Fairlight-CMI

You're right about the EIII. I have the keyboard version as well. 
One of my all time favs besides the IIx. Maybe some Sequential folks 
started working for E-mu then!!! The Studio 440 is the MG of the 
sampler world. (No offense to MG owners..I'm fixing a friends) The 
EII is my least favorite of the older E-mu's. I prefer the Emax I.
I'm still betting it's Fairlight on that Depeche track!:-)



-- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "David Bulog" <d2ba@x> wrote:
> I have an EIII keyboard and that is a great sound. Let me tell you 
a fact--The EIII was rushed to market too early and not a single 
EIII that left EMU ever worked 100%.
> Every single one of these beasts had a fault---the most common 
been bad memory chips, faulty keyboard, switchs not working 
intermittly on front panel!!!!
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Blue 17 
>   To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:05 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fairlight Serial numbers
> 
> 
>   I'm thinking it probably was an EII. It's just a
>   guess, though.
> 
>   I have an EII+ (as well as a CMI IIx) and I've always
>   thought that it kicks the crap out of the CMI
>   sample-quality wise. I mean, I love my Fairlight and
>   all but I think the EII is by far the best sounding
>   8-bit sampler. MUCH longer sample time too. Too bad
>   the file handling's so wretched. 
> 
>   Just my opinion, of course. :-)
> 
> 
>   --- lairdfairlight <lairdfairlight@y...> wrote:
> 
>   > It would be interesting to know the original owners
>   > and the history if 
>   > there is a list...with the exception of Big Al's III
>   > and IIx! It's 
>   > like seeing pictures of abused pets.
>   > Did Depeche Mode use a CMI on "Behind the wheel"?
>   > Sounds too posh to 
>   > be an Emax....and since it's not a dull sound it
>   > can't be an EII!
> 
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