Apyuxjj.178 net.music utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!pyuxjj!rlr Fri May 7 10:49:56 1982 Fairlight digital synthesizer First off, for those of you who are wondering what the "Fairlight" mentioned in every other article about the group Asia really is... The Fairlight CMI (Computer Music Instrument) is but one of the new breed of digital synthesizer. Without going into too much detail, it employs three main methods of synthesis: 1) additive synthesis and/or frequency modulation (Chowning type FM) synthesis (simulation of an analog synthesizer, in effect), 2) drawing of waveforms onto a CRT, and 3) sampling of audio input as the basis for sound generation. Any combination of these may be used within an "instrument"/"voice" as they are called, plus one can create an interpolation between two voices (over the time envelope of the note/the keyboard range). I have some further info on this if desired. For those of you in the N.Y. metro area, there is a local electronic music studio which offers lessons and/or recording time with the Fairlight. The name of the studio is PASS (Public Access Synthesizer Studio), and a class (with a group) costs $200, which involves about 24.5 hours oflessons and hands-on time during a concentrated period (over the course of about a week). Access time to the Fairlight after one has completed the program is $15/hr. Not at all a bad deal. For further and probably more accurate info, call: PASS ask for: 16 W. 22 St. Brenda Hutchinson NY NY 10010 Clive Smith (212)-989-2060 OR Carol Parkinson There is also a possibility of semi-private lessons for a small group (3 or less) which could possibly 1) cost a little less and 2) be scheduled around the needs of the students and instructor. Anyone interested in working out such an arrangement (to be a part of this proposed small group) can contact me. (The class described above begins, I think, 5/26. If you would prefer a full-fledged class type of structure, give them a call as soon as possible.) Rich Rosen pyuxjj!rlr Bell Laboratories 6 Corporate Place - 2B-201 Piscataway NJ 08854 (At last, an article about computer music in a newsgroup supposedly devoted to computer music.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.