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    The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    of Sweden, so FairLight was initially a Swedish group, which later became internationalized. The name was taken from the Fairlight CMI synthesizer which...
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  • Australia Fairlight, Saskatchewan, Canada In other uses: Fairlight (company), an Australian producer of synthesizers then digital audio tools Fairlight CMI, the...
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  • is an Australian inventor and technologist known for developing the Fairlight CMI. Vogel has worked in the electronics industry since graduating from...
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    polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer was the Australian-produced Fairlight CMI, first available in 1979. These early sampling synthesizers used wavetable...
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    album to feature synthesisers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI. She was introduced to the technology while providing backing vocals...
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  • Film Scoring, and the Fairlight CMI". Florida State University. Retrieved 2020-04-24. "Liquid sky – For the love of the Fairlight" (in Dutch). Retrieved...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • of percussionists. Although Gabriel continued to use the pioneering Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, songs from these sessions were less experimental...
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  • guitars, Synclavier and Fairlight CMI synthesizers Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals Alan White – drums, Fairlight CMI programming Tony Kaye –...
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  • the Times came from the Linn LM-1 drum machine, and Prince used the Fairlight CMI synthesizer to replace other instruments. Minimal instrumentation is...
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    [citation needed] Two other early commercial digital synthesizers were the Fairlight CMI, introduced in 1979, and the New England Digital Synclavier II, introduced...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • husband under the titular pen name. The song makes notable use of a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer. Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January...
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    in Motion", 1981), Linn drum machine ("Hey Little Girl", 1982) and Fairlight CMI (Razorback trailer, 1983) in Australian popular music. Their best known...
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  • had available. The score was recorded and produced using a Fairlight CMI. Fiedel order two CMIs: one machine was used for producing percussive instruments...
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  • Hawkes – keyboards, vocals, Fairlight CMI programming David Robinson – drums, Fairlight programming Andy Topeka – Fairlight CMI programming Robert John "Mutt"...
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  • music workstations included the New England Digital Synclavier and the Fairlight CMI. Low-cost computer hardware Leveraging the technology of personal computers...
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    previous generations, which were mainly used by top professionals. The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), the first polyphonic digital sampler...
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  • Vogel (computer designer) (born 1954), Australian computer designer of Fairlight CMI Peter Vogel (artist) (1937–2017), German sound artist Peter Vogelzang...
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  • vocals, backing vocals, percussion, piccolo Trevor Horn – lead vocals, fairlight CMI programming Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals...
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  • singing and speech in 25 different languages recorded and edited in the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer. The album spawned two singles: the title...
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    computer (when used in conjunction with a software synthesizer and DAW) Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) Sampler Skoog Synclavier Synthesizer Teleharmonium...
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  • to feature digital synthesizers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI, which was programmed by Richard James Burgess and John L. Walters....
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    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...
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