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The Birth of the Fairlight CMI – When Computers Took Over Music

adminDecember 26, 2025 276 Views

It’s been 50 years since the inception of Fairlight, the company that brought us the first-ever commercial digital sampler, the Fairlight CMI. We take a look at how it started.

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The Story of SARARR

adminSeptember 22, 2025 195 Views

The Fairlight CMI’s SARARR sample, sometimes known as ARR1, is one of the most recognised sounds of the 1980s. Here’s the story of how it came to be.

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