TECHNEWS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RESONATION ACROSS THE NATION


THIS week Jonny from Point Blank makes a lead sound out of a snare drum and it works like a charm.


APP REVIEW


APP NAME : FAIRLIGHT PRO DEVELOPER : FAIRLIGHT INSTRUMENTS FORMAT : PRICE :


IPHONE/IPAD/ITOUCH £29.99


WE know what you’re thinking, £30 is a fair amount to pay out for an app, but not when you consider that Stevie Wonder paid around $100k(!) for the hardware equivalent back when it was first released in 1979. The name Fairlight may not mean much to modern producers, but believe us when we tell you that it meant one hell of a lot a few decades ago and that the present technological landscape in music production may not be where it is today were it not for the release of the Fairlight computer. This is a full emulation of that computer, which was the first commercial sampler and screen-based rhythm sequencer


on the market. Now you can have, in your pocket or on your iPad, a piece of history developed by the same Fairlight staff who worked on the original machines. Each detail of the user interface has been considered in this digital simulation, down to selecting mains voltage and inserting floppy disks into the computer. The entire original sound library is included, containing 564 voices and the pattern-based sequencer hosts up to 8 tracks. This is an opportunity to own a piece of electronic music history. Don’t miss it.


VERDICT 9/10


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