Fairlight iPad / iPhone App – Tutorial Part 1
A quick overview of the main features of the Fairlight Instruments iPad / iPhone app.
For more background see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMy0p__Rx50&feature=related
or visit the app’s website http://www.fairlightinstruments.com.au/ios
Introducing the Fairlight App for iPhone & iPad
Introducing the Fairlight App for iPhone & iPad, available from the Apple App Store in March 2011. Over 30 years since the original Fairlight CMI first changed the way we make music, we are proud to present the iPhone & iPad Apps, giving you the experience of a CMI Series IIx in the palm of your hand, complete with the full Series IIx factory library and expandable to include the best of the Series III library and even your own samples.
Marvel at the then revolutionary Page R step sequencer, gasp at the three dimensional waveforms in Page D and bask in the wonder of some of the most famous sounds of the Eighties!
The sound track of this video is also one of the app’s built-in demos. ‘Octagonalle’ was created using original Series II library sounds on the Fairlight iPad app by producer/composer Justin Shave. Shave confronted his first CMI in 2006 when he co-produced Darren Hayes’ album “This Delicate Thing We’ve Made.” Darren had decided that the Fairlight was the only instrument which could deliver the ’80s sensibility he was seeking, bought one on eBay, and handed it to Shave to tame. The rest is history.
The full dance track is available as a free download from the Fairlight web site.
http://www.fairlightinstruments.com.a…
The app celebrates the release of the strictly limited edition CMI 30A. 100 hand built recreations of the CMI IIx, using state of the art technology to bring you the true Fairlight CMI experience as never before.
Order yours at http://fairlightinstruments.com.au
The legend has returned.
The Fairlight CMI Legacy MK II+ ReFill
Introduced friday, February 4th and free to all previous Fairlight MKII customers, the brand new refill contains new patches, new signature patches and a completely new structure, where everything is divided into virtual ‘machines’, like AIRBASS bass module, THE ORCH orchestral sounds and much, much more. Information will be posted on the site shortly. Entire Fairlight IIx library included, as well as a truckload of other things – everything outer-worldly skillfully programmed and edited. Completely new graphics on the Combinators and much much more. Compatible with Reason 4 and Reason 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DRL1XIj8lM
A quick tutorial on how I use the BitleyTM ‘Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII+’ ReFill when creating music in Propellerhead Reason. All improvised!
The BitleyTM ‘Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII+’ sample library is the world’s largest collection of Fairlight recordings and is available in Propellerhead ReFill format and Kontakt format.
For more information on the library, please visit http://bitley.laconicsounds.net
Chat with Peter Vogel the Fairlight CMI 30A inventor
Interview: Fairlight CMI 30A unveiled by inventor Peter Vogel
At NAMM 2011
Demo of the new FAIRLIGHT CMI iPad App
Fairlight’s iPad application simulating the series 2.
In addition to Peter Vogel, Fairlight Sampler author, showed off the latest model of the Fairlight, they also featured showed a Fairlight, Emulator for Apple iPad, Iphone and Ipod Touch.
The app is based on a Fairlight CMI Series II, and has most of the features – in addition to the connections. But the sequencer is ready and able to see the waveform is plotted in 3D. A really cool feature is that the waveform changes the perspective, depending on how you hold the iPad: one. There are also features not previously available, such as the ability to edit samplingars loop points in real time.
However, there is one difficult challenges to overcome for those who thirst after a Fairlight. When the app pops up on the Apple App Store by the end of January, it will not have the support of core midi. But it is quite possible that it will in a future update.
Close up shots of the Fairlight CMI
Cool pictures of the Fairlight
The 2011 NAMM Show saw the introduction of the Fairlight CMI 30th Anniversary Edition – a new digital keyboard workstation, inspired by the classic Fairlight CMI.
In its initial form, the CMI-30A replicates the functionality of the original Series II and Series III CMIs. The user experience is quite different from that of a conventional PC and mouse and like the original is based on a light pen which interacts directly with a screen.
The iPod touch communicates with the Fairlight using MIDI. This means that you’ll should be able to use a variety of applications that run on iOS to control the Fairlight.
Orders are now being taken for the $20,000 production units. While this is out of our price range, it’s clear that an amazing amount of care and craft is going into the creation of the new Fairlight – and you can expect to see elements of it show up in other products. Vogel has already announced an iOS Fairlight, which will put much of the power of the original Fairlight onto an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Functional Specification
The original Fairlight CMIs were renowned not only for their superb sound quality, but also their elegant and intuitive software.
The CMI-30A combines the very best features of the Fairlight series IIX and the III, with significant new developments.
Sound quality is continuously variable using the unique “goodness” control which spans from Series I, II, or III quality to “best possible” 36-bit floating point.
The base 30A system offers 24 tracks and channels,which will be optionally expandable to 200 (details to be confirmed). Software upgrades will also be available to provide full post-production, mixing and recording functionality.
Software functionality is being finalised at the time of publication. Please refer to this site for updates as development continues towards the release version, but here is a general outline.
Waveform drawing and FFT sound generation will be available, with the ease of use of the earlier systems. There will also be the ever popular “Page D” display page, expanded to vary the viewpoint (such as rotation) of a 3D sample.
Demos of the revitalized Fairlight synth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGV9kFXQliU
NAMM Show2011 been exhibited in Fairlight CMI-30A demo is playing.
The legend returns
Fairlight at NAMM 2011
In 2009, Peter Vogel, one of the founders of the Fairlight of the ’80s, re-established Fairlight Instruments with the objective of developing musical instruments utilizing the latest audio technology developed over the last decade by Fairlight.au
17 000 USD for a Fairlight, come on…
Got some spare cash? Well then this one might be for you
Peter Vogel and the Fairlight Family are proud to announce the arrival of the first CMI-30A. Our new baby has already left the nest and is currently winging its way to the US in readiness for a first performance at NAMM. Its parents are recovering well and are looking forward to receiving visitors in the near future.
Here are a couple of early pics, but more baby photos and recordings of first words will be posted in time. We thank our friends and loved ones for their support during the gestation period.
Happy New Year and Happy Fairlight!
The first CMI since 1989. Awaiting transport to US for NAMM
All packed and ready to go on 31st Dec 2010 with Peter Wielk (left) and Peter Vogel (right).”
Fairlight sample pack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD9b4aoIzAk
Bitley offers a series of sample pack based on the classic Fairlight CMI; Wavelight. It’s based on pure Fairlight disks sampled in 44,1 khz / 16 bit fidelity. These are the same samples used in the refill ‘Bitley Supersonic / Fairlight CMI Legacy II’.
Please note: The original Fairlight sounds were 8 bit samples. Therefore, 16 bits is fully sufficient to completely copy the Fairlight IIx sound for any sound source, be it an old hardware sampler or any music software application. Every effort has been made to maintain the purity of the Fairlight tone yet keeping noise level to a minimum. All sounds are normalized.
Loop points have not been set in the wave files, for your own maximum flexibility with the sounds, however, the sounds have 9 times out of 10 been looped — the Fairlight certainly didn’t have a generous sampling time, so looping is basically a part of its sound & character.
Wavelight is a series of sample packs derived directly from the unique Bitley Fairlight IIx library, with kind permission from Fairlight Instruments themselves. Not to be confused with cheap & dirty CMI libraries on the net, here’s actually the real deal, perfectly mastered, leveled and cropped. Directly aimed for pleasure and creativity. Aiff and Wav files to be used in any sample play back instrument of choice, whether you choose a hard or soft option.
The sample pack includes drum sounds from Yazoo, Art Of Noise, Pet Shop Boys and many, many others who once utilized the legendary Fairlight system.
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