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fairlight mfx3

Post by vmgas » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:21 pm

my roommate got this for some reason without doing much research on what it actually is..this would actually be his 3rd impulse purchase i have witnessed him do of equipment that he has no knowledge of..watching him excitingly tear open the package and then realize minutes later he cant do anything with it :banana: :banana: :banana:

from what i can tell all he needs is a monitor and it can be up and running
is this correct?
what kind of interface would he need to record with it?
and this is just a DAW too correct? he kept telling me how he saw videos of peter gabriel using it which i just watched and its not even the same system, i guess he thought this was the same as the CMI series :party: :party: :party:
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Post by worstofthewurst » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:49 am

Haha. Buyer beware! It's a 24 track hard disk recorder, and that's about it.
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Post by vmgas » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:08 am

:cloud: :banana: :cloud:

ive also witnessed him buy a dj mixer which he didnt know uses all rcas and is a different kind of mixer and a prophet 2000 which he bought i'm guessing on the name
i do not understand how a person can drop money on gear when they have no grasp of what they are actually buying
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Post by synthetic » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:22 am

It's an amazing editor. It was very popular for editing dialog and foley because it was so fast to operate. It sounded incredible, blew away Pro Tools at the time. No mixing except level up and down, it's just a recorder. I think there was a way to run the CMI on it but you would need some cards for it that are surely no longer available.

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Post by vmgas » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:48 am

:guinness:
its not mine
i was just trying to get him some more info
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Post by vozs » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:16 pm

He's out for the trill of it, bet it's better then sex and drugs combined!
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Re: fairlight mfx3

Post by ix » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:21 pm

which version of the mfx series has the Cmi 3 running inside as one does ?

Mfx ? possibly one of the best ad convertors on the planet and really nice fat organic fairlight sound.thats really not to be sniffed at.
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Post by splitpoint » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:56 pm

I know MFX and MFX 2 can run the cmi software.
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Post by Michaud » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:48 pm

Oh my!

I have been given a fairlight mfx3 a few years ago, I did really know what it was, untit I realized what it was... !!

It is made to be a movie f=machine ... but with a fairlight cmi inside!!! WOW !!! Shti!!! WOW!!!

If you don know how to deal with it, ask me questions!!!
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Post by gwaidan » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:10 pm

Sorry, but the MFX3 isn't CMI-compatible (tho earlier versions are)...third para after "Unique" heading in this story

http://anerd.com/fairlight/fairlightstory.htm
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Post by Michaud » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:10 am

You're right... I made a mistake, I mean I have the MFX2, with the cmiIII
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Post by Morley » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:30 am

The MFX3 is a great machine. Sounds fabulous. The Plus version is 24 bit.
The earlier MFX2 is the 16 channel CMI 3 basically. It can run either hard disk stuff or CMI stuff..
It is the fastest machine to crossfade on (the MFX3) and edit.
Mine had 24 analog and digital I/O. Not all have 24 analog i/o
It it has the remote then you just need a screen to get it going.

So as mentioned above me, it's a 24 track, and a great one.
Getting appreciated again I think.
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