Justin Havu Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Just announced. [video:youtube] Quote Hardware Yamaha DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1/Roland VR-760/Hydrasynth Deluxe/ Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 5/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnchop Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 If you're already an Arturia fanperson, the intro offer isn't bad: $49. Quote I make software noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I appreciate the floppy disk on the left. Ensoniq made the diskette era a lot more fun. Added props for providing three oscillators and not skimping. Its a nice historic addition, but maybe a bit late in a field covered up with wavetable synths. See: Waldorf M thread. Quote "Well, the 60s were fun, but now I'm payin' for it." ~ Stan Lee, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Let's see, $50 for a Virtual Instrument vs. $2250 for a hardware tabletop synth module, and we're making comparisons and/or calling the VI redundant in today's market? I was never much of an Ensoniq SQ80 fan, but this VI might change my mind, based on the audio demos so far. I plan to buy it right after a late dinner. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The Analog Lab V download is broken, apparently, and doesn't show up in my user account so can't be directly downloaded either. Arturia Software Center keeps failing on the update. At least SQ80 installed fine though. But I'm not seeing the extra banks yet; I'll re-find the original page as a reminder of their names as there might be direct downloads available until the Arturia Software Center update works. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 https://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals That's the download site for Analog Lab V (it doesn't show up under your products at your account page). I was able to download and install it fine from there, after which SQ80 V finally showed the two free banks. I'm pretty sure this is fairly new behaviour, that an Analog Lab V update is required for the individual VI's to show their extra sound banks. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRW Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 The SQ-80 was basically an "improved" version of the ESQ-1/M. The ESQ was basically a digital waveform synth with an analog filter. Lots of programming options with four envelopes per voice, three digital oscillators. Has the basic waveforms plus a bunch of sample-based ones (basses, organs etc.). I actually bought an Ensoniq ESQ-M rack module last year, in almost near mint condition (without a RAM cartridge though, which tend to be expensive...and essential - the ESQ only stored 40 sounds). Mostly because I always like(d) the company (and E-MU, also demised) and because people hyped up the unit so much. The rack version is also really scarce so I jumped at the chance. I have to say, though...been feeling pretty underwhelmed by it. Sound-wise, it isn't nearly as fat and warm as the JX-8P which has a similar idea behind it. And you need to be able to program it yourself, all the sounds I found for it are FM-sounding trash. I'm not a great synth programmer at all, so I might let it go - I see them going for a pretty penny these days. The analog filter does sound nice. You can create good sounding funky poly patches, pads and also housey organs with it. I did manage to cobble up a couple of hundred SysEx sounds together, though - I wonder if the SQ-80-V reads them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midinut Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I checked my offer page on Arturia's website and I can buy SQ-80 V and I can upgrade my Rhodes and Jupiter-8 or upgrade to V-Collection 8 for $150. I think I remember reading somewhere that someone was going to wait until October 1st as they are expecting V-Collection 9 to be dropped. Wondering if I should wait as well if that's the case. Anyone have any insight on a new V-Collection? I'm currently running V-Collection 7. Quote Hardware: Yamaha: MODX7 | Korg: Kronos 88, Wavestate | ASM: Hydrasynth Deluxe | Roland: Jupiter-Xm, Cloud Pro, TD-9K V-Drums | Alesis: StrikePad Pro| Behringer: Crave, Poly D, XR-18, RX1602 | CPS: SpaceStation SSv2 | Controllers: ROLI RISE 49 | Arturia KeyLab Essentials 88, KeyLab 61, MiniLab | M-Audio KeyStation 88 & 49 | Akai EWI USB | Novation LaunchPad Mini, | Guitars & Such: Line 6 Variax, Helix LT, POD X3 Live, Martin Acoustic, DG Strat Copy, LP Sunburst Copy, Natural Tele Copy| Squier Precision 5-String Bass | Mandolin | Banjo | Ukulele Software: Recording: MacBook Pro | Mac Mini | Logic Pro X | Mainstage | Cubase Pro 12 | Ableton Live 11 | Monitors: M-Audio BX8 | Presonus Eris 3.5BT Monitors | Slate Digital VSX Headphones & ML-1 Mic | Behringer XR-18 & RX1602 Mixers | Beyerdynamics DT-770 & DT-240 Arturia: V-Collection 9 | Native Instruments: Komplete 1 Standard | Spectrasonics: Omnisphere 2, Keyscape, Trilian | Korg: Legacy Collection 4 | Roland: Cloud Pro | GForce: Most all of their plugins | u-he: Diva, Hive 2, Repro, Zebra Legacy | AAS: Most of their VSTs | IK Multimedia: SampleTank 4 Max, Sonik Synth, MODO Drums & Bass | Cherry Audio: Most of their VSTs | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throbert Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 One of my best and favorite I had the ESQ-1 prior to it. Quote Triton Extreme 76, Kawai ES3, GEM-RPX, HX3/Drawbar control, MSI Z97 MPower/4790K, Lynx Aurora 8/MADI/AES16e, OP-X PRO, Ptec, Komplete. Ashley MX-206. future MOTU M64 RME Digiface Dante for Mon./net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoB3 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Never selling my SQ80 but this VST does it justice (espec when compared to SQ8L). If you can take advantage of the upgrade price it's a steal for those working in the box. Ensoniq is one of my favorite companies next to ARP & Moog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I found my ESQ-1 a dream to program. I don't remember if the rack unit had the same huge display though. Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I hope Arturia didn't program the bugs/issues Ensoniq KBs were known to have back in the day. To be fair, I enjoyed playing Ensoniq KBs. I just didn't like having to keep a couple screwdrivers in my gig bag. I hope the software version is a reliable trip down memory lane. Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonnor Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I have several Arturia VSTs, the Jupiter 8V I use for many live songs. This one sounds pretty cool for $50. Quote Gear: Hardware: Nord Stage4, Korg Kronos 2, Novation Summit Software: Cantabile 3, Halion Sonic 3 and assorted VST plug-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 I found my ESQ-1 a dream to program. I don't remember if the rack unit had the same huge display though. I own an ESQ-1. You're right, it's a very intuitive synth to program. The ESQ-M has a small one-lined display. Quote Hardware Yamaha DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1/Roland VR-760/Hydrasynth Deluxe/ Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 5/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRW Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 The ESQ-M has a small one-lined display. I used a Mac editor (Coffeeshopped Patchbase). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felis Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I checked my offer page on Arturia's website and I can buy SQ-80 V and I can upgrade my Rhodes and Jupiter-8 or upgrade to V-Collection 8 for $150. I think I remember reading somewhere that someone was going to wait until October 1st as they are expecting V-Collection 9 to be dropped. Wondering if I should wait as well if that's the case. Anyone have any insight on a new V-Collection? I'm currently running V-Collection 7. I just updated to the 8V collection, and all that stuff was included with it - the SQ80V and two soundbanks, and the synths that they were charging extra for as updates, like the Jup V4. The current sale runs until Oct, 5 and I think they'll probably give it some time to settle in before they announce V9. If you wait for V9, it'll be at the intro price, not like the current V8 sale price. Just something to consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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