Fairlight-CMI

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>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3710669358&category=38071
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> Right, I've no idea what the different specs are. Can anyone enlighten
>me? Which is THE daddy to get?
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> Did they simply advance like the Fairlight did (Series i, II, IIx, III)?

Sort of, but not as clearly and obviously.

There was the Synclavier I which was *very* rare (only a handful built).
Then there were the various Synclavier II variants starting from very basic
machines with non-velocity keyboards to bigger machines with (at least)
monophonic samples. I think the PSMT systems belong to this category, too.
Finally the whole line was re-designed and you got the 3200, 6400, and 9600.

The machine on eBay is a very basic machine as far as the software goes; on
the other hand 32 FM voices are actually quite good. This particular
machine doens#T seem to have terminal support and a second floppy drive. No
sampling as well, and no MIDI.

-- 
Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de
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