To celebrate the release of the latest version of the CMI App from Peter Vogel Instruments, which includes support for the increasingly popular Audiobus system on iOS, Peter and his cohorts have cooked up a competition where the winner can take away a cash prize of $1000 AUD!! Here’s the skinny… “To celebrate the release [...]

Every now and again, eBay throws up some lovely little gems, and if these are anything to go by, these are rather tasty, even more so if they still work and you have either a Fairlight CMI IIx or PPG Waveterm on which to read them. The seller has the following items for sale… eBay [...]

We all have them. Those albums that signpost our lives. I guess for me, ‘So’ was the signpost at which I turned 16, left school, fell in love properly for the first time, lost my virginity, became incredibly unsettled at home, got a job and started to become an independent human being. It was a [...]

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 [...]

It wasn’t that long ago that people like me, people with a passion for vintage samplers such as the Fairlight, Synclavier, Emulator, WaveFrame, et al, had very little to go on when it came to possessing some of those sounds that we had grown up with, to use in our music. It was a strange [...]

After a slight delay in proceedings, UVI’s latest offering, Darklight IIx is with us. Here are some pictures, videos and audio demos for you to chew over for now. Expect a full blown review in the next few days. I’ve been privileged to have been on the beta test team for this one and can [...]

Not too much to decipher here… Very much looking forward to seeing how they’ve handled my beloved object of untold affections Now to start badgering my friends at UVI

A couple of gems via Thomas’ Facebook page…

Two things are stopping me buying this. One, it’s in Australia. Two, I don’t have the necessary $7,950 AUD (£5,124). That said, this superb example of a CMI IIx has been fully restored by the legend that is Peter Wielk of Horizontal Productions in Australia. Peter has been working on Fairlights since his days working [...]

So, hot on the heels of the ending of Challenge II, I have kicked off Challenge III. Because I’m lazy, here’s the post I made on the forum… Ladies and germs, It gives me enormous pleasure to announce the third Forum Song Challenge!! Ok, first things first. I am delighted to announce that our sound [...]