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an early affordable sampler that still ahs an analog filter.... but hexadecimal?
This lofi, low memory sampler with a curtis filter should be great for unnatural 80s stretched out gritty fitlery sounds.... BUT its a bear to program due to tis computer hacker hex programming system for envelopes and loop points. Kills the whole thing. Very difficult to sample with it, more of a sample library player TBH. Glad my experience was with my best friend's and not one I paid for myself. For the same basic money the eps delivers on the promise of the mirage with a weird 13bit sampling engine, low memory for enforced crap sample rates, easy editing and a digital filter that actually sounds pretty damned good. Get an EPS with a USB adapter in the floppy spot, it'll get you sampling and making music faster than the flawed mirage and you won't really miss the curtis chips.
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Beautiful and gritty!...the best filters ever!
Is not a sampler that is going to give you a perfect reproduction of a real instrument, at all....It´s noisy, harsh and gritty....and hence...it´s beautiful!!! Although it´s digital it has analog filters..and they are amazing!! The only downside i could mention is that the sequencer hasn´t got enough memory and the memory cartridge is very expensive too , and hard to find. I love to bits this sampler