The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight...
34 KB (3,543 words) - 03:06, 4 June 2024
Fairlight is a digital audio company based in Sydney. In 1979, it released its Series I Fairlight CMI, one of the earliest digital audio workstations...
11 KB (1,091 words) - 15:35, 14 April 2024
ICAO code CMI, a company which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental Airlines Cummins, Inc., a manufacturer of diesel engines Fairlight CMI, the Fairlight...
3 KB (431 words) - 17:39, 15 April 2024
of Sweden, so FairLight was initially a Swedish group, which later became internationalized. The name was taken from the Fairlight CMI synthesizer which...
12 KB (911 words) - 07:30, 6 April 2024
Australia Fairlight, Saskatchewan, Canada In other uses: Fairlight (company), an Australian producer of synthesizers then digital audio tools Fairlight CMI, the...
855 bytes (144 words) - 00:05, 3 March 2022
is an Australian inventor and technologist known for developing the Fairlight CMI. Vogel has worked in the electronics industry since graduating from...
8 KB (846 words) - 13:43, 3 November 2023
polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer was the Australian-produced Fairlight CMI, first available in 1979. These early sampling synthesizers used wavetable...
42 KB (4,598 words) - 09:30, 4 February 2024
album to feature synthesisers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI. She was introduced to the technology while providing backing vocals...
167 KB (15,722 words) - 01:14, 8 June 2024
Film Scoring, and the Fairlight CMI". Florida State University. Retrieved 2020-04-24. "Liquid sky – For the love of the Fairlight" (in Dutch). Retrieved...
21 KB (2,587 words) - 19:54, 22 May 2024
sound was propagated by the use of early samplers, particularly the Fairlight CMI where it was known as the ORCH5 sample. The sound is used in pop, hip...
11 KB (1,101 words) - 07:20, 1 February 2024
The term sampling was coined in the late 1970s by the creators of the Fairlight CMI, a synthesizer with the ability to record and playback short sounds...
55 KB (5,082 words) - 20:24, 7 June 2024
exchange places. Bush wrote and produced "Running Up That Hill" using a Fairlight CMI synthesiser and a LinnDrum drum machine. The music video for the single...
59 KB (4,874 words) - 07:33, 8 June 2024
of percussionists. Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, songs from these sessions were less experimental...
81 KB (7,644 words) - 17:52, 1 June 2024
guitars, Synclavier and Fairlight CMI synthesizers Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals Alan White – drums, Fairlight CMI programming Tony Kaye –...
33 KB (3,577 words) - 09:21, 6 June 2024
the Times came from the Linn LM-1 drum machine, and Prince used the Fairlight CMI synthesizer to replace other instruments. Minimal instrumentation is...
65 KB (5,438 words) - 03:36, 4 June 2024
[citation needed] Two other early commercial digital synthesizers were the Fairlight CMI, introduced in 1979, and the New England Digital Synclavier II, introduced...
26 KB (2,450 words) - 17:00, 9 June 2024
employing a diverse blend of musical styles. She made extensive use of the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, which she had first used on Never for...
32 KB (2,934 words) - 19:41, 28 May 2024
it was licensed to Fairlight Instruments Pty Ltd., and eventually Fairlight CMI was released in 1979 (for details, see Fairlight CMI). Also in 1975, New...
72 KB (5,170 words) - 11:47, 8 June 2024
husband under the titular pen name. The song makes notable use of a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer. Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January...
15 KB (1,287 words) - 17:18, 8 May 2024
in Motion", 1981), Linn drum machine ("Hey Little Girl", 1982) and Fairlight CMI (Razorback trailer, 1983) in Australian popular music. Their best known...
60 KB (5,015 words) - 11:15, 27 May 2024
had available. The score was recorded and produced using a Fairlight CMI. Fiedel order two CMIs: one machine was used for producing percussive instruments...
17 KB (1,372 words) - 06:06, 2 March 2024
Hawkes – keyboards, vocals, Fairlight CMI programming David Robinson – drums, Fairlight programming Andy Topeka – Fairlight CMI programming Robert John "Mutt"...
22 KB (1,485 words) - 21:13, 17 May 2024
music workstations included the New England Digital Synclavier and the Fairlight CMI. Low-cost computer hardware Leveraging the technology of personal computers...
16 KB (2,012 words) - 15:09, 30 November 2023
previous generations, which were mainly used by top professionals. The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), the first polyphonic digital sampler...
50 KB (5,411 words) - 14:33, 10 June 2024
Vogel (computer designer) (born 1954), Australian computer designer of Fairlight CMI Peter Vogel (artist) (1937–2017), German sound artist Peter Vogelzang...
571 bytes (98 words) - 15:11, 28 August 2017
vocals, backing vocals, percussion, piccolo Trevor Horn – lead vocals, fairlight CMI programming Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals...
7 KB (315 words) - 03:51, 24 April 2024
singing and speech in 25 different languages recorded and edited in the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer. The album spawned two singles: the title...
20 KB (1,646 words) - 23:58, 24 May 2024
computer (when used in conjunction with a software synthesizer and DAW) Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) Sampler Skoog Synclavier Synthesizer Teleharmonium...
77 KB (134 words) - 19:55, 3 June 2024
to feature digital synthesizers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI, which was programmed by Richard James Burgess and John L. Walters....
25 KB (2,207 words) - 14:59, 22 May 2024
reported 200,000 units in France alone. The album uses sounds from the Fairlight CMI, a new instrument of which Jarre was a pioneer. Its digital technology...
99 KB (9,114 words) - 01:00, 1 June 2024