Fairlight-CMI

you have a MFX3, no cmi inside , its only a direct to disk. A sort of 
downgrade compared to the mfx2 which is the only fairlight to support dtd 
and cmi.
you can use it for sound post production.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "modularmoog" <sexsymbol@execpc.com>
To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:38 PM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] What is this particular MFX thing?


> Hi Everyone -
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> Perhaps someone here can enlighten me...
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> On a whim, I bought this "MFX" that had previously been listed on a
> certain auction site, knowing that it had no cards in the cage.  I
> was also told that it had no power supply, but that was incorrect.
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> All of the I/O cards are there, as well as the front and back
> backplanes.  also, all the ribbon connectors, etc.
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> Can anyone tell me what I bought and what cards should be in the
> cage itself?
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> The cards on the back are:
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> MFX Sync/Control I/O panel
> 4 x MFX AD O/P (line out and digital out D-Subs)
> 2 x MFX AD I/O (Line in, line out, and digital I/O D-subs)
> The main panel with mixer, video, and modem D Subs.
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> The Digital Output cards are labeled CMI336 and have a daughter card
> for the analog I/O on them.  They're dated from 1998.  I haven't
> checked the other cards yet.
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> Basically, I was hoping that it would be a system where I could put
> in a spare set of CMI III computer cards and use it to organize
> sounds and whatnot.  (I don't have a III, but have a lot of tapes
> and disks, as well as a good load of spares)
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> Looking inside the chassis, I see only 11 slots in the motherboard
> (Rev. 2.1).
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> Can anyone tell me what cards should be in here?  What version of
> the MFX is this?
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> Also, is there anyway to run it with the CMI software and a CMI III
> keyboard?
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> Thanks,
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> Tim
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