In the first part of a major new series, Jim Grant attempts the impossible by trying to explain the workings of the Fairlight CMI in terms that mere mortal musicians can understand. In-depth simply isn't the word...

More scintillating graphics displays as our CMI series comes to Page 6. Jim Grant puts the text in between the pictures.

More on Kim Ryrie's CMI, the instrument that started it all, from the pen of Fairlight-user Jim Grant.

Delving ever further into the Computer Musical Instrument from down-under, Jim Grant samples the delights of Page 9's real-time sequencer.

Second instalment of Jim Grant's five-year mission into the unknown, or what goes on inside the world's most popular computer music tool.

After a two-month absence, Jim Grant returns to the fold with some notes on CMI waveforms, lightpens and interpolation.

Part three, and Jim Grant outlines the basics of sound sampling.

Jim Grant gives an outline of how the Fairlight CMI copes with performance effects.

Another world first for E&MM: Jim Grant takes us through the creation of a sound without using the CMI's sampling facility.