> Don't count the Fairlight since it's basically a computer. Yeah, but what a computer it was! Sampling, waveform editing, sequencing. Incredible in the early

> Don't count the Fairlight since it's basically a computer. Yeah, but what a computer it was! Sampling, waveform editing, sequencing. Incredible in the early 80s when it came onto the scene. But, of course, it was wildly expensive, and even by the late 80s its capabilities were being eroded by equipment that mere mortals could actually hope to afford, including home computers like the Atari (MIDI + sequencing) and Amiga (sampling + sequencing), along with the nascent audio scene on PCs and Macs. Surprisingly, Fairlight still (sort of) exist although I have to squint pretty hard to see them as exactly the same company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_(company).