an 8-track sequencer. A keyboardless version was also made called the ESQ-M, which has the exact same specifications except it lacked the sequencer. The ESQ-1 was produced until 1988.