Fairlight-CMI

> With regard to Laurent's previous post, I'm quite interested in buying the
> Synclavier advertised on eBay...

I thought about that, too.

> Does anyone have any experience using these machines? Are Synclaviers rock
> solid, like the Fairlight? I haven't a clue of the various specs either, so
> wouldn't know how good of a system this one actually is.

Yes, the Synclaviers have a very good reputation. The whole operation is a
bit different, though. It's not mostly menu-driven like the Fairlight; and
you can do a lot more things from the Synclavier keyboard itself.

I own a much older and smaller Synclavier and I think the price for that
one machine on ebay is quite reasonable (there's another one for $8000
right now).

What makes that machine really special is the 32 FM voices (which sound
very good); that's something you don't find in the Fairlight.

-- 
Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de
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