RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: When is 2004 meet up? (new to group)
2004-02-26 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)
Wow...
That's some setup. Where abouts in the North are you based? I'm from around
Newcastle, but living in Derby at the moment.
The
details of the 2004 meet will be posted to the group, but in the meantime you
can seek the information on the yahoo groups Fairlight page. There's some
information in the 'Database' as well as previous posts. Just do a
search.
Kind
regards,
Peter
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-----Original Message-----Hi,
From: pmjtaysom [mailto:philip@taysom.co.uk]
Sent: 25 February 2004 22:45
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: When is 2004 meet up? (new to group)
> Oh, by the way, do you own a Fairlight? If so, what spec do you
> have?
I currently have two Series IIx's - one has MIDI installed and the
other just needs the external I/O block to complete it's MIDI upgrade
- and two Series III's - one a standard mainframe style unit (can't
for the life of me remember the version it's running - but it's a 16mb
unit) and a Series III MFX2 with the big RAM upgrade from Peter Wielk
(ex. Chris Ringham).
I will probably sell one of the Series IIx's and the standard Series
III later on in the year - but only when I've copied the sound
libraries :-)
While I like the sound of the Series III - for me it's nowhere even
close to the Synclavier which has, IMHO, much more 'punch' and clarity
- but the Series II still has one of the most distinctive sounds and I
still love it! I think it's great that the Series II sound is now so
fashionable again!
My love affair with Fairlight started in 1983 when I watched, open
mouthed, the Peter Gabriel interview on the South Bank Show - and I
was hooked - it took me another couple of years to save up the cash to
hire out a session at Paradise Studios in Chiswick, London for a
chance to use their Series IIx (which I now own!) and PPG Wave 2.2
with Waveterm.
How can I get details of the 2004 meet? ; If it's easy to get to (I'm
in the chilly North) I could bring a couple of the systems with me if
that would help?
All the best,
Philip