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NielsoRecently a friend of mine got a new <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> PC for running <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Cubase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cubase</a> on it. He installed his previously used software, namely Cubase and <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Voxengo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voxengo</a> audio plugins on the new box.When he opened a Cubase project he had copied from his old PC, none of the plugins in that project were detected any more. Even though he had them installed. So he had to open the project on the old machine, write all plugin settings down to paper, re-insert the very same plugins on the new machine into the very same project and restore the settings from his notes.I just copied an <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ardour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ardour</a> project from <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSX</a> to <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/UbuntuStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuStudio</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>. I use some Windows <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Voxengo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voxengo</a> plugins on Linux via <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/LinVST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinVST</a>, while I use native Voxengo binaries on OS X.The Ardour project created on OS X plays on Linux out of the box, using all plugins (given they are installed).Just one of these many details in how your <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAW</a> does certain things.

Nielso<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ensoniq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ensoniq</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ESQ80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESQ80</a> simulated by this very old plugin, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SQ8L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SQ8L</a>… combined with a little arpeggiator… and the original ESQ-80 preset “MTLBEL”, welcome to digital chimes madness!<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/LinuxAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxAudio</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/LinVST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinVST</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Arpeggiator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arpeggiator</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/MIDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MIDI</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SoftSynth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftSynth</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Synthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Synthesizer</a>

NielsoJump for joy!<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SQ8L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SQ8L</a>, an <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/VST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VST</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plugin</a> emulator of the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ensoniq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ensoniq</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ESQ80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESQ80</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Synthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Synthesizer</a> running on <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/UbuntuStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuStudio</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> 24.04 via <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/LinVST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinVST</a> in <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Carla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carla</a> plugin host. Needs <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wine</a>. All I had to do is wait. The plugin locks up Carla (and probably even Jack) for about half a minute.So most likely it is trying to do something that ends in a time-out. When opening the GUI a second time, it pops up instantly.Any idea on how to find out what this old <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/VSTi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VSTi</a> from 2008 is waiting for?Btw., nerds:$> file SQ8L.dll SQ8L.dll: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 7 sectionsFeels a bit like Christmas.The ESQ-80 basically was an extended/upgraded version of the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ESQ1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESQ1</a>, with the most obvious feature being a diskette drive in addition to the memory cartridge slot. But also, Ensoniq had changed the dumb old home-organ-style keyboard by one with responsive action and polyphonic aftertouch.

NielsoI wish I could get this to run… (Screenshot stolen).<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SQ8L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SQ8L</a> is a <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plugin</a> emulation of the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ensoniq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ensoniq</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SQ80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SQ80</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Synthesizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Synthesizer</a>. Actually it does run a bit, I can play it via MIDI in <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Carla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carla</a>, but this very old Windows <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/VST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VST</a> just crashes as soon as I want to open the GUI. I'm using <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/LinVST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinVST</a> on <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/UbuntuStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuStudio</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> 24.04 and whenever a Windows plugin has trouble, it is due to the GUI needing <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wine</a>. Other elderly 32bit <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/VSTi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VSTi</a> plugins do work in my system.This piece of software has not been updated since June 2008 and you can download it from here: <a href="http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/</a>So now I'll keep on waiting for the spare parts for my <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ESQ1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESQ1</a> to arrive from China.It's astonishing that this Ensoniq synth series isn't that popular today, because the sounds are quite unique. Perhaps it is due to the rather ugly user interface.Or, more likely, it is because people don't want unique synths, they want that Behringer Moog copy and pretend it's somewhen in the 70ties.

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