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ProfessorGAC

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7. I Had An ESQ-1!

Reply to Monsieur_Grumpe (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 04:06 PM

6 hrs ago

I later bought a used ESQ-r, so I would have that same engine when I added the Ensoniq SQ- to pair with my DX7 as the control keyboards.
Later, I bought a weighted action keyboard (88 key) and replaced the DX7 with a TX808. Still had FM engine but in rack form.
My final rig was 88 key weighted, 73 key unweighted & 4 tone modules in the rack
The piano sound in those days would have been the DX7 electric piano soubd layered over a sampled piano on my Mirage rack mount. That got upgraded later, too.
Over 30 years, I went through quite a lot of keyboards & modules.

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You and your bandmates in those bands are very talented. This is my favorite video there. One of my favorite highplainsdem Tuesday #1

Thank You ProfessorGAC Tuesday #2

You did much, much better than OK. highplainsdem Tuesday #3

Good stuff Professor Monsieur_Grumpe 10 hrs ago #4

A Few Are Self-Written, Yes ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #5

Nice. Monsieur_Grumpe 7 hrs ago #6

I Had An ESQ-1! ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #7