its truly amazing how much that device makes the old mirage samples shine.
but i don't think it's the 8 to 12 bits though as the bottom 4 are still empty because there is no digital info there from the source in the first place. �in digital once it's gone it's really no longer there. the DPX lengthens the word to 12 bits ( original 8 + 4 blank ) purely because that is the native storage method. �dig?
the sound improvement is most likely due to the fact that OB sourced better clocking for the converter and used a better sounding ( Oberhiem ) filter�style.
i like your description, almost unusable!
�like the only reason the mirage 'worked' as an instrument is because it had a little too much 'dumpy' in the filter which accidentally masked the OTT grainy shittiness of the converters...
GLAD ITS WORKING. �i use mine literally every f'n day. �such a great piece for 100$ or so...
Pro tip:
�put no disk in and use the 'empty bank' tone as a sound source. �nice for bass layering and it even works for chords under other instruments!
drawback: it doesn't say "this is a blank formatted diskette" in a weird accent!�
;D
( side note: i will eventually try and put a better clock or upgraded clocking scheme into a Drumulator to see if the grainy fuzzy bad sound of that box can be overcome. �it is awesome if you have a tape machine to smudge the grainy smear it has it back into analog waveforms! i think this is why it worked so well for DM and HJ back in the day. �tape really helps lofi devices. )
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From: Robert
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:47 PM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: loading Mirage samples into DPX-1
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:47 PM
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: loading Mirage samples into DPX-1
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Just an update, got the floppy drive to work, had to "tap" on the case a bit, there was something stuck inside. It seems fine now, will still probably try to source a backup drive. MASOS, no MASOS, it doesn't seem to matter, it seems to happily load all Mirage samples, yah! The Mirage samples upconverted to 12-bit sound awesome, maybe somewhere in the SP-1200 ballpark, very nice, colorful, but not nasty, bordering on unusable, like in the Mirage. Love it!
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
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> I figured out how to make a classic Mirage sample disk in standard OS3.2, and that doesn't load, so I seem to have 3 1/2" floppy issues to look at. Guess I'll start by opening it looking for loose connections... then explore where to get a replacement floppy drive, probably should have a newer one anyway. Shouldn't be too hard to find, I wouldn't think, a replacement floppy drive for my Emax I wasn't hard to find at all.
>
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Nick Zampiello wrote:
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> > i loaded all of my factory and personal mirage disks onto the DPX just fine. �aren't all mirage disks formatted in masos from the formatting diskette? �sorry it's been a while! �I then re-saved as DPX disks for the OBDPX and they do work very well.
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> > z
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> >
> > NEW ALLIANCE EAST!!!!
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> > New Alliance East�- Mastering
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Robert
> > To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:07 PM
> > Subject: [emulatorII-list] loading Mirage samples into DPX-1
> >
> >
> >; �
> > I just got a DPX-1. I also have samples created on a Mirage using MASOS. In the DPX-1 manual version 1.0 it says that samples created under MASOS cannot be loaded into the DPX-1. My DPX-1 has OS 2.2. It seems like the DPX-1 does not recognize any of my Mirage disks. I don't think I have ever created a Mirage sample outside of MASOS, and it's seems silly why I would ever want to. So I'm trying to figure out if there is something wrong with the floppy drive or if my MASOS samples simply will not load. Google isn't providing any answers. Any ideas?
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> >
> > (I am able to load the 5 1/4" E2 samples that came with the DPX-1 just fine and dandy. :) )
> >
>
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
>
> I figured out how to make a classic Mirage sample disk in standard OS3.2, and that doesn't load, so I seem to have 3 1/2" floppy issues to look at. Guess I'll start by opening it looking for loose connections... then explore where to get a replacement floppy drive, probably should have a newer one anyway. Shouldn't be too hard to find, I wouldn't think, a replacement floppy drive for my Emax I wasn't hard to find at all.
>
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Nick Zampiello wrote:
> >
> > i loaded all of my factory and personal mirage disks onto the DPX just fine. �aren't all mirage disks formatted in masos from the formatting diskette? �sorry it's been a while! �I then re-saved as DPX disks for the OBDPX and they do work very well.
> > Â
> >
> > z
> >
> >
> > NEW ALLIANCE EAST!!!!
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > New Alliance East�- Mastering
> >
> > New Alliance East�-�Facebook
> >
> > X :::: B :::: S
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Robert
> > To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:07 PM
> > Subject: [emulatorII-list] loading Mirage samples into DPX-1
> >
> >
> >; �
> > I just got a DPX-1. I also have samples created on a Mirage using MASOS. In the DPX-1 manual version 1.0 it says that samples created under MASOS cannot be loaded into the DPX-1. My DPX-1 has OS 2.2. It seems like the DPX-1 does not recognize any of my Mirage disks. I don't think I have ever created a Mirage sample outside of MASOS, and it's seems silly why I would ever want to. So I'm trying to figure out if there is something wrong with the floppy drive or if my MASOS samples simply will not load. Google isn't providing any answers. Any ideas?
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> >
> > (I am able to load the 5 1/4" E2 samples that came with the DPX-1 just fine and dandy. :) )
> >
>