Fairlight MFX-3 + cue light trigger
2011-03-02 by James Thomson
Hi, Does anyone know if I can switch a mains powered record cue light on and off from a MFX-3 + controller ? Many thanks. Regards, James
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Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-02 by arroncx
Hi Joe : thanks for the fascinating post :) It has neither an IDC socket, or laptop style socket : it has some bare wires communing out of the back of the case (4 in total) which I assume are supposed to supply the power.(see photos) Thanks, Arron --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups
Re/ converting MFX III/MFX3/MFX3+ to Series 3/MFX2
2011-03-02 by linear226@excite.com
Thanks to everyone who has responded to me. Another quick question, has anybody had any experience running running Rev 12? (this apparantly still allows CMI functionality?) Maybe this would help me avoid ripping out all of the electronics/ I'm guessing I'd still need Wave-super a
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-02 by Joe Sleator
Hi Arron, > so ive put it on ebay so everyone get a fair crack, at a price Id be willing to accept. Well, it's tempting I can tell you. The internal switchmode supplies in those may have been a bit under spec. Does your one have an IDC (mains kettle plug) connector on the back, o
MFX3+ to CMI III
2011-03-01 by horiprod
This is a response to Tony's question about "downgrading" an MFX3+ Regarding the conversion, I'd say it wouldn't be worth it, especially since it's an MFX3+ There virtually are no cards which are common to the series III except for the colour graphics card, and possibly the Turbo
Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by arroncx
OK : I never expected that multiple people would be interested, so ive put it on ebay so everyone get a fair crack, at a price Id be willing to accept. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260745984351#ht_500wt_951 Its just a 24 hour auction, and Ill post it out a
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by linear226.excite
Hi All, I have uploaded some pictures of my MFX Stuff to the photos section : There is an MFX Keyboard, serial number 004, There is a breakout box, presumed to connect the MFX to a fairlight to a non MFX CMI. A IEEE 488 cable : same connectors as the sockets on the MFX : dont kno
Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by arroncx
Hi All, I have uploaded some pictures of my MFX Stuff to the photos section : There is an MFX Keyboard, serial number 004, There is a breakout box, presumed to connect the MFX to a fairlight to a non MFX CMI. A IEEE 488 cable : same connectors as the sockets on the MFX : dont kno
New file uploaded to Fairlight-CMI
2011-03-01 by Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Fairlight-CMI group. File : /pdf Manuals and others/The Story of ORCH5 (for PM 12-04).pdf Uploaded by : jbfairlight Description : The Story of ORCH5 You can access t
Series 3/mfx2 spares required
2011-03-01 by linear226@excite.com
Hi all, (apologies if you got this message twice..) Anyone got any Series 3 spares knocking about? Might be looking for CMI music kbd, Series 3 qwerty kbd with graphics tablet, MFX2 controller, Waveform Supervisor card etc, or any other major components, I just picked up an MFX2
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by linear226.excite
HI there : I have what I think is an MFX2 Controller : I picked it up with some other fairlight spares I bought, but will never get round to using it. It has just trailing bare wires instead of a proper cable, and from others comments, appears t o be a test/demo unit, supplied wi
Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by linear226.excite
Hi all, Anyone got any Series 3 spares knocking about? Might be looking for CMI music kbd, Series 3 qwerty kbd with graphics tablet, MFX2 controller, Waveform Supervisor card etc, or any other major components, I just picked up an MFX2 rackmount tower configured as MFX3+ and look
Re: Fairlight Series 3 spares wanted
2011-03-01 by arroncx
HI there : I have what I think is an MFX2 Controller : I picked it up with some other fairlight spares I bought, but will never get round to using it. It has just trailing bare wires instead of a proper cable, and from others comments, appears to be a test/demo unit, supplied wit
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-28 by arroncx
Hi All ! Well, my new CM28 card arrived : I didnt have much time today, so I did install it, but it dosnt quite solve my problem, but there are still a few things i need to try, like stripping the fairlight back to a minimum config etc. However, i was thinking that maybe if I had
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] We need your help!! Iconic Fairlight sounds
2011-02-28 by Peter Connelly
I would be confident to claim Orch5 being the one to credit!!! Cheers, Peter On 27 February 2011 23:30, Rob Puricelli rob.puricelli@fairlightinstruments.com.au > wrote: Hello again guys! Thanks to everyone who has emailed me with details about their knowledge of the CMI IIx libra
RE: [Fairlight-CMI] We need your help!! Iconic Fairlight sounds
2011-02-28 by Peter Vogel
For reference, attached are the two sounds as they appeared in one set of disks I have. I’ll be interested to know whether anyone’s library has different sounds under these names. From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Puricell
RE: [Fairlight-CMI] We need your help!! Iconic Fairlight sounds
2011-02-27 by Rob Puricelli
Hello again guys! Thanks to everyone who has emailed me with details about their knowledge of the CMI IIx library and where and how it was used. I have a question that maybe someone here can clear up for me. If you do some investigation into the actual content of the CMI IIx libr
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...
2011-02-23 by Harald Feldmann
Hi George, Why not start by putting it in the normal position and check the if the drives work that way ? Least trouble. Regards, Harald. >> to fix that? They were working just fine at the sellers house when he >> demo'ed it. But he had the mainframe laying sideways on the woodra
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...
2011-02-23 by Joe Sleator
Hi There George, That's some good advice from WT. If you unplug the mains connector (they're not that well protected inside) you can easily take off the right (from the front) cheek side panel and examine drive 1. Assuming the same thing is wrong with both, looking at the top of
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...
2011-02-23 by WT
George, congrats on the CMI IIX. What has happened is that the screw that holds the white disc in place has come loose. It needs to be tighten. I had to do it to mine as it was just a little too loose for the drive to grab the disc properly to rotate it. It seems that your drives
Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...
2011-02-22 by trickstar303
Hello, Just wanted to briefly introduce myself. I'm a new proud CMI IIx owner. :-) I just had a moment to set it up for the first time since I picked it up last Saturday and I already encountered the first problem: The floppy disks won't go in all the way, they insert about half
CYWORD
2011-02-22 by dd_62622
Hi, Are there any users out there who have knowledge or documentation concerning Qdos programs like cyword or the Qdos editor ? ,just browsing trhough some floppydisks I found a very nice "email" that the software developers from Fairlight had send to each other. I posted a scree
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-18 by linear226.excite
Hi All, linear226.excite : yeah : that might work : had a quick look at the KMI site, and it kind of seems it might work with a 9.34 system : Ive grabbed it quick as its quite inexpensive, and if it isnt going to work, I can always put it back on on ebay. The boot loader on my sy
Re: cmios9 is open source now
2011-02-18 by kmi9000
Thanks for all the positive replies! I have just uploaded the latest version of cmios9 and some other projects to sourceforge. Michael --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > I just want to say thanks so much for your extremely valuable cont
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by linear226.excite
Hi All, Just an update : I tried everything you suggested : I carefully reseated all the socketed chips on 28 : no change Checked that q777 was correctly seated : it was. Checked keys in place and other cards seated correctly : looks fine. Tried again in KMONDIAG with just a D to
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by arroncx
Hi All, linear226.excite : yeah : that might work : had a quick look at the KMI site, and it kind of seems it might work with a 9.34 system : Ive grabbed it quick as its quite inexpensive, and if it isnt going to work, I can always put it back on on ebay. The boot loader on my sy
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by arroncx
Hi All, Just an update : I tried everything you suggested : I carefully reseated all the socketed chips on 28 : no change Checked that q777 was correctly seated : it was. Checked keys in place and other cards seated correctly : looks fine. Tried again in KMONDIAG with just a D to
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by James Thomson
Hi Joe, You sound quite knowledgable about the Series 3 CMI. Could you repair any CMI-3 cards ? Cheers, James Magic Audio Co Any Sound in Theory and in Practice Studio 26 The Coach House 2 Upper York Street Bristol BS2 8QN U.K. studio direct line: +44 (0)117 370 5810 mobile: +44
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by Joe Sleator
OK, so when you say VGA video card, you must mean the little board that has the VGA plug on it? The RGB01? Mine doesn't have a fuse. Strange. So you have a colour system? An MFX1 or MFX2? It's certainly at least rev 6 as you've got a wave super. Then this pin on the CMI 28 got br
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by arroncx
The machine is a 9.34 CMI : I bought the VGA card later from Peter Wielk, and installed it without issue when the machine was still working. The fuse is a tiny surface mounted thing on the Main on the main ESP-CG3 card. I blew it because I kicked the VGA plug out by accident whil
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by Joe Sleator
Hey Arron So, that's Chris Alfred's "new" diagnostics screen for the Waveform Super, CMI41. The address error that occurred is happening in the other 68K board, the Wave Super, CMI41. That screen has little to do with the CMI28, AFAIK Are you saying you typed "DI" at the prompt?
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by arroncx
Hi Joe : OK : so the history in summery is that the machine was working, and then it was in storage for a couple of years while I was moving about and working out of the country. When I got it back out of storage, the VGA video card blew a fuse, which I replaced, I was not detect
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by arroncx
Hi there : Ive posted the error screen i get from the diagnostics in the group photos page if anyone can shed any light on what it means :) Maybe one day there will be an upgrade where you can get a PC on a fairlight sized card, and a Crystal Core board in the same format, and th
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by James Thomson
Hi Joe, I would think that CMI-3 board repair could be a fairly lucrative sideline to compliment someone's main job. There are many of us who would pay a good price to have a board repaired as it is imperative to keeping the system running. I would pay £ 100.00 - £ 150.00 to have
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-17 by Joe Sleator
> I haven't found anyone who can repair the series 3 cards. > It's really a shame that these amazing instruments are not supported. OK, let';s assume they were supported, and very well, better than even a 2 year old Nokia phone, or a 69 MG Midget, or that old Russian space suit I
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-16 by Gordon JC Pearce
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 20:52 +0000, Gmail wrote: > > > Hi Arron, > > > This error message that you are getting is caused by a faulty CMI-28 > card. I had the exact same error but was fortunate to have a spare > card. It would be great if there was someone with the series 3 > knowl
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] cmios9 is open source now
2011-02-16 by James Thomson
Hi Michael, I just want to say thanks so much for your extremely valuable contributions to the CMI community. Your website has been an invaluable resource to many CMI users. There have been many occasions when you helped me when i was in real trouble with my own CMI system. I don
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-16 by Gmail
Hi Arron, This error message that you are getting is caused by a faulty CMI-28 card. I had the exact same error but was fortunate to have a spare card. It would be great if there was someone with the series 3 knowledge to repair these cards. There are people who can repair the CM
Re: cmios9 is open source now
2011-02-16 by arroncx
Also many thanks from me on both this and the excellent KMI web site. I would be totally lost without this. Very much appreciated : Arron --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "kmi9000" wrote: > > Hi, > > I have decided to release the latest version of cmios9 as an open source pr
Re: CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-16 by arroncx
Brilliant advice guys : I found the following post, where a different user has a different problem (slightly) and they go to KMON diag and type DI : http://www.fairlightau.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=451&sid=e7792b9128e6d693314edccf7cd362ea If I do the same, I also get "Address Err
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-16 by Joe Sleator
Hi, Arron First guess is it's falling over where it asks if the Midi Processor (CMI28) is present, by poking and reading from its peripheral address, and the midi processor either does not reply, or says something stoopid. Whilst the IIx would boot happily in this configuration,
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] cmios9 is open source now
2011-02-16 by Laurent LEMAIRE
Thanks a lot Michael for your great contribution to the community !!! Regards. Laurent.
CMI III boot problems : getting closer :)
2011-02-16 by arroncx
Hi all, Thanks for all you assistance so far. Just thought Id report back :) So : I got a replacement CMI32 card from the ever helpful Peter Wielk and great now when I boot, i can see all my channel cards, memory etc. The system runs right the way though its boot-up sequence, but
cmios9 is open source now
2011-02-16 by kmi9000
Hi, I have decided to release the latest version of cmios9 as an open source project under the GNU GPL. You can find my project "cmios9" on sourceforge.net. It can be compiled on various platforms (Win, cygwin, Darwin, Linux, ...). cmios9 enables access to the following filesyste
RE: [Fairlight-CMI] ipad app
2011-02-15 by Peter Vogel
Maybe a future upgrade – depending on how the app sells. It’s been a very expensive development already! From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SRRecords@aol.com Sent: Sunday, 13 February 2011 1:32 PM To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.
Re: We need your help!! Iconic Fairlight sounds
2011-02-13 by Bill
well said my man. --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "djangokitty2" wrote: > > > > It has been interesting reading this thread for it reminded me of one of the most important gifts of my relationship with Fairlight. When I purchased my Series III in 1986, I was in my early thi
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] ipad app
2011-02-13 by SRRecords@aol.com
How about something akin to Aurora for iPad, which simply allows you to record any sample with the touch of a button? The Aurora samples are actually good quality (because the iPad samples them quite well). That is, it's the app that is taking advantage of what the iPad offers, n
RE: [Fairlight-CMI] ipad app
2011-02-13 by Peter Vogel
Hi Colin, Not sure what you mean here – do you mean files created on a CMI? The app will let you load .wav files, but as there isn’t a standard way of getting files of the 8” floppies we haven’t supported native CMI voice or RS file import. Re: Facebook page – you just click “lik
ipad app
2011-02-12 by bty496052
Hi Peter/all I would love to know if the ipad app will allow me to load my own samples and RS files. Cheers Colin PS you havent added me to your facebook page yet!
Re: We need your help!! Iconic Fairlight sounds
2011-02-12 by djangokitty2
It has been interesting reading this thread for it reminded me of one of the most important gifts of my relationship with Fairlight. When I purchased my Series III in 1986, I was in my early thirties,and having been a middling success, guitarist, songwriter and record producer, t