▽ Coming Soon from Cherry Audio: Still the ① ▽

[Uncle E]

Dragging in a full bank should be fine.

[Examigan]

Has anyone noticed pops and clicks while playing some patches? For example the "Cor Anglais Mono" preset from the Andrew Longhurst bank.

Yep, I'm getting that here also, even if I select 2x oversampling and increased the buffer in the DAW.

[beely]

Thanks, I was looking for a click and import option. So that's good news and bad since I hate drag and drop with a passion that can not be expressed by any words in the English language.

That's pretty trivial to automate, at least on the Mac - I've no idea about Windows automation.
How many sysex files do you have to convert?

[knob_monster]

autohotkey makes windows automation pretty easy for that. still sucks they don't just give us a normal import button though lol

[TotcProductions]

One of the most exciting things about this is that towards the bottom of the product page

That is good news indeed. If this means a VFX emulation of equal quality is on the way then that gives me a woody.

Anyway on to the synth itself....I like it a lot. The Arp/Seq is almost enough to make me purchase it right away.

I no longer own my ESQ-1 to make a 1:1 comparison but they nailed the sound well enough for me.

The main reason I sold the hardware was because of its brutish output. It got to be unpleasant to the ear after so many years of in the box high fidelity. Thankfully this emulation doesn't try to emulate that.

If I didn't already own the SQ80V this would be an instant purchase but I'll wait until I have some spare change to pick it up.

I agree the GUI could be better. There is always something "lo-fi" about CA interfaces. Not so much that it makes them unusable but they can be unpleasant to view and operate.

Marc: I picked up a copy just because you liked it.

[Cuauhtli]

CA did seem to imply there were more goodies on the way during the reveal/intro video. Whether they meant preset packs, waveforms, etc. or more Ensoniq emulations...

[Teksonik]

Dragging in a full bank should be fine.

Oh yeah dragging in a full bank works but that requires me to have a browser open (which I almost never do) or shrink down my DAW and open an explorer window just to drag.

I tried in four different DAWs and the .syx files didn't show even though their browsers were pointed to those folders. Not sure what's going on as like I said I don't ever have a browser open unless a plugin doesn't have right click import (hopefully with file path persistence) which would be my preferred method.

I just find drag and drop much more tedious for my workflow.

Has anyone noticed pops and clicks while playing some patches? For example the "Cor Anglais Mono" preset from the Andrew Longhurst bank.

Yep, I'm getting that here also, even if I select 2x oversampling and increased the buffer in the DAW.

Okay thanks for testing and confirming. Does it seem like a bug to you? If so I could submit a report but I've never had to contact CA support before so don't know how responsive they are.

How many sysex files do you have to convert?

I have dozens collected from places like:

https://legacy-forum.arturia.com/index. ... c=109874.0

Sadly I never bothered to back up my collection from the hardware when I sold it on.

Marc: I picked up a copy just because you liked it.

Oh oh...I'm in trouble if you don't like it. I will end up buying it at some point. The more time I spent the more I grew to like it.

I did an A/B test with Arturia's SQ80V and on similar patches I prefer the sound of the Cherry Audio version. Seems to have more weight and character. That would seem to go with the opinion some have had over the years that Arturia's synths can sound a bit "sterile" or clinical at times.

[stoopicus]

Gonna buy it of course but I am kinda questioning the utility over SQ-80V

[Phlangeez]

I just heard the best demo of ESQ-1 to my ears James Dyson's Sonic Odyssey soundpack Youtube video. Good texturally and harmonically. Nice digital grit, warbling filters. Interesting stuff. I will demo and buy it one of these days.