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I was lost in modular madness ;-)

On Dec 12, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Patrice Jacquot wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
> good to hear you again...
> Where were you hidden  ? ;- )
>
> I couldn't agree more.
> It's hard to realise what is a Fairlight till you don't use one. &
> have a look to  the voice cards ...
> Series II or Series III have incredible ressources & a strong sound
> signature...
> The dynamic & low end are astonishing !
> You couldn't believe that it's 8 bits tech ...
> No possible comparison to Mirage (maybe a bit), or Korg , or Akaï...
> Maybe with the EMUII somewhere...
> Even MFX3 are blowing away any Protools system...of course the edition
> is limited compared to today's technology , but the Sound oh God ...
> you have to hear it to believe it .
> After if you have time you put your attenton to the technology on
> board & suddenly you realise why it's all so powerful...
> But I guess it's not really the place to talk about them here. (I
> suppose Jesper won't be late to remind me that ;- )
>
> about the SDX , still big attention on the Soft catalog limits !!!
>   (no more than 50 instruments & 100 samples if I remember well...or
> each new sample will erase the previous recorded ones...)
> so I confirm : SAVE !!!
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> bye,
> Patrice.
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> Le 12 déc. 08 à 11:44, Thomas Heckmann a écrit :
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>> The big difference comes in the Fairlights (I'm talking up until IIx)
>> sonic sound quality !
>> Yes it's 8bit, but the best you could ever get in this direction, the
>> dynamics and the uniqueness of it still blows me away !
>> I own both a Fairlight IIx and a Simmons SDX and they are really hard
>> to compare. And I own a tickle me Elmo also ;-)
>> One thing about the SDX - if it wasn't mentioned before - SAVE SAVE
>> SAVE ;-)
>> I had many hours of sampling with the machine just to realize it hang
>> up and all was gone...
>> Best
>> Thomas
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>> On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Patrice Jacquot wrote:
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>>> ???
>>> On the paper from far I see what you mean... (not better than an 8
>>> bits soundblaster I suppose ?)
>>> but in the mixer ?
>>>
>>> Have you ever used one ?
>>> opened one ?
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>>> Le 12 déc. 08 à 10:44, Gordon Pearce a écrit :
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>>>> Uhm, the Fairlight was a *terrible* sampler, long surpassed by the
>>>> sampling capabilities of musical greetings cards and Tickle Me
>> Elmo.
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>> Thomas P. Heckmann
>> Trope Recordings - AFU limited - AFULAB
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Thomas P. Heckmann
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