Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument)

The ’Mother’ of all samplers. The technology that is today used world wide to compose music using digital samples started with the The Fairlight CMI. Featured on the program ’This Week’ from ABC-TV Australia (1980) and is demonstrated by one of the CMI’s designers, Pete Vogel and composer Michael Carlos playing his composition of the theme for a proposed ABC-TV sci-fi series “Timewarp“ .