Fairlight-CMI

I think that it's a waste to use only the factory sounds !
You can create some amazing sounds when you sample with the IIx...






Le Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:02:24 +0200, Laurent/LIFELIKE <lifelike@neuf.fr> a  
écrit:

> What makes the fairlight interesting is the factory sounds and the
> nice sequencer,
> for a modern use, it is not possible to integrate that in your mixes,
> you can find
> hardware that sound as weird for 200$, per exemple, the CASIO FZ-1,
> its the same kind
> of hardware, mono output etc...
> To get a decent high quality mixdown you would need a SSL or so with
> the Fairlight IIx,
> so each musical period has its intrument, today it goes with VST
> synth, in 10years everybody
> will laugh about VSTs (i agree that they doesnt sound that good), but
> VST will have their own sound,
> even if they are copies of original, they have a kind of sound...
> l
>
>
> Le 23 juin 08 à 15:57, Andrew a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Harald Feldmann
>>
>> > Recreating a Fairlight sound completely in software ruins the
>> market for a
>> > unit. Keep that in mind.
>>
>> Good point, but I'm not sure it's always the case. There are always
>> people
>> who want the original instrument for the satisfaction of owning it.
>> With a
>> limited number of working Fairlights available, I'd expect there
>> will always
>> be enough people to buy with that motivation.
>>
>> On the other hand it can only be good if those specific sounds are
>> available
>> to as many people as possible. If Fairlight was still in business
>> making
>> new instruments it might be a different matter, but with the
>> limited pool of
>> existing instruments it seems good to make these sounds more widely
>> available.
>>
>> Personally, I use samplers with much longer sampling times than the
>> Fairlight II series, and I use those longer times to the full, so
>> for me a
>> Series II might be fun but it would certainly never be essential.
>> (I'm not
>> sure how long the sampling time was with the III.) It's very
>> unlikely I'd
>> ever buy one, and if I did I might be taking one that someone else
>> would
>> make much more use of. I'd seriously consider a software alternative,
>> though. I use one or two classic Fairlight samples already (mostly
>> out of
>> historical interest, as generally prefer making my own samples, synth
>> sounds etc), but a software emulation would be a whole new area. I
>> wonder
>> what might happen if Fairlight put their name behind a
>> collaboration with
>> Arturia or someone like that? I'm assuming Peter and Kim still have
>> the
>> rights to the Fairlight name.
>>
>> One thing that does interest me, incidentally, is making sounds by
>> drawing
>> them physically. That's something no one ever really seems to talk
>> about.
>> I remember Kate Bush saying they sound too artificial to be really
>> useable,
>> but that's the only comment I can ever recall. Of course I've heard
>> the
>> results on several TV programmes featuring the Fairlight.
>>
>> I think that's the kind of area where a company like Arturia could
>> really
>> score if they emulated the Fairlight. They have a knack of
>> surpassing the
>> limitations of the original instrument. The drawing option for
>> modulations
>> in their 2600V is a prime example.
>>
>> Incidentally I think sampling continues to be a much maligned and
>> misunderstood art. I find it very creative.
>>
>>
>>
>



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