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Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI (2020)
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Blackburn, M., Harkins, P., Puricelli, R., & Lacedelli, S. (2020, December). Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Sound Instruments and Sonic Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Conference, National Science & Media Museum, Bradford/Online

Often described as the first digital sampler, the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI) was primarily a digital synthesizer and computer workstation. Launched in 1979, it was one of the technologies that were used to re-shape the practices of m... Read More about Need we say more: Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI.

Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition (2019)
Presentation / Conference
(2019, June). Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition. Presented at International Computer Music Conference, New York

Working with short soundfiles en masse in the fields of fixed media (acousmatic) and mixed music (instruments and electronics) has raised questions regarding useful assemblage and handling techniques. This paper traces out some different processes an... Read More about Working with brevity: Short soundfiles in electroacoustic composition.