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Arturia CMI V

CurrentReleased 2017

The Fairlight CMI in software: 600 samples from the original library, the sampling and additive engines, a new spectral mode, variable bit depth and the 'Page R' sequencer across ten tracks.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Arturia
Status
Current
Released
2017

Engine

Synth type
Digital (sampling, additive)
Emulates
Fairlight CMI (1979)
Polyphony
Up to 32 voices per track
Oscillators
Sampling, additive and spectral synthesis; 600 original CMI samples
Filter
Modelled analogue filter
Multitimbral parts
10
Sequencer
32-step 'Page R' sequencer
Effects
Insert effects

Software

Plugin formats
VST2, VST3, AU, AAX

Features

Features
Variable bit depth, Standalone app, NKS

Heard on

Artists and records that used the original Fairlight CMI, as Arturia tells it.

  • Depeche Mode
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Duran Duran
  • Kate Bush

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