FAIRLIGHT Fairlight CMIseries
Hybrid Synthesizer + midi sequencer Fairlight
FairlightCMIseries
SPECS
fairlight system series III
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Hybrid Synthesizer
FAIRLIGHT Fairlight CMIseries built in 1979
16 Voices / Stimmen
16x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher standard
Value / Gebrauchtwert in 2005 was about 2700 € (rare)
OSC Synthesis can do additive samples 28MB resynthesis
multi synthesis - and of course its nature is digital
uses hybrid technology: yes
Wave Shapes sample + additive sine
999 OSCs
0 Filter
999 LFOs ?
999 Envelope Generators multistage multisegment software generated
MIDI, Control & Triggering and playing via MIDI
73 Keys
responds to Pressure/Velocity? velocity
Arpeggiator no
Sequencer midi sequencer
Synth ID is 237
- WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN / GENERELLE INFO ZU DEN DATEN
FAIRLIGHT Fairlight CMIseries built in 1979
16 Voices / Stimmen
16x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher standard
Value / Gebrauchtwert in 2005 was about 2700 € (rare)
OSC Synthesis can do additive samples 28MB resynthesis
multi synthesis - and of course its nature is digital
uses hybrid technology: yes
Wave Shapes sample + additive sine
999 OSCs
0 Filter
999 LFOs ?
999 Envelope Generators multistage multisegment software generated
MIDI, Control & Triggering and playing via MIDI
73 Keys
responds to Pressure/Velocity? velocity
Arpeggiator no
Sequencer midi sequencer
Synth ID is 237
- WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN / GENERELLE INFO ZU DEN DATEN
ABOUT There are more than one Fairlight System: Serie 1 to 3, the first one is 8bit, the last was 16it by the australian company. Fast Fourier Transform, Waveform edits / drawing
ABOUT es gab eigentlich 3 Serien des Fairlight Systems von 8bis 16bit von der australischen Firma. Fast Fourier Transform, Waveform edits / zeichnen
ABOUT
DETAILS his machine was maybe the most expensive (digital) gear in the 80ies.. 0.5secs samples, additive and resynthesis (no, it's NOT like the k5000 and the cube.. but maybe inspired), after this PCM sampling like in the korg M1 and D50 samples became very popular.. the fairlight was a complete system with sequencer controlled by lightpen, 2x 8" floppy discs, and midi (not like the midi-less synclavier).. famous users: vince clarke / depeche mode, cabaret voltaire, erdenklang, peter gabriel.. filter hardware: 8 CEM3320 VCF in earlier versions 8 SSM2044 VCF in later versions - data sheet
DETAILS der LFO und ENV bereich kann nicht klar beantwortet werden ,da es additive sektionen gibt mit 64stufigen time-level konstrukten.. samples, die ersten fairlights hatten nur 0.5 secs, spätere durften länger sein, 8 Zoll Disketten! und 8 6800er Prozessoren (nicht 68000!) später midifiziert worden, erste hatten dies natürlich nicht.. Analog filter: 8 CEM3320 VCF in earlier versions 8 SSM2044 VCF in later versions
DETAILS
SOUND digital hi end engine for so to say everything, todays view: a bit slow..
SOUND digitale hi end maschine für faktisch alles, heute eher langsame verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit.
SOUND
VERSION Fairlight series 1, Fairlight series 2, Fairlight series 3 differ a lot.. (more to come..)
VERSION Fairlight series 1,Fairlight series 2,Fairlight series 3 recht unterschiedlich (more to come..)
VERSION
FAIRLIGHT
The famous austalian company CMI Fairlight was founded end of the 70ies by Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie and they soon built very expensive computers that you surely know about.
Official Intl. Site : http://www.fairlightau.com DER HERSTELLER
THE MANUFACTURER
Australische Firma CMI Fairlight, war immer teuer und sehr innovativ. Gründer waren Peter Vogel und Kim Ryrie in den späten 70ern.
FAIRLIGHT..