Fairlight-CMI

Hello Patrice,

Welcome.

> The thing is, I wonder how to enhance this basic grain from flute &
> Sararrh sounds.

I'd use a chorus and a reverb to thicken the sound. Apply according to
taste. (Lexicon reverbs have my preference).

> I'm using a "MOTU 896" with a "mac G4" running "Logic Audio 4.8".
> I'm recording in 48khz & 24 bits.

The motu looks very nice, hadn't checked it before.

> By using some IIx samples via kontakt I realised that recording in
> 96khz was making the thing a lot more real.but my system is on the
> knees in 96khz & There are some bugs appearing ;

Try to use less channels by applying effects and recording this to a new
channel on disk, then use that channel for playback instead of the
original one which would have effects in real time (if applicable).

> so OK the sampling rate is very impotant to get the real sound, but I
> wonder if there isn't a good preamp / EQ or even compressor(tube or
> not ) that could gently bring the basic recording  on the next level.
> the MOTU preamps are quite transparent, so should I try something
> colourful to enhance the IIx original sound  ?
> Can anyone help ?
> I'd be very happy to shae your experience about recorng the CMI IIx .
> Thanks for reading, & nice to meet you !
> Patrice Jacquot.

Best regards,
Harald.