Fairlight-CMI

I'd go with Rambo here,

Here's my view on it: We paid top dollars for these machines and samples.
Why would I contribute to someone's initiative who wants to make the
original samples available to the entire world and thus lower the value of
my machines ?

Regards,
Harald.


> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:40:59 -0000
> "ozidudeau" <ozidudeau@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Would it be possible for members who own Fairlight CMI IIx's and Series
>> III's to upload samples (in *wav format) from the original libraries
>> onto an online database, so members like myself and many others, who
>> are not fortunate to own such marvellous machines, can download them?
>> I specifically want to use these sounds to make soundfonts.
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> Well, the thing is different when a friend makes a few samples from his
> CMI
> so you can use them in your music, but what _you_ ask is different.
> Fairlight samples are copyrighted, that means they ought not to be widely
> distrubuted among there who don't have CMIs- I can pass you mine,
> because their quality isn't comparable to original recorging (no offence
> Peter :) ), but note they're still not on my Fairlight site- for a reason.
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> There are several CDs to be bought, containing CMI IIx library and several
> sIII samples.
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