Vogel CMI Pro
Retro MIDI Sampler Player
$34.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
iPad
Creativity is super easy fun with the 'retro CMI' sampler, wave-editor, stave composer, sequencer! 64poly8channel, 500+ 80's voices, inter-App/CoreMIDI/iAA compatible.
Travel back in time to the dawn of electronic music with this strange retro app – a MIDI player preloaded with 500+ legendary CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) sounds.
The first byte-perfect re-issue of the classic CMI sounds of the 80s, immortalised by artists including Alan Parsons, Jean Michel Jarre, Trevor Horn, Thomas Dolby, Brian Eno, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and so many more.
This app includes the famous ‘Page R’, which was the world's first screen-based rhythm sequencer. Today every sampler, digital synthesiser, sequencer and audio workstation can trace its lineage back to this legendary machine.
Now you can have a piece of history developed by Peter Vogel and other music nerds who worked on the Fairlight* CMI in the '80s.
Release 2.4.4 Vogel CMI Pro App performs best on 'M' series MacBooks and 'M' series iPads and supports CoreMIDI App-interoperability with CoreMIDI compliant mixer/routing Apps and sequencers. It is enhanced Apple security compliant. DO NOT UPGRADE pre iOS26 iPhones with this release !
Compatibility with Auxiliary equipment can now be greatly improved when using an intermediate third-party in-line CoreMIDI routing App.
Release 2.4.4 delivers inter-App plugin startup and greatly improved stability,
as the often overlooked retro-ish 'drive unreliability option' works now to 100% reliability.
BUILT-IN FEATURES
- browse and play the entire original CMI IIX and III Sounds floppy disk library
- 564 voices imported digitally.
- play the CMI voices from an external MIDI source or on screen keyboard.
- have lots of fun getting amazing sounding results with a CoreMIDI compatible statistically programmable sequencer like SENODE** in combination with an iAA compatible mixer like AUM** or the like.
- display voices graphically using the iconic Page D, and change your viewpoint by tilting your device.
- play built-in CMI Page R compositions or create your own compositions or import and play compositions sent to you by others.
- authentic CMI user interface experience, including floppy disk quirks.
- the Vogel CMI Pro App includes CMI III voices, the ability to compose 8 track songs using the Page R pattern sequencer, sampling your own voices from the microphone or line in and much more.
REVIEWS
I would have never dreamt in a million years to own a Fairlight. It is the stuff of legends! Beyond any ordinary man's budget! And for this day to come a reality for a mere few $'s! I am in awe and shock! I cannot emphasize how thankful I am to you for releasing this Iconic and Legendary instrument as an iPhone application! (Imad Hamadieh, Dubai, UAE)
When I saw it yesterday and found out about it, I just about fainted!
Very nice app! A complete revival / reissue of the best computer musical instrument ever in a tiny but very useful format. It is a joy to see an epic piece of synthesizer/sampling history as an app for the millions. Finally you can take your Fairlight wherever you are! A Fairlight to go-go-go! (Freek Roffel, Netherlands)
Again I would like to take a moment and extend a huge THANK YOU to the entire Fairlight team. You have taken the time and patience to create an affordable solution for the masses. You have given us a gift. I am truly excited to see what users will do with this App to change the future of music once again. Sincerely, thank you. (Zacharia Malakai, USA)
All I can say is WOW!! I have put this thru my BIG speakers in my studio and put a little reverb on and the sound is stunning – SO what am I going to do with my Fairlight CMI-IIx now?? (Howard J Smith, USA)
DEVICE REQUIREMENTS
Vogel CMI Pro release 2.4.4 performs best on 'M-series' iPads, and 'M-series' MacBooks on most current iOS26+, as it's compiled with Apple SDK26.1.
*Fairlight is a trademark of Fairlight.au Pty Ltd Australia
**Peter Vogel Instruments Pty Ltd is not affiliated with the creators or legal owners of the mentioned 'AUM' or 'SENODE' Apps and associated Trademarks.
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Information
- Seller
- Peter Vogel Instruments Pty Ltd
- Size
- 102.6 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPad
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2011-2026 Peter Vogel Instruments Pty. Ltd.
