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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Trevor Horn / Frankie Goes to Hollywood

2005-03-10 by Malte Rogacki

> I was always under the impression that "Welcome to the Pleasuredome", by
> Frankie Goes to Hollywood was mainly Fairlight based, but reading an article
> with Trevor Horn in Sound on Sound (March 2005), it suggests the
>Synclavier is
> the main workhorse.

There is definitely Fairlight on "Welcome...".

For example, at about 7:40 in the title track enters a very downtuned voice
which to me sounds a lot like Fairlight. No, I can't check if it's one of
the preset sounds - my IIx is still in a state of disrepair.

-- 
Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de 
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