Unfortunately I don't own a Fairlight myself, but I joined this group because I've always been fascinated by the CMI. I have some (hopefully not too stupid) questions: 1) How was that fantastic and famous Fairlight-voice preset (http://www.ghservices.com/gregh/fairligh/examples/aahh.wav) made? In my opinion it doesn't sound quite like a human voice because of that added "breathy" quality. 2) Does the Fairlight CMI have some sort of special pitch-shifting feature (which not even my Yamaha sampler from the late 80s had)? I'm asking because I've heard some very deep voices in songs where I believe the Fairlight has been used. I have an example here: http://home.c2i.net/w-460389/audio_snippets/deep_voice.mp3 3) Getting back to my initial question, I've heard voices with similar qualities and wonder if these are Fairlight disks, or voices that could have been manipulated with the Fairlight: a) http://home.c2i.net/w-460389/audio_snippets/drums1.mp3 (the percussive "ahh" that starts about 8 seconds into the song) b) the same song, but about 16 seconds into the song. c) http://home.c2i.net/w-460389/audio_snippets/voice3.mp3 (the background choir/voice -has some of the same qualities as that first Fairlight preset voice I mentioned). Thanks.
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Fairlight beginner questions
2006-12-05 by my_list_address
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