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 Unofficial Ensoniq MR/ZR Archive page is dedicated to preserving information about the Ensoniq MR and ZR series synthesizers:
| 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 |  |
Some of the following items are locally archived on this site. Many of the items are links to external sites. Where the external sites or pages no longer exist, I tried to link to the Internet Archive or wayback machine.
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
Snapshot of file downloads from the defunct Unofficial MR-Web site (zip) contains many patches in Unisyn and other formats.
Ensoniq MR/ZR Software
MR/ZR Rythym Builder utility for Windows (zip)
Ensoniq Sysex Utilities for DOS (zip)
Ensoniq MR/ZR Tips
Ensoniq MR TipFinder by kaleb69
Transwave Links
Tranzilon freeware for generating Transwaves
Ensoniq MR/ZR Microtonal Tuning Links
Youtube Videos Featuring Ensoniq MR
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Ensoniq MR-61 Demo |
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More distorted guitar with Ensoniq… |
More Ensoniq MR search results on Youtube
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.
Route66studios sells batteries and some other MR/ZR replacement parts.
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.
THESONIQ repairs and sells Ensoniq 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.