Difference between revisions of "Fairlight CMI Song List"
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|[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-art-of-noise/5272 Music Technology 1989] | |[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-art-of-noise/5272 Music Technology 1989] | ||
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|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/downstairs-at-erics/1592 Reference] | |[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/downstairs-at-erics/1592 Reference] | ||
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| Jan Hammer | | Jan Hammer | ||
| Crockett's Theme | | Crockett's Theme | ||
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| Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video: | | Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video: | ||
|[https://youtu.be/IYg6C4C81HE YouTube] | |[https://youtu.be/IYg6C4C81HE YouTube] | ||
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| Jan Hammer | | Jan Hammer | ||
| Miami Vice Theme | | Miami Vice Theme | ||
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| [https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jan-hammer Reference] | | [https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jan-hammer Reference] | ||
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| The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields | | The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields | ||
| [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/docklands-rendezvous/354 Music Technology (1988)] | | [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/docklands-rendezvous/354 Music Technology (1988)] | ||
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| Kate Bush | | Kate Bush | ||
| Running Up That Hill | | Running Up That Hill | ||
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| − | | A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight | + | | A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight. |
| − | |[https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19622&start=165 SOS] | + | |[https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=19622&start=165 SOS 2010] |
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| Intro/bell: BEATGONG [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds | | Intro/bell: BEATGONG [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds | ||
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU YouTube] | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU YouTube] | ||
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| "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.”” | | "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.”” | ||
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/defender-rhodes/6789 Reference] | |[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/defender-rhodes/6789 Reference] | ||
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|[https://www.academia.edu/241422/The_Story_of_ORCH5 Reference] | |[https://www.academia.edu/241422/The_Story_of_ORCH5 Reference] | ||
|[https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU?t=20 YouTube] | |[https://youtu.be/-sFK0-lcjGU?t=20 YouTube] | ||
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| Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set. | | Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set. | ||
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/dawn-of-a-new-age/214 Music Technology] | |[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/dawn-of-a-new-age/214 Music Technology] | ||
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| Herbie Hancock | | Herbie Hancock | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 8 March 2022
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Table of Songs featuring CMI Fairlight
| Artist | Song | Year | Notes | Reference | Media URL |
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| Afrika Bambaataa | Planet Rock | 1982 | Orchestral stab; ORCH5 (from 15secs). Arthur Baker, producer: 'Strangely enough there was also a Fairlight there. You can probably do what the Fairlight did on a $1,000 computer now. Back then the Fairlight was probably worth over $100,000 or more. It was taking up a lot of space, but it had a few sounds in it, one being this sort of explosion sound, which we used in the break, and the orchestra, the infamous orchestra.' | Arthur Baker interview | YouTube |
| Aha | Take On Me | Tony Mansfield used the Fairlight on the production and sampled parts from the original demo. | Interview with band & producer | YouTube | |
| Art Of Noise | Close to the Edit | 1983 | "From a composition point of view, for me exclusively the Fairlight" - JJ Jeczalik. Features a variety of own-sampled sounds and factory sounds. | Music Technology 1989 | YouTube |
| Chick Corea | Touchstone | 1982 | Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Yamaha Gs-1, Minimoog, Ob-xa] – Chick Corea Album: Touchstone. Fusion / Latin Jazz | Reference | YouTube" |
| Depeche Mode (Vince Clarke) | 1984 | x2 for touring, and then in the studio. | Reference | ||
| Jan Hammer | Crockett's Theme | 1986 | Lead melody & pads. (ARR1 lead) Layered vocal patch with pluck; pad sounds from Fairlight according to the reference video: | YouTube | YouTube |
| Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme | 1986 | Reference | YouTube | |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | Magnetic Fields & ZooLook | 1981 | The Fairlight arrived in 1981 just in time for Magnetic Fields | Music Technology (1988) | YouTube |
| Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill | 1985 | A convincing piece of sound design research by Desmond of the SoundOnSound forums seems to prove that cello2 was the source of the main (and very distinctive) sounds of Running Up That Hill. Kate Bush has been quoted that the song was written around one sound from the Fairlight. | SOS 2010 | YouTube |
| Kate Bush | The Dreaming | 1982 | Orchestal Stab: ORCH5. An earlier adopter of the CMI, Kate Bush also used the famouse ORCH5 sample in the title track of the album of the same name. | Academia.net | YouTube |
| Klaus Shulze | Dreams (album) | 1986 | Synthesizer [Roland JX-10P Super JX, Roland MKS-80/MPG-80 Super Jupiter, Roland MKS-30 Planet S, Korg DW-8000 Waveform], Sequencer [Korg SQD-1], Sampler [Akai S-612/MD-280], Drum Machine [Oberheim DMX], Effects [Korg DVP-1 Digital Voice Processor, Publison Infernal Machine 90, Disk Drive], DAW [Fairlight] – Klaus Schulze | Discogs | YouTube |
| Michael Jackson | Beat It | 1984 | Intro/bell: BEATGONG [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds | YouTube | YouTube |
| Nick Rhodes | n/a | 1986 | "Anyway, it seems that Nick is a Fairlight man, preferring it both to the Emulator, and the Synclavier: "The great thing about the Fairlight is the way it's laid out, not six different boxes like the Synclavier... I got mine halfway through Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and having worked with it for such a long time, I find it very quick to use.”” | Reference | |
| Tears For Fears | Shout | 1984 | Ah' vocal sound; ARR1 [Doc on the making of Take On Me.. Doesn't specify the sounds https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=wlTHJJX7QVU Reference] |
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| The Art of Noise | Close (To The Edit) | 1982 | The Art of Noise’. (Dudley and Trevor Horn, her main collaborator, may well have known first-hand from Vorhaus whence the sample came; in any case, the final moments of their 1984 hit single ‘Close (to the Edit)’ wittily close the loop, mixing ORCH5 back into a congeries of sampled orchestral blasts from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.) | Reference | YouTube |
| OMD | Live 1986 | Played by Paul Humphreys. Runs the live set. | Music Technology | ||
| Herbie Hancock | Perfect Machine | 1988 | Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12, Yamaha TX 8/16], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Vocoder, Producer – Herbie Hancock. Electronic / Future Jazz / Electro | Discogs | YouTube |
| Herbie Hancock | Perfect Machine | 1988 | Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12, Yamaha TX 8/16], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Vocoder, Producer – Herbie Hancock Electronic / Future Jazz / Electro | Discogs | YouTube |
