Unofficial Ensoniq MR/ZR Archive
In December 1997 Emu/Creative acquired Ensoniq Corp., an innovator in the design and development of electronic musical instruments. Ensoniq discontinued manufacturing the MR and ZR series synthesizers, and over the years it has become increasingly difficult to locate information and resources for the hardware.
This page is dedicated to preserving information about the Ensoniq MR and ZR series synthesizers. Please add links or comments to my MR-Blog if you know any additional MR/ZR content or resource links that can be added to the archive.
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Ensoniq MR-61 and MR-76 64 voice expandable performance/composition keyboard
Ensoniq MR-Rack 64 voice expandable synthesizer
Ensoniq ZR-76 64 voice expandable stage and studio keyboard
Ensoniq MR/ZR Documentation
MR-Rack Musician's Manual (English/pdf)
MR/ZR Getting Started Guide (English/doc)
ZR-76 Data Sheet (English/pdf)
ZR-76 Musician's Manual (English/pdf)
ZR-76 Supplemental Information (English/pdf)
MR MIDI System Exclusive Specification (English/txt)
Ensoniq MR/ZR Patches and Sounds
MRD100 Disk (self-extracting installer exe)
ZRD100 Disk (self-extracting installer exe)
Also see MR-Web archive (contains many patches in Unisyn and other formats)
Ensoniq MR/ZR Software
MR/ZR Rythym Builder utility for Windows (self-extracting installer exe)
Ensoniq Sysex Utilities for DOS (zip)
Ensoniq MR/ZR Tips
Transwave Links
Tranzilon freeware for generating Transwaves
Ensoniq MR/ZR Microtonal Tuning Links
Ensoniq MR/ZR Other Related Links
Crosswalk.com review of Ensoniq ZR-76
Digital Piano Shootout (includes MP3 of ZR-76 Perfect Piano)
German Ensoniq Archive (German manuals for download)
Harmony Central Ensoniq Reviews
Harmony Central Ensoniq Press Releases
Keyboard Online Archive ZR-76 sounds
John Seboldt's Synth and Organ page with MR patches
Not MR but amazing technical info on older Ensoniq synthesizers
On Board with Keith Emerson (MR-Rack mention)
SonikMatter interview with Scott Peer, designer of MR sound engine
Sound on Sound April 1996 Ensoniq MR-Rack Review
William Coakley's Perfect Piano
Yahoo Ensoniq MR/ZR forum discussion list
Ensoniq MR/ZR Accessories, Parts, Software and Products
emagic sells Soundiver librarian that supports the Ensoniq MR family.
MOTU sells Unisyn librarian that supports the Ensoniq MR family.
Sound Quest sells MidiQuest librarian that supports the Ensoniq MR family.
Starr Labs sells microtonal MIDI keyboards and controllers compatible with the Ensoniq MR family.
Syntaur Productions sells some MR/ZR sounds, manuals and a few repair parts.
Vikant Corporation still sells 512K SRAM cards for MR-Rack.
Someone is selling Ensoniq parts here. There appears to be a decent inventory, but the page owner or address are not identified on the web page.
Ensoniq MR/ZR Archived Links
Snapshot of file downloads from the defunct Unofficial MR-Web site (zip)
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