MIRAGE FROM MARS

Acoustic instruments Transformed Through the Classic, Lo-Fi Sampler The Mirage is an 8-bit sampler from the mid 1980s featuring eight voices of polyphony, an analog Curtis CEM3328 4-pole filter, and variable sample rate ranging from 10kHz to 50kHz. Known for its gritty, lo-fi crunch, buttery filter, complex hexadecimal editing system (!?) and affordability, this keyboard still stands out today as one of the coolest and most unique sounding samplers of all time - and it's our personal favorite, over the Emulator, SP-1200, and the S612.  The Mirage was originally accompanied by a less than inspiring factory sound library that we feel didn't represent the power of this keyboard. So, we sought to create our own custom take on such a traditional factory sample library. Adhering to familiar categories - Keys, Brass, Strings, Woodwinds, Synth, Vocals and Bass - we transformed the highest quality, acoustic instruments (and of course some synths) into the dreamiest, warmest, and inspiring lo-