Release year: 2019
Manufacturer: Groove3
Manufacturer website: Groove3
Author: Tyler Coffin
Duration: 1h. 43 min. 56sec.
Handout type: Video tutorial
English language
Sample files: none
Video Format: MP4
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps 413kbps [V: English [eng] (h264 high L4.0, yuv420p, 1920×1080, 413 kb/s)]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 120kbps [A: SoundHandler [eng] (aac lc, 48000 Hz, stereo, 120 kb/s)]
Description : Synthesizer Tyler Coffin presents an in-depth series of video tutorials on the amazing Arturia re-creation of the iconic Fairlight CMI sampler and synthesizer. Watch and hear how revolutionary this instrument was in its time and how it influenced the making of music. Plus, Arturia has tried to faithfully recreate the original sounds with the addition of what makes it usable today! Description: Synth wizard Tyler Coffin delivers an in-depth series on Arturia’s awesome recreation of the iconic sampler and synthesizer, the Fairlight CMI. See and hear how this instrument was revolutionary in its time, and shaped the way music was produced. Plus, Arturia’s take on it gives the original period-accurate sound, with added usage to make it fit into today’s workflow!
Content :
1. Introduction & Overview (02:54)
2. The User Interface & Basic Operation (5:29)
3. The Sound Page (8:04)
4. The Sound Modes Pt. 1 (12:13)
5. The Sound Modes Pt. 2 (8:27)
6. The Sound Modes Pt. 3 (12:30)
7. The Sequencer Page (7:25)
8. The Mixer Page & Effects (10:09)
9. The Tune/Map Page (05:01)
10. Preset Management & the Browser (06:55)
11. Sound Design Pt. 1 (7:48)
12. Sound Design Pt. 2 (09:21)
13. Conclusion (7:40)
The Fairlight CMI…….. for quite some time after it was shipped, there existed no manual; it is so vast and deep even the designers didn’t know where to start in developing a manual 🙂 One really cool concert I’ll never forget was in early 80’s; guitarist Al Dimeola at a venue on campus of University of Maryland College Park. He had developed in the mid-70’s a time-based modulation device with awesome flanger-like sound, heard very clearly on his epic album “Elegant Gypsy”. And at this show he had the Fairlight CMI. He was drawing with integrated pen what looked like envelopes on screen. I’m not sure how he was triggering the synth with his guitar, but I’ll guess he was using the MIDI generating hexaphonic pickups of the time. Don’t know how much the CMI was used on his 80’s albums but it was quite incredible live.