Waveformless: First Look at the New Fairlight

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Adam Dubbleu said...: The Prophet 08 I understand. Oberheim's "Son Of Four Voice," I understand. Even a Buchla has its worth. This, I don't get at all. Ok, so it is a self contained unit that does 36-bit processing (yay it goes to eleven). Yes it has a variety of ins and outs, it docks with an iPod, has Fatar controller, light saber, etc. Ok cool, but where's the innovation? Where's the edge/advantage? At first glance, I don't see the point of this.

At $15k+ It just seems like pure boutique fetishism with no advantage other than bragging rights. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a cool nu-retro product, but that's all it is. A product capitalizing on the wave of "then was better". That wave has crested and soon to fall. This proves it. For a company that made such a mark on music technology, is it strange to hope that they would not be content to rest on their laurels?; July 10, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Tom said...: They're apparently only making 100, so you could be right about this being mostly for collectors...; July 10, 2011 at 10:12 PM

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