Fairlight-CMI

Kyle,

Congratulations on getting your IIx! 

I had the same exact questions about the library when
I got mine. I, too, had the Pro-Rec cd and had gotten
used to the sounds on it. Unfortunately, there hasn't
been any kind of "definitive" list of Fairlight sounds
published that I know of. 

From what I've been able to piece together, I think
that the IIx sample cd is actually the Series I
library. It was distributed with the original CMI. 

When the Series IIx came out, the folks at Fairlight
(with Peter Wielk) went about updating the library.
Some sounds were tweaked and some were re-named (ARR1
became SARRAR, ORCH5 became ORCH2, etc.). Some of the
more, er, shall we say, experimental sounds that you
will have heard on the Pro-Rec cd were deleted to make
room for more generally usable ones. All in all I
think it was a good move, even if it created a bit of
confusion.

Peter Wielk sent me a list of the real IIx library
sounds, which I plan on copying and posting in the
files section as soon as I get some time. I'm afraid
I've been so busy lately I haven't had the chance to
do much.

By the way, did you purchase your system from
Synhouse? If you did, we may have many of the same
discs. Most of them are from the later IIx library.

Rev. 20 was not, I think, I major upgrade. I'm not
really sure what it did, in fact. :-) You also should
get the "Sound Disc Formatting Utility" disc (to,
well, format sound discs) and a QDOS disc (to copy
your OS disc). I have all three of these discs that I
will gladly copy for you if you can send me the
blanks. Email me at mercybox@yahoo.com

Hope this helps. If anyone finds me to be in error
(pretty likely), feel free to correct me. :-)

Laurence


--- kar_chicago <kar_chicago@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> My recently purchased IIx came with OS Rev. 19.  Can
> someone tell me 
> the difference between Revs. 19 and 20?  Is it
> possible for someone 
> with Rev 20 to copy it for me?  I can provide
> whatever disks are 
> required.  
> 
> Also,  it seems that I have most of the original
> library, but going 
> by the track listing for Pro-Rec's Fairlight IIx
> sample CD, my 
> library is a bit different. For example, I have a
> disk 
> called "Choral" which seems to have many of the Arr1
> type sounds, 
> but i don't have two discs called "Humans 1 and 2".
> My string disks 
> are called "Strings1," "Strings2," etc.  I also have
> a disk 
> called "Plucked Strings."  Is Pro-Rec's listing of
> the sample 
> library definitive?  Is that the actual library?  I
> also don't have 
> Discs A, B and C (Additionals, Machines and Goodies)
> or Fairlight 
> Sounds (Disk 34 according to Pro-Rec).  Can anyone
> clear up the 
> discrepancies?  
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Kyle 



		
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