ESQ-1 Cassette is a free sample library created by Neil Paddock, featuring a set of multi-sampled Ensoniq ESQ-1 instrument patches. The first part of the sound library is proudly hosted by Bedroom Producers Blog with permission of the author.
The sounds (originating from the ESQ-1 factory programs and sequence data cassette) were recorded and edited by Neil Paddock of How To Program Drums, who has also included a useful set of instrument patches for Native Instruments Kontakt and all SFZ compatible samplers. The library includes the individual WAV files as well, just in case you want to use a different sampler for these sounds.
ESQ-1 Cassette sample library will consist of two parts, featuring 22 patches in total. The first part of the library (available for free download on this page) contains the following eleven multi-sampled Ensoniq ESQ-1 patches:
- EOWW – An aggressive lead sound.
- AFTGLO – A dreamy bell sound.
- AIR – Classic 80’s synth choir sound.
- ANSYN1 – Synth string sound, nice with arpeggiator.
- BASIC – A very basic synth sound.
- BASS 1.0 – A nice fruity bass guitar sound.
- BNDBEL – Like it suggests, a ‘bendy’ bell sound.
- BO STR – Excellent orchestral string sound.
- CELLOS – More strings – a little deeper – nice with arpeggiator.
- ELEPNO – A warm and bright electric piano.
- FUZGTR – a reedy sound – probably needs additional distortion to be really true to its name.
The second part of the pack will be released three weeks from now and hosted on Neil Paddock’s website. The release will be announced on Bedroom Producers Blog, so stay tuned! For even more free Ensoniq ESQ-1 sounds, take a look at the previously released ESQ-1 Re-Boot sample collection which contains an additional set of 40 instrument patches.
These Ensoniq ESQ-1 sounds are perfect for use in chillwave, synthwave, glo-fi and any other music genre inspired by the sounds of the 80’s. If you use any of these sounds in a track, feel free to drop us a SoundCloud link!
Exclusive Discounts
Neil Paddock has kindly offered a range of exclusive discount codes to BPB readers. For more info about the available discounts, visit Neil Paddock’s online store.
You can save up to 80% on Neil’s brilliant range patches for Kontakt and Alchemy, along with a cool 50% off discount on MIDI drum tracks by James Paddock.
Audio Demo
Check out the ESQ-1 Cassette audio demo:
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ESQ-1 Cassette Part 1 (90.7 MB download size, ZIP archive, contains 66 samples in 16-bit WAV format, 11 instrument patches in NKI/SFZ format)
5 Comments
AcidicVoid
onAwesome, dude! \m/
chad
onHey guys,
Cool sample pack! One thing I noticed with the .sfz files is that the sample paths are absolute. They only need to be relative from the .sfz to the samples.
A quick find and replace “C:\Samples\ESQ-1 Cassette\” to remove that will fix them to load properly without having to setup the folder structure identical to what is hard coded in the .sfz instruments.
Cool stuff, gotta love the ESQ1.
Doug Beney
onSounds great! Most of the free packs I get suck. After hearing that soundcloud demo, I had to hit that download button:)
Plastedre
onThe SFZ version is not free from 30th June 2015 there is now a minimum order fee of $5.00.