Bad Gear - Ensoniq Fizmo

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Ensoniq Fizmo. Is this one-of-a-kind digital transwave synth and unicorn of the kingdom of controversial gear actually worth the money it goes for on the used market. Why did it fail in the first place? Interview with Scott Peer: Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:21 Overview Ensoniq Fizmo 01:44 Origin Story of the Fizmo 03:01 Transwaves, waveform modulation 03:45 Filter, envelopes, LFO, Noise, modulators 04:10 Layers/Sounds, Presets, Multitimbrality 04:33 FX section 04:48 F-I-Z-M-O realtime controls 05:25 Arpeggiator 05:30 Patches, sound examples 06:06 Hidden parameters, software control 06:24 What else??? (voltage regulator, pricing) 06:58 Hate 07:22 Jam 1 08:13 Jam 2 09:13 Finale 09:44 Verdict 10:52 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout