Fairlight-CMI

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michael.maeurer@...> wrote:
>
> More News(http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2009/08/06/more-anniversary-fairlight-details/)
> 
> The 30A will look like and perform like the original CMI, although the
> mainframe will be much lighter for portability. The look and feel of the
> user interface will also be similar to the original, with retro green on
> black graphics like the original. A replica of the original music keyboard
> will also be available as an option, or you can use your own MIDI keyboard.
> 
> The software will combine the very best of the early series II and III
> features, with a multitude of additional features. Sound quality of 8-bit,
> 16-bit, or "best quality" 36-bit floating point can be selected, and
> existing Fairlight users can import their entire sample libraries. Even
> better, non-Fairlight sounds, such as WAV files can be imported and
> specified to play back with the classic Fairlight sound.
> 
> Internally it will be all digital, but will use FPGA technology to provide
> "virtual hardware" emulation which will exactly model the original analog
> circuitry.  There will be 16 analog outputs and a stereo sampling input.
> All I/O will also be available digitally through MADI.
> 
> For an idea of the performance to expect, see attached description of the
> Crystal Core engine which the new CMI use.
> 
> We are builing a run of only 100 units, which will be available early next
> year.  Price is to finalised, it is not intended to be cost competitive with
> other samplers, but of course much cheaper than the original CMI, even
> adjusted for inflation!
>

Well as yet there's been no mention of the monitor and light pen apart from the mock up photo. Are we to assume this will be a full blown emulation with the ability to re-synthesize with the pen (it never really worked with the series 3 anyway) and how about making the resonant filters self oscillate, this was always a major flaw for me in terms of reworking base material, also more powerful envelope generators and maybe additional re-synthesis functions such as ring modulation. This would be a great opportunity to create a 'next generation' CMI and if we just get a remodeled series 2/3 it would seem a bit pointless. Anyway, if this turns out to be a 'series 4' effectively with new functionality I'll be buying one for sure.