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From: peterb@pbear.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: Ensoniq Mirage
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 20:28:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 14 20:28:00 1985
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I bought a Mirage back in March, and got one of ther earlier ones (SN 10115)
and have been extremely pleased. The OS for the mirage has continually gotten
cleaner and better. And the sounds disks contain some real dynamite sounds.

The price is about 1695$, and for what you get, its real nice. The dynamics
of the sounds is extensive. Each EG contains 5 parts(Attack, Peak, Decay,
Sustain, Release), and one exists for both the Filter and Amplituede.
The envelope modulation section is based on the velocity of the key.
It contains five parts, Attack time(shorter for faster hits), Peak(higher
for fasters hits), Decay(Keyboard scaled based on key number; This allows
paster decay for higher keys[like the sound of a piano]), Sustain(higher for
paster hits), and release(shorter for faster hits). A modulator exists for
each both Filter and Amplitude.

The keyboard can be split at any key, and each half can have seperate sounds.

The best feature is the ability to "Mix" two different samples based on
the velocity of the key. This is very useful for instruments whose sound
paarameters change with velocity (such asn a Rhodes).

Overall I have been pleased, and now I want to get a better keyboard and
the keyboardless box so I can have TWO Mirages.

Peter Barada
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