Neil Paddock of How To Program Drums has released ESQ-1 Re-Boot, a free collection of Ensoniq ESQ-1 hybrid synthesizer samples.


ESQ-1 Re-Boot features 40 original instrument patches from the legendary Ensoniq ESQ-1 hardware synthesizer, known as one the finest hybrid synthesizers (with analog filters and digital oscillators). The library contains 497 samples in total, sampled across six octaves for each of the included instrument patches.

These are the voices that are included:
REF VOICE TYPE
1 +KOTO2 String
2 2 COOL Synth
3 3TRUMS Brass
4 4XFADE Synth
5 ANABRS Brass
6 BL PNO Piano
7 BOTTLS Synth
8 BRASTR Brass
9 CLAV 1 Piano
10 DIGPNO Piano
11 ECHO1 Piano
12 HARP2 String
13 HEVBRS Brass
14 HI-RES Synth
15 ICYORG Organ
16 ISLAND Perc
17 K+SIMS Drum
18 KALMBA Perc
19 KICK Drum
20 KLUNKS Synth
21 MINI M Synth
22 MIXED Voice
23 MOODS Synth
24 MRIMBA Perc
25 NOISTR String
26 ORGAN1 Organ
27 PIANO1 Piano
28 PIANO2 Piano
29 PLKBRS Brass
30 PLKMTL Synth
31 SAX 1 Brass
32 SHAKER Perc
33 SINPAD Synth
34 SLDRUM Drum
35 SLOSTR String
36 SNAPS1 Perc
37 SYNBAZ Bass
38 TRIBEL Bell
39 VELBAS Bass
40 WAVBEL Bell




Download KONTAKT here

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Nice share. Thanks a lot.

 

Many a moon ago (1987 or so)I was shopping for a synth and had the money (about 1200 dollars) in my hand ready to pass it over for a DX7. Just moments before the exchange, some guy that was just hanging out in the keyboards department (Sam Ash on Queens Blvd, NYC) said to me, "You don't want to buy that, get the ESQ-1. It has a sequencer and you will be much happier with it in the long run". I hesitated on the DX7 because he seemed 100% sincere and also was very emotional about it, his eyes swelling large as he expressed what seemed to be his wish if he only had the cash to pick up one himself. I bought the ESQ-1. When I exited the east coast for California I left it in my shortly after ex-girlfriend's loft in her art studio in rural Pennsylvania where for all I know it still remains, or not.

 

Dope...Thank you for sharing

 

That and the SQ80 were one of the first synths I ever owned. TREMENDOUS sequencer for the time, got killed by the onboard fx of the cork m1 and d-50 etc, but a tremendous instrument… Mine was stolen, and look into getting one once in awhile for sentimentality sake, but seems they are spiking in value due to the perceived value of the curtis chip filters… (which were fine…)…. so not going to overpay for it… but thanks for this, you rock!

 

Nice, I just got a D-50 for 0$ and I'm digging a bit into the sound of synths from those days. Appreciated stuff zeus, downloading.
A couple of really nice patches in the demo vid, never put my hand on the OG though.