Fairlight-CMI

Hi all
It's Colin here. I had to put the 2004 Meeting to one side for 6 
weeks because my 6 year old son Stephen has been threw a great 
ordeal. He was in an intensive care unit for 3 weeks off the 6 weeks 
fighting for his life and the other 3 by his bed in hospital. A few 
members of this forum know about this and I want to openly thank 
them for their great support shown to my wife and I when we needed 
it most. I'm glad to say that Stephen is making a recovery and is 
back home now were the healing process continues.
I want everyone who wants to attend the 2004 Meeting to email the 
forum to state if they will be attending. I need 35-40 in numbers to 
pay for the room and the whole day basically and keep the cost down. 
(I want the day to cost no more than 40UK pounds each) Everyone will 
have access to a very large standard sample bank and a bigger sample 
bank for trading with other users. This alone is worth the price of 
the day. It will be great to me all of you. I will still have a 
couple of special guess on the day and it will happen this time with 
or without me as another Fairlight user will take over if I can't 
attend. BUT I'LL BE THERE!!!!!!!!!   
pmjtaysom thankyou.......if you can bring the instruments, as I will 
be flying in, you will get whatever samples of the largest libraries 
I know for a Series III for your help. I will bring the HD full off 
samples. I have 220 tapes also full of some very interesting samples 
and songs. I have to work out how to get them off tape to a HD as I 
do not have a tape streamer internally. If anyone has an external 
case or Tape Streamer that they could lend me ASAP I will also give 
them a copy of whatever samples and Hits I have.I will have some 
parts, cards and IIx samples on 8" disks. Can anyone who has 
anything that they can share with the rest of the forum please bring 
it along.The Last Saturday in June (if everyone agrees)is the date 
and the venue does not have to be in the middle of London but it has 
to be London for people flying. It has to have internet access to 
link up to Greg and the USA/CANADA members.I'm flying to London 
within the next 2 weeks to finalize the venue. I had a choice of 3 
venues and these at the time was around Islington. I'm staying with 
a friend in the Bedford area the night before so if that area is ok 
I can get somewhere around there. Tell me what you all think.I need 
to work fast. 
I NEED THE NUMBERS ASAP ASAP ASAP SO I CAN BOOK SOMEWHERE. CLOSING 
DATE TO GET YOUR NAME DOWN IS THE END OF MAY. I WANT TO MAKE THE DAY 
SPECIAL SO PLEASE ALL ATTEND. I ALSO NEED ANOTHER SERIES III AND IIX 
OR II FOR THE DAY SO IF SOMEONE CLOSE TO LONDON CAN MAN THEIRS TO 
OVER SEE THE TRADING THAT WOULDALSO BE GREAT. I WANT EVERYONE TO AIR 
THEIR VIEWS.
ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO ALL
BEST AND KIND REGARDS
COLIN

Hi Colin,

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Colin Ross" <colin.a.ross@b...>
wrote:
> I'm glad to say that Stephen is making a recovery and is 
> back home now were the healing process continues.

Matters Fairlight are of no importance compared to those of  family  -
my sincere best wishes to you and yours for your son's rapid recovery.


> I want everyone who wants to attend the 2004 Meeting to email the 
> forum to state if they will be attending. I need 35-40 in numbers to 
> pay for the room and the whole day basically and keep the cost down. 

If the date can be set *firm* as Saturday 27th June then I can be there.



> (I want the day to cost no more than 40UK pounds each) Everyone will 
> have access to a very large standard sample bank and a bigger sample 
> bank for trading with other users. 

I better buy some more 8" discs before the 27th :-)



> pmjtaysom thankyou.......if you can bring the instruments, as I will 
> be flying in, you will get whatever samples of the largest libraries 
> I know for a Series III for your help. 

I can bring my Synclavier PSMT, hopefully the ex. Maurice Gibb
Synclavier II (which I'm told is now working!), a PPG Wave 2.3 with
Waveterm B, Emulator I, II+ and III (we'll see if any of them actually
work on the day!) and of course the Series IIx and Series III I have
for sale.



> I will bring the HD full off 
> samples. I have 220 tapes also full of some very interesting samples 
> and songs. 

I'll try and get the five HD's I have here in an enclosure to travel
with - I look forward to trading with anyone who's interested.



> I have to work out how to get them off tape to a HD as I 
> do not have a tape streamer internally. If anyone has an external 
> case or Tape Streamer that they could lend me ASAP 

If you wanted, get the tapes to me and I'll put some time into
spooling off as many as possible onto hard disc, then onto PC CD-ROM
(can I get a local volunteer to help with this? 'hint hint Peter
Connolly? :-)) - I've got, I think, five Series III tapes somewhere
around here.


> I will have some parts, cards and IIx samples on 8" disks. Can 
> anyone who has anything that they can share with the rest of the 
> forum please bring it along.

A 'swap shop' for parts would be fantastic.


> The Last Saturday in June (if everyone agrees)is the date 
> and the venue does not have to be in the middle of London but it has 
> to be London for people flying. It has to have internet access to 
> link up to Greg and the USA/CANADA members.

I'd beg for a location outside London - simply because it's a pain to
get *into* London - what about one of the academic sites on the west
towards Heathrow?  They'd be guaranteed to have good Internet
connectivity.

Great to hear from you Colin and I very much look forward to meeting
people on the 27th.


Philip

Hi Colin,

Jesus, I'm so sorry to hear your son had been through
what he went though. I hate to see kids have to deal
with hardships like that...they're too young and it's
just not fair! Childhood should be for fun and growth
adn enjoyment...not this sort of thing.

Please know that you wife, son and you are in my
thoghts and that Stephen is on the road to recovery
and all of what he'd been through is in the past for
good.

Best and Warm wishes to you and your family,

Jerry

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