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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Mirages and Adv Samp Guide query
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 02:42:18 EDT
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> 	On to other things. I talked with Rich Rosen last week and demo'd
> the Mirage over the phone for him(OK, its not the same as the real thing,
> but its memorex :-) since he was asking about it compared to the possible
> vaporware Prophet sampler. So in order to save everybody's hassles, I would
> like to hear from all people on the net who own or use Mirages so that I can
> see the scope of the problem of passing patches around, software to
> drive the mirage, etc... [PETER BARADA]

Well, Peter, count me in on any Mirage user exchange.  I went and bought it
last week (along with the TR707), and thus far I've been very pleased with
it, having learned to sync the drum machine with the Mirage sequencer in
shorter time than I expected (through MIDI).  I have several curiosity
questions, some of which I'll probably feel stupid and naive about having
asked after I get the simple answers, but heck, I just got it a week ago,
so here goes.

1.  Is there a way of transposing a sequence during playback using the keyboard
	(say, recording it in C and playing it back an octave/some interval
	higher/lower)?

2.  Is there a way to append an already recorded sequence (NOT overdub,
	but continue with more material after the end point)?

I mentioned these as "enhancement requests" to Ensoniq, along with getting
separate upper and lower outputs.  I haven't started sampling yet (my apartment
is too much of a mess to do anything ridiculous at this point), but I'm
curious about other new sounds I'd be looking for:

	- studio laughter (and/or diabolical laughter)
	- other sound effects (thunder, gunshot, whip cracking,
		birds, etc.
	- mixmaster turntable scratch
	- blown drainpipe (a la Peter Gabriel)
	- sitar
	- other guitar sounds (Andy Summers' sound, hollowbody)
-- 
"There!  I've run rings 'round you logically!"
"Oh, intercourse the penguin!"			Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr