Fairlight released in App store.

Some more info here: Features | Fairlight Instruments

Fantastic! and congratulations to Fairlight

NB: Be careful with the voltage!!

Now, there may be a reason to get an ios computer.

Given some reasonable I/O, that is.

Hmm, only available in Latvia?

Hi Coyoteous

Just spotted this at Fairlight.

"The App is now available for purchase in the iTunes Store. Some countries are reporting it is not available yet, but it should be there within 24 hours."

Excellent.

( Now, how can we convince some ex-Synclavier people to give us an emulation app as well ? )

Thanks, Motiatronix. That makes sense.

I think it was about 8 euros on the Latvian site.

I gathered that upgrading is done from the app itself.

Does anyone know the pro upgrade cost?

Hi Coyoteous

I'm in UK and was able to buy the app last night, took me a little while to find the upgrade page within the app (for anybody looking its in the help/index page 2 if I recall) and an upgrade tab to the pro version is in there.

UK base app was £5.99 and upgrade was £23.99

If I had an iPad I'd buy it! I had the beta version and it needs the bigger screen..

From the odd review and feedback I've read up to now the general consensus is the £5.99/$9.99 version should be free as it does hardly nothing and the PRO version should be the one you pay for.

I paid out for the Pro version. The sounds are all there, but the timing on Page R is absolutely abysmal. You can hear late notes all over the place, rendering it unusable, unfortunately.

I have the Pro version, and I LIKE!!!!

I've only recently gotten into the Synclavier, and I really was torn between Synclav and Fairlight. So imagine the thrill I got getting the Fairlight app.

A few things about it are a little disappointing. First off, I wasn't really aware that it amounts to little more than a fancy drum machine/pattern sequencer. I'm not impressed that you can only create sequences in 4/4 time. You can't really tweak the factory voices other than adding a little more sustain--i.e. you can adjust the attack to get pads and so on. You'll have to make your own samples for that. There is a possibility that Fairlight might work on adding these features; the app doesn't really seem complete without them. The app also lacks the waveform drawing feature. This is not really that big a deal to me; after all, I could just draw my own waveforms in Absynth and sample that. But still, this is just something you come to expect from the Fairlight. The 8-part limit on polyphony threw me off, also, so I'll spend some time sampling various chords. In fact, all instruments turn monophonic on Page R, something I find annoying because I'm not used to it. But then again, the Synclavier programming I've done uses between 4 and 6 voices for each timbre, making my 32-voice FM system extremely limited when it comes to composing complex pieces. Working with the Fairlight in an even more restricted way just adds character to the aesthetic, in my opinion. After all, you wouldn't complain about it if it were a TR-808. And that's what the 8 tracks on Page R really amount to.

You can get around the time (meter) limitations more immediately by connecting the ipad to the Mac via wifi, preferably by creating a private network from the Mac to cut down on latency. You can use Logic or another DAW to connect to Fairlight through Audio/MIDI setup and record sequences the way you're used to, export the MIDI file, and load it in the Fairlight.

Can't WAIT to start my first composition using the Fairlight app. Besides that, I REALLY can't wait for the guys in Australia to fix some of the limitations, namely screen drawing and envelope editing.

But, wait. Surely when you add the cost of an iPhone and the app together, it's cheaper to buy a real Fairlight! heh

Haha!!! What are Fairlights going for these days, anyway? I know the CMI30a is US$20,000, but what about the original?

obviously based on the unique Series 3 timing LOL

You can hear timing issues in the Octagonelle demo too. That is really disappointing.