We cannot provide tech support for the general operation of your keyboard; however, we do carry the Mirage manuals.

Models
There are four versions of the Mirage sampler, and they all use the same disks and operate in exactly the same manner. As the first two keyboards were both called Mirage DSK-8, we distinguish them by their color.

	The Black DSK-8 was the original Mirage, built beginning in late 1984, and is easily identified by its black metal case and all black buttons; it says "Mirage" on the top panel. The DSK-8 used a somewhat clunky Pratt-Read keybed assembly, which was improved upon in the next model. Early on in the manufacturing of the DSK-8, the circuitry was revised slightly to decrease the noise floor of the sampler, and this modification was available as an upgrade for owners of the earlier units.
	The Gray DSK-8 was the second-generation Mirage, still in a metal case, but now sporting a dark gray paint job and a much-improved Fatar keybed. You can easily distinguish these Mirages by the smaller buttons - now gray, yellow, white, and black. Both versions of the DSK-8 sold for $1695, and included two sound disks, a sustain pedal, the Musician's Manual, the Advanced Sampler's Guide, the Formatting Disk, and a laminated Parameter Reference Card. Back panel connections were mono Audio In and Out jacks, a Sync jack, MIDI In and Out/Thru conectors, a Foot Switch jack for the sustain pedal, and an expansion port on the back panel for either an ISF-1 Input Sampling Filter or the SQX-1 Sequencer Expander. The Sync jack on the back panel was intended to sync the Mirage's sequencer to an external clock source; since the sequencer is all but useless, the Sync jack and circuitry were dropped on the later DSK-1.
	The Mirage DMS-8 was the Mirage rack, first built in 1985, with mono Audio In and Out jacks and the Expansion Port. The rack sampler originally sold for $1395 (later dropped to $1195), and included two sound disks, a sustain pedal, the Musician's Manual, the Advanced Sampler's Guide, the Formatting Disk, and a laminated Parameter Reference Card.
	The Mirage DSK-1 was the last Mirage version (1986 through 1988), and sported a gray plastic case with pseudo-stereo outputs. It looks rather similar to the second-generation DSK-8, but you can distinguish the newest Mirage by the red stripe across the front panel, and by the "Mirage-DSK" logo on top (the older logos just read "Mirage"). Gone in the new Mirage were the Expansion Port and the Sync jack. The Mirage DSK-1 sold for $1295, and included two sound disks, a sustain pedal, the Musician's Manual, the Advanced Sampler's Guide, the Formatting Disk, and a laminated Parameter Reference Card.