Quasar – Digital / Analog synthesizer 1972
There was this post about the Qasar I on the Vintage Synth Facebook group. I’d never heard of this synth and dived into it. It seems that the designer Tony …
Out of the blue – the CMI and Blue Weaver
This article, without mentioning the author, appeared in Electronic Soundmaker, September 1983. Please note that all (c) are with the magazine and the author(s). We have added some images for …
Fairlight CMI – original brochure
From our archives with Vintage (synth) brochures, part 5: the Fairlight CMI. We scanned the original brochure for you. Images see below. Below these images you will find: The text …
The sample revolution
Dutch Interface magazine had a feature on the Fairlight CMI and a review of the (Youtube) movie about the Fairlight story. (The original article from August 30th can be found …
Another Fairlight CMI video
t is one of the greatest innovations in music history, and it came from Sydney, Australia. The story of the Fairlight CMI’s creation, its cultural impact and ultimate demise is …
More Fairlight CMI
This video shows some sounds from the Fairliht CMI IIX sampler from 1983 which used 8 inch floppy disks to store 8 bit samples. This particular machine has gone on …
Keith Emerson on Fairlight
Keith Emerson demonstrates the Fairlight CMI:
Synthesizer as Live instrument – January 1980
This article was published in the German edition of International Musician, january 1980. It covers the proceedings of the synthesizer as live instrument and discusses some new technologies at that …