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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

223.0. "Mirage users, disk formatter ?" by EVE::T_ROBERT () Thu Jan 23 1986 19:41

	Now that I've intoduced myself it's time for a question...

	To any Mirage owners:

		I'm trying to get find some other Mirage owners so that
  we may get together and trade some sound diskettes.  (Maybe we can try
  again Jim)  I've got the two that came with it and two others...
  One with the sax and trombones and another with an oboe and choir.
  (I can't remember the diskette numbers)  I'm actually trying to get
  together a tentative list of Mirage users for futher reference.  So any
  replys to this note or to me (EVE::T_ROBERT) would be helpfull.

	Also, does anyone have one of the diskette formatters for the Mirage
  I've got some blank 3.5's from my friend I'd like to make use of.  If not
  does anyone know of how to format them some other way ?  I'd be willing
  to trade some blank diskettes for use of such a thing, it would save me
  a lot of money.

-Tom

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
223.1		GROK::MILLER	`Sat Jan 25 1986 02:45`	6
	I believe that Ensoniq now sells a disk formatter for ~$20. Check with Daddy's Junky Music to see if they have it. It would appear to pay for itself after you format about two diskettes. -Dave
223.2		EVE::T_ROBERT	`Tue Jan 28 1986 15:25`	6
	Thanks. Daddy's didn't have any in stock, but Union Music in Worcester does. The price is $19.95. I plan to pick it up this week and see if there's any "catches" about it. -Tom
223.3		GALAXY::MALIK	`Tue Jan 28 1986 20:09`	10
	Hi Tom, In the January 'MIDI issue' of Keyboard, in the Career Updates section (I think) there is mention of a Kurzweil user's group which trade (and/or sell) high-quality samples. In closing, they mention the possibility of doing the same thing for Mirages. Might be worth a postcard to find out more. - Karl
223.4		EVE::T_ROBERT	`Tue Jan 28 1986 21:18`	7
	Sounds interesting. I keep delaying my subscription to Keyboard... Think I'll go down and pick up this month's issue. (According to some previous notes here though, it's looks like I'd get quicker by going to the store than by getting a subscription!) -Tom
223.5		DYO780::SCHAFER	`Wed Jan 29 1986 13:04`	10
	Tom - I have a subscription ti Keyboard. Besides being a HECK of a lot cheaper, I get my issue about a week before it hits the newsstands. Oh well, maybe that's just Ohio. Things tend to run about 5 years in the past here 8^). Brad
223.6		EVE::T_ROBERT	`Wed Jan 29 1986 20:39`	10
	Well, as someone mentioned earlier in this file, it would make for since for it to hit the newstands first... that way people would be more liable to get it instead of waiting to read one of their friends. I'll agree with the price difference though, so I think I'll get the subscription anyways. -Tom
223.7		EVE::T_ROBERT	`Mon Feb 03 1986 21:57`	10
	To answer my own initial question: I recently purchased the Ensonique disk formatter from Union Music, Worcester. It costs $20.00., and it was well worth it. Any standard 3-1/2 inch disk will work, even if it's already formatted. It's real easy to do, it takes about 3 min per disk. I've already done 16 which more than makes up for the price of the formatting diskette ! -Tom