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"This is the ultra rare and sought after 1998 Ensoniq Fizmo. It's the first Ensoniq to use real time controls but it came out when the company was already going under so not many of these were made. I have had over 50 synths and nothing else sounds like this. Each preset includes 4 layers that you can assign to any part of the keyboard so different parts can be layered or split in whatever way you want. There's the usual wave shapes (which sound really good) as well as a bunch of stranger wave shapes. Basically each preset ends up being 8 osc, 8 filters, 8 lfos with 7 waveforms each, 24 advanced envelopes to help shape and modulate everything, plus there's 41 built in effects to pick from, aftertouch, and all those real time knobs. Everything works. I've only had it one year but I've bought way too much stuff so some things have to go. All keys, presets, knobs, wheels work perfectly and I've used this with other midi sequencers and built and saved my own sounds as well. The volume knob has a little bit of wiggle to it but still works. A couple very minor scratches but as you can see it's in excellent shape and a real beauty. Includes the original manual and power adaptor. I just bought the brand new Fauxmo software that makes programming this thing a breeze. I'll see if there's a way I can transfer that to you but I'm not sure if that's possible or not.
Comes from the Secret Records studio."
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Thursday, May 06, 2021
Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"Excellent condition Ensoniq Fizmo synthesizer with the power regulator fix. All Ensoniq Fizmos were known to have this design issue, which could lead to its death. Mine had the correct regulator installed in factory, so no worries for you to get the fix done by a tech."
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"Excellent condition Ensoniq Fizmo synthesizer with the power regulator fix. All Ensoniq Fizmos were known to have this design issue, which could lead to its death. Mine had the correct regulator installed in factory, so no worries for you to get the fix done by a tech."
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Ensoniq Fizmo Synthesizer Keyboard SN 10307
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"This ensoniq is in pristine condition. Rarely played, you will love the gorgeous sounds this synth can produce."
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"This ensoniq is in pristine condition. Rarely played, you will love the gorgeous sounds this synth can produce."
Monday, October 12, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth SN 10582
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Synthesizer Keyboard SN FIZMO10274
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"Love this synth. It is weird, rare and hard to explain to people who aren't versed in different types of synthesis... still has the original Guitar center inventory price tag on the bottom"
Ensoniq's implementation of wavetable synthesis.
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"Love this synth. It is weird, rare and hard to explain to people who aren't versed in different types of synthesis... still has the original Guitar center inventory price tag on the bottom"
Ensoniq's implementation of wavetable synthesis.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synthesizer SN FIZMO-11672
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth SN FIZMO-11563
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"This is a beautiful late 90's synth that is a "sleeper synth" in my opinion and will only go up in value over time. Amazing for digital transwave synthesis, I consider it THE ambient synth, capable of amazing textures and pads, but also digital textures, and amazing built-in effects with real-time control over the sounds using the five Fizmo knobs on the front. It has a built-in arpeggiator (which can sync to MIDI at various speeds), 4-voice multitimbral (which you can map across the keyboard), aftertouch, and extensive filtering capabilities, which outperform most synths, even to this day."
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"This is a beautiful late 90's synth that is a "sleeper synth" in my opinion and will only go up in value over time. Amazing for digital transwave synthesis, I consider it THE ambient synth, capable of amazing textures and pads, but also digital textures, and amazing built-in effects with real-time control over the sounds using the five Fizmo knobs on the front. It has a built-in arpeggiator (which can sync to MIDI at various speeds), 4-voice multitimbral (which you can map across the keyboard), aftertouch, and extensive filtering capabilities, which outperform most synths, even to this day."
Sunday, July 05, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo 48-Voice Transwave Synthesizer
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"The Fizmo is a 48-voice synth that comes loaded with great presets running the gamut from deep slowly evolving washes to lead voices to drums and bass and some sounds that are basically “none of the above” all of which can be tweaked and saved. It also has an arpeggiator with 118 preset patterns which you can edit to make your own.
The real power of the Fizmo is that it is designed to be played live. The 5 F-I-Z-M-O knobs just above the keys give you real time control over 5 parameters of whatever patch is active. That’s a lot of performance control without having to do any menu diving. But it is also a great studio tool for creating deep, involving patches.
If you are familiar with the Fizmo’s history, you know that some units had an issue with the factory supplied wall wart and the internal power regulator. This unit had the regulator replaced soon after being purchased (new). It has worked flawlessly ever since."
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"The Fizmo is a 48-voice synth that comes loaded with great presets running the gamut from deep slowly evolving washes to lead voices to drums and bass and some sounds that are basically “none of the above” all of which can be tweaked and saved. It also has an arpeggiator with 118 preset patterns which you can edit to make your own.
The real power of the Fizmo is that it is designed to be played live. The 5 F-I-Z-M-O knobs just above the keys give you real time control over 5 parameters of whatever patch is active. That’s a lot of performance control without having to do any menu diving. But it is also a great studio tool for creating deep, involving patches.
If you are familiar with the Fizmo’s history, you know that some units had an issue with the factory supplied wall wart and the internal power regulator. This unit had the regulator replaced soon after being purchased (new). It has worked flawlessly ever since."
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Wavetable Synth SN 11020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"This One has has the factory power fix (replacing the LM2940 regulator by a L4940V5) and plays fine for hours."
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"This One has has the factory power fix (replacing the LM2940 regulator by a L4940V5) and plays fine for hours."
Monday, April 20, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo
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"Exotic and misterious wavetable synth from 1998."
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"Exotic and misterious wavetable synth from 1998."
Thursday, April 09, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth w/ Extras
Monday, March 16, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"ENSONIQ Fizmo Transwave Digital Synthesizer
Rare 90's wavetable synth!!!
Well maintained, fully functional.
The voltage regulator (weak point of this gear) has been upgraded.
There are some tiny scratches on surface.
Specs:
128 presets
64 performances
with mini mic/line input
22 modulation sources, 8 destinations
LFO with seven waveforms, syncable to arpeggiator or external clock
Digital four-pole resonant low-pass filters, variable key tracking
Three multi-segment envelope generators
Accessory:
Power supply (AC100V to AC9V), User manual"
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"ENSONIQ Fizmo Transwave Digital Synthesizer
Rare 90's wavetable synth!!!
Well maintained, fully functional.
The voltage regulator (weak point of this gear) has been upgraded.
There are some tiny scratches on surface.
Specs:
128 presets
64 performances
with mini mic/line input
22 modulation sources, 8 destinations
LFO with seven waveforms, syncable to arpeggiator or external clock
Digital four-pole resonant low-pass filters, variable key tracking
Three multi-segment envelope generators
Accessory:
Power supply (AC100V to AC9V), User manual"
Thursday, March 05, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Realtime Transwave Synth SN FIZMO-10152
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Polyphony - 48 voices
Oscillators - 4 MB of 16-bit internal wave ROM, featuring Transwaves (created through digital synthesis and resynthesis technologies); 2 osc for each of 4 presets - total of 8 simultaneous - 58 waveforms
LFO - 8 LFO's (7 waveform choices, can sync to Arpeggiator or external MIDI clock)
Filter - Resonant LP & BP 4 pole filters. Non-Resonant 2LP+2HP, 3LP+1HP, 2LP+2LP, 3LP+1HP filters.
Effects - 41 digital VLSI 24-bit effects (8 Global Reverbs, Chorus, Flanger, DDL, Distortion, Tunable Speaker, Chatter Box, Vocal Morph, Auto-Wah, Vocoder); Processes incoming audio
Keyboard - 61 semi-weighted keys (velocity and channel pressure sensitive, 4 programmable key ranges, 4 possible zones)
Memory - 128 ROM sounds, Up to 128 RAM, 64 Presets
Control - MIDI (up to 4 polyphonic channels)
Date Produced - 1998
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Polyphony - 48 voices
Oscillators - 4 MB of 16-bit internal wave ROM, featuring Transwaves (created through digital synthesis and resynthesis technologies); 2 osc for each of 4 presets - total of 8 simultaneous - 58 waveforms
LFO - 8 LFO's (7 waveform choices, can sync to Arpeggiator or external MIDI clock)
Filter - Resonant LP & BP 4 pole filters. Non-Resonant 2LP+2HP, 3LP+1HP, 2LP+2LP, 3LP+1HP filters.
Effects - 41 digital VLSI 24-bit effects (8 Global Reverbs, Chorus, Flanger, DDL, Distortion, Tunable Speaker, Chatter Box, Vocal Morph, Auto-Wah, Vocoder); Processes incoming audio
Keyboard - 61 semi-weighted keys (velocity and channel pressure sensitive, 4 programmable key ranges, 4 possible zones)
Memory - 128 ROM sounds, Up to 128 RAM, 64 Presets
Control - MIDI (up to 4 polyphonic channels)
Date Produced - 1998
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"If you are reading this listing you probably know the infamous history of this synth. Part of the reason they are so rare is that many were manufactured with a faulty voltage regulator which would eventually fail and the board would be destroyed.
From what I could find, the part number of the faulty voltage regulator is LM2940. That's not what this board has; I took a photo of the voltage regulator after some research, and it appears to be L4940V5.
I am not an electrical engineer, but it's my guess that either the bad part was swapped out before catastrophe, or it never left the factory with the bad part. The fact that it's 2017, and it is still working is also reassuring. I have owned it since late 2014.
Some additional notes on its condition:
The knobs are not original.
The LED display is missing a piece of plastic that would normally sit on top. Compare the photos to ones elsewhere on the Web.
There is some major scratching by the modwheel and on the lowest key. My guess is a previous owner rocked a pinky ring.
The "Value" knob is loose and wiggles around. There is a photo that shows this. The knobs still works, and fortunately it is mainly used for data entry and not real time control.
The power supply is not original, but is in fact a NEW Nintendo NES power supply. There was some Internet synth lore that said using one would prevent the board death. This is what came with it when I purchased it, and I've swapped it for a new one that isn't a wall wart.
There are some minor scuffs and scratches in the paint, but not bad for a 20 year old synth.
Everything else appears to be in good condition and fully functional."
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"If you are reading this listing you probably know the infamous history of this synth. Part of the reason they are so rare is that many were manufactured with a faulty voltage regulator which would eventually fail and the board would be destroyed.
From what I could find, the part number of the faulty voltage regulator is LM2940. That's not what this board has; I took a photo of the voltage regulator after some research, and it appears to be L4940V5.
I am not an electrical engineer, but it's my guess that either the bad part was swapped out before catastrophe, or it never left the factory with the bad part. The fact that it's 2017, and it is still working is also reassuring. I have owned it since late 2014.
Some additional notes on its condition:
The knobs are not original.
The LED display is missing a piece of plastic that would normally sit on top. Compare the photos to ones elsewhere on the Web.
There is some major scratching by the modwheel and on the lowest key. My guess is a previous owner rocked a pinky ring.
The "Value" knob is loose and wiggles around. There is a photo that shows this. The knobs still works, and fortunately it is mainly used for data entry and not real time control.
The power supply is not original, but is in fact a NEW Nintendo NES power supply. There was some Internet synth lore that said using one would prevent the board death. This is what came with it when I purchased it, and I've swapped it for a new one that isn't a wall wart.
There are some minor scuffs and scratches in the paint, but not bad for a 20 year old synth.
Everything else appears to be in good condition and fully functional."
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth
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"This Fizmo is in great shape and fully working. It has an upgraded power supply, the power regulator upgrade, and the latest OS. It also had the original manuals. It ships professionally packed and fully insured."
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"This Fizmo is in great shape and fully working. It has an upgraded power supply, the power regulator upgrade, and the latest OS. It also had the original manuals. It ships professionally packed and fully insured."
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