Mirage pairs the voice of Dhrupad vocalist Chintan Upadhyay with an 1800s church bass played by MNTRA founder Brian D'Oliveira. It is a free instrument for MNTRA's MNDALA 2 engine.

The church bass, made by the luthier Abraham Prescott around 1830, sits between a cello and an upright bass and has a deeper, more resonant sound than a cello. It is one of the main instruments in D'Oliveira's soundtrack for Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

The vocals use the 'Om' and 'Aa' sounds of the Dhrupad tradition. Four sample maps (Dhrupad Om, Dhrupad Aa, Church bass Straight, Church bass Tremolo) cover one octave, 13 notes and 182 samples, with 16 presets (the product page says 17). The vendor describes it as suited to drones and textures.

Recorded at 24-bit 88.2 kHz. 880 MB installed, 2 GB recommended for setup.

Free, with your own licence key from Sonisto.

1. Install MNTRA's free MNDALA 2 engine: https://shop.mntra.io/install/mndala-2
2. Sign in to MNDALA 2 with a free MNTRA account.
3. In the Library tab, choose Add From Serial and enter your key.