10 Videos About The Amazing Fairlight CMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8BzEILdDw The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital sampling synthesizer, designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie. The Fairlight CMI was one of the defining keyboards of the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital. Influential users included Peter Gabriel,… Read More 10 Videos About The Amazing Fairlight CMI

The $17,000 Fairlight CMI 30A Computer Musical Instrument

Peter Vogel has posted additional information on the new Fairlight CMI 30A at the Fairlight site. Unfortunately, the projected price for the new Fairlight CMI 30A is expected to be approximately US $17,000 and the additional music keyboard option US $2,000. Here’s what that $17,000 will buy you: Description: The CMI-30A will utilise the immense… Read More The $17,000 Fairlight CMI 30A Computer Musical Instrument

The New Fairlight CMI 30A: Start Saving Your Money, It’s Going To Cost $5K

Fairlight‘s Peter Vogel has shared more info about the 30th Anniversary Fairlight CMI 30A: The CC-1 can perform very complex algorithms and lots of them, with almost no latency. So yes, we are modelling the quirky hardware of the CMI. The sound of each CMI was subtly different, due to their analogue bits, so it… Read More The New Fairlight CMI 30A: Start Saving Your Money, It’s Going To Cost $5K