Hi There this is Mr C. T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if they need to do the exact same version of Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesiser String Sound to an Musette Accordion sound, and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to an 4 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 5 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite Song Ever Since I was about 11 Years of Age Thank You 😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😅👍😉👍😉👏😅👍😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏😅👍😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏
You know! It won't be long until someone has some software to do just that! Unfortunatly if I did this clip UA-cam would censor it as its not my music.. but I will see what I can do in future for sure :D
Curious, does your CMI keyboard have 9 pin "to CMI" and "Alpha' in? Mine has 15 pin connectors/parallel style. Anyway, my first proper audio job was as a Fairlight assistant. The machine was about 50 feet away in an airconditioned room and did occasionally crash but generally very stable. I took those books home and studied them inside out and then would go in fresh and early and do those tutorials. I got so quick at that machine and it sounded incredible compared to any other sampler of the time including Akais, EMUs and Rolands.. My task was to line up recordins and samples in the MFX DR screen (never forgotten that shortcut) and export all the samples into a Digidesign Nubus (!) Samplecell card then into Akai and Roland samplers. Never sounded as good coming from any other machine though. The audio output and filter stage of the Fairlight was astounding. It was like it was 3D and everything else sounded mono in comparison. I always said one day I will have one and now I do a series III too with MFX2 like yours. Really just sits as a showpiece but occasionally I load it up and show friends how far we've come. Loading a bunch of samples and triggering it externally from a modern DAW is fun. Big sample player with killer filters.
My keyboard is a modified Series II. Series III keyboards are a lot more rare than the machines due to them getting phased out while they were skill making the MFX\CMI Hybrids. I had a great chat with Rob Huby last year where he explained to me about how the Series III ended up sounding the way it does. Bascially he desined the output stage to be pretty much perfect 1:1 of what was going in would come out again.. they then fine tuned the sound to be as rich and pleasing as it is. I always say it has a massive and solid bottom end and a wonderful air to the top. Thats how even the 16bit fairlight has that wonderful Fairlight sound. The MFX3+ is very close in sound but a bit more edging towards the sound of tape than CMI :D
That did not look easy to do, but amazing it could do it in the 80s! Must be why Herbie Hancock had his on Fairlight operator. Must have taken ages to edit this video. Once again the memes made it funny :)
Yeh, it go to the point where there was a whole slew of 'Fairlight Operators' as the technology evolved and got more complex to learn. You don't want to know how long it too me to edit this :D haha!
I think at this point the MFX Apha Keyboard was the only control for the software. Control surfaces might of started at the end of MFX3+. Hope that helps, I could be 100% wrong on this, I'll check with Steve Rance if I get a chance!
I'm looking forward to the day you run out of Peter Gabriel images. It seems the main reason for having the MIX capability is to save RAM when wanting layerd sounds (well the add function at least); whereas I'm assuming the Multiply allows you to do a discount Morph/Convolution (I doubt it's proper 4 quadrant multiplication, but maybe?) which sounds like a fun feature to explore even if most results might be of mixed quality.
I doubt I will ever run out of Peter Gabriel images.. but the joke will indeed get too old and some pint and need to be changed up :D I think its also about trying to save voices as well, expecially when you were able to do hard drive audio at this point! :D
Indeed, I still have to try it on the 1x myself. I really like the wavetable features, so many people said it was useless at the time but I just don't think they really knew how to use it musically. :D
That was awesome. But I'm wondering why they didn't put the new sound into an empty buffer? I'm assuming that's what those placeholders along the top of the screen were where the previews of sounds 1 and 2 were at.
The manual recomends moving the original sound to a different buffer first ... It was around the time in a tutorial I was getting a bit bored and just wanted to make sounds haha :D
@@100ThingsIDo lol/ I think the mix page concept is great, maybe slightly cumbersome - but we can let them off as no one had done anything like it before...
@@100ThingsIDo I always found this regular fan noise reassuring and calming, actualy, like the noise inside your morther's belly when you're still to born. OK, when you want to record music it's pain in the back...
@@FLH3official There have been times I have used the Fairlight and not heard that I recorded a lot of noise in the line signal due to the fans haha! Its 1000's times quieter than when I first got it, it sounded like running a 1960's air conditioner right next to your head :D
Hi There this is Mr C. T. Boxill-Harris, I was wondering if they need to do the exact same version of Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesiser String Sound to an Musette Accordion sound, and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to an 4 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 5 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favourite Song Ever Since I was about 11 Years of Age Thank You 😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😅👍😉👍😉👏😅👍😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏😅👍😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏😉👍😉👏👏
You know! It won't be long until someone has some software to do just that! Unfortunatly if I did this clip UA-cam would censor it as its not my music.. but I will see what I can do in future for sure :D
Curious, does your CMI keyboard have 9 pin "to CMI" and "Alpha' in? Mine has 15 pin connectors/parallel style. Anyway, my first proper audio job was as a Fairlight assistant. The machine was about 50 feet away in an airconditioned room and did occasionally crash but generally very stable. I took those books home and studied them inside out and then would go in fresh and early and do those tutorials. I got so quick at that machine and it sounded incredible compared to any other sampler of the time including Akais, EMUs and Rolands.. My task was to line up recordins and samples in the MFX DR screen (never forgotten that shortcut) and export all the samples into a Digidesign Nubus (!) Samplecell card then into Akai and Roland samplers. Never sounded as good coming from any other machine though. The audio output and filter stage of the Fairlight was astounding. It was like it was 3D and everything else sounded mono in comparison. I always said one day I will have one and now I do a series III too with MFX2 like yours. Really just sits as a showpiece but occasionally I load it up and show friends how far we've come. Loading a bunch of samples and triggering it externally from a modern DAW is fun. Big sample player with killer filters.
My keyboard is a modified Series II. Series III keyboards are a lot more rare than the machines due to them getting phased out while they were skill making the MFX\CMI Hybrids. I had a great chat with Rob Huby last year where he explained to me about how the Series III ended up sounding the way it does. Bascially he desined the output stage to be pretty much perfect 1:1 of what was going in would come out again.. they then fine tuned the sound to be as rich and pleasing as it is. I always say it has a massive and solid bottom end and a wonderful air to the top. Thats how even the 16bit fairlight has that wonderful Fairlight sound. The MFX3+ is very close in sound but a bit more edging towards the sound of tape than CMI :D
That did not look easy to do, but amazing it could do it in the 80s! Must be why Herbie Hancock had his on Fairlight operator. Must have taken ages to edit this video. Once again the memes made it funny :)
Yeh, it go to the point where there was a whole slew of 'Fairlight Operators' as the technology evolved and got more complex to learn. You don't want to know how long it too me to edit this :D haha!
The fairlight reminds me of an MRI scanner / x ray scanner workstation ..lol
I'm sure I get X-Ray's from just being close to it! hahah :D
I'm curious for more info on how to interface the MFX control surface with the Series III.
I think at this point the MFX Apha Keyboard was the only control for the software. Control surfaces might of started at the end of MFX3+. Hope that helps, I could be 100% wrong on this, I'll check with Steve Rance if I get a chance!
I'm looking forward to the day you run out of Peter Gabriel images.
It seems the main reason for having the MIX capability is to save RAM when wanting layerd sounds (well the add function at least); whereas I'm assuming the Multiply allows you to do a discount Morph/Convolution (I doubt it's proper 4 quadrant multiplication, but maybe?) which sounds like a fun feature to explore even if most results might be of mixed quality.
I doubt I will ever run out of Peter Gabriel images.. but the joke will indeed get too old and some pint and need to be changed up :D I think its also about trying to save voices as well, expecially when you were able to do hard drive audio at this point! :D
Hey Mike thanks for the new video. Absolutely funny but interesting. You made my day 👍🏻
Thanks Torsten, glad the new format is not putting people off :D
This feature is really easy to do on the Series II.
Fantastic video, enjoyed it heaps!!!
Indeed, I still have to try it on the 1x myself. I really like the wavetable features, so many people said it was useless at the time but I just don't think they really knew how to use it musically. :D
Amazing video! 10:00 made me laugh 😛 I love the sound of the Fairlight, thank you for posting this! It's so cool to see the workflow! 💙
Thanks! as soon as I said "I get this" it came to mind :D haha!
That was awesome. But I'm wondering why they didn't put the new sound into an empty buffer? I'm assuming that's what those placeholders along the top of the screen were where the previews of sounds 1 and 2 were at.
The manual recomends moving the original sound to a different buffer first ... It was around the time in a tutorial I was getting a bit bored and just wanted to make sounds haha :D
@@100ThingsIDo Ha! No problem! I know that feeling!!!
Excellent stuff as always. Brilliant to see more of the arcane III pages in operation :)
Thanks :D Its always fun ... but wow this took a long time to edit and try and make interesting haha!
@@100ThingsIDo lol/ I think the mix page concept is great, maybe slightly cumbersome - but we can let them off as no one had done anything like it before...
and we love the ps one tshirt of course :)
Thanks :D I'm trying to find a few more interesting ones these days :D
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Indeed! You can hear how much cooling is used in it to keep it all running :D
@@100ThingsIDo I always found this regular fan noise reassuring and calming, actualy, like the noise inside your morther's belly when you're still to born. OK, when you want to record music it's pain in the back...
@@FLH3official There have been times I have used the Fairlight and not heard that I recorded a lot of noise in the line signal due to the fans haha! Its 1000's times quieter than when I first got it, it sounded like running a 1960's air conditioner right next to your head :D