Fairlight CMI

The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) was one of the earliest music workstations with an embedded digital sampling synthesizer. It was introduced in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, developed based on the commercial license of dual-MC6800 microprocessor musical instrument originally developed by of in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.

Fairlight CMI

The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) was one of the earliest music workstations with an embedded digital sampling synthesizer. It was introduced in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, developed based on the commercial license of dual-MC6800 microprocessor musical instrument originally developed by of in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.