What is a modern Ensoniq Mirage substitute/equivalent?

[spiralout311]

I own 3 Mirages, and the Morgana VST, but I am looking for hardware that is modern and preferably still in production that can get close to Mirage bit-crushed sample quality. Is there anything out there?

[ghettosynth]

IIRC, the Mirage was the last production polyphonic 8-bit sampler with analogue filters. There's almost certainly something new and modular that has an 8-bit sampler, but perhaps not polyphonic.

Whether modern hardware will get you close is going to be dependent on your sensitivity to any particular qualities of the sampling process and also your sensitivity to analogue filters. I expect that almost any modern sampler with decent filters would get close enough for my tastes just by using the built in bit-reduction.

[Korg Supporter]

Tal-MOD may be the closest thing. Krush Pro is worth having for not just the crush but also the filters, distortion, and freq shift/ring mod!

[AnX]

Tal-MOD may be the closest thing. Krush Pro is worth having for not just the crush but also the filters, distortion, and freq shift/ring mod!

Neither of which are hardware

[EdwardGivens]

MicroGranny maybe?
another could be
WTPA (Where’s The Party At)

[zerocrossing]

I’m not aware any, though Maschine+ has some but reduction abilities.

[Obsolete187521]

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[mholloway]

I own 3 Mirages, and the Morgana VST, but I am looking for hardware that is modern and preferably still in production that can get close to Mirage bit-crushed sample quality. Is there anything out there?

How do you like Morgana? $169 for an ancient plugin that hasn't been updated in years and apparently will never get updated again is, well....a bit much. I love the idea, but it has a tiny UI and zero support and I'm amazed it even still runs on modern systems. Do you find it an accurate recreation of your Mirage hardware?