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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: For sale Fairlight CMI IIX

2010-11-10 by Peter K.

So are PPG wave's, Waldorf Microwave, Prophet VS not hybrid?
Translated to samplers, I call a sampler hybrid if it has an analogue type of filtering after the DA conversion is done. Many vintage samplers have an extensive VCF (with resonance and many other parameters, like an ENV etc.) and are basicly a synthesizer that uses samples as waveforms.
Modern samplers do all filtering in the digital domain and are not hybrids............
The VCF on the CMI is realtime controlable. It's not as elaborated as filters in many other samplers, but it's still a VCF and that makes it a hybrid in my book........ The CMI has fantastic digital ways to dynamicly change sounds. It doesn't need an extensive VCF ;to do this.
Where does it say that the VCF in the CMI is only there to filter out alisasing distortion?
:P back at ya
Cheers,
Peter Kersten
From: tomulcahy
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:43 PM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: For sale Fairlight CMI IIX


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> Also I would like to point out: A CMI has an analog VCF and therefor is not Digital, but hybrid :P
Your logic is flawed sir! ;) The IIx filter is to reduce aliasing distortion, that is an integral part of any DA. It was cool that the CMI let you adjust it, but that does not make it a hybrid even in the broadest sense of the word. :p

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