I was recently working with a vintage SD-1, the final chapter in the VFX lineage at Ensoniq, and found that there wasn’t an ASCII version of the Ensoniq SD-1 waveform list, at least that I could find, on the Internet.

Now, the SD-1 is pretty cool – 32-voice, the older sequencer workflow, as opposed to what was in the MR/ZR/ASR-X series, along with an impressive array of 17 Transwaves and hella built-in effects. As I recall, the Ensoniq Engineering team was just wrapping up the SD-1 and shipping it when I joined the Company.

In any case, it sounds great, and I’m having a great time with it.

Here is a ZIP file containing plain-text and XLSX versions of the Ensoniq SD-1 waveform list.

Also, check out what we’ve done with the SD-1. It’s a beautiful-sounding machine that inspired our Synthetica library, 120 sounds targeting ambient and atmospheric music.

Or, if you’ve had an SD-1 lying around dormant for a while, dust it off and “rebuild” it’s engine, by grabbing our Rebuild: VFX – 1000+ organized and tested banks from the wayback machine that puts creative horsepower at your fingertips. VFX sounds are compatible with the SD-1, so this is a great place to start.

Whichever bank you choose, you’ll get continued support for your SD-1 at SoundEngine.