New piece "Flight Of The Fairlight" ready! :)
Added 2020-04-01 07:13:50 +0000 UTCHi Everyone,
When I was a teenager, there was one particular music "machine" that was the stuff of legends: The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), an Australian invention, which was the first fully functional Sampler (you can read about it in detail here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI ).
Compared to my early love of Synthesizers, which I couldn't afford, the Fairlight was in another universe, costing easily 5 to even 6 figures and was usually reserved to the absolute top earners in the music business (like Peter Gabriel, Jan Hammer, Art of Noise etc.)!
But since a few days ago, I own one... well, sort of! ;) The French company Arturia made a pretty good recreation of this classic machine as a plugin, part of their V-Collection. I had a version of this collection, but not the latest that included the Fairlight, until now.
And what better way to celebrate this momentous addition to my arsenal by creating a brand new track with just this one Plugin... It's been an absolute blast to create this. The Fairlight definitely has some quirks and though it may not have the fidelity of modern samplers with its lower bit- and sample rate, the overall sound it produces has a very special and unique vibe that is difficult to achieve any other way. Enjoy! :)
-Chris
Comments
It's a learning curve, but definitely not as difficult as learning a programming language. One reason is that "programming" in this case means fiddling with knobs and assigning values and modulators, not figuring out algorithms or flowcharts etc. You can also hear what you're fiddling with in real time and it's not going to crash on you (hopefully ;)...
2020-04-02 20:48:57 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if this is comparable but If I try to learn a new programming language (Pascal, C, PHP.... whatever) it needs a lots of time to be a master or to be a good enough because there are lots of "corners" in it and lots of libraries. And if this is your first (is it?) composition with this plugin it's great!
2020-04-02 18:22:51 +0000 UTCIt needs a bit of time to learn all the options, but if you have some basic understanding of synth programming it should not take long. Also keep in mind that there are a ton of ready-to-use preset patches, so even if it takes a bit longer to understand all the programming options, you can get results right away by using those presets.
2020-04-02 17:29:38 +0000 UTCFuer klassische Synths (und Samples) gibt es derzeit kaum etwas besseres als die V-Collection. Allerdings braucht man das nicht unbedingt um einen Song auf dem Amiga zu machen, denn da gaebe es genug Samples, die man auch im Internet finden koennte.
2020-04-02 17:25:01 +0000 UTCHow difficult is to use it? I mean how much time do you need to learn how to use it? Because It looks like very complex.
2020-04-02 15:41:34 +0000 UTCEin absolut toller Sound. Good job Chris! Ist die V-Collection von Auturia insamt empfehlenswert? Ich hätte gern solche Samples um mal ein Song auf dem Amiga machen zu können.
Eric Schillat
2020-04-02 14:33:46 +0000 UTC
