Fairlight-CMI

Well, when you already own a Fairlight ( and they are hundreds to be 
owned :)) you don' t care about the price or the weight ! 
If It' s there , in your studio, you just need to move your hand to use 
it.
How did you established that nobody use the fairlight anymore ?
Every week I heard about artists using Fairlight(s) in studio.

About the sound, on a project with massive Fairlight use, the overall 
quality  is way better than project done with protools or soft 
samplers. But if you just use the series III marimba sample, no doubt 
it will change a lot of thing. 
I noticed that the cmiII sounds were more interesting and had more 
character in a mix. It creates really strange sounds . The cmi3 is just 
a very good sampler but less creative than his little brother. 10 years 
ago I get ride of my cmi3 to buy a mfx2 , it's still the best sounding 
dtd .
I daily use protools Hd/ Apogee with my clients, the sound is just 
missing something : presence and dynamic.
I own all the hardware samplers that can exist and none of them is 
enough good to replay the Fairlight sounds. I' ve transfered all the 
fairlight LIbrairies in the Emu4 and Kontakt/Halion softsamplers but 
the original stays at an other level; this level that brings you 
inspiration.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Laurent/LIFELIKE <lifelike@...> 
wrote:
>
> well today nobody's doing records with a fairlight II or III; this 
is  
> a heavy machine, cost a lot
> and the character is not what listeners are able to catch, they 
catch  
> nice melodies and great compositions done with a fairlight or with a  
> akai or on a zx spectrum, who cares
> is somebody here using his fairlight on NEW records ?
> but this library project would for sure get audience, because the  
> library is still interesting.
> 
> Laurent
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