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Any fans of Fairlight CMI?


Post Posted Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:37 pm
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We all know that Jarre used to play this wonderful machine...any other fans of this keyboard in here like me?
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Post Posted Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:45 pm
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Oh yeah, I love the Fairlight touch !!
We can't speak about the Fairlight without speaking about Zoolook album, or "how to use the best way such a beast" !!
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Post Posted Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:19 pm
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Tati from Tubular.net and APP forum???... :pwned:

I'm not a fan of that old machine. Not very interesting today but groundbreaking when it came out in 1979. The year I was born :wink:

I'm a fan of some artists who used it though (Jarre, Oldfield, Parsons, Gabriel, Trevor Rabin and Trevor Horn in Yes, Geoff Downes in Asia).
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Post Posted Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:10 pm
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Yeah it looks terribly neat on stage or in a studio, and it can produce some very interesting sounds due to its low quality sampling. The IIx model is not even that expensive today... but good grief, they are BIG... :P
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Post Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:44 am
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Fairlight CMI, some great electronic instrument, who made the best sounds of Zoolook (mostly! :mrgreen: ) and of many other great albums (JMJ and others artists)!
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Post Posted Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:52 pm
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A piece of History for sure....But now a weedy Machine in comparison to sampler options you have today...definetly confined to the Collectors closets only,...Wonder how many owners still utilise them in there recordings today???

A Milestone machine,but doesn't have any appeal to me,irrespective of who and when used it,Its not one of those machines that has been or would ever be on my wish list.. :|
Post Posted Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:59 pm
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I'd still buy a CMI III when it's got a EUR0.99 pricetag on it Image

Roger Loubet also used it quite alot on the Michel Sardou album "Musulmanes" from 1987
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Post Posted Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:35 am
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Then again a CMI3 is off another league. It doesn't have the same character as its predecessors as its capable of sampling at CD quality.
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Post Posted Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:27 am
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I like Fairlight CMI (Also synklavier,Emu emulator and C64 SID ja Amigas paula soundchip) but i'dont own others than Amiga.
Post Posted Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:04 am
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I like the Fairlight CMI, because it is the heart of the Zoolook-album
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