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Ensoniq Mirage DMS-1

Rackmount Sampler

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Ensoniq Mirage DMS-1
250.00 street price

The Ensoniq Mirage DMS-1 is a digital sampling keyboard released by Ensoniq in 1984. It was one of the first affordable digital sampling keyboards available to musicians. It featured a built-in 8-bit sampler, a 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard, and a 3-octave range. It also had a built-in sequencer and a variety of effects. The Mirage was popular with musicians of the time, and it was used on many popular albums of the 1980s.

Country of origin / production: USA

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Usage area
Synthesizer 
Usage Design/ Form Factor
Rackmount, 2U 
Archetype
Digital (D) 
Polyphony
Voices8
Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis
Synthesis Method Digital Subtractive
Oscillators overall2
Oscillator Type Digital
Filter
Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) 
Low-pass Filter (LPF) 
Resonance 
Amplifier
Digitally Controlled Amplifier (DCA) 
Envelope Generator (EG)
FilterAPDSR
AmpAPDSR
OSCAPDSR
Modulation
LFO Waveforms
Triangle 
Sampler
Sample Memory0.128 Mb
Sequencer
Parts count1
Note Capacity333
Display
Display type EL
Built-in controllers
Pitch Bend Wheel 
Modulation Wheel 
Audio out
Mono 
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm)1
Audio in
Analog 1/4"1
DAC
DAC Frequency 32
Resolution12 bit
Computer Interfaces
FDD 
Power
Voltage 120V
Voltage 60Hz
Case/ body
Metal&plastic 
Color
Black 
Production start1986
Production end1988
Production ended

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