Description
The legendary Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument - in your pocket! Create music the way the major artists of the '80s did: Alan Parsons, Brian Eno, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and so many more. Listen to the actual sounds used to create that instantly recognisable sound of the '80s.
The CMI's Page R was the world's first screen-based rhythm sequencer. Today every sampler, digital synthesizer, sequencer and audio workstation can trace its lineage back to this legendary machine. Now you can have, in your pocket or on your iPad, a piece of history developed by Fairlight staff who worked on the CMI in the '80s.
BUILT-IN FEATURES
- browse and play the entire original Fairlight CMI IIX Sounds floppy disk library - 32 disks containing 564 voices.
- display voices graphically using the iconic Page D, and change your viewpoint by tipping your iPhone/iPad.
- play built-in Fairlight CMI Page R compositions.
- import and play Page R compositions and instrument collections sent to you by others.
- authentic Fairlight CMI user interface experience, including floppy disk sounds.
- on-screen music keyboard.
- use an external MIDI keyboard to play the CMI voices. Line6 MidiMobilizer and Akai SynthStation are supported. (Note that the in-app feature list incorrectly says that this is a Pro feature.)
The CMI's Page R was the world's first screen-based rhythm sequencer. Today every sampler, digital synthesizer, sequencer and audio workstation can trace its lineage back to this legendary machine. Now you can have, in your pocket or on your iPad, a piece of history developed by Fairlight staff who worked on the CMI in the '80s.
BUILT-IN FEATURES
- browse and play the entire original Fairlight CMI IIX Sounds floppy disk library - 32 disks containing 564 voices.
- display voices graphically using the iconic Page D, and change your viewpoint by tipping your iPhone/iPad.
- play built-in Fairlight CMI Page R compositions.
- import and play Page R compositions and instrument collections sent to you by others.
- authentic Fairlight CMI user interface experience, including floppy disk sounds.
- on-screen music keyboard.
- use an external MIDI keyboard to play the CMI voices. Line6 MidiMobilizer and Akai SynthStation are supported. (Note that the in-app feature list incorrectly says that this is a Pro feature.)
Device REQUIREMENTS
This App will play music on an iPod Touch 2G and an iPhone 3G, but those devices are just not powerful enough to give you a useful recording interface with all the heavy-duty audio synthesiser magic. So if you want to use record-while-playing mode you will need a minimum of an iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G or iPad for this to be a useful tool.
