Fairlight-CMI

Hi Hermann,

 Yes,this is a very common problem with old screens. Many CMI 11X systems
will have the same screen fault. There is a lamanent material which was put
inside the screen as a coating. Over the years this will slowly bubble and
peel. I am looking into seeing if it is possible to get my screen
reconditioned. I will inform the group when I get any news. Yes, I found
Alexander at Virtual Music to be extremely helpful indeed.
It would be nice to see him on this group. Have you told him about it ?
Good Luck !

Regards,



James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.



On 2/1/04 2:49 pm, "Hermann Seib" <hermann@seib.synth.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've got a slightly problematic CMI IIx here - well, I bought it
> defective quite some time ago. Things have changed a lot since that -
> thanks to Alexander Guelfenburg of Virtual Music
> (http://members.aon.at/virtual-music/e_index.htm if you're interested),
> the base unit works now... next on the list is the screen. Don't know
> what happened to it, but somewhere between the protective screen in
> front and the actual glass of the VDU there's something that looks...
> well, crumbled, rotten; something like that.
> 
> I've heard that this is a common phenomenon on these screens, but my one
> is really bad - it's practically unreadable in some areas (and the light
> pen won't see anything there). A picture is here:
> http://www.hermannseib.com/images/fairlightscreen1.jpg
> 
> Does anybody know how to cure this problem? Or, alternatively, does
> anybody know where to get a matching replacement part?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Hermann