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	Sonic State - News Fairlight Signed By 44 Pop Stars On Ebay, Get it for Christmas and support WITNESS charity if you ...
		Fairlight has donated a vintage CMI (Computer Music Instrument) keyboard and arranged to have all 43 keys plus the chassis autographed by the artists that made the instrument the most important development in music in the Eighties.
		Commenting on the auction, Fairlight Chief Executive John Lancken said today, “Bringing together the artists and the instrument that turned music on its head back in the Eighties is a fascinating exercise in the history of music, but to do it with WITNESS to support peace and human rights around the world is especially gratifying.
		The autographed keys were each returned to Fairlight in Sydney and the keyboard was recently reassembled and shipped to New York, where it will go on display at a VIP reception before the auction.
	www.sonicstate.com /news/shownews.cfm?newsid=3864 (816 words)

	Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990
		The Fairlight CMI was the first commercially available digital sampling instrument, instead of generating sounds from mathematical wave data, the sampler digitises sounds from an external audio source via an analogue to digital convertor for re-synthesis or processing.
		The Fairlight was equiped with two six octave keyboards an alphanumeric keyboard and an interactive VDU where sounds could be edited or drawn on the screen using a light pen.
		During the early eighties the fairlight and the Synclavier were the high-end option for synthesis and sampling and way beyond the reach of all but the most up-market studios.
	www.obsolete.com /120_years/machines/fairlight (223 words)

	Vintage Synth Explorer - Fairlight CMI
		From 1979 to 1985 several versions of the Fairlight were produced, with the Series III being the last of them.
		The Fairlight 1 and 2 had only 16 kByte of Memory per voice, and only eight voices but expanded to several megabytes and double the polyphony by the Fairlight III.
		Original Fairlight models used two standard 8 bit 6800 processors, updated to the more powerful 16 bit 68000 chips in later versions (the IIx had updated 6809 processors, which is what designated it a IIx over a II, and raised the sampling resolution to 32kHz, from the I and II's 24kHz).
	www.vintagesynth.com /misc/fairlight_cmi.shtml (563 words)

	SYPHA guides to NLEs, DAWs and DV cameras
		Fairlight's receipt of the Start Grant Award represents the first time the Australian Government has recognized a pro audio and video company for R&D. Underscoring three decades of unparalleled commitment to innovation in pro audio and video, Fairlight announced today it has been awarded the Australia National Research and Development Start Grant.
		Fairlight has spent the past three decades as a technology innovator, defining the essence of professional audio and video, and today we are continuing to lead the way for the industry.
		Among Fairlight's recent innovations is the newly released Constellation XT, a large-format mixing console powered by a 240-channel 72 Buss QDC engine and offering a fresh, intuitive approach to surface architecture for greater control and overall efficiency.
	www.dawguide.com /SYPHAnewsitems2005/SYPHAnews20050511-01.html (484 words)

	Fairlight Beach House Umdloti holiday bed breakfast lodge hotel accommodation rooms (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fairlight is situated in the beautiful villiage of Umdloti on the North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.
		Fairlight Beach House boasts a breathtaking seascape vista, and our prime locality not only provides for outstanding beaching, but we are ideally situated for guests to enjoy an abundance of water sports in the warm Indian Ocean, together with a myriad of interesting and exciting activities.
		Fairlight Beach House, once a family home, has been converted into a five-star rated guest house of distinction, offering unrivalled hospitality and service.
	www.quiquik.com /africa/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/fairlight-beach-house.htm (213 words)

	The Fairlight CMI (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fairlight CMI was the first commercially available digital sampling instrument, instead of generating sounds from mathematical wave data, the sampler digitises sounds from an external audio source via an analogue to digital convertor for re-synthesis or processing.
		The Fairlight was equiped with two six octave keyboards an alphanumeric keyboard and an interactive VDU where sounds could be edited or drawn on the screen using a light pen.
		During the early eighties the fairlight and the Synclavier were the high-end option for synthesis and sampling and way beyond the reach of all but the most up-market studios.
	www.keyboardmuseum.org:16080 /pre60/1970/fairlight.html (223 words)

	Fairlight Sussex - (Firehills and Views) - an English Village (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Three miles to the east of Hastings, off the A259, Fairlight consists of a few old coastguard cottages, a church and a collection of modern seaside houses straggling downhill to Fairlight cove.
		The name Fairlight is believed to derive from "Fern Leagh" meaning "Bracken Clearing", however it is also possible for the name to have derived from Pharos Light(Pharos meaning lighthouse) The village has also been known as Farleg, Farleia, Fernlega, Farleigh, Fayrleigh and Farnleigh.
		The lane down by the church leads to the Hastings Country Park, which stretches for 5 miles from Fairlight to Hastings, this is known as the Firehills by the locals due to the number of gorse fires occuring in the height of summer.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /rotherlevels/villages/fairlight.php (567 words)

	Fairlight CMI
		The Fairlight was a development of an earlier synthesiser called the Quasar M8, an attempt to create sound by modelling all of the parameters of a waveform in real time.
		By 1979, the Fairlight CMI series 1 was being demonstrated, but the sound quality was not quite up to professional standards, having only 24kHz sampling, and it wasn't until the series 2 of 1982 that this was rectified.
		The basic system used a number of 6800 processors, with separate cards dealing with specific parts of the system, such as display driver, keyboard interface, etc. The main device for interacting with the machine (apart from the keyboard) was a lightpen, which could be used to select options presented on a monochrome green-screen.
	www.fact-index.com /f/fa/fairlight_cmi.html (478 words)

	The Holmes Page: The Fairlight CMI
		The Fairlight Series II (circa 1982) improved on the sound and the software, including Page R which was so revolutionary that it was often the reason people bought a Fairlight.
		The Fairlight Series III was introduced in 1985 with support for 16-bit CD-quality stereo sound, and was generally a new machine (or perhaps more accurately it was a re-working of the original idea).
		The Fairlight Series I and II are equipped with a lightpen which is connected to the monitor with a coiled cable and works like a mouse except that the lightpen is held against the monitor's surface.
	www.ghservices.com /gregh/fairligh (3175 words)

	THE FUN OF THE FAIRLIGHT
		The Fairlight CMI is a keyboard that most of us have probably never even seen, let alone played, yet it was one of the most prominent synths of the early- and mid-'80s and set the agenda for the way 'ordinary' synths would later develop.
		The Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (or CMI, as it was commonly known) was the result of five years' research.
		Fairlights can, unsurprisingly, be had these days for a fraction of their new price.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/apr99/articles/fairlight.htm (3909 words)

	Introduction and Information for collecting fossils in Fairlight (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To access Fairlight, it is usually best to park at the Smuggler Pub at Pett Level, parking is along the side of the road with toliets just 50yards away.
		In recent years erosion at 'Fairlight Cove' has been extensive, large granite blocks have been placed in front of the cliff, to allow scree slopes to form and stabilise the cliffs.
		Two dangers are apparent along the Fairlight coastline, the first is the tidal conditions which need to be taken note of, and good time allowed to return.
	www.ukfossils.info /Fossils-and-Geology/Fairlight/Introduction-to-Fairlight.htm (515 words)

	Fairlight USA
		For over 10 years Fairlight has been designing and delivering new approaches to disk recording and editing architecture with technology that continues to be easy to use and innovative.
		While many of the larger players in the industry are dedicated Fairlight users, hundreds of smaller studios throughout the world have found that an investment in Fairlight equipment returns instant business benefits in time saved and revenues generated while, at the same time, optimizing the creative talents of the user.
		Fairlight equipment is used in the audio post-production of major feature films and television programs around the world as well as hundreds of lower budget movies, television programs, commercials and documentaries.
	www.digitalbroadcasting.com /storefronts/fairlight.html (367 words)

	Where to collect fossils - Fairlight near Hastings, East Sussex (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fairlight is near to Hastings, we accessed it from Pett Level, where there is a public car park and toilets.
		After a while you will come to Fairlight Cove bay, where the cliffs have been so eroded by the sea, that huge rocks have been placed on the beach to protect the cliffs.
		Walk along the shore on the sea side of the rocks and you may be lucky to see Iguanadon footprints on the beds of silty clay, that is if the sand and shingle have not covered them.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /conker/fossils/fairlight.htm (357 words)

	Fairlight QDC
		Representing millions of R&D dollars and more than two years of development, Fairlight's QDC (Quad Digital Channel) technology is designed to greatly enhance the performance, speed, audio quality, graphics resolution and DSP power of the company's digital audio workstations, editors and recorders.
		Andrew Brent at Fairlight confirms that using QDC's new Ultra/Wide SCSI and the new 15,000 rpm hard drives, it is routine to play up to 145 audio tracks at a time from a single drive.
		Fairlight USA, 844 N. Seward Street, Hollywood, CA 90038; 323/465-0070; fax 323/465-0080; www.fairlightesp.com.
	mixonline.com /mag/audio_fairlight_qdc/index.html (984 words)

	Fairlight QDC
		Representing millions of RandD dollars and more than two years of development, Fairlight's QDC (Quad Digital Channel) technology is designed to greatly enhance the performance, speed, audio quality, graphics resolution and DSP power of the company's digital audio workstations, editors and recorders.
		Fairlight's philosophy is to provide a "future proof" platform for audio workstations that stay current for up to 10 years.
		Again, this is in keeping with one of Fairlight's basic tenets: to provide the best possible products and a continual upgrade path as significant improvements and new technologies become available.
	www.barryrudolph.com /mix/fairlightqdc.html (755 words)

	SYPHA - Fairlight Recognised by Australian Government, Receives Innovative SME Exporter of the Year Award
		Reaffirming itself as a leading supplier of groundbreaking technology to customers worldwide, Fairlight was named Innovative SME Exporter of 2005 at the Premier's NSW Exporter of the Year Awards in Sydney, Australia.
		"We at Fairlight are deeply honored to receive this award from the New South Wales government and proud to contribute to the nation's leading technologies," said Fairlight CEO John Lancken.
		In both 2001 and 2003 Fairlight was awarded The Academy Plaque for Scientific and Technical achievement in recognition of its contribution to film.
	www.syphaonline.com /SYPHAnewsitems2005/SYPHAnews20051230-01.html (295 words)

	Fairlight's Peter Vogel
		The Fairlight CMI (computer musical instrument) represents one of the major milestones in the history of digital music technology.
		Recently, Fairlight brought together the CMI’s creators, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie (shown above; that’s Kim on the left, Peter on the right, and a Fairlight Series II in the background of this 1986 photo) to celebrate the completion of a very special CMI refurbishment.
		“The Fairlight made it possible for anyone, on their own, to realize music that they might otherwise never have been able to create,” he told us recently, “either because they didn’t have access to the musicians required, or because the sounds or the music was impossible to make using conventional instruments.
	www.keyboardmag.com /story.asp?storycode=15085 (951 words)

	CRASH 36 - Fairlight 2
		The land of Fairlight has been decaying over many thousands of years, ever since the good King Avars who ruled over the land was murdered.
		When the King was slain, Fairlight slipped into the gloom and despair in which it is still trapped today.
		The problems in Fairlight II are more obscure than the first and it takes much longer to get into than the first.
	www.crashonline.org.uk /36/fairlight2.htm (815 words)

	Fairlight Computer Keyboard
		The Walters/Burgess Fairlight comes in four parts and currently squats on a small table, ironically placed next to the oldest upright piano this side of Knees Up Mother Brown.
		There's no denying that the Fairlight creates noises never before heard, but that doesn't mean all of them are useful, or even good.
		Home composing is likely to be one of the major recreations in years to come and what the Australians do today for £13,000 will soon be copied for £9,000 then rationalised for £5,000 and could eventually squat on the TV for a few hundred.
	comp_sounds.tripod.com /fairlight.html (1824 words)

	Fairlight, Sydney, NSW 2094, Australia - Balgowlah Online portal
		Fairlight's namesake was the home of Henry Gilbert Smith, regarded as the founder of Manly.
		After being let to a succession of tenants it was finally sold in 1880 to John Woods and subdivided leaving Fairlight House standing on less than 1 hectare of its original 14.
		Within 2 months of the McIntyres selling Fairlight House to a builder in 1939 the beautiful historic mansion was demolished to make way for blocks of flats.
	www.balgowlahonline.com.au /html/suburbs/fairlight.asp (276 words)

	Retro Thing: Fairlight CMI - A Musical Revolution
		But the Fairlight had other more influential tricks up its sleeve: it was the first digital sampling instrument, capable of recording snippets of real sound and playing them back at different speeds.
		By 1982, an upgraded Fairlight Series II offered better sound and included a graphic sequencing program called Page R. It became possible for musicians and sound designers to quickly program complex musical pieces, and all of a sudden the Fairlight Sound was everywhere.
		Fairlight went on to introduce the CMI Series III in 1985.
	www.retrothing.com /2005/09/fairlight_cmi_a.html (594 words)

	IEEEVM: Fairlight CMI
		The Fairlight was the result of three converging but separate historical trends—the miniaturization of computers, the evolution of synthesizers, and the emergence of the arts of digital recording and digital signal processing.
		When the Fairlight was introduced, it was virtually the only digital sampling synthesizer on the market.
		With the introduction of less expensive digital synthesizers beginning in the mid-1980s, the appeal of the Fairlight began to wane.
	www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/tech.php?taid=&id=2345943&lid=1 (503 words)

	VSynth: FairLight Computer Video Instrument
		The Fairlight CVI premiered in 1984/85, for around $6,500 USD, and came in beige or fl.
		The fact that the CVI was also a "computer" was transparent to its use: it did not use a conventional ASCII keyboard (though in later models one could be attached), but rather a set of sliders and a small graphics pad about the size of the palm of your hand.
		The Fairlight CVI (computer video instrument) is an Australian made digital video FX and paint box made in the mid 80s.
	www.audiovisualizers.com /toolshak/vidsynth/fair_cvi/fair_cvi.htm (889 words)

	Fairlight IIx CMI
		To say that the Fairlight caused a sensation when it was released in 1979 would be something of an understatement.
		Of course, most people associate the Fairlight with sampling but it was actually a digital synthesiser first and foremost that just happened to be able to do sampling as well.
		The Fairlight really did seem like a glimpse into the future of music making which, of course, it was - the effect the Fairlight had on the contemporary music industry just cannot be underestimated and its invention is arguably as significant as Robert Moog's original synthesisers or the invention of the electric guitar!
	www.hollowsun.com /vintage/fairlight (835 words)

	Defacto2 - Fairlight (FLT) Group Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fairlight is a brand that has survived the ages and hit nearly ever major computer format in one way or another since the initial C64 pirate scene of the mid-80s.
		FairLight are a legendary Swedish demo and cracking group, born in april 1987 by two members of the West Coast Crackers (WCC), No.1 and Galahad.
		Fairlight took advantage of this and for the next four or five years they became one of the biggest and well known players in the scene.
	www.defacto2.net /groups.cfm?mode=detail&org=flt (2061 words)

	Fairlight CMI
		In the early 80's, the Fairlight CMI, a new instrument created by an unknown Australian company, was about to start a revolution in the field of sonic and musical creation, with the introduction of sampling and a brand new conception of sequencing.
		The Fairlight gave birth to all of today's samplers, and its famous sequencer, including a graphic representation of notes, paved the way for all modern-day sequencing softwares.
		The Fairlight CMI was like a much more reliable and versatile digital Mellotron.
	egrefin.free.fr /eng/fairlight/fairlightE.php (114 words)

	ProSoundWeb \| Henninger Media Services Invests in Sountracs, Fairlight
		Henninger's purchase of five Fairlight MFX3.48 systems is one of the largest deployments of the new QDC engine-powered workstation.
		According to Fairlight, speed and performance are significantly enhanced via the use of a distributed processor architecture employing Analog Devices SHARC chips, delivering 40-bit floating point processing for effortless real-time DSP capability.
		Fairlight USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairlight Inc. Fairlight manufactures and markets digital audio editing and mixing systems for audio post production applications.
	www.prosoundweb.com /recording/rec_news/fairlight.shtml (510 words)

	Fairlight FAME
		The console is an incredible marriage between the mix surface and the recorder/editor, Fairlight searched high and low for a console it could integrate with its MFX 3plus platform.
		Fairlight promises that in Revision 15.5 software, due imminently, the automation file will be streamed off to the Exabyte backup with the MFX project.
		The Fairlight FAME version 2.1 is the definition of what an all-in-one professional digital audio production system should be and is a great inexpensive upgrade for all FAME v1.1 users.
	www.proaudioreview.com /april00/Fairlight-web.shtml (1648 words)

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