Fairlight-CMI

Good afternoon Fairlight fans!!

Whilst the two Peters (and other members of the Fairlight Family) work furiously to get the first 30A's completed and ready for sale, I have been commissioned to start work around a number of side projects to compliment and enhance the 30A user experience as well as document the history of the CMI.

One of the jobs I am currently working on is collating a history on all the iconic and memorable sounds from the Fairlight factory libraries found in the Series II and III.  To this end, I am asking the community to share with me their favourite and best known uses of the contents of the factory library with me for consideration and possible inclusion into this documented history.

So, for example, the Pwang sample used so evocatively in Peter Gabriel's song "San Jacinto". Tell me the name of the sample and the track and artist that you remember it from. Even the ubiquitous Orch5 needs documenting so don't be afraid to tell us about the places you have heard it, because we might have missed them ourselves.

So that we don't clog the message board up, could you email me your contributions to rob.puricelli@fairlightinstruments.com.au using the subject header of "Fairlight Library Sounds History". This way, I can easily collate your responses and give credit where it is due.

I'm looking forward to receiving your mails and appreciate your assistance which will greatly contribute to the overall project.

Kind Regards,

Rob Puricelli
Fairlight Instruments