ENSONIQ SQ-80 User Manual

SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
− BASS 2. Originally the Bass Wave, but with only the first eighteen harmonics left in.
− E PNO2. Originally an Electric Piano Wave, but with only the first nine harmonics left in. An
Electric Piano without the "ping."
> OCTAVE. Contains only the 1st and 2nd harmonics in equal amounts — the Fundamental and
one Octave.
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OCT+5. Contains only the 1st, 2nd. and 3rd harmonics in equal amounts — the Fundamental,
one Octave and the Fifth above the octave.
Note:
All Waves from this point on are unique to the SQ-80.
6) MORE WAVEFORMS
These Waveforms, some sampled, some synthetic, and some sampled and then resynthesized.
give you yet
another set of timbres from which to choose when deciding upon Sustain Waves for
your sounds. They have been carefully selected for
maximum usability.
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SAW 2. A band-limited sawtooth wave, containing only the first three harmonics.
____
> TRIANG. A triangle wave.
> REED 2. In
addition to being good for reed and woodwind sounds, this is a good Waveform to
use for the Sustain portion of string and guitar sounds.
> REED 3.
This Wave has a nasal. oboe-like character. It is similar to the Formant Waves except
that the frequency peak tracks up the keyboard along with the fundamental instead of remaining
constant.
____ > GRIT 1. The three GRIT Waveforms give you a set of raw, harmonically dense Waves to use
for giving a sharp, cutting edge to a sound. They are particularly effective when used as Sustain
Waves which are only brought in at high
velocities. They also make good component waves for
ensemble string and brass sounds. Or use them to put some grit into the beginning of a sound.
GRIT 1 is somewhat band-limited, the least aggressive of the three.
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GRIT 2. Similar to GRIT 1 but with more high harmonics.
− GRIT 3. The brightest of the three GRIT Waveforms. Extremely raw-edged, not recommended for
polite company. Good for adding bite to Cla
y
, electric guitar, horn and other bright sounds.
____ -> GLINT 1. This Waveform contains a single very high harmonic which is multisampled in such
a way that the high harmonic remains in more or less the same place as you play up the keyboard.
Good for adding a high glassy shimmer to electric piano sounds, bells, etc. Changing the Octave
of an Oscillator playing any of the GLINT Waveforms will have no effect.
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> GLINT 2. Same as GLINT 1 except that the high harmonic is lower.
− ___> GLINT 3. Same as GLINT 1 and 2 but the high harmonic is still lower.
> CLAV.
A multisampled Waveform, taken from the sustain segment of a Clay.
> BRASS.
This Wave consists of two samples. The lower half is a single cycle taken from a
trombone; the upper half is a single cycle from a trumpet note. Mix with other Sustain Waveforms
36 Section 3 — Voice Programming

ENSONIQ SQ-80 Specifications

General

Brand	ENSONIQ
Model	SQ-80
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English