got my V collection yesterday ! FINALLY! cant wait. and the Fairlight has mesmerized me since the 80s when i first saw that FAT logo in the video for The REFLEX ... xox!~
The Fairlight CMI is what made all the iconic Terminator 2 sounds and score sections new from the first one. The Anvil sound was "Anvil11" . Also the T-1000 "drone" sound was a violin sample in a low octav which means it slowed down (as you mentioned) and gave it a machine like sound. Most of the sounds are simply Fairlight samples in low octavaes.
I saw one at a cab company in Maryland when i was 5 or 6. It was the dopest looking machine I had ever seen before in my life. I always thought it was just a part of the dispatch center's communications system along with all of the other junk-shit equipment they had there through out the place. I never saw anyone using though. It just sat there, lonely and untouched. Thinking about it now, I have no idea how a small, privately owned cab company in the most ghetto neighborhood of Prince George's County could afford a Fairlight. Maybe it belonged to a drug dealer or something, who knows?
Do you know if it contains the samples made famous by Jean-Michel Jarre (those weird sounds on "Zoolook") and The Art of Noise (orchestra hits, hammer, congas, kick and snare with reverse reverb, bass, ignition car start)?
Im not sure if it comes with AON samples since i don't own it, but this guy did a AON cover on the Aturia so chances are it does: ruclips.net/video/laPOwQRMvP0/видео.html
Thanks for this. I now have it :). I actually went into the Fairlight office in 1984. Near middle of Sydney, Lots of cool stuff lying around. One of the best bands to use it in Australia was the dugites, check out cut the talking, it's on RUclips.
OMD used this synth quite a bit, as did a number of 4AD artists like Colourbox. I was hoping you would've pulled some human voice samples out, as the Fairlight handed out some spooky lower end sounds a la OMD and Colourbox.
CMI V is pretty close with the way it handles samples and the looping. Also the sample rate bit reduction gives it that Fairlight detail. I know they modeled it based on a CMI II. The resynthesis is very cool. Cant wait to get the new V Collection 6
Yep, and the biggest reason for the original CMI's distinctively lo-fi sound is actually the low sample rates used, typically about 12-16khz. I think the ADSR envelopes gave a bit more dynamic range
i know that the (early) emulator samplers stored the sounds in 8 bit , but on playback they do a trick that gives a 12bit sound/depth (think it's called mu-law companding) , anyway , im thinking maybe the later fairlights employed that same trick
I think Fairlight always used linear sampling. There's a quite interesting document here that explains it a little - www.virtual-music.at/en/client/documents/fairlight_cmi_explained.pdf
I got to play on the original one at $ARM Studio with JJ Jeczalik wielding the light pen in the early 80's on Chrysalis Record's dime.... It was all very "Wizard of OZ" (the programming looked SOOOO daunting i think the record Co's just thought of it as a 'hit record' Insurance policy)
You guys need to fact check a little more clearly. It was the first commercial polyphonic sampler, but not the first to play up and down the keyboard. It also didn't have a touch screen - its a light pen, it looks for the changes of brightness in the screen by scanning. Series 2 came out in 1982. All you need to do is work out what you want to say, google for the actual facts and write it down on a sheet next to you when you talking. It also arguable aged very gracefully, it was being used for years. The guy is obviously doing an OK job giving us a first look, but I think it would have been much better to use someone that actually has used an actual Fairlight.
god forbid anyone makes a mistake on the information about an instrument they're not demonstrating...As a matter of fact, due to his misinformation, I don't even want to buy this software anymore, pure rubbish now.....I mean, it isn't like you made the original hardware, right? Be cool.
Give the guy a break, I think he does a great job at demo'ing the synth.The whole point of the video is to demo the sounds, not get caught up in historical info.
My one question...does it have that strange almost lo-fi vibe of the CMI because of how it processes, or because the samples sound like that? Because I've got several other samples that would be neat with the CMI vibe.
I thought these things cost a quart of a mill back in the day, never mind 80k? I know they cost as much as a house back then, anyway! Arturia make some great emulations. Never ever had a go on one of these, but it sounds nice. Cheers.
Fuck the haters!!! Arturia has done it again! I don't give a fuck about wavetable synthesis (massive). THIS COMPANY IS THE BEST AND KEEPS SETTING THE STANDARD! Thx for taking back the Moog and the Fx7. I lost ALL my presets ever since the new MOOG. I hope one day you can sort that out? thx Arturia!
If I'm remembering correctly, a gentleman by the name of Clive Smith from England, used to demo the original Fairlight at the early 80s NAAM shows. He may also have been responsible for the soundtrack to to the film Liquid Sky, which is mainly Fairlight and so 80s it's off the scale. m.ruclips.net/video/hJV0ey2QVU0/видео.html
Something Arturia do that I don't really like is adding a load of extra stuff to vintage emulations. I get it if it's something that makes using it easier - for instance adding presets to instruments that didn't have them, or putting an arpeggiator in a Minimoog, or something - but if it's changing the sound of the instrument, sometimes massively.. why would you want it to do that? It's like making a replica of a '62 Strat and putting EMGs in it. You know what I mean?
Hi Mandy! No need for so much money (unless you would like to make a donation), the V Collection 6 is discounted as part of its launch offer until January 10, 2018! Best regards,
No, Fairlight CMI I was the first polyphonic digital sampler. It came out in 1978/1979. The Synclavier version 1 only had synthesis. Version ii came out in mid 1980.
it's more than a rompler. It has two synthesis engines. Being able to synthesize sounds from scratch automatically disqualifies it as just a "rompler".
got my V collection yesterday ! FINALLY! cant wait. and the Fairlight has mesmerized me since the 80s when i first saw that FAT logo in the video for The REFLEX ... xox!~
The Fairlight CMI is what made all the iconic Terminator 2 sounds and score sections new from the first one. The Anvil sound was "Anvil11" . Also the T-1000 "drone" sound was a violin sample in a low octav which means it slowed down (as you mentioned) and gave it a machine like sound. Most of the sounds are simply Fairlight samples in low octavaes.
Luke Watts T1000 sound was a horn (trumpet) stab, not a violin
It was a slide of horns and brass.. Not a violin..
@@yonezawa2810 it was the brass fall sample shown in this video.
The resynthesis function in the CMI did make the sound time independent. Real time time-stretch.
Yes, I owned one CMI IIx once.
That's not time-stretch, that's only synthesis. CMI can't do time-stretch on samples
Posidonia Oceanica I know. As I mentioned, I owned a CMI IIx.
Love this stuff. 2020 I officially disown you.
dude thank you so much for this video! I was on the fence about buying this... so awesome of you to explain everything like this
Great explanation/overview!
omg, what an amazing machine... i want to really try this, it must be amazing to sound design and to make drum loops
Excellent demo! 👍
There are a few videos floating around of Herbie Hancock jamming on his Fairlight CMI. Super awesome.
I saw one at a cab company in Maryland when i was 5 or 6. It was the dopest looking machine I had ever seen before in my life. I always thought it was just a part of the dispatch center's communications system along with all of the other junk-shit equipment they had there through out the place. I never saw anyone using though. It just sat there, lonely and untouched. Thinking about it now, I have no idea how a small, privately owned cab company in the most ghetto neighborhood of Prince George's County could afford a Fairlight. Maybe it belonged to a drug dealer or something, who knows?
Might have belonged to one of their drivers or dispatchers. Money really comes and goes in the cab business.
OMFG!!!! :O This is what Synth IS!!!
Also, if you go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, you can set your system so it doesn't enlarge the mouse when you shake it.
Fuck that
Do you know if it contains the samples made famous by Jean-Michel Jarre (those weird sounds on "Zoolook") and The Art of Noise (orchestra hits, hammer, congas, kick and snare with reverse reverb, bass, ignition car start)?
Im not sure if it comes with AON samples since i don't own it, but this guy did a AON cover on the Aturia
so chances are it does: ruclips.net/video/laPOwQRMvP0/видео.html
Thanks for this. I now have it :). I actually went into the Fairlight office in 1984. Near middle of Sydney, Lots of cool stuff lying around. One of the best bands to use it in Australia was the dugites, check out cut the talking, it's on RUclips.
OMD used this synth quite a bit, as did a number of 4AD artists like Colourbox. I was hoping you would've pulled some human voice samples out, as the Fairlight handed out some spooky lower end sounds a la OMD and Colourbox.
Wow, sounds amazing. You're good at piano too.
CMI V is pretty close with the way it handles samples and the looping. Also the sample rate bit reduction gives it that Fairlight detail. I know they modeled it based on a CMI II. The resynthesis is very cool. Cant wait to get the new V Collection 6
Try Typing "Arturia" Into the keyboard.... You're welcome :P
LOL nice
Haha thanks;)
haha, awesome :D
is there am ASDR control?
the first gen CMI were 8 bit samplers. not 12 bit
Yep, and the biggest reason for the original CMI's distinctively lo-fi sound is actually the low sample rates used, typically about 12-16khz. I think the ADSR envelopes gave a bit more dynamic range
i know that the (early) emulator samplers stored the sounds in 8 bit , but on playback they do a trick that gives a 12bit sound/depth (think it's called mu-law companding) , anyway , im thinking maybe the later fairlights employed that same trick
I think Fairlight always used linear sampling. There's a quite interesting document here that explains it a little - www.virtual-music.at/en/client/documents/fairlight_cmi_explained.pdf
Really really good
I got to play on the original one at $ARM Studio with JJ Jeczalik wielding the light pen in the early 80's on Chrysalis Record's dime....
It was all very "Wizard of OZ" (the programming looked SOOOO daunting i think the record Co's just thought of it as a 'hit record' Insurance policy)
14:53 - that's the sound of the T-1000 music in Terminator 2, which you would hear if you pitched it down.
can you perform live with this or make a cd?
Is it possible to sample tones with a microphone?
I want this SO BAD
Does it have Orch2
sold!
Are you living in Australia? You're upside down ;D
You guys need to fact check a little more clearly. It was the first commercial polyphonic sampler, but not the first to play up and down the keyboard. It also didn't have a touch screen - its a light pen, it looks for the changes of brightness in the screen by scanning. Series 2 came out in 1982. All you need to do is work out what you want to say, google for the actual facts and write it down on a sheet next to you when you talking. It also arguable aged very gracefully, it was being used for years. The guy is obviously doing an OK job giving us a first look, but I think it would have been much better to use someone that actually has used an actual Fairlight.
Tim Child +1 I couldn't help but roll my eyes at all the mis-information.... Do your research!
god forbid anyone makes a mistake on the information about an instrument they're not demonstrating...As a matter of fact, due to his misinformation, I don't even want to buy this software anymore, pure rubbish now.....I mean, it isn't like you made the original hardware, right? Be cool.
Give the guy a break, I think he does a great job at demo'ing the synth.The whole point of the video is to demo the sounds, not get caught up in historical info.
@Tim Child @Nihil & Void - You two need to relax
He does mention light pen you neckbeard
My one question...does it have that strange almost lo-fi vibe of the CMI because of how it processes, or because the samples sound like that? Because I've got several other samples that would be neat with the CMI vibe.
I'm sure they've tried to emulate the effects of the cmi circuits so it should fuck up your samples nicely
I wonder if Animoog was loosely inspired by the CMI. There are some similarities in how sounds are created.
Is this only a PLUGIN or a standalone application ? I noticed that you were running this through Logic.
All Arturia's products can work as a plug-in or as a standalone app.
How high is the cpu hit? If you, lets say, play a ten note chord with all synth engines
The cmi is pretty light
we need the Jan Hammer Miami Vice collection
I wish i could thumbs up this 4 more times
I thought these things cost a quart of a mill back in the day, never mind 80k? I know they cost as much as a house back then, anyway! Arturia make some great emulations. Never ever had a go on one of these, but it sounds nice. Cheers.
Fuck the haters!!! Arturia has done it again! I don't give a fuck about wavetable synthesis (massive). THIS COMPANY IS THE BEST AND KEEPS SETTING THE STANDARD! Thx for taking back the Moog and the Fx7. I lost ALL my presets ever since the new MOOG. I hope one day you can sort that out? thx Arturia!
If I'm remembering correctly, a gentleman by the name of Clive Smith from England, used to demo the original Fairlight at the early 80s NAAM shows.
He may also have been responsible for the soundtrack to to the film Liquid Sky, which is mainly Fairlight and so 80s it's off the scale.
m.ruclips.net/video/hJV0ey2QVU0/видео.html
Yeah the sounds in this one is crazy 👍🏽
@15:38 It's ackshully a minor 10th (minor 3rd an octave up)
Mentally I’m thinking I can surly do this on my uvi falcon
I know what it is, I'm sure I'm not alone. Don't underestimate your audience.
drums?
that pads sounds are crazy.
Something Arturia do that I don't really like is adding a load of extra stuff to vintage emulations. I get it if it's something that makes using it easier - for instance adding presets to instruments that didn't have them, or putting an arpeggiator in a Minimoog, or something - but if it's changing the sound of the instrument, sometimes massively.. why would you want it to do that? It's like making a replica of a '62 Strat and putting EMGs in it. You know what I mean?
So just don't use the additional features if you know so much about what the instrument should be able to do.
Make it "buzzier"?
It is ~ that why I won it !!!
😮
😷🙂🙂😷
Old and refreshing.
Loved what Jean-Michel Jarre did with the Fairlight !!!
i hope i win 1. million euro so i can buy all these new soft synths
Hi Mandy!
No need for so much money (unless you would like to make a donation), the V Collection 6 is discounted as part of its launch offer until January 10, 2018!
Best regards,
Cmi2 was an 8 bit Sampler, not 12 bit
u need to make 2:10 a song bro
man your so EDM , cool video bro
I'm going to make you a synthesizer you can't refuse...
We are not twelve, we know what floppy disc are 😊
I was talking with someone who is 24 and they were like what's that sooooo haha
ADSR Music Production Tutorials Hehe, fair enough.
It's a hardware version of the save icon. :-P
Why no iOS? Peace Christo
Have you ever looked into this? Peter Vogel CMI Pro by Peter Vogel Instruments Pty Ltditunes.apple.com/us/app/peter-vogel-cmi-pro/id427747876?mt=8
syncliver needs an update with sampling
It has it now. :D
Am I dreaming
You are limiting the overal effect by playing the keyboard like a piano.
Now there's laptops. wtf
2019 and this is filmed on banana...
blablablabla ......
GUI is pronounced "gooey"
I thought syncliver was the first sampler ...
No, Fairlight CMI I was the first polyphonic digital sampler. It came out in 1978/1979. The Synclavier version 1 only had synthesis. Version ii came out in mid 1980.
This is not CMI emulation. It doesn't emulate voice cards characteristics just analog filter. So we can say it's just another rompler.
Exactly.. But still an Awesome VI for sonic manipulation.
Lol okay...
TAL sampler is miles ahead :)
Kontakt or UVI must be light years ahead then :)
it's more than a rompler. It has two synthesis engines. Being able to synthesize sounds from scratch automatically disqualifies it as just a "rompler".