Ensoniq Mirage
Ensoniq's 1984 sampling keyboard, priced an order of magnitude below the Fairlight and Emulator, that made digital sampling affordable.
Released in 1984 at around $1,695, the Mirage was an 8-bit digital sampling keyboard with 128KB of sample memory, 8-voice polyphony, and a built-in sequencer. It undercut the Fairlight CMI (over $28,000) and E-mu Emulator (roughly $8,000–$10,000) by an order of magnitude, putting sampling within reach of non-professional studios for the first time and reportedly outselling every other sampler combined in its first year on the market.