Fairlight CMI Series IIx

The Fairlight CMI Series IIx is a sampling synthesizer and early digital workstation from 1982, an improved version of the Fairlight CMI Series II with added SMPTE/MIDI interface. It housed the Page R 16-track sequencer, which helped bolster the Fairlight's popularity at the time.

Stewart Copeland used a Fairlight CMI Series IIx during the mid-1980s, especially for work on The Rhythmatist and probably also for scoring the first series of The Equalizer. He usually used a Friend Chip SRC SMPTE Reading Clock to synchronise it with video as well as other studio gear like the Oberheim DMX drum machine.