Fairlight Instruments – The next generation also for iPad?

Fairlight Instruments – The next generation. as you can see here, Peter Vogel really did it. A recreation of the Fairlight Computer. Since it is not as slow as the original I assume it is much more fun to use. But very retro design. Thats for nerds for sure. The most interesting (for me) is – there will be an App for iPad  – stay tuned, to be sure it is a recreation look at this – and did you note the iPod as a Keyboard on the right side..…

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Fairlight Instruments – The next generation

Fairlight Instruments – The next generation. fairlight seem to re-animate the old fairlight system.. CMI-30A Provisional Hardware Specifications (as at 13 August 2009) System Components: Mainframe — free-standing and adaptable to rack mount, includes 750GB SATA hard drive, DVD R/W drive, USB ports. Monitor — 15″ with lightpen (passive stylus) Alpha-numeric keyboard Music keyboard — weighted, velocity sensitive, MIDI, 6 octaves, 73 keys with pitchbend. but it seem to focus on vintage aspects.. looks at this: projected price is approximately US$17,000 and the additional music keyboard option US$2,000. won’t be…

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Hi-End Synthesizer Special – from Synclavier, ConBrio to GDS/Synergy to Fairlight

HI-END SPECIAL / Die BESONDEREN.. – New England Digital – Synclavier.. read the manual „why a synclavier has no midi“ ;-)) hi end FM and sampling station, better run it with a 68k vintage mac for editing.. it does Resynthesis, 12 OSCs with additiv Spectrum per OSC, FM but with one modulating and one carrier each, multiple additiv waves can be morhed into another that appear on a sort of a time line/linear envelope (just time between those additive spectra oscs) – 4 sample OSC/Timbres- >  sampling is possible on this…

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