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Some interesting shouts on Bannister's earlier regarding Ensoniq SQ-80 Cross Wave Synthesizer working.

The hardware is part of src/mame/drivers/esq1.cpp

Ensoniq ESQ-1 Digital Wave Synthesizer
Ensoniq ESQ-M (rack-mount ESQ-1)
Ensoniq SQ-80 Cross Wave Synthesizer

Some sample videoclips worth watching of what the SQ-80 can do.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y8fNnDJUx0

Ensoniq SQ-80 CrossWave Synthesizer
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Other clips too of particular melodic music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppe_Z9upw7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-VpQ7t9_vw

The best demonstration clips are Kirk's two video clips (worth watching) since he provides amusing voice commentary while providing some examples of the Ensoniq SQ-80 that might soon be working in MAME. Without some form of external artwork showing specific button functions, it will still be a guessing game, but the fact some of the musical equipment out there is/are nearing their life cycles and no longer functioning, these are just as important to being preserved/emulated as best possible just like arcade games.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw_sd0RHlZY

Ensoniq SQ-80 demo 1 - Kirk Slinkard

https://youtu.be/Dw_sd0RHlZY?t=133 Adams Family

https://youtu.be/Dw_sd0RHlZY?t=354 groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dEzF7QSgQE

Ensoniq SQ-80 demo 2 - Kirk Slinkard

https://youtu.be/7dEzF7QSgQE?t=525 demo of all notes with multiple SQ-80s