Refraktor $20

A selection of 40 multisampled patches (800MB) from fabulously filthy 80s 8-bit sampler, the Ensoniq Mirage. That legendary bite and lo-fi edge have been captured to a T, and while the presets are quite low in number, they cover a lot of ground, from basses and leads to pads and plucks. The Live version, making full use of that DAW’s plugins and Macros, is the flagship, with the Kontakt version offering an immutable and not-hugely-interesting set of controls, and the Logic version, rather surprisingly, not including any Channel Strips. www.puremagnetik.com

8/ 10n