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[ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)]

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From: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Subject: Re: Fairlight
Message-ID: <1991Oct17.203231.10406@sti.fi>
Reply-To: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen)
Organization: Stream Technologies Inc.
References: <20583@scorn.sco.COM> <9110152119.AA08433@lewhoosh.umd.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 91 20:32:31 GMT

In article <9110152119.AA08433@lewhoosh.umd.edu> jeffy@lewhoosh.umd.EDU (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes:
>
>But what Chris pointed out is that the Fairlight is not a sampler in the
>conventional sense.  From Chris' description, it does much the same thing
>that Alchemy for the Mac, which you mentioned, does--analyzes the input
>sample, turning it into a synthesis algorhythm, allowing it to be played
>back along a keyboard without the pitch being dependant upon playback
>speed.  So it might even be fair to say that the Fairlight *is* primarily
>a synthesizer with a small sampler (and lots of number crunching additives)
>tacked on...

If anything the Fairlight is a sampler! In fact they pioneered the
whole concept.  Samplers employ two different methods for changing
the pitch of output notes: 1.) by varying the output sampling rate.
2.) by skipping over/duplicating samples on output while maintaining
consistent output sample rate. Hi-end sampling keyboards use #1
and cheap toys use #2. Needless to say the CMI Fairlight uses the
varying sampling rate method.

The fairlight has some digital synthesizer features in it as well
but the typical form os use for it is to start with a sampled 
waveform and edit it to create a new "instrument". Peter Gabriel
IV (Security) is full of this.

Timo

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