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SYNTHESIZERS · 1979
CMI Series I
Fairlight
Manufacturer
Fairlight
Type
Synthesizers
Production
1979
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From the Community
From the community
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Document Library
Manuals
1Service & Technical
603
Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
05
Factory Sound Library
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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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01From the Community02Document Library03Audio Demos04Compatible Sound ROMs05Factory Sound Library06Modifications07Owner Registry08System ComponentsManufacturer
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Specifications
- LFO
- For vibrato
- Dates
- 1979–1989, 2011–present
- Price
- £15,000–112,000
- Filter
- Low-pass (for anti-aliasing)
- Keyboard
- 73 keys, non-weighted, velocity sensitive. Option: slave keyboard
- Polyphony
- 8–16 voices
- Timbrality
- Multitimbral
- Manufacturer
- Fairlight
- Synthesis type
- Additive synthesis; sampling (8-bit @ 16 kHz – 16-bit @ 100 kHz); waveform editing/drawing; additive resynthesis (FFT)
- External control
- Computer keyboard, light pen, CV/Gate (option, CMI II~), MIDI, SMPTE (CMI IIx~)
- Left-hand control
- 3 sliders, 2 buttons, numeric keypad (right side)
