Mample FAQ
The basics
What's the difference between Mample and DSKlusion?
DSKlusion is the whole Mirage: the operating system, the front panel, the cryptic two-digit display, and the ability to write disks back out. Mample is the sound without the ceremony. It loads a Mirage disk and plays it through the same engine DSKlusion uses, with none of the OS navigation. If you just want to play Mirage sounds, you want Mample.
Is this based on the MAME Mirage emulator?
No. Mample contains no MAME code, and is not a fork of or derived from MAME. The engine is our own work — DSKlusion's FAQ has the detail on how it is built.
Does it come with disks?
No. Mample plays Mirage sample disks you already have. It does ship with a catalogue of 400+ known disks, so it can tell you what you have loaded — but the catalogue is a list of disks, not the disks themselves.
Can you tell me where to get disks?
No, but they're out there.
Which disk image formats does it load?
.img, .bin, .edm and .hfe. Disks are recognised by their contents rather than their filenames, so a renamed file, or one with no extension at all, still gets identified.
Is it finished?
No — Mample is in beta. The changelog on the product page is the record of what has changed.
Do you use AI?
Yes, see our company statement.
Compatibility
What formats and platforms does it run on?
- Windows: VST3, CLAP and Standalone
- macOS 10.15 Catalina or later: AU, VST3, CLAP and Standalone — universal, so they run on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
- Linux: CLAP and LV2
Using it
Can I edit a disk's sounds?
You can edit what the catalogue knows about a disk — sample names, key ranges and program names. Mample does not write changes back into the disk image itself; saving disks is a DSKlusion feature.
Why does the keyboard only show four octaves?
So the keys are the same size as DSKlusion's. The buttons beside the keyboard shift it to reach the rest of the range.
Not answered here? Read the Mample manual.