The story of ARR1, the Fairlight synth chorus sound
The Fairlight CMI was the first widely-available digital sampling synthesizer, a computer-powered installation which defined the sound of countless tracks in the 1980s. Though offering powerful tools to record and shape your own instruments—the point of sampling!—in retrospect it's the presets that stand out. And ARR1, also know…
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