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2012-03-02 by dvdborn
I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound. I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it. What do you think? David http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
2012-03-02 by WT
----- Original Message -----From: dvdbornSent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:26 PMSubject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight bandI was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band.
Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound.
I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it.
What do you think?
David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
2012-03-02 by WT
----- Original Message -----From: WTSent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:59 PMSubject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band
I´m in,we start rehearsals at my place on saturday in two weeks time.WT----- Original Message -----From: dvdbornSent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:26 PMSubject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight bandI was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band.
Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound.
I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it.
What do you think?
David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
2012-03-03 by Alex J
Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines? Alex www.processvoid.com www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid www.crashfrequency.com --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be> wrote:
From: dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be>
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM
I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band.
Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound.
I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it.
What do you think?
David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com2012-03-03 by dvdborn
Touring with a bunch of Fairlights would indeed be a risky adventure. Though, Fairlights are apparently pretty strong. My friend Luc Van Acker (Revolting Cocks) once told me a story about when they were touring with the Revolting Cocks. They had Al's Fairlight IIx with them on that tour. At one point Luc is waiting in the plane for the bagages to be loaded on board and through the window he sees the ground personal putting the Fairlight, which is in a flightcase, on the conveyor belt. They put the box on its side and when it started to rise towards the plane it tilted and fell on the ground. Luc was shocked and assumed that the CMI inside the flightcase would be destroyed but didn't mention what he saw to the other band members not wanting to alarm them. At the next gig the Fairlight worked without a problem. This reminds me of another story from Luc. When Al Jourgensen received his brand new series IIx it came in a big box with a bottle of champagne, courtesy of Fairlight, and a list of all the other Fairlight clients. Among them were companies that had nothing to do with music like Coca Cola. Apparently such companies used the sampling capabilities of the CMI as a an analytic tool. Anyway, back to the all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. I was thinking more of a hardware stage setup but the occasional iPad version is also welcome. Even the video backdrop can be an exclusive Fairlight thing with the CVI. @WT: where are you from? I'm in Belgium. David http://dvdborn.blogspot.com --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, greg thurman <trevon12001@...> wrote:
> > That would be cool, but like you stated earlier, only the fairlight geeks like us would come. Today's music does not carry much importance as it was in the 80's or 90's concerning production tools. Only because Fairlight and Synclavier started a lot of that technology and it was cool to get in on that cutting edge stuff. Also I don't think anyone in this group wants to gig with there vintage fairlight equipment day in and day out unless there's a nice payoff for them. I have Fairlight, Synclavier and ppg and to be honest the most musical is the ppg. Like one prior Fairlight owner told me some years ago. The bloom is off the rose, but my guess is that 500 and less than 1000 people worldwide would pay a fair price to own and experience the freshness of a new rose which to those people would be owning a fairlight. > > --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Alex J <process_v@...> wrote: > > > From: Alex J <process_v@...> > Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:49 PM > > Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines? > > > Alex > > www.processvoid.com > www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid > www.crashfrequency.com > > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@...> wrote: > > > From: dvdborn <dvdborn@...> > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM > I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. > > Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound. > > I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it. > > What do you think? > > David > http://dvdborn.blogspot.com >
2012-03-03 by greg thurman
That would be cool, but like you stated earlier, only the fairlight geeks like us would come. Today's music does not carry much importance as it was in the 80's or 90's concerning production tools. Only because Fairlight and Synclavier started a lot of that technology and it was cool to get in on that cutting edge stuff. Also I don't think anyone in this group wants to gig with there vintage fairlight equipment day in and day out unless there's a nice payoff for them. I have Fairlight, Synclavier and ppg and to be honest the most musical is the ppg. Like one prior Fairlight owner told me some years ago. The bloom is off the rose, but my guess is that 500 and less than 1000 people worldwide would pay a fair price to own and experience the freshness of a new rose which to those people would be owning a fairlight. --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Alex J <process_v@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
From: Alex J <process_v@yahoo.com.au> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:49 PM Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines? Alex www.processvoid.com www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid www.crashfrequency.com --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be> wrote: From: dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be> Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound. I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it. What do you think? David http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
2012-03-03 by David
Count me in All I need to do is get one of my 3 CMI to work properly! David --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "dvdborn" <dvdborn@...> wrote:
> > Touring with a bunch of Fairlights would indeed be a risky adventure. > > Though, Fairlights are apparently pretty strong. My friend Luc Van Acker (Revolting Cocks) once told me a story about when they were touring with the Revolting Cocks. They had Al's Fairlight IIx with them on that tour. > > At one point Luc is waiting in the plane for the bagages to be loaded on board and through the window he sees the ground personal putting the Fairlight, which is in a flightcase, on the conveyor belt. > They put the box on its side and when it started to rise towards the plane it tilted and fell on the ground. Luc was shocked and assumed that the CMI inside the flightcase would be destroyed but didn't mention what he saw to the other band members not wanting to alarm them. At the next gig the Fairlight worked without a problem. > > This reminds me of another story from Luc. When Al Jourgensen received his brand new series IIx it came in a big box with a bottle of champagne, courtesy of Fairlight, and a list of all the other Fairlight clients. Among them were companies that had nothing to do with music like Coca Cola. Apparently such companies used the sampling capabilities of the CMI as a an analytic tool. > > Anyway, back to the all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. I was thinking more of a hardware stage setup but the occasional iPad version is also welcome. Even the video backdrop can be an exclusive Fairlight thing with the CVI. > > @WT: where are you from? I'm in Belgium. > > David > http://dvdborn.blogspot.com > > --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, greg thurman <trevon12001@> wrote: > > > > That would be cool, but like you stated earlier, only the fairlight geeks like us would come. Today's music does not carry much importance as it was in the 80's or 90's concerning production tools. Only because Fairlight and Synclavier started a lot of that technology and it was cool to get in on that cutting edge stuff. Also I don't think anyone in this group wants to gig with there vintage fairlight equipment day in and day out unless there's a nice payoff for them. I have Fairlight, Synclavier and ppg and to be honest the most musical is the ppg. Like one prior Fairlight owner told me some years ago. The bloom is off the rose, but my guess is that 500 and less than 1000 people worldwide would pay a fair price to own and experience the freshness of a new rose which to those people would be owning a fairlight. > > > > --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Alex J <process_v@> wrote: > > > > > > From: Alex J <process_v@> > > Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:49 PM > > > > Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines? > > > > > > Alex > > > > www.processvoid.com > > www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid > > www.crashfrequency.com > > > > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@> wrote: > > > > > > From: dvdborn <dvdborn@> > > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > > Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM > > I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. > > > > Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound. > > > > I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it. > > > > What do you think? > > > > David > > http://dvdborn.blogspot.com > > >
2012-03-03 by WT
----- Original Message -----From: DavidSent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 2:12 PMSubject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Live Fairlight bandCount me in
All I need to do is get one of my 3 CMI to work properly!
David
--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "dvdborn" wrote:
>
> Touring with a bunch of Fairlights would indeed be a risky adventure.
>
> Though, Fairlights are apparently pretty strong. My friend Luc Van Acker (Revolting Cocks) once told me a story about when they were touring with the Revolting Cocks. They had Al's Fairlight IIx with them on that tour.
>
> At one point Luc is waiting in the plane for the bagages to be loaded on board and through the window he sees the ground personal putting the Fairlight, which is in a flightcase, on the conveyor belt.
> They put the box on its side and when it started to rise towards the plane it tilted and fell on the ground. Luc was shocked and assumed that the CMI inside the flightcase would be destroyed but didn't mention what he saw to the other band members not wanting to alarm them. At the next gig the Fairlight worked without a problem.
>
> This reminds me of another story from Luc. When Al Jourgensen received his brand new series IIx it came in a big box with a bottle of champagne, courtesy of Fairlight, and a list of all the other Fairlight clients. Among them were companies that had nothing to do with music like Coca Cola. Apparently such companies used the sampling capabilities of the CMI as a an analytic tool.
>
> Anyway, back to the all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. I was thinking more of a hardware stage setup but the occasional iPad version is also welcome. Even the video backdrop can be an exclusive Fairlight thing with the CVI.
>
> @WT: where are you from? I'm in Belgium.
>
> David
> http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
>
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, greg thurman wrote:
> >
> > That would be cool, but like you stated earlier, only the fairlight geeks like us would come. Today's music does not carry much importance as it was in the 80's or 90's concerning production tools. Only because Fairlight and Synclavier started a lot of that technology and it was cool to get in on that cutting edge stuff. Also I don't think anyone in this group wants to gig with there vintage fairlight equipment day in and day out unless there's a nice payoff for them. I have Fairlight, Synclavier and ppg and to be honest the most musical is the ppg. Like one prior Fairlight owner told me some years ago. The bloom is off the rose, but my guess is that 500 and less than 1000 people worldwide would pay a fair price to own and experience the freshness of a new rose which to those people would be owning a fairlight.
> >
> > --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Alex J wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Alex J
> > Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band
> > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:49 PM
> >
> > Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines?
> >
> >
> >; Alex
> >
> > www.processvoid.com
> > www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid
> > www.crashfrequency.com
>; >
> > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: dvdborn
> > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band
> > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> > Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM
> > I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band.
> >
> > Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound.
> >
> > I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > David
> > http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
> >
>
2012-03-05 by Alex J
I am in sydney australia. The only fairlight I have is the app running on IPod touch and also iphone.
Alex
www.processvoid.com
www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid
www.crashfrequency.com
--- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be> wrote:
From: dvdborn <dvdborn@pandora.be>
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Live Fairlight band
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 8:06 PM
Touring with a bunch of Fairlights would indeed be a risky adventure.
Though, Fairlights are apparently pretty strong. My friend Luc Van Acker (Revolting Cocks) once told me a story about when they were touring with the Revolting Cocks. They had Al's Fairlight IIx with them on that tour.
At one point Luc is waiting in the plane for the bagages to be loaded on board and through the window he sees the ground personal putting the Fairlight, which is in a flightcase, on the conveyor belt.
They put the box on its side and when it started to rise towards the plane it tilted and fell on the ground. Luc was shocked and assumed that the CMI inside the flightcase would be destroyed but didn't mention what he saw to the other band members not wanting to alarm them. At the next gig the Fairlight worked without a problem.
This reminds me of another story from Luc. When Al Jourgensen received his brand new series IIx it came in a big box with a bottle of champagne, courtesy of Fairlight, and a list of all the other Fairlight clients. Among them were companies that had nothing to do with music like Coca Cola. Apparently such companies used the sampling capabilities of the CMI as a an analytic tool.
Anyway, back to the all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. I was thinking more of a hardware stage setup but the occasional iPad version is also welcome. Even the video backdrop can be an exclusive Fairlight thing with the CVI.
@WT: where are you from? I'm in Belgium.
David
http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, greg thurman <trevon12001@...> wrote:> > That would be cool, but like you stated earlier, only the fairlight geeks like us would come. Today's music does not carry much importance as it was in the 80's or 90's concerning production tools. Only because Fairlight and Synclavier started a lot of that technology and it was cool to get in on that cutting edge stuff. Also I don't think anyone in this group wants to gig with there vintage fairlight equipment day in and day out unless there's a nice payoff for them. I have Fairlight, Synclavier and ppg and to be honest the most musical is the ppg. Like one prior Fairlight owner told me some years ago. The bloom is off the rose, but my guess is that 500 and less than 1000 people worldwide would pay a fair price to own and experience the freshness of a new rose which to those people would be owning a fairlight. > > --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Alex J <process_v@...> wrote: > > > From: Alex J <process_v@...> > Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 8:49 PM > > Can this band include fairlight apps on ipods, ipads, etc or does this have to be just hardware fairlight cmi machines? > > > Alex > > www.processvoid.com > www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid > www.crashfrequency.com > > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, dvdborn <dvdborn@...> wrote: > > > From: dvdborn <dvdborn@...> > Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Live Fairlight band > To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com > Received: Saturday, 3 March, 2012, 7:26 AM > I was thinking today that it would be fun to create an all-live-exclusive-Fairlight band. > > Imagine a group on stage with 4 or more Fairlight players (all models allowed) and a singer. Of course Page R is allowed but the key element is live performance and the Fairlight sound. > > I guess this would only appeal to us Fairlight geeks. But I would totally go and see such a band, if I'm not playing in it. > > What do you think? > > David > http://dvdborn.blogspot.com >
2012-03-05 by Roland
Hi all, wasn't it advised many times in the past to remove the battery on the CPU card in IIx CMIs to prevent damage on the card in case the battery start to leak ? That's what I remembered. Today I finally removed it, on the CPU card in the slot that reads -133- . Was there anything else to do except removing the battery ? Now that I put the card back into the machine, connected the two connectors (while the top connector remains empty), the machine refuses to start at all. All I get is a sometimes green, sometimes black screen. Any ideas ? Did I miss something ? Thanks for your help Roland
2012-03-05 by Harald Feldmann
Hi Roland, Most likely the card is not seated properly, try re-seating the card. Removing the battery is all that was needed. The system will forget what the year and time is after you switch it off. Regards, Harald.
> Hi all, > > wasn't it advised many times in the past to remove the battery on the > CPU card in IIx CMIs to prevent damage on the card in case the > battery start to leak ? That's what I remembered. > > Today I finally removed it, on the CPU card in the slot that reads > -133- . Was there anything else to do except removing the battery ? > Now that I put the card back into the machine, connected the two > connectors (while the top connector remains empty), the machine > refuses to start at all. All I get is a sometimes green, sometimes > black screen. > > Any ideas ? Did I miss something ? > > Thanks for your help > > Roland > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
2012-03-06 by Roland
Hi Harald and all, thanks for the reply about the battery ! That was the solution. But there are still two other problems with my IIx machine :-( and I could need some more advice....maybe you can help: After re-seating the CPU card after the battery removal the CMI was working again. Not properly, but at least the same way as it "worked" before I performed the battery removal. Here's a description of what it did: When I switched it on, the CMI presented its "loading system" message, but froze shortly before displaying the Index page. It couldn't reach the Index page. I thought it might have something to do with connecting problems of the cards in the slots after 28 years, so today I had all the cards removed from the slots, cleaned the connectors of the cards and put them back into the mainframe. Success ! At least sort of... Now the machine boots again, but doesn't show or find any Voice cards any more. Just if they are not in the machine. But they are. Did I miss something somewhere ?? The second problem is, and I had it before in the past: Sometimes I can play around with it for ages, and it seems to work. But then suddenly it freezes. Sometimes very quickly after booting. Sometimes after a much longer time. What could this be ? Still dirty slots ? --> Connecting problems ? Faulty/partly broken cables somewhere ? Did anyone had this problem before ? Any ideas ? What I also noticed is that I cannot reset it any more from the reset button on the mainframe panel. It used to work perfectly in the past. Does that give any hint for the problem(s) ? To summerize the two problems: (1) Why are the voice cards not recognized by the system any more after I had them out of the machine for some minutes ? (2) Why does it sometimes freeze ? Thanks a lot or any help in advance Roland