Fairlight-CMI

What do you like so much about it?

I love every aspect of the cmi
first of all the sounds you can produce with it....no other piece of equipment can replace it.
than there is the design of the cabinet.,klavier enz.
I'm into (industrial) design myself.
It's a joy to work with gear that was designed with such an amount creativity.
(soft and hardware)
I also like to recreate some of the soundpalletes of the past.
Vintage gear is the way to go for me.

Where are the other users sound demo's ?
C'mon where talking musical instruments here : )


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, blixton <blixton@...> wrote:

>
> 
> What do you like so much about it?
>

Yeah I keep going back and forth on the cmi. I am hoping it would be 
good at creating a textural sound with some meat to it. All other synths 
have a sheen to them. But I feel the cmi has a depth and grit to the 
sound that makes me interested, but im not sure Im into the price right 
now. Could I just fake it with something cheaper is what Im thinking

can the cmi do microtuning?

Yes. Sort of.....

You can set the scale of the entire CMI

WT

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "blixton" <blixton@aromabar.com>
To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: For sale Fairlight CMI IIX


> can the cmi do microtuning?
>

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Vogel" <peter.vogel@...> wrote:
>
> As a little sideline, we've been developing  'cmiPhone' and 'cmiPad' apps. 

A brilliant way to introduce a generation of younglings to the wonders of the CMI. I hope it includes lots of classic IIx and III samples, along with a suitably amusing update to Page R. I can't wait.

On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 19:49 +0000, jbgrahame wrote:
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Vogel" <peter.vogel@...> wrote:
> >
> > As a little sideline, we've been developing  'cmiPhone' and 'cmiPad'
> apps. 
> 
> A brilliant way to introduce a generation of younglings to the wonders
> of the CMI. I hope it includes lots of classic IIx and III samples,
> along with a suitably amusing update to Page R. I can't wait.

Can't wait for the Android version ;-)

This might actually inspire me to get off my backside and learn how do
develop for Android, if you want a hand with that...

Gordon MM0YEQ

Hi Gordon

It will have the entire IIX rev 1.3 sound library, a goodly proportion of which is available straight away, with the rest being "unlockable". The sounds (and demo sequences) were gotten direct from the original floppies, so no stupid conversions.. It sounds great

Page R is running well, and everything looks very, very nice. 

The "Pièce de résistance" is page D. Not only does it look fabulous, you can change the viewing angle(s) by tilting the iPhone (my idea!)..

Keep you posted..

peter.wielk@fairlightinstruments.com.au

> > A brilliant way to introduce a generation of younglings to the wonders
> > of the CMI. I hope it includes lots of classic IIx and III samples,
> > along with a suitably amusing update to Page R. I can't wait.

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:
> Can't wait for the Android version ;-)
> 
> This might actually inspire me to get off my backside and learn how do
> develop for Android, if you want a hand with that...

The trouble is that the Android marketplace is extremely fragmented - it would have to work on Android 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 at an assortment of different screen resolutions (not to mention various processor speeds). This is one instance where Apple's homogeneous product lineup really helps.

jbgrahame wrote:
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:
>> Can't wait for the Android version ;-)
>>
>> This might actually inspire me to get off my backside and learn how do
>> develop for Android, if you want a hand with that...
> 
> The trouble is that the Android marketplace is extremely fragmented - it would have to work on Android 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 at an assortment of different screen resolutions (not to mention various processor speeds). This is one instance where Apple's homogeneous product lineup really helps.

Hm, Android 1.6, y'say?  Will it run on Mac System 7 on 68000 processors 
  too? ;-)

Gordon MM0YEQ

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:

> Hm, Android 1.6, y'say?  Will it run on Mac System 7 on 68000 processors 
>   too? ;-)
> 
> Gordon MM0YEQ

The Motorola Backflip (Android 1.5) and Devour (1.6) were both released at AT&T stores in the United States in early 2010. The HTC Droid Eris was marketed until the middle of 2010 by Verizon with Android 1.6. 

In part, this is why popular games such as Angry Birds are free for Android -- the publisher cannot guarantee compatibility. A Fairlight app could well face similar issues which could negatively impact the brand.

On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 16:38 +0000, jbgrahame wrote:
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hm, Android 1.6, y'say?  Will it run on Mac System 7 on 68000 processors 
> >   too? ;-)
> > 
> > Gordon MM0YEQ
> 
> The Motorola Backflip (Android 1.5) and Devour (1.6) were both
> released at AT&T stores in the United States in early 2010. The HTC
> Droid Eris was marketed until the middle of 2010 by Verizon with
> Android 1.6. 
> 

They're ancient though.  In the US, mobile phones haven't really taken
off in a significant way, and phone companies are selling very poor
service at vastly inflated prices - $9.99 per day for unlimited 3G isn't
a good deal when in the UK we consider 50p per day to be just about
reasonable ;-)

If you stick with 2.1 or newer, everything should be fine.

Gordon MM0YEQ

These apps get a mention on Sonic State's Sonic TALK podcast 202 and so do I*

<http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/01/06/podcast-sonic-talk-202-50s-futurism-bread-bin/>

or

http://tinyurl.com/4wcvvyp

if the first link gets mangled.

It's 7 min 45s in.

If you've not heard these podcasts before they are very entertaining and insightful. You can down load them all too.

Cheers

Chris

* I did mention this on another mailing list and they must have got this info from that

**I have met these podcast guys before

<http://www.strellis.com/images/sdiy2008/album/slides/DSCF0951.html>

Any chance of CMI apps being created for Ipod touch as well as iphone and ipad?
Alex

www.processvoid.com

www.myspace.com/theprocessvoid

www.crashfrequency.com

--- On Tue, 1/2/11, synthasy2000 <synthasy2000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: synthasy2000 <synthasy2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: 'cmiPhone' and 'cmiPad' apps.
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Received: Tuesday, 1 February, 2011, 8:29 PM















 
 



  


    
      
      
      



These apps get a mention on Sonic State's Sonic TALK podcast 202 and so do I*



<http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/01/06/podcast-sonic-talk-202-50s-futurism-bread-bin/>



or



http://tinyurl.com/4wcvvyp



if the first link gets mangled.



It's 7 min 45s in.



If you've not heard these podcasts before they are very entertaining and insightful. You can down load them all too.



Cheers



Chris



* I did mention this on another mailing list and they must have got this info from that



**I have met these podcast guys before



<http://www.strellis.com/images/sdiy2008/album/slides/DSCF0951.html>