Leave a Review Peter Vogel CMI Pro
Memories
Never got near it in the studio back in the eighties......now I can.....look forward to updatesbeaubrookes
very poor
So in good faith I parted with my £40 and took the plunge. After a few hours I was starting to really enjoy this app. The sampling is simple and creating a instrument enables you to layer several samples, which is where the fun really begins. I'd got a couple of other-worldly textures that begged further experimentation. And then, last night, when I sat down to develop some ideas, they didn't work any more. All of the layered instruments, including the factory presets will only play back a single sample (despite all midi channels being the same). And then the keys started sticking and notes were greyed out. So I restarted my iPad(pro) and the problem persisted. This morning I have spent over an hour trying to get this to work but it's quite evident that I need to trash the thing and loose two days work. Quite frankly I am appalled at this. FORTY POUNDS! I bought the fantastic Samplr for £7.99 and haven't had a single issue with it. How can they get away with charging this sort of money for such a buggy piece of crap. I know it's not Apple's policy to refund money for dodgy apps but it generally my policy not to waste money on them either, so if you're listening Apple, please debit my account with £39.99.Show lessnooneassuch
Finally!
I have waited so long to be able to draw my own waveforms and to get to enjoy the additive synthesis capabilities of the Fairlight and now I finally can! Thank you so much for adding this feature to the app!TheCom1
Really want to give 5!!!
I saw this app advertised and thought I just had to own a small piece of history! There are some bad reviews on here, but I thought it might have just been trolls so I went ahead with my almost £40 purchase of the "Pro" version to ensure I had the option of using all the features. Unfortunately I have to report that the keyboard issue is most definitely alive and well in the most current release. Me being me didn't want to give up hope, so off dutifully to the supermarket to buy the apple usb-lightning camera adaptor to hook up my brand new Roland A800 Pro MIDI keyboard. To my dismay it wouldn't work as it was "not supported" even though I had been externally powering the keyboard.
To summarise, the app has all the great sounds built right in and all other features I've explored so far work great. However I am sad to report that owing to the on-screen keyboard bugs, and immediate rejection of my otherwise excellent MIDI keyboard as a workaround, I cannot grant any more than 3 stars as it really isn't fit for purpose quite yet. At almost £40 for an iOS app, this should not even be an issue... I look forward to a good overhaul of these bugs and maybe someday I can use the app for what it is intended.Show lessMarsbardj88
For '80s gear geeks only
TL;DR, unless you're a diehard fan of '80s music, don't buy this app.
I understand PVI's desire to keep this simulation as close as possible to the original Fairlight OS, but let's just say I'm very glad music tech has advanced beyond the "pattern sequencer" phase. My favourite record in the world is "Shout" by Devo, and this app gives me the opportunity to make everything I write sound like Shout. Now that I've personally de-evolved my brain from Fantom X to Fairlight Page R, I can use it passibly, but it's a very frustrating process especially on iPhone 6, where the virtual keys don't always work (fortunately, I have an iRig KEYS controller to workaround that problem).
If I were only rating this as a retro music app, I would give it 5 stars. But, in terms of efficient music sequencing in iOS, I would give this app 2 stars. Since I can't give split-star ratings, I'll be generous because it's a Fairlight CMI and give it 4 stars. I'm not going to complain about the price: Fairlight stuff has always been expensive and this app is a steal, relative to the $50,000 original machine. I do think Page R's time has passed and there are obvious ways to improve it, but that's another story.Show lessAlan Allan
Great app!
Just like the old one!Loganwross
Single app which justifies the purchase of an iPad
I must say that the CMI app is absolutely incredible. This is THE killer app for me, in a sense that it justifies the use of the iPad for me. Without the CMI app, I wouldn’t have gotten myself into the iPad at all, because I am the ’80s guy, and none of the new products or technologies really excite me. The CMI app has by far my favorite interface, amazing sound library, and super easy sampling. I mean, I just sampled C4 of my Roland D-50, and the sampled sound is playable across entire 5 octave keyboard, and it sounds amazing. In one word, incredible!!!Show lessAndrew Piatek
A 5-Star-Slam-Dunk For Those Who Know
The Fairlight has always been something of a mystical beast: obscenely unaffordable while also being such a key element in So much of my favorite music: the combo resulting in the Fairlight being an electronic unicorn. Enter the CMI app: obviously not the real thing (which was never an option for most of us anyway) but a certain essence of said unicorn as translated to our beloved ios. I knew it'd be fun to play with but i didn't expect it to be AS fun as it is to get hands on with those iconic sounds and perhaps most importantly the Limitations that equate to warmth and magic: lo-fi samples but in a VERY specific Fairlight way (to me there's nothing remotely close to the feel of them) - and Page R being as beautifully bare-bones as it is (and always has been). (note: you might be shocked at how much creativity can result from sequencing in Page R). This is not an app for everyone and i can easily imagine how confused users might be if they're unaware of Fairlight legacy in general - but for those who know the history and have been in love with the nature of this machine this app will make you glad to wake up in the morning and will keep you up at night.Show lessNoUserErrorHere!
Page R is a Disaster
Page R is an absolute catastrophe. What you see is not what you hear, or even close. The only worthwhile part of this synth is the included samples, so you shouldn't get the pro version if you are interested.Buck Meadows
Still problems
The keyboard is still broken. Keys become 'stuck' and the octave select has a mind of its own.MrFaceHead
