Fairlight-CMI

Hi Guys,

I'm writing this just to clear up a few points regarding Fairlight 
III upgrades. Yes there are quite a few modifications done, namely to 
the channel cards, memory, sampler, and digital motherboard. However, 
these are all cards in the digital domain. There is absolutely no 
difference in sound quality from a rev 5 or a rev 9 machine. Also, 
apart from all the other advantages such as a fivefold increase in 
speed, numerous software enhancements etc, the main difference is the 
ability to acces virtually any SCSI hard or optical drive up to 4 
Gbytes. With rev 5 or 6, the largest drive used was a 380 Mbyte 
Hitachi, or the more usual NDR or Maxtor 140 or 190 Mbyte drives. 
Nobody makes or re-furbishes these drives (nor have they done for 
years), so unfortunately, when these drives die (and they've been 
spinning now for about 17-18 years) your CMI III will die too. If you 
want more information, check out the hardware overview on my site: 
www.horizontal.co.uk 

Also, if anyone is interested, I'm performing any upgrades to 
revision 9, including a 4 Gbyte drive full of amazing libraries, full 
set of new manuals, firmware, software, 3 months warranty, for a 
knock-down price.

Up to Christmas, instead of the more usual GBP 2,750, an upgrade to 
rev 9.34 will cost only GBP 1,750. Your mainframe (the only bit you 
need to send) gets a service too...

I hope this is helpful,

regards,

Peter Wielk Horizontal Productions London

email: horiprod@blueyonder.co.uk   








 
> Thanks for the answer. I bought a rev6.03 this summer and I also 
looked at the 9.34
> upgrade benefits. But I'm a collector and when I saw all the 
modifications that were
> needed, I changed my mind. To me, the rev 9.34 is a completly other 
machine and
> the upgrade process involves too much hardware changes... But I'm 
not using my
> CMI in a professional context, so I understand that other people 
need a fast and easy
> to use machine.
> 
> Regards.
> 
>     Laurent.