Heck, Arturia even had the guts to transplant the Transwaves technology from Ensoniq’s later products into the virtual SQ-80. Same goes for all the ESQ-1 waveforms hidden in it.
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The DADSR mode adds a delay stage to the traditional ADSR points, and the MSEG mode provides a fully customizable looping function generator – that’s a lot of fancy words for “you get to paint envelopes how you want them.” Wicked!Ĭhiefly, Arturia not only dusted off the full factory library from 1988, but also put in all the ‘hacked’ waveforms which crafty owners created by messing with the original code. There’s more, but the latter are incredibly interesting. Think of 16-voice polyphony (twice the original’s), 8-voice unison for massive chords and stabs, and 2 additional envelope modes. That’s because Arturia worked out thoughtful upgrades wherever possible. But the gist is that SQ 80 V is both the SQ-80 as you know it, and not quite. I’m in-between flats at the moment, so my life is the manifestation of universal chaos and I was unable to really dig into the sound design possibilities. There, the entire synth architecture is laid out before thee – that’s 3 digital 8-bit oscillators, the famous analog filter, 4 envelopes, 3 LFOs, the Mixer, and an additional 3 sections – Voice, Tune, and DCA4. It’s a welcome bit of authentism, but also a means to make quick tweaks to patches without jumping into the more involved Synthesis view. Instrument view displays the entire keyboard naturelle, with all controls and keys usable via mouse. The SQ 80 V interface is organized in three views. Arturia has provided a typically exhaustive emulation of the SQ-80’s many abilities to end up with something that sounds period-authentic, but feels as exciting to work with as any modern softsynth. Being a somewhat dated effort that’s not always easy to integrate in a modern DAW setup, SQ8L forever deserves praise, but it certainly shouldn’t sway you from exploring the French alternative.
Save for a bunch of Kontakt libraries, I think Sigfried Kullmann’s accomplishment is the sole viable competitor to Arturia’s work. Lovers of the SQ-80 have long benefited from the crazy good freeware emulation that is the SQ8L. Expectations are understandably high, but does the SQ 80 V rule? I’d trust Arturia to take a keyboard like this kicking and screaming into the 21 century like I’d trust very few developers with the same task – like the brilliant folks at Cherry Audio and u-he.
This keyboard is basically an ESQ-1 with a beefed-up engine that was blown wide open by handsy users and modded into the stratosphere. Arturia SQ 80 Vįor its first Ensoniq emulation, Arturia chose an all-around crowd favorite – the SQ-80. To me, the Ensoniq stuff (particularly the Mirage) helped define the hauntingly beautiful synth sounds of the late, great Dwayne Rudolph Goettel – the auxilary heart of my favourite band in the world, which is Skinny Puppy. Brimming with potential, yet comparatively affordable, these went a long way with studio rats at the time, and still represent a love interest for vintage synth explorers. The American manufacturer’s sampling keyboards, such as the Mirage, ESQ-1, SQ-80, EPS, and ASR-10 are the stuff of legends.
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