Among this year's entries into the official Sounds of Australia are demonstrations of an instrument which can replicate any sound. The groundbreaking Fairlight CMI synthesiser was invented in 1979 by ...

It's impossible to overstate the enormous impact of sampling on music, and hard to imagine a world without it. At the start of it all, there was the Fairlight CMI. The Fairlight wasn't the first ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out these days , as well as noteworthy vintage equipment. Last Saturday it was the the the triple neck ...

[Davearneson] built a modern version of a classic synthesizer with his DIY Fairlight CMI. If there were a hall of fame for electronic instruments, the Fairlight CMI would be on it. An early sampling ...

For a certain kind of music nerd, or a music nerd of a certain age, Australian Peter Vogel is a messiah figure. To them, he is the ''man who changed the world''. With an old school friend called Kim ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NAMM 2011: Fairlight's CMI sampling synthesizer was one of the most influential instruments of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Piano-style keyboard, monitor with ...

These days, computers often take the stage. In fact, some electronic musicians perform entire shows from their laptops. But in 1983, when Herbie Hancock appeared in an episode of Sesame Street and ...

When we talk about Australia’s influence on popular music, The Bee Gees, INXS and Kylie Minogue immediately spring to mind. AC/DC made the second-biggest selling album of all time in 1980, becoming ...

If you're a geek and you grew up in the 1980s, then you probably remember the Fairlight CMI. It was that huge white synthesiser with a screen, a qwerty keyboard and a lightpen. It cost $50,000 and ...