Ensoniq Fizmo Synthesizer

In category Synthesizer Keyboards on  January 8, 2010  No comments

This synth was used on the song Decomputerization (The main synth groove sound)

This is a fun machine to noodle around on. It’s a bit digital-thin on most the sounds it makes, but it can make an interesting array of sounds. I’m very careful with this synth as it feels cheaply made. The buttons are a bit clunky and the readout seems like it will stop any day now. In fact, the little LCD readout pretty much sucks. Outside of that, I love this machine.

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Specs! Specs! Get yer specs here….

• Polyphony – 48 voices
• Oscillators – 4 MB of 16-bit internal wave ROM, featuring Transwaves 58 waveforms
• LFO Time – 8 LFO’s (7 waveform choices, can sync to Arpeggiator or external MIDI clock)
• Filter – Resonant LP & BP 4 pole filters.
• Effects – 41 digital VLSI 24-bit effects
  • 8 Global Reverbs,
  • Chorus,
  • Flanger,
  • DDL,
  • Distortion,
  • Tunable Speaker,
  • Chatter Box,
  • Vocal Morph,
  • Auto-Wah,
  • Vocoder
• Keyboard – 61 semi-weighted keys
• Memory – 128 ROM sounds, Up to 128 RAM, 64 Presets

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Tech Notes:

Reset the Fixmo: Hold the “save” button and press “Compare”. At the propmt, press “yes”.

Acquired: 2000