Free, K4: Infamous Fairlight Series II Choral V
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HideawayStudio HideawayStudio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=222227
- KVRist
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- 246 posts since 23 Dec, 2009 from UK
I've been going misty eyed working my way through the old Series II factory disks.
The infamous Fairlight Choral 5 sample came up and I just had to program it up in Kontakt...
Used everywhere a million times over but still cool! (8 bit heaven!)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i7lp07
The infamous Fairlight Choral 5 sample came up and I just had to program it up in Kontakt...
Used everywhere a million times over but still cool! (8 bit heaven!)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i7lp07
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- KVRian
- 979 posts since 7 Jan, 2011 from UK
Thanks for that.
Do you have a real fairlight II?
Is it true they are unrelaible?
I would love to get one someday but have heard they can be a bit unreliable and hard to fix.
Bets regards,
Steve
Do you have a real fairlight II?
Is it true they are unrelaible?
I would love to get one someday but have heard they can be a bit unreliable and hard to fix.
Bets regards,
Steve
Synth Magic synths for Konatkt - ARP Quadra, Polymoog and many more. www.synthmagic.co.uk
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- KVRian
- 607 posts since 6 Mar, 2005 from USA
Thanks spfxsynths!
I'm getting an error in Kontakt 3.5, though...is this a K4 only patch?
I'm getting an error in Kontakt 3.5, though...is this a K4 only patch?
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- KVRian
- 1143 posts since 25 Apr, 2004 from 48Hz
thanks so much ! keep 'em coming if possible ! ")
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Reverend Rhythm Reverend Rhythm https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=6041
- KVRAF
- 2856 posts since 21 Feb, 2003 from Woodstock, GA USA
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- KVRAF
- 1624 posts since 14 Sep, 2007 from www.koeln.de/en/
- KVRian
- 1233 posts since 29 Dec, 2008 from Lithuania
Thanks for the freebies. Sounds very nice.
For people complaining that doesn't work, just update your Kontakt
For people complaining that doesn't work, just update your Kontakt
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HideawayStudio HideawayStudio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=222227
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 246 posts since 23 Dec, 2009 from UK
The now very aged Series II wasn't exactly known for it's reliability even when new - now a great musuem piece but probably not worth the effort - but then again most equipment of this age and complexity isn't likely to be either. As with any sampler of this age PSUs, memory and floppy drives (8 inch!!) are an issue. The Series II is a card based design and hence there are potentially also the usual issues with the mechanics of a backplane and card connectors to contend with..spfxsynths wrote:Thanks for that.
Do you have a real fairlight II?
Is it true they are unrelaible?
I would love to get one someday but have heard they can be a bit unreliable and hard to fix.
Bets regards,
Steve
The problem is that equipment of this era (early 80's) is now not simply aging or out of date - it is genuinely old for something of this complexity. It has reached an age where electrolytic and tantalum caps are likely to be failing (especially where exposed to heat), contacts are badly tarnished and DRAM is increasingly full of holes. Computers, test gear, arcade machines, pinball machines of this era all fall into the same bracket. It's all repairable but it needs considerably more care and attention. This means anyone purchasing gear of this age really needs to know what he is letting himself in for, is an engineer....... or knows a friendly one
The Emulator II is no different - it's a sea of tarnished IC sockets, dried out PSU caps and dodgy 5.25" floppy drives in a chassis that's far too flexible for it's own good - shame really because they have such a gorgeous sound!
The Fairlight is cool to but it's much more primative despite the user interface - the EII is definitely far more of a musical instrument and in some ways a sounder buy.
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- KVRist
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- 246 posts since 23 Dec, 2009 from UK
Glad you like it - I might be tempted to program up a couple more one offs but really beyond that it's not fair on those who've released some of the superb Fairlight library transfers in recent years - and besides I'm up to my eyeballs working on well uh.... secret things in the lab!Reverend Rhythm wrote:Thanks! Love these old sounds!
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- KVRian
- 1233 posts since 29 Dec, 2008 from Lithuania
Just discovering your freebies. Sounds great, thanks for those.
- KVRian
- 979 posts since 7 Jan, 2011 from UK
Hi,
don't know if you have already seen this thread.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324561
A KVR member made a Kontakt instrument of the Fairlight Library.
Cheers,
Steve
don't know if you have already seen this thread.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324561
A KVR member made a Kontakt instrument of the Fairlight Library.
Cheers,
Steve
Synth Magic synths for Konatkt - ARP Quadra, Polymoog and many more. www.synthmagic.co.uk