No, it’s not an early April Fools. No, I’m not going off on one of my crazy “what if…” moments. This was posted on the Fairlight Yahoo Group today by the esteemed co-creator of the Fairlight CMI, Peter Vogel… There have been discussions from time to time about replicating the CMI using a software emulation. [...]
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If you look through my previous post on the Fairlight keyboard (and managed not to burn and detach your retinas whilst reading the auction page !) you may have seen two YouTube clips on there. These have been around for some while but are great nonetheless, so here they are in a much nicer setting [...]
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I was seriously tempted to bid on this, even if it is just the keyboard ! It would make a great stage piece or even something to hang on the wall and would probably be the closest I’d get to actually owning a Fairlight for some time. But there is a warning. Before clicking the [...]
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Those of you that know me and have read my many ramblings, will well know my love of the Fairlight. Although I don’t own one (yet) this fabled and magical instrument was, and still is, my most sought after piece of synthesis. I think it’s half passion for the technology and half passion for the [...]
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