Fairlight-CMI

Hi, just bought the Fairlight app (and an ipod to put it in!!) and found the sample 'SYNBELL5'. 

To me it sounds EXACTLY like the bell sound at the start of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It', I can even play the notes of it on the keyboard.

But, searching the internet, it seems that only the Synclavier was used on the 'Thriller' album, not the CMI.

But it sounds EXACTLY the same!! And I'd love it if someone who has a CMI with this sample could confirm (or deny!) it is the same sound.

Thanks, and really enjoying the app!!

AndyG

Hi AndyG,

Its definately a Synclavier. I had the opportunity a few years ago to play a 
Synclavier II (FM only system) and its one of the presets.

There is a Synclavier demo LP and the start of Beat It is on there (or those 
first few notes). I'm pretty sure a bit of searching on the net will get you an 
mp3 of it.

Cheers, Marty





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From: j_m_garratt <andrew_garratt@hotmail.com>
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 1 July, 2011 20:54:48
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Bell sample at start of 'Beat It' is Fairlight?

  
Hi, just bought the Fairlight app (and an ipod to put it in!!) and found the 
sample 'SYNBELL5'. 


To me it sounds EXACTLY like the bell sound at the start of Michael Jackson's 
'Beat It', I can even play the notes of it on the keyboard.

But, searching the internet, it seems that only the Synclavier was used on the 
'Thriller' album, not the CMI.

But it sounds EXACTLY the same!! And I'd love it if someone who has a CMI with 
this sample could confirm (or deny!) it is the same sound.

Thanks, and really enjoying the app!!

AndyG

Hi,

I used to own a Synclavier II and it was definitely one of the library FM presets.
Remember selling it again as everything way sounding like MJ ;-)
I kept my Fairlight IIx as it had and has a more distinct sound and is somehow more fun.
Best
Thomas

On Jul 1, 2011, at 9:54 PM, j_m_garratt wrote:

> Hi, just bought the Fairlight app (and an ipod to put it in!!) and found the sample 'SYNBELL5'. 
> 
> To me it sounds EXACTLY like the bell sound at the start of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It', I can even play the notes of it on the keyboard.
> 
> But, searching the internet, it seems that only the Synclavier was used on the 'Thriller' album, not the CMI.
> 
> But it sounds EXACTLY the same!! And I'd love it if someone who has a CMI with this sample could confirm (or deny!) it is the same sound.
> 
> Thanks, and really enjoying the app!!
> 
> AndyG
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 

Thomas Heckmann
troperecordings - afu limited - afulab - trope mastering

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Yes. 
This is one of the original NED Synclavier II
FM-synth factory presets.
These disks also contain a demo sequence
that became famous as the "Billie Jean" bass lick.

As far as I recall the fairlight factory library 
contains more than one sound that was sampled from the Synclavier.

Fabian


Am 02.07.2011 um 01:20 schrieb "Greg" <trevon12001@yahoo.com>:

> Rest assured it is Synclavier FM sound as I still have that disk.
> 
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> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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> From: Laurent LEMAIRE <llemaire1@free.fr>
> Sender: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:37:15 +0200
> To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
> ReplyTo: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Bell sample at start of 'Beat It' is Fairlight?
> 
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> 
> listen the 7th extract on our web site :    http://ned.synthesizers.fr/audio.php
> 
>    Laurent.
> 
> On 1 juil. 11, at 23:24, Martin Selwood wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi AndyG,
>> 
>> Its definately a Synclavier. I had the opportunity a few years ago to play a Synclavier II (FM only system) and its one of the presets.
>> 
>> There is a Synclavier demo LP and the start of Beat It is on there (or those first few notes). I'm pretty sure a bit of searching on the net will get you an mp3 of it.
>> 
>> Cheers, Marty
>> 
> 
>