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Jul 6, 2026July 7, 2026

Tranzwave (FIZMO) 🧻🧻🧻🧻

Once upon a time there was an American company called Ensoniq. You’ve likely heard the story of their rise and fall, if not I’ll pass you on to an outside…

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Feb 7, 2024February 7, 2024

KrishnaSynth Legacy 🧻🧻🧻

I find it hard to see 2007 as that long ago, but it’s just after the dinosaurs as far as music technology is concerned. Put it this way – your…

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Oct 13, 2021July 5, 2026

WaveTables and TransWaves and GeoBlend… oh My!

Wavetables A wavetable is a sequence of fixed length single cycle audio waveforms of equal frequency held in a table. Multiple complex sounds can be generated from a single table…

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Sep 17, 2021February 7, 2024

Arturia SQ80v and Ensoniq’s Revenge 🧻🧻🧻

Of course I’m going to give a great review to an emulation of something I’ve loved for years. Or am I? First was the Ensoniq Mirage rack. 8 bit samples,…

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Aug 14, 2021July 7, 2026

Ensoniq MR Rack 🧻🧻

Mister Rack: Father of FIZMO The legend goes like this – in its death throes, Ensoniq, once proud innovator of SID chips, ASRs and Transwaves, gave one last heave. They…

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