This statement was released by Fairlight Instruments Pty this morning… “A facelift for Fairlight Instruments Fairlight Instruments Pty Ltd is changing its name in anticipation of the release of some exciting new products. The new name, Peter Vogel Instruments, reflects the company’s transition from building on the past to inventing the future. I am delighted [...]

If I was to ask you to name a mega-sampler, or maybe even to define that type of instrument, most of you would offer up answers like “Fairlight” or “Synclavier“. Chances are, none of you would come up with the WaveFrame AudioFrame. And I wouldn’t blame you either. When it comes to the “Uber Samplers”, [...]

So there I was, like I am now, sat at my PC in my studio one Saturday night when I noticed some posts from my friend Rich Hilton. He’d been uploading some pictures of himself outside the Sydney Opera House and other such landmarks whilst on tour with Chic. Lovely, I thought and then, something [...]

Not a personal appearance this time, but lots of love from Richard Hilton for me setting him up with Fairlight instruments to go play with a CMI 30A and then Dave Spiers and Nick Batt confirm the winner of the latest song writing challenge and say lots of really cool and nice stuff. Big thanks [...]

I have no shame in declaring my deep love for Peter Vogel, co-inventor of the Fairlight CMI and present owner of Fairlight instruments and also of English musician extraordinaire, Thomas Dolby, who back in the day was one of the CMI’s biggest fans and most talented users. Currently, Peter is deep in the thick of [...]

Peter Vogel has just announced that Fairlight Instrument’s General Manager, Graeme Renaud, is in Anaheim, CA during NAMM week. Whilst they’re not exhibiting at the show itself, Graeme will be happy to demonstrate the CMI 30A outside of the show Here’s Peter’s post from the Fairlight Instruments Facebook presence… Our General Manager Graeme Renaud has [...]

A sneak preview of the progress being made by Peter Vogel and the team in Sydney with the production of the limited edition CMI 30A’s. In the video we see PCB’s being prepared and baked as well as cases and housings arriving at the powder coating factory, soon to emerge the other side in classic [...]

Just announced, via her vLog, by Martika and Fairlight Instruments, the Aussie firm can now lay claim to it’s first official endorsement. Martika has taken delivery of a CMI 30A and will be using it on her forthcoming project “The Mirrorball”, released on the 12th February 2012. It can also be seen in this video…

Not sure which is sexiest… (Image grab courtesy of Micky Dodds)

This week, v1.1 of the iOS app was released and with it, it brought sampling. You can now sample all your own sounds in both Player & Pro versions of the app, but only the Pro version will allow you to save them. Don’t expect Akai/Emulator-esque sampling power here, but instead, revel in the sheer [...]