SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
SQ-80 SPECIFICATIONS
KEYBOARD
• 61 note (C-C) weighted-action keyboard with
velocity sensitivity and Key pressure ( polyphonic
after-touch)
• Programmable split point
• Sound layering on either or both keyboar
halves
• Polyphonic glide, fingered mono glide
VOICE ARCHITECTURE
• 8-voice polytimbral
• 3 digital Wave oscillators per voice
• Amplitude modulation on each oscillator
• 75 multi-sampled and synthetic Waveforms,
Tran-
sient Attacks and Inharmonic Loops in memory
• 15 routable voice modulation sources
• 3 multi-waveform LFO's per voice with
humanized random variation
• 4 complex envelope generators per voice,
velocity controlled, with simulated reverb (second
release) stage
• Programmable panning
• Hard sync and ring modulation (AM)
• Analog filters, 4-pole low-pass with variable
resonance
PROGRAM PARAMETERS
• 80-character fluorescent display. readable in all li
ghting conditions
• 10 program names simultaneously displayed
• Multiple display pages for simple yet flexible
programming
• 40 internal programs, direct access
• 80 external cartridge programs, direct access
with cartridge installed
• Compare mode for comparing programs
SEQUENCER
• 8 polyphonic tracks, each with separate
Program. Volume and MIDI channel
• Tracks can play internal voices and/or external
MIDI instruments
• Up to 8 voices per track, dynamically assigned
• Post-quantization (auto-correct to 1/32 note
triplets)
• Built-in auto-locator and metronome
• Mixdown facility for balancing individual
tracks
• 60 separate sequences, chainable into 20 songs
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MIDI
• Poly, Omni, Multi and Mono modes
• "MIDI Overflow Mode" permits slaving
additional units for 16 or more voices
• 9 simultaneous polyphonic channels with
separate programs
• Global controllers in mono mode for use with
MIDI guitar controllers, etc.
• MIDI song position pointers for use with
SMPTE auto-locators
• MIDI standard remote programming
DISK
• 880K double-sided 3.5" micro-floppy
• Each disk stores:
10 Seq/Sys-Ex files +
40 Bank files +
128 single programs
• Save to disk MIDI System Exclusive dumps of
up to 64k from any MIDI device
INPUTS/OUTPUTS
• Left and Right/Mono audio outputs allow
programmable stereo mix
• Headphone jack
• Pedal/Control Voltage Input (allows modulation
of voices from an external source or pedal control o
volume)
• Sustain Pedal, Sequencer Footswitch, Tape
In/Out for sync and storage
• MIDI In, MIDI Out, MIDI Thru
STANDARD ACCESSORIES
Standard accessories include:
• Musician's Manual, detachable power cord.
Sustain Pedal/footswitch - for voice sustain o
sequence triggering.
• Voice/Data Disk #1
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
•
Ensoniq E
2P
ROM Cartridge - for storing up to 80
player-created programs
• Additional Voice/Data Disks
• CV Pedal - for voice modulation
• Footswitch
DIMENSIONS
• 38 3/4" (98CM) wide X 3 1/2" (9cm) high X 13
1/2" (34cm) deep
• Weight: 29.2 pounds (13.2 kilograms)
WARRANTY
• One year, parts and labor
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