Ensoniq Mirage

[ctimmerman]

Just scored an Ensoniq Mirage at a garage sale for $10.00
No, the decimal is not in the wrong spot. That's ten bucks. It was recently give to some friends (who had the garage sale) by another friend who just moved out of the area. He was a guitar player that aquired it to use while learning to read music. I'm sure it's in good working condition. Will find out when I get home.

Carl

[ctimmerman]

It's in perfect working order. Now if I can just find an owner's manual.

[TheOtherEric]

Cool. I have some Apple IIgs computers from the mid '80's that use the same Ensoniq sound generation chip as the Mirage that were built right into the motherboard by Apple. The Beatles' Apple Corps. sued Apple Computer over it and consequently the Mac didn't have music hardware built into it. Most software developers used the chip for playing samples but it could be used as a full synth if desired.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIGS#Audio_features

Eric