The Magic of Fairlight Arturia CMI V

A slightly different approach to Arturia´s remake of the legendary Fairlight CMI. Discovering the magic of simplicity.
Just read the timelíne for details.
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Timeline/Content:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:05:14 The 3 Different Sources of Sound
0:05:35 The Sampler
0:07:15 Converting Samples into Additive Data Part 1
0:09:34 Converting Additive Data into WAV Files
0:11:20 Is There Anything Like Digital Warmth?
0:13:32 Some Basics about Additive Synthesis
0:16:10 Fast Fourier Transform Part 1 (… and some limitations of the CMI)
0:17:34 The Joy and Pain of Classic Additive Synthesis from Scratch
0:27:05 Different Wave Shapes as Basic Units in Additive Synthesis
0:37:20 Important Terms and a Bit of a Mess
0:42:34 The Spectral Synth and the Workflow of Designing Sounds
0:47:37 Converting Samples into Additive Data Part 2 (Choosing BitDepth, Sampling Rate and
Filter)
0:59:59 Some Words about Fourier Transformations (nearly no mathematics)
1:07:00 Musical Inaccuracy
1:09:31 Discovering the Musical Character of a Sampled Sound
1:13:57 Grocer´s Delight
1:14:31 The End
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[@kevinsturges6957]

Could I listen to the sound of your speaking while I’m falling asleep. There is something so calming about the sound of your voice. ❤😊

[@palpytime1579]

I didn't expect to still be sitting here 40 minutes in, but here I am. Great video, highly interesting and well explained. Thank you!

[@user-mu9gh3go7p]

This tutorial is extra-mundane

[@manliobercantini3066]

Sei grande finalmente ho capito

[@kevinsturges6957]

You have the most amazing and soothing voice. Perfect for teaching subjects like these. It just seems to make it all easier to learn.

[@dgallegos65]

gracias!! Muy bien explicado!!

[@julianguffogg]

Fascinating as ever! Thanks Rolf.

[@rofilmmedia2]

I thank you, Julian. I was a bit sceptical at the beginning, but the more I worked with the CMI V the more it pulled me into this, well, this magic of the machine.

[@absolutcomposer820]

CMI V gives an old but wonderful perspective into sequencer. The one where you can control the sound based on home note. This art has been lost as technology got further and the flexibility of controlling everything from the root note is now a rare occurence

[@JoeyFTL]

This is just a wonderful video.

[@rofilmmedia2]

Thank you! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@Johnnyhaag79]

Amazing video, Thanks so much. Subscribed.

[@rofilmmedia2]

Thank you Johnny! I´m happy you like it. I tried to, well, reproduce a bit of my own feeling of magic, when I first had the chance to touch this machine back in the days. Enjoy your day! Rolf from dev.rofilm-media.net

[@user-dv2vv1ch7u]

It's amazing. Thank You

[@rofilmmedia1]

Thank you! I´m always and again fascinated by this synth! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@tomsigmond5709]

I am only 15 minutes on my way with the video and already are very enthousiastic what you are explaining here. SO much more inside in syntheses and sound exploring then most of the other vid's I come across. You deserve a zillion followers. I was allready thinking about to getting the Arturia CMI V becausse of the anosthonishing sounds I heared in other vids, but with you your vid going deeper into the sampler synth I really got enthousiastic. Thanks for your effort to explain all this and would be great to see another in depth vid about the CMI. Cheers.

[@rofilmmedia1]

Thank you, Tom! I´m happy, that I´ve shed a bit of light at some details, and that you like my explanations! Thank you! More vids about the matter? Well, there will surely be some. I´m a bit under presure at the moment (seriously ill wife, and things like that). But I´ll continue producing vids like this one in while again. Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@tomsigmond5709]

@@rofilmmedia1 Hello Rolf, I am sorry to hear about your wife. I hope things will be better soon for the both of you. First time ever i volunteerly donated for a free video, but your vid on how to use the sampler and the time synth of the CMI (and the extra explanations) was totally worth it.

[@phoenixvette]

This video is so awesome!

[@rofilmmedia1]

Thank you, Phoenix! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@claudiocardoneOK]

Great tutorial!! thanks so much

[@rofilmmedia2]

Always happy to help, teach and entertain you! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@tanoi6212]

excellent!

[@rofilmmedia2]

Thank you, Marc! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@bsbazzman]

omg thank you so much you are AMAZING. This video really helped me understand additive synthesis more and also exactly how the sampler and time synth work together and compliment each other. I really hope you do some more arturia stuff like Pigments or Synclavier. Really excited to check out your FM workshop too. Bless you sir.

[@rofilmmedia1]

Hello Brady! Thank you for your nice words. I´m glad i could help a bit. And, yes, I´m going to produce equivalent videos about the other arturia synths - but it won´t be "freeware". Arturia doesn´t pay me, I have to buy all the synths as anybody else - and I make my living producing tutorials. So - some will be freeware, some won´t. The Arturia videos won´t. Enjoy your day, stay healthy and have always a good mood in these crazy time! Rolf

[@bsbazzman]

Musik VSTs and More Where can I get these paid ones when they come out? Or just anything that you do? It’s so refreshing to hear your approach to sound design.

[@rofilmmedia1]

@@bsbazzman Hello Brady! There will be short introducing videos to all future donationware productions, whether here on this channel, or on "VSTs in-depth". And there already are succh short "showcase" videos concerning the existing donationware videos on both channels. Getting those videos is quite easy: Just click the "Donate" link in the comments below the trailer video of your choce. There are videos concerning FM synthesis (theory and practical examples), concerning certain VST (e.g. Bazille, Zebra, Blarg etc.), and videos concerning modular synthesis (Softube Modular, Voltage Modular, VCV Rack, modular synthesdis in general etc.), and there is a series of videos about granular synthesis and granular sound design. By the way: the easiest way to communicate and to talk about questions you may have is using my email: [e-mail]. Thank you again for your nice - and very motivating - words. Keep it up! Rolf

[@jackjackdaw5065]

I love this synth! It is quite easy to make it sound terrible but on the other hand it gives a unique approach to sample based synthesis that can lead to really great results. Also the bit reduction algorithm sounds lovely and crispy. - Thanks for the sub to my channel as well!

[@rofilmmedia2]

Hi Jack! Thanks for commenting. And congratulation: you´re channel is very interesting as well! Enjoy your day! Rolf

[@KristianWontroba]

Great information and great accent! Funny also at times! :)

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[@rofilmmedia1]

Thank you, deadscene.com! I´m always happy, when my work is kind of helpful. Please, what link doesn´t work? I don´t get it. Enjoy your day! Rolf

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Donated!

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Thank you very much indeed! I´ll send you an email containing a more "materrial" way of saying "thank you".

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