Fairlight-CMI

I think he does mean High-End-Performance in matter of sound. :-) 

Greetz,

Michael 

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Vogel" <peter.vogel@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> Could you explain what you mean by "individual clock speed per voice 
card?"
> 
> When you say "high end system", do you mean high performance (as in
> excellent sound quality) or large capacity (number of tracks) or 
something
> else?
> 
> What in particular would appeal to you about a CMI-V?
> 
> Thanks for your input,
> 
> Peter
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 	From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tobias Enhus
> 	Sent: Friday, 7 November 2008 7:06 PM
> 	To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> 	Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fairlight CMI series IV?
> 	
> 	
> 
> 	I would like to chime in with Fabian on this. 
> 	Im using a combo of Kyma and Synclavier as my main
> 	Synthesis tools. 
> 	There simply is no high end system like a CMI-IV
> 	available today.
> 	
> 	I would be more than happy to pay $5k for a dedicated
> 	high end system like CMI IV. 
> 	
> 	Now, how would you solve something like individual
> 	clock speed per voice card? 
> 	
> 	Cheers!
> 	Tobias
> 	
> 	--- d_40q <retinalburn@... <mailto:retinalburn%40ngi.de> > 
wrote:
> 	
> 	> 
> 	> Hello Peter,
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> although I am not a Fairlight but a Synclavier user,
> 	> I follow this forum due to my 
> 	> appreceation of the original CMI's sound, concept
> 	> and design.
> 	> 
> 	> In my humble opinion your exiting proposal to create
> 	> a CMI-IV unsing today's technology 
> 	> could hit a market-gap, if it was executed with the
> 	> same strong conceptual foundation as 
> 	> the original CMIs.
> 	> 
> 	> At the moment there is no High-End Computer Musical
> 	> Instrument available, that would 
> 	> enable the creative musician to work intuively by
> 	> integrating deep performance, recording 
> 	> and sound design capabilities in one coherent
> 	> instrument.
> 	> Wich is what the Fairlight CMI and the NED
> 	> Synclavier achieved in their day.
> 	> 
> 	> Looking at what is available today:
> 	> 
> 	> 1. A system freely combining a standard PC/MAC, any
> 	> software, a controller keyboard and 
> 	> external AD/DA:
> 	> A standard System like this does not give you the
> 	> best possible sound quality, it is 
> 	> unstable, and due to its lack of integration it is
> 	> not verry intuitive.
> 	> The user interface arguably hinders the creative
> 	> process.
> 	> 
> 	> 2. A workstation keyboard like the Korg Oasis:
> 	> A pretty well integrated Instrument, but technically
> 	> and software-wise it does not 
> 	> represent the state of the art. In terms of sound
> 	> qualitiy it can't even compete with a 20 
> 	> years old CMI-3 or a Synclavier.
> 	> 
> 	> 3. DSP based Workstations like Kyma:
> 	> Great sound design tool, but not necessarily an
> 	> intuitive musical instrument.
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> Now if you compare the pricetags of the
> 	> aforementioned, I am pretty sure, customers 
> 	> (including myself) would be willing to pay more than
> 	> the proposed $US5,000.00 if the 
> 	> CMI-4 came with its own specialized keyboard
> 	> controller/user interface, that would match 
> 	> the CC-1's audio processing capabilities in terms of
> 	> Quality and Design.
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> Best regards,
> 	> Fabian
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> 
> 	> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Fairlight-CMI%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> 	> <peter.vogel@> wrote:
> 	> >
> 	> > 
> 	> > There have been discussions from time to time
> 	> about replicating the CMI
> 	> > using a software emulation. These efforts will
> 	> have limited success because
> 	> > the "Fairlight sound" relies on the peculiarities
> 	> of the hardware used in
> 	> > the original design.
> 	> > 
> 	> > In the days when I was the designing CMI hardware,
> 	> my greatest challenge was
> 	> > to minimise the distortions and artifacts that
> 	> were inherent aspects of the
> 	> > hardware available at that time. In effect, we
> 	> struggled to make the
> 	> > Fairlight sound less "Fairlight". So the intimate
> 	> details of what makes a
> 	> > Fairlight sound like a Fairlight are indelibly
> 	> etched in my brain.
> 	> > 
> 	> > When Fairlight brought out the Crystal Core Engine
> 	> last year, my imagination
> 	> > ran wild. Here was a tiny board with enormous
> 	> capabilities that could be
> 	> > configured to faithfully reproduce the CMI
> 	> hardware in its FPGA (Field
> 	> > Programmable Gate Array). Every bit of the 1980's
> 	> CMI hardware, the essence
> 	> > of its sound, could be reconstructed faithfully in
> 	> digital hardware form. 
> 	> > 
> 	> > To fully appreciate the astounding potential of
> 	> the CC-1, download the
> 	> > brochure here:
> 	> >
> 	>
> 	
> http://www.fairlightau.com/downloads/public/Fairlight%20NEW%20CC-
1%20Brochur
> <http://www.fairlightau.com/downloads/public/Fairlight%20NEW%20CC-
1%20Brochu
> r> 
> 	> > e%20for%20WEB%20VIEW.pdf
> 	> > 
> 	> > I also recently discovered that ALL the IP
> 	> relating to the original
> 	> > Fairlight CMI including all of the hardware and
> 	> filter designs, sample
> 	> > libraries etc are still retained by Fairlight.au
> 	> in Sydney.
> 	> > 
> 	> > So I have been wondering if it would be worthwhile
> 	> to develop a faithful
> 	> > reproduction of the CMI on the "Virtual Hardware"
> 	> of the CC-1?
> 	> > 
> 	> > This would perform identically to the original CMI
> 	> series II or III, but run
> 	> > on a PC fitted with the Crystal Core card. The
> 	> MIDI input would come
> 	> > directly into the CC-1 so there would be no
> 	> problem of latency introduced by
> 	> > the PC.
> 	> > 
> 	> > At this stage I'd like to "feel out" the market to
> 	> assess the level of
> 	> > interest in this project and whether the
> 	> significant investment in R&D will
> 	> > be worthwhile.
> 	> > 
> 	> > The Fairlight Series IV (CC-1, I/O box and
> 	> software) might be sold for
> 	> > approximately $US5,000.00.
> 	> > 
> 	> > So my question is, what do you think of this idea?
> 	> How would a Fairlight CMI
> 	> > at this sort of price be received by the market?
> 	> Who would the buyers be and
> 	> > how would I tap into them?
> 	> > 
> 	> > What do you think?
> 	> > 
> 	> > Peter Vogel
> 	> >
> 	> 
> 	>
>