Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out these days , as well as noteworthy vintage equipment. Last Saturday it was the the the triple neck ...

[Davearneson] built a modern version of a classic synthesizer with his DIY Fairlight CMI. If there were a hall of fame for electronic instruments, the Fairlight CMI would be on it. An early sampling ...

Replay: This video of the first appearance of the Fairlight CMI 'Computer Musical Instrument' has just been brought to our attention, and it's amazing for how far we have come, but also just how ...

Blackmagic Design has a track record of unveiling new products at NAB and new acquisitions at IBC, and this year is no exception with the highly significant announcement that it is the new owner of ...

The Vintage Computer Festival East was last weekend, and now it’s time to wrap everything up. We’re going to start this off with a video of the biggest, most intolerable jerk on the planet walking ...

If you're a geek and you grew up in the 1980s, then you probably remember the Fairlight CMI. It was that huge white synthesiser with a screen, a qwerty keyboard and a lightpen. It cost $50,000 and ...