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Re: Half a Fairlight III for sale on ebay

2004-06-21 by David J. Wilson

that info is bogus ! from the photos one can see it has four CMI-331 voice cards. this provides 8 voices total (2 voices per voice card). router is NOT installed, as you can see there is no card with 3 external DB-25 connectors for the router audio breakout cables. router was not

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-21 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "James Thomson" >> > Hi Guys, >> > >> > I have two YE data 180 eight inch floppy drives >> in my CMI 11X. It seems >> > after cleaning them I have accidentally knocked >> the heads out of >> alignment. How do you know they are misaligned ?

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-21 by Blue 17

Actually, I have QumeTrak 242's in my IIx. I believe the service manual says Mitsubishi 2496's were used as well. Laurence --- Lars Johansson wrote: > What are the most common drives in CMI IIx ? Is it > the YE drives or are > other brans more common ? > > What are the format use

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Half a Fairlight III for sale on ebay

2004-06-20 by Eight to Infinity (Arron)

http://www.soundsandvisions.com/Template/pics/frlt.html http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&category=38070&item=37310 79255&rd=1 Am I being dumb, but shouldnt it have a few more cmi331 cards in the back ?

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CMI spare calculator keypad ?

2004-06-20 by James Thomson

Hi, Do any of you know where I can get a new or second hand calculator keypad for the CMI music keyboard ? The actual keypad was made by a company called Bowmar. I don't need the whole assembly but just the 16 key calulator keypad itself. Thanks. Regards, James Thomson Magic Audi

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-20 by Lars Johansson

Thats should have read " are other brands more common ?" LJ http://hem.spray.se/ppgwave/studiopics.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars Johansson" To: Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ? > What are the most

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-20 by Lars Johansson

What are the most common drives in CMI IIx ? Is it the YE drives or are other brans more common ? What are the format used on discs ? LJ http://hem.spray.se/ppgwave/studiopics.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Thomson" To: Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:21 PM Subject:

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11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-20 by James Thomson

Hi Guys, I have two YE data 180 eight inch floppy drives in my CMI 11X. It seems after cleaning them I have accidentally knocked the heads out of alignment. I was so careful using some isopropyl alcohol and top quality cotton swabs and yet it all went wrong. My advice... Don't ev

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Series III on ebay.

2004-06-18 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

Hi all, There is a series III on e-bay. Note that this is an 8-voice unit (see extra photos on the seller's site). Seemingly it's sn 199. It has Ed Walsh flightcases. Currently for 3k, 9 days to go. Regards, Harald.

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Mainframe resting on the side

2004-06-17 by horiprod

Hi Brian, Your CMI III will be fine on it's side. In fact, the airflow is better that way, and there's nothing in the mainframe that needs to be specially inclined. I also have heaps of excellent libraries available. They range from the complete Fairlight one that you probably al

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Mainframe resting on the side

2004-06-10 by brian_ronn

Hi I want to turn the CMI series III mainframe onto the left or right side (to save floor space) which mean that the mainframe will be resting in a vertical position. Have you tried this or do you know if the electronics inside the mainframe can handle this? Does anyone know wher

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Re: 2004 Meeting

2004-06-08 by pstnotpd

That's a shame. I do feel a bit guilty now as I was one of the first ones to report I couldn't make it. Main reason being that the final date set was a bit late in the day and I'm really busy these 2 months. I was really looking forward to the idea though! So I hope it will happe

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 2004 Meeting

2004-06-08 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

> Hi Colin and all, I definitely would want to meet other members too. What is important is that: 1. The place is known so folks can arrange travel and lodging and make a financial picture of the trip. 2. The agenda is known so people can decide whether it's worth their time and

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 2004 Meeting

2004-06-08 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

Hi Colin and all, This is such a shame. I'm also VERY suprised how very few confirmed attendence, especially considering we have 111 current members listed. Maybe we could organise it for later this year, give people a bit more time to arrange/re-arrange their schedules, etc? May

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] O/T - Another Dodgy eBay Seller?

2004-06-08 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

Hi Harald, I reported this guy to eBay and he must've since had all his auctions deleted... Cheers, Peter ps How was your trip? -----Original Message----- From: feldmann@xs4all.nl [mailto:feldmann@xs4all.nl] Sent: 08 June 2004 14:40 To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:

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Re: New Series III owner

2004-06-06 by David J. Wilson

congrats on getting the CMI I'm also an Emulator fan, I have an Emulator II with a couple of old Mac's and Sound Designer II for EII editing software. the irony is, I sample a lot of great sounds from new softsynths like Reaktor and Absynth into my Fairlight and EmulatorII and ma

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2004 Meeting

2004-06-05 by Colin Ross

Hi All It looks like the 2004 is not going to happen as yesterday was the closing date, with a total of 5 people saying they would attend. So i'm sorry to say with these numbers it is not possible. Regards Colin

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New Series III owner

2004-06-05 by brian_ronn

Hi to everybody I'm the new and proud owner of a CMI Series III. I'll follow the discussion on this forum and I'll try to gain as much information on this amazing machine as possible. I used to be an Emulator fanatic, but now I'll definately devide this passion with the Fairlight

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New Fairlight Series III Owner

2004-06-05 by Klaus Poulsen

Dear all I would like to present you for a new Series III owner. I have sold my Series III to Brian. I couldn't offer the time it takes to keep the knowledge ajour and the machine running, so I decided to sell it to Brian, and I'm sure it's the right place for "my" Fairlight. I h

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Formatting a second hard drive (Series III)

2004-06-04 by Chris Haworth

David - Thanks for your response. Unfortunately I definitely don't have diskpart routine on my system disk; I have checked all partitions but all I have is cmipart. However, given that the 11.39 routine is superior, do you (or anyone else for that matter) know where I can either

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My Series III Pen Repairs & Diagnostics Tool

2004-06-04 by David J. Wilson

I recently repaired my Series III pen. The pen internals are not documented in the Series III Service Manual, so I had to do my own homework. I thought I'd share what I discovered: Tools Used: - soldering iron with fine-point tip - fine solder - flux - tweezers - wire-stripper/cl

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Re: Formatting a second hard drive (Series III)

2004-06-03 by David J. Wilson

Hi Chris, yes, I've formatted 4 external 4GB Seagate Barracuda ST-15150N SCSI-2 hard drives on my Series III Rev 9.34. I used the diskpart command from OS 11.39 because I'm told that it's the best formatting software rev for 4GB drives. I booted my CMI with an OS 11.39 floppy and

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Formatting a second hard drive (Series III)

2004-06-03 by Chris Haworth

Has anyone had experience with formatting a second HD for their Series III? I have 2 IBM SCSI hard drives, one 4MB and one 2MB, yet when I run scsiformat, the app bombs with a write error before the process starts. The disks themselves are fine as I have just pulled them out of m

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Fairlight ViVid questions

2004-06-03 by Harald Feldmann

I have a few questions regarding a Fairlight ViVid digital videorecorder. - Does it originally come with a network adapter ? - What is the cause of the following error while capturing: "Recording ended: driver buffer high/full" or similar (I am using the internal timecode source

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Cant make CMI meeting, cant edit record

2004-06-03 by Eight to Infinity (Arron)

Unfortuanately, I can no longer make the June CMI meeting, as unfrtunaely circumstances will have working in Europe over this period. Im sorry I wont be able to come, and appoligies to the organisers. Unfortunaly I dont have permissions to edit or delete the attendance database e

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Poll results for Fairlight-CMI

2004-06-01 by Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com

The following Fairlight-CMI poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Meet 2004 (June) - Will you be attending this event? CHOICES AND RESULTS - Yes, 6 votes, 60.00% - No, 4 votes, 40.00% - Don't know, 0 votes, 0.00% INDIVIDUAL VOTES - Yes - colin.a.ross@btop

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Replace the hard disk for CMI 3 version 5.x

2004-05-28 by laurent volpe

hi peter i regard your prositions but i need more time for think thank you for all bye laurent horiprod wrote: I'm afraid I don't have any further information about the old style Hitachi hard discs as I gave all of these and controller cards to Colin Ross before I left London. Yo

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Replace the hard disk for CMI 3 version 5.x

2004-05-28 by horiprod

I'm afraid I don't have any further information about the old style Hitachi hard discs as I gave all of these and controller cards to Colin Ross before I left London. You'll also find that the discs are next to impossible to find, which is one of the (many) reasons I don't get in

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Inexpensive upgrade to revision 9

2004-05-28 by horiprod

I actully posted the message below to Laurent, but it may be of interest to others... Let me know. I'm afraid I don't have any further information about the old style Hitachi hard discs as I gave all of these and controller cards to Colin Ross before I left London. You'll also fi

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Re: 2004 Meeting

2004-05-27 by m_roguski@yahoo.com

> I will not be able to attend in June Likewise (temporary insolvency as well of lacking the subject of the metting- but it's second last on my dream list and next in the row, wish me luck). > but I hope everybody keeps the group posted as to what went on. Somebody bring a digita

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Replace the hard disk for CMI 3 version 5.x

2004-05-27 by laurent volpe

hi peter thank you for this precious information but you can give me the referencial ESDI hitachi disc and adaptech card ...... whith version 5.x or 6.x can i using the scsi disc + adaptec card...? bye laurent horiprod wrote: Hi Laurent. First you need to find a Hitachi 380 Mbyte

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Replace the hard disk for CMI 3 version 5.x

2004-05-26 by horiprod

Hi Laurent. First you need to find a Hitachi 380 Mbyte ESDI hard disc. Then you need to find the special adaptec controller for this card. Then you need to format the disc from the routines on the Fairlight hard disc formatter, on floppy. Then away you go! Regards, Peter Wielk, S

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replace the hard disk for CMI 3 version 5.x

2004-05-26 by lvfairligth

hi all i have one CMI 3 version 5.x and i want to replace my hard disk (NDR 2190/NDR 1140 ) for only hard disk 340 mo I need more informations for make this operation if you can help contact me bye laurent

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Re: ebay fraud? IIx

2004-05-25 by emailforfabian

I can't remember the actual screen named used for the auction on eBay, but they did send pictures...about 5 of them...along with a description. Again, the Barclay bank details noted payee as "Jurgita Petrulyte" Is that the same bank details you received? --- In Fairlight-CMI@yaho

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] ebay fraud? IIx

2004-05-25 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

I was in contact too. I knew he was false so played along with him. He was adamant I was not going to see the item before I paid for it. It is supposedly in Italy and I mentioned I had many contacts in Italy that would be willing to view it, but he started to become quite abrupt

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Re: 2004 Meeting

2004-05-24 by pstnotpd

Ah, this explains a lot. Good luck to you and your family. I will not be able to attend in June but I hope everybody keeps the group posted as to what went on. Have phun y'all. Patrick

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ebay fraud? IIx

2004-05-24 by emailforfabian

Hi: I saw a CMI series IIx on eBay about a week ago. It did not stay posted it's full term, yet I had asked a question to the seller about the unit before the termination of the auction. They responded to me out of the eBay forum - but the answers were cryptic at best. The seller

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Important News for fairlight-cmi Members

2004-05-24 by Jean-Bernard EMOND

SPAM ! patsy_kts46@yahoo.com wrote: > I was really far into debt. > Like Most I was in Financial dispair. > I could not seem to get ahead no matter how hard I tried. > Untill I found this place. > http://meedsomegetby.place.cc > If you are in debt they can help you out. > Check t

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Important News for fairlight-cmi Members

2004-05-24 by patsy_kts46@yahoo.com

I was really far into debt. Like Most I was in Financial dispair. I could not seem to get ahead no matter how hard I tried. Untill I found this place. http://meedsomegetby.place.cc If you are in debt they can help you out. Check them out today I did. This email was sent because y

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NO SPAM

2004-05-23 by Colin Ross

I have remove sizeitup from the forum for sending unwanted Spam. this is not the first time this user name has posted Spam. This forum is for FAIRLIGHT RELATED TOPICS ONLY!!!! Regards Colin

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Read all

2004-05-21 by Colin Ross

On the database page there is a 2004 meeting database. This is were anyone interested in going to the 2004 meeting, MUST fill all of it out. If they are bringing someone or more, please fill in there details. everyone who is going must fill in their details by the 4th June which

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Arron Mono Mix Cards

2004-05-21 by Colin Ross

Arron that is very good of you helping the community with the free mono mix cards. if anyone needs one email him. Cheers again Colin

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New Database

2004-05-21 by Colin Ross

On the database page there is a 2004 meeting database. This is were anyone interested in going to the 2004 meeting, MUST fill all of it out. If they are bringing someone or more, please fill in there details. everyone who is going must fill in their details by the 4th June which

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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 2004 Meeting

2004-05-21 by Chris Haworth

Colin, Like everyone on the list, I am glad to hear that your son is well on the road to recovery. With regards to the 2004 meet, if we can firm up on the 27th June quickly, I will definitely attend. I would also like to bring my brother along who, whilst not owning a Fairlight h

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fwd: Suspicious auctions on E-Bay...

2004-05-19 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

FFS, this is getting out of hand!!! -----Original Message----- From: Laurent Lemaire [mailto:llemaire1@free.fr] Sent: 19 May 2004 13:33 To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Fwd: Suspicious auctions on E-Bay... The crook just shown-up AGAIN !!! Item # : 3

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight meeting : guests ?

2004-05-19 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

Yeah, I never thought of that. I also have at least one friend who will be attending. I would assume it's, the more the merrier :-) P -----Original Message----- From: Eight to Infinity (Arron) [mailto:arron@8inf.com] Sent: 19 May 2004 10:32 To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com Subje

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RE: [Fairlight-CMI] 2004 Meeting

2004-05-19 by Peter Connelly (Core Design Ltd.)

Hi Colin, I'm very sorry to hear about the ordeal you've had to recently go through. I'm glad your son is now on the road to recovery and may I wish you, your wife and Stephen a happy, long future. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Colin Ross [mailto:colin.a.ross@btopenworld

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