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Fairlight CMI - Audio Sample Collection

Introduction To The Fairlight CMI

The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight. Being one of the earliest music workstations, embedded with a sampler, the Fairlight CMI was capable of samples at 8 bit @ 16 kHz to 16 bit @ 100 kHz.
The second version of the Fairlight CMI, Series II, was released at a price of £30,000 in 1982.

Notable Users:
There is a very extensive list of musicians that have used the Fairlight over the years.
In 1980, the album, "Never for Ever", by Kate Bush was the first commercially released studio album to incorporate the Fairlight.
Jean Michel Jarre used many of the Fairlight sounds in his compositions.

Jean Michel Jarre Examples:
The sample, 'Bizarre.wav' was used in 'Diva', from the album, "Zoolook".
The sample, 'Whizz.wav' and 'Door.wav' were both used in 'Calypso (Pt 1)', from the album, "Wait For Cousteau".

Art of Noise, famously used the Fairlight sample, 'Sararr', in their hit record, "Moments In Love".

About The Fairlight CMI - Audio Sample Collection

The main aim of this sample collection is to provide you, the end use, with a wide selection of audio samples, from the classic Fairlight CMI.
All Fairlight CMI samples contained in this collection are provided in 16 Bit.

A full list of samples is provided below.

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Specifications

*Uncompressed file size. Download rar file size is 419 MB