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Inspiration

UVI USQ-1 | Machine
The Ensoniq ESQ-1 is a special keyboard at UVI. Used by many on our team, including being a personal favorite of one of our founders, our USQ-1 had to be great. We’ve leveraged years of experience with this synth and put our hearts into creating a collection of sounds that we're proud of and that we’re sure you’ll enjoy.
UVI USQ-1 | Machine
Released in 1986, the Ensoniq ESQ-1 was one of the first affordably priced workstation-class keyboards on the market, combining an 8-voice, multitimbral digital/analog hybrid synthesizer and a featured 8-track sequencer. The ESQ-1's voice architecture allows customization of up to 3 digital oscillators, assignable to any one of 32 waveshapes, followed by a Curtis 4-pole 24dB/oct resonant low-pass analog filter and 15 routable modulation sources. The sound quality of the ESQ-1 is all-at-once digital, warm and unmistakably '80s - a true gem of the time whose sounds still ring with a brilliant depth and character.

Instrument

UVI USQ-1 | GUI
USQ-1 offers 268 selectable layers made from over 22,000 samples. To showcase the sonic potential we've included 400 all-new patches including everything from rich bells, strings and leads to thick basses, textured pads and modulating atmospheres. The versatile design of the ESQ-1 allowed us to create both classic sounds that you’d expect from a vintage-era synth and also modern patches utilizing more contemporary sound design techniques. All-in-all these sounds ring with a special "vintage digital” vibe that synths of this era, and the ESQ-1 especially, do so well.
UVI USQ-1 | GUI
The sounds in USQ-1 are detailed and powerful. Every patch began with sound design on the original hardware and was recorded at our main studio through the highest-quality processors and converters available. You’re not just hearing the output jacks of the synth, the entire signal chain was thoughtfully considered to create a rich and professional "finished record" sound that’s both mix-ready and inspiring to play.
Included presets can easily be edited or you can build your own patches from scratch. Authentic sounds from the ESQ-1 are presented in a dual-layer architecture allowing for the design of two custom oscillators each with independent wave selection of 268 layers, ADSR amp, multi-mode filter with envelope, pitch, portamento, stereo, LFO, multi-step and modwheel modulation assignments and an arpeggiator. At the end of chain is a capable effect bus loaded with UVI’s own processors, including a 3-band EQ, drive, chorus (Thorus), phaser, delay and reverb (Sparkverb) all with excellent sound-quality and a featherlight CPU footprint.
  • UVI USQ-1 | Main
  • UVI USQ-1 | Edit
  • UVI USQ-1 | MOD
  • UVI USQ-1 | FX
  • UVI USQ-1 | ARP
USQ-1 delivers that vintage digital magic that we fell in love with over 30 years ago: a bold and inspiring collection of sounds combining modern sound design technique with an unmistakable '80s flavor.
UVI Vintage Vault 4

Also available in the Vintage Vault 4 bundle

A comprehensive collection of 36 products gives you the most important synth and drum machine sounds from the last 50 years. Created from 255 vintage instruments, Vintage Vault delivers over 14,000 hand-crafted presets from over 800,000 meticulously recorded samples. Experience the authentic sounds of vintage hardware instruments with the simplicity of software. Vintage Vault puts the history of synthesis at your fingertips!
UVI Vintage Vault 4

Also available in the Vintage Vault 4 bundle

A comprehensive collection of 36 products gives you the most important synth and drum machine sounds from the last 50 years. Created from 255 vintage instruments, Vintage Vault delivers over 14,000 hand-crafted presets from over 800,000 meticulously recorded samples. Experience the authentic sounds of vintage hardware instruments with the simplicity of software. Vintage Vault puts the history of synthesis at your fingertips!
UVI Vintage Vault 4

SPECS

WHAT YOU GET
Size: 6,72 GB (FLAC lossless encoding, was 12,69 GB in WAV)
Content: 400 Presets, 22 768 Samples
Sample Resolution: 44.1 kHz. Recording at 88.2 kHz
License: 3 activations per license on any combination of machines or iLok dongles
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  • Runs in UVI Workstation version 2.6.15+, and Falcon version 1.4.1+
  • iLok account (free, dongle not required)
  • Internet connection for the license activation
  • Supported Operating Systems:
    - MacOS 10.14 Mojave to macOS 14 Sonoma
    - Windows 10 to Windows 11 (64-bit)
  • 7 GB of disk space
  • Hard Drive: 7,200 rpm recommended or Solid State Drive (SSD)
  • 4GB RAM (8 GB+ highly recommended for large UVI Soundbanks)
COMPATIBILITY
Supported Formats: Audio Unit, AAX, VST, VST3, Standalone
Tested and Certified in: Digital Performer 8+, Pro Tools 2019+, Logic Pro X+, Cubase 7+, Nuendo 6+, Ableton Live 8+, Studio One 2+, Garage Band 6+, Maschine 1+, Tracktion 4+, Vienna Ensemble Pro 5+, Reaper 4+, Sonar X3+, MainStage 3, MuLab 5.5+, FL Studio, Bitwig 1+, Reason 9.5+

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Reviews

UVI USQ-1 | Jordan Rudess
"USQ-1 is a totally cool synth. It’s filled with classic sounds as well as magical sounds that sparkle and shine with loads of character. USQ-1 is sonic gold!"
Jordan Rudess
Keyboardist & Composer
(Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment)
UVI USQ-1 | Sam FISH Fisher
"UVI has brought back a unique synth of lush sound and major improvements. Few synths have the sound, features and filters like these. To UVI: You guys did it again! My respects."
Sam FISH Fisher
Multi Grammy Certified Record Producer/Songwriter & Musician
(Daddy Yankee, Lady Gaga, Celia Cruz, Duran Duran, Vico C, Fey)
UVI USQ-1 | Junkie XL
"Having the original Ensoniq keyboard, USQ-1 is one to have! It sounds so great and immediately throws me back to those days! The sound is powerful and very full. I love the bass sounds on this! It went straight into my template the moment I heard it!"
Junkie XL
Grammy Nominated and Multi Platinum Producer, Musician & Composer
(Batman vs Superman, Deadpool, Mad Max, Divergent, 300, Tomb Raider, Justice League)
UVI USQ-1 | Armando Avila
"My first professional synth when I was 14 was an ESQ1. I still own that baby to this day! I know its sounds from top-to-bottom and I’m in love with the USQ-1, it's a perfect recreation of the original! Thank you UVI!"
Armando Avila
Multi Grammy & Billboard Award-winning Producer, Musician, Arranger & Mixer
(Gloria Trevi, Thalia, Aleks Syntek, Malu, DLD)
USQ-1 | Electronic Musician
"USQ-1 — especially in the context of UVI Falcon — is a terrific sounding, powerfully expressive synthesizer that will add intriguing colors to your synth mixes."
USQ-1 | Audio Plugin Guy
"There’s enough awesomeness packed into USQ-1 to keep you happy for a while. It can provide many parts for a piece of music from the bassline up."
USQ-1 | Matt Creamer
“It’s got some grit! It’s the character you’re going for here, and UVI have captured it. And there’s a ton of presets!”
USQ-1 | SoundBytes
"USQ-1 has that classic sound and a few extras under the hood."
USQ-1 | Supreme Lord Commander
UVI USQ-1 Review and Demonstration
USQ-1 | Strong Mocha
"UVI has elegantly simplified the UI to make the instrument highly accessible and quick to use."

User Testimonials

“While browsing the presets discovered a voicing/timbre I've been searching for in one of my current projects. I can't tell you how deep the feeling of nostalgia I felt reached, but I just tapped into something that this song and the iconic sound of the ESQ-1 gave me.”— Lewi G.
“The sound is excellent, the controls are comfortable. Very like the built-in presets, but the possibilities for сreate their your own are really limitless. I recommend!”— Saw, KVR
“I can confirm that I absolutely LOVE it. Well done guys.”— Michael O., Facebook
“It sounds great. USQ-1 offers quite a bit of options to create your own patches. I have to say that i am quite impressed by those raw sounds.”— Ingonator, KVR
“If you're looking for a plugin version of this classic cult synth, UVI has a great one here.”— Janievemusic, YouTube
“Sounds much better than my old original.”— Holger K., Facebook
“I have to say I really like it. Dead easy to get new sounds and you can get polyrhythmic stuff out of the arps and mods. Made 6 new patches in a matter of minutes. Well done UVI.”— Fans, KVR
“It sounds AMAZING!”— Jason M., Facebook
“It’s very good. Lots of control, nice sounding filter, great fx.”— SLiC, KVR
“Just got it and I love it!”— Danny K., Facebook
“USQ-1 is great!”— Saukar M., Facebook
“It sounds great.”— Squeegee 303, Gearslutz
Ensoniq and ESQ-1 are trademarks of their respective owners. UVI is not affiliated or endorsed by any entities listed here.
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