Fairlight CMI :
The Fairlight CMI or computer musical instrument is a digital sampling synthesizer. This midi computer was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie. The Fair light CMI music computer is based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.