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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Less illustrious CMI users...

2003-10-08 by andyneilg@aol.com

"Pete could not get to grips with it and complained about paying the cost of it."

That sounds like Pete Waterman!!

Does this mean that the vocal sampling in SAW records (Mel and Kim for instance) is Fairlight sampled? I always thought it sounded more like an Emulator, which raises for me an interesting question. Is it easy to tell whether a Fairlight or Emulator has been used for (vocal) sampling?

Andy

Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Less illustrious CMI users...

2003-10-08 by Colin Ross

Hi there

Yes, Pete Waterman was not a fan of the Fairlight. (more the money he paid rather than the instrument itself I'm lead to believe) He didn't like spending large amounts on instruments. It was used more than Peter lets on as you can here it on allot of track.The Series III library can be heard allot on the "Hit Factory" songs but also allot of vocals were sampled. I still don't know if they owned or rented a Series III but I'll look into it. I do know that there are samples out there on 8" disk and samples on Tape Streamer (Series III) It's hard to tell what is Emulator or Fairlight as these songs were produced in top professional Studio and unless they only use the factory library would you be able to tell. They used library but also allot of there own samples. He did have a Emulator II+ and a Emulator III and was a big fan. They had the best of the best. You can when at that time 80% of the UK charts were S.A.W. I remember someone told me that Pete had just over 100 number 1's. If this is true WOW....... I must find out for sure.

Hope this helps

Regards

Colin

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Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Less illustrious CMI users...

"Pete could not get to grips with it and complained about paying the cost of it."

That sounds like Pete Waterman!!

Does this mean that the vocal sampling in SAW records (Mel and Kim for instance) is Fairlight sampled? I always thought it sounded more like an Emulator, which raises for me an interesting question. Is it easy to tell whether a Fairlight or Emulator has been used for (vocal) sampling?

Andy

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Re: Less illustrious CMI users...

2003-10-08 by Tomás

Cool info folks! 

In his autobiography, Pete talks about the TDF mix of "You spin me.." and how he 
used the Fairlight for the sample of the two dogs f**ing. OK, so he talks a lot of crap, 
but it's a fun read all the same! He also makes it clear that Aitken and Waterman did 
the vast majority of the music.

I definitely hear elbass all over their stuff, and the brass sound is very CMI-esque.

I also know that not only did they always have the best gear, but the best people too- 
programmers and engineers especially.

Actually, there must be tape streamers out there with vocal spin-ins from the Hit 
Factory and other big eighties studios... it would be cool to hear those. I do 
remember seeing Tim Friese Greene's series 2 on auction at Vemia, with the disks 
from Talk Talk's Colour of Spring. Did anyone here buy those? And I know where the 
IIx from Sarm is, although it currently has dead disk drives. There's an instrument 
that could tell tales!!