I wish I could get this to run… (Screenshot stolen).
#SQ8L is a #plugin emulation of the #Ensoniq #SQ80 #Synthesizer.
Actually it does run a bit, I can play it via MIDI in #Carla, but this very old Windows #VST just crashes as soon as I want to open the GUI. I'm using #LinVST on #UbuntuStudio #Linux 24.04 and whenever a Windows plugin has trouble, it is due to the GUI needing #Wine.
Other elderly 32bit #VSTi plugins do work in my system.
This piece of software has not been updated since June 2008 and you can download it from here: http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/
So now I'll keep on waiting for the spare parts for my #ESQ1 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.