The Fairlight Platinum ReFill is made with and for Reason 6. It contains over 900 Combinator patches, over 1100 NNXT patches and loads of ReDrum kits, Subtractor, Malström & Thor patches, Kong kits and much more; in total over 3,340 patches.
The legendary Fairlight CMI IIx factory disc sound library is included in its entity, painstakingly sampled from a vintage IIx during 2 years of hard editing and programming work, with each loop having exactly the same looping points as the Fairlight.
The refill also contains many other legendary and sought after hardware instruments. Multisamples and also multi velocity layers of samples co-exist with the Fairlight tones, creating an extreme palette of sounds. This is also combined in unique Combinator patches, where all Combinator buttons and knobs are assigned in every patch.
The library uses 3 Gb of data (before packing) including over 5,000 individual samples. The Fairlight Platinum refill is like a complete library of the past history of 40 years of electronic instrument development, including not only just about all drum machines ever made, lots of unique analog and digital synthesizers but also the ultra rare Fairlight CMI, famously used by Pet Shop Boys, Art Of Noise, Peter Gabriel, Yazoo (Yaz) and many, many others during the 80s.
Modern Reason programming ensures a rich mix between classic and futuristic sounds. As a few examples, there are well over 400 intricate and deep pad sounds, orchestra hits, sound effects and no less than over 450 bass sounds as well as over 150 drum kits.
The Fairlight library is used with kind permission from Peter Vogel, founder of the CMI and of Fairlight Instruments in Australia.
Fairlight Platinum now includes all of the sounds in the above video.
Fairlight Platinum. For Reason 6. Introduced January 2012. Available now!
Fairlight Platinum is by far the largest Bitley refill to date and it has been expanded from Fairlight II Plus and XXL, includes the new Flux refill and much more. For background info, please delve into II+, XXL and Flux. Platinum also includes a completely new bank of sounds not available in any of the other refills. Fairlight Platinum is built with and for Reason 6.
Demo tracks
Demo Bootleg Remix – Scritti Politti – Small Talk – additional production made in Reason 6 using the Fairlight Platinum ReFill. Awaiting response from Rough Trade Records & Scritti Politti.
A selection of the instruments used to create this refill: Fairlight CMI IIX, E-mu Emulator II, E-mu Emulator III, Roland JX8P, Roland JX10, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland D-50, Roland TR-505, 606, 707, 808 and 909. Prophet 1 and 5. Yamaha DX7. Yamaha TX81Z. Casio VZ1. Moog Minimoog. Casio CZ-5000. LinnDrum. Oberheim Matrix 6 and Matrix 12, DMX. Roland SH-101. Korg Trinity. Roland Juno 60 & 106. Wavestation. Prophet VS. Roland V-Synth. Yamaha DX7II. Roland TB-303. Roland S-550. Roland CR-68, CR-78. Casio RZ-1. Yamaha RX5. And more.
See the 16 page PDF patch list here for details.
Price: $65
Order Fairlight Platinum with PayPal
43 comments
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John Aiken says:
December 24, 2011 at 23:07 (UTC 1 )
I have Fairlight CMI Legacy II that worked fine in Reason 5. I have upgraded to Reason 6 and am getting a “Bad Format” error message when I try to create a Fairlight instrument. How do I upgrade?
bitley says:
December 27, 2011 at 00:47 (UTC 1 )
Hi there John!
When does that message occur? It should work. By visiting the XXL and Platinum pages here you can upgrade to either one of those. Thanks for reporting in!
Best
Patrick
Danny says:
December 29, 2011 at 21:11 (UTC 1 )
Hi.
I have the XXL, what is the difference with this version for reason 6, is there any demos of the sounds?
Thanks.
bitley says:
January 6, 2012 at 19:35 (UTC 1 )
Hi there Danny!
The difference is: over 300 new sounds. Such as the Flux ReFill which is incorporated into Platinum. Check out the track Platinuum available on http://www.soundcloud.com/bitleytm
Best,
Patrick
Mr. Perry says:
December 31, 2011 at 00:16 (UTC 1 )
Greetings,
Around April I purchased your Fairlight CMI Legacy MKII+ refill & eventually received a Fairlight CMI Legacy EIII bonus… Needless to say, the sounds are great & very inspirational! Since then, this site has been re-vamped & it seems the refills have different name & pricing schemes… I would like to upgrade to “Platinum” but wasn’t quite sure whether I upgrade from XXL or older version?? At the time of my purchase I paid $95… Happy New Year & Thanx in advance!
bitley says:
January 6, 2012 at 19:34 (UTC 1 )
Hi there!
It is OK for 2010 II+ customers to order the “from XXL” update, so it’s just an additional $39 and you will get many many new sounds.
Best,
Patrick
Mike Russell says:
January 27, 2012 at 20:05 (UTC 1 )
I’ve just purchased the platinium upgrade for XXL where do I get the download?
bitley says:
January 28, 2012 at 12:16 (UTC 1 )
Thanks Mike!
You have it in your e-mail.
Best,
Patrick
Mike Russell says:
January 28, 2012 at 17:19 (UTC 1 )
Only thing I have is my receipt from PayPal
bitley says:
January 28, 2012 at 22:46 (UTC 1 )
Your invitation email probably is in your email account spam folder. Check that.
Jeff Babb says:
January 30, 2012 at 01:14 (UTC 1 )
I ordered the XXL 40th anniversary special in October 2011, should I use the $69 upgrade or the $40?
I am running Reason 6.
Thank you…
bitley says:
January 30, 2012 at 18:42 (UTC 1 )
Hello Jeff & thanks for asking, your upgrade price is $39.
Best,
Patrick
Geoffrey Schumann says:
February 3, 2012 at 21:55 (UTC 1 )
I was one of the early USA beta-testers of Reason and have loved using it ever since. Once Record came out, I was EAGER to stop using DECK and be 100% Reason based. I’ve been looking for a new flavor.. one person suggested the OmniSphere but I’m just HONESTLY not impressed.. I’m going to be 42, I remember the Fairlight from Mannheim Steamroller and always loved the sounds they produced. Will the Platinum (since I have Reason 6) offer up those classic Steamroller type flutes, orchestral sounds etc?
I started at the $69.00 price tag for the Refill option.. then as I’m reading.. and the price rose.. now I’m up to $119 for Plaatinum… so I have to ask.. is there a FULL LIST of what I get? You can email me off-line if you have it.. but honestly, before I pull the trigger, and probably become a fan, like everyone else.. I just like to know what i’m buying.. so I’ll know i’m not repeating some of the sounds. I have an personal sample library that i’ve been building the last decade… Thanks for the info.
bitley says:
February 4, 2012 at 06:23 (UTC 1 )
Thank you very much Geoffrey!
Fairlight Platinum should be a good contender to Omnisphere and other large libraries / plugs out there, yes. It contains all Fairlight IIx presets as well as loads of other instruments that I thought were cool / great sounding / ubiquitous for the context being “a classy studio from back in the days which had a Fairlight”; they also used to have a stack of other synths, drum machines etc. There is a full list of what you get on the Fairlight Platinum page. Check “see the patch list here”. There is plenty to discover and the refills are not just sample libraries, they also have lot and lots of Combinator programming utilizing Subtractors, Thors, Malströms and effects as well. I am sure you will be 1) overwhelmed and 2) mighty impressed by the refill if you take the plunge.
Best,
patrick
Ralph says:
February 16, 2012 at 12:42 (UTC 1 )
beautiful sounds, it’s pity that I can not afford for yours any refills ;-((
bitley says:
February 16, 2012 at 15:59 (UTC 1 )
Thanks,
Save up; they are not very expensive. Download DeLight while you are waiting, it is a free demo refill.
Best,
Patrick
Mukkemann says:
February 19, 2012 at 02:47 (UTC 1 )
i have paying the Farlight platinum ..
and i have a dropbox please help me watt can doing .
I love this old sounds .
Thx for helping my little christmas
Alexander says:
February 19, 2012 at 16:29 (UTC 1 )
I have buying and the sound is soooooooo Coool .
I have making a little Demo from my New Refill hehe
http://snd.sc/yQN5Q7 this money is a best investment.
bitley says:
February 19, 2012 at 16:35 (UTC 1 )
Thanks very much!
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/mukkemann/farlight-test-1[/soundcloud]
and it can be played instantly
(oups, apparently not working in the comments section)
add it to the group, see ‘tracks’ on this site.
Tell your friends to get the refill, I need more customers.
Jacob says:
April 3, 2012 at 13:01 (UTC 1 )
Hello,
Could you please provide me an email where I could contact you.
Kind regards,
Jacob
bitley says:
April 4, 2012 at 18:30 (UTC 1 )
Post again with your e-mail given in the e-mail field (it will not be posted online) and we can reply to you via e-mail. We don’t give out the mail address here because it attracts too much unwanted spam.
Rick Harwell says:
April 16, 2012 at 01:44 (UTC 1 )
One word about the Fairlight Platinum refill: WOW.
Never had a software refill/sound pack/upgrade EVER that sounded this good. And the presets go deep into Reason’s immense capabilities.
Great job!
bitley says:
April 16, 2012 at 02:32 (UTC 1 )
This is very uplifting to read Rick – thanks a million for commenting. If you want to – Please add a review here to help out other fellow Reason users looking for sounds – and to help out for us as well. It would be most kind of you.
Thanks in advance & good luck creating wonderful music with your new refill!
Best,
Patrick
Krzysztof Dobosiewicz says:
April 24, 2012 at 19:39 (UTC 1 )
Sorry for stupid question….verybody is writing about refill…Reason….and so on…, is it available in Kontakt format ? I have to have it…kind of must
bitley says:
April 25, 2012 at 09:04 (UTC 1 )
No worries, it’s available for Kontakt as well. The Reason versions are more developed though. But fully usable in Kontakt too.
Dave H. says:
April 25, 2012 at 21:18 (UTC 1 )
Hi, just ordered the fairlight II. Is there anyway I can get a download link to my email? Looking to start using this collection as soon as I can!
Thank you
bitley says:
April 25, 2012 at 21:57 (UTC 1 )
Thank you very much for ordering, Dave. The link has been sent out.
Best / Patrick.
Stuart Powell says:
April 25, 2012 at 22:54 (UTC 1 )
Hi
Oct 2010 I ordered your “Big Pack” refill for reason. Since, I’ve updated to Reason 6.
I paid $85; what is my upgrade cost for Platinum and which version do I get?
bitley says:
April 26, 2012 at 20:44 (UTC 1 )
Hi Stewart! You chose the right one! For older users, the right choice.
Best,
Patrick
Mike Leavy says:
May 1, 2012 at 14:10 (UTC 1 )
Patrick,
I’ve purchased your refill this afternoon and received the PayPal confirmation through immediately, but not the email with the link to download. I’ve checked my Junk email folder as suggested in other posts to similair issues, but there’s nothing there. Is there any way you can send me the mail again?
Aplogies if I’m being too impatient, but the reviews of this refill I’ve seen and the quality of the demo tracks/sounds are casuing it…!
Thanks in anticipation of your assistance,
Mike.
bitley says:
May 6, 2012 at 08:55 (UTC 1 )
Hi Mike and thanks a lot!
The link is sent out manually so it can be a slight delay after ordering, as stated on this site, please allow up to 12 hours of delivery time. However, this is probably unnecessary info since you should have had the link for _days_ by now
Always check your e-mail spam folder because the Dropbox invitation ends up there for some e-mail providers, unfortunately.
Mike says:
May 11, 2012 at 16:29 (UTC 1 )
Patrick,
Thanks for getting back to me. Yeah it all came through a couple of hours afte this posting.
Your sounds are already in at least 3 of my productions.
Genuniely, genuinely awesome.
Your sending out love all over the planet man!
bitley says:
May 13, 2012 at 02:15 (UTC 1 )
Robin Bilan says:
May 4, 2012 at 12:03 (UTC 1 )
I just got the platinum upgrade yesterday and played around a bit last night with it. Am I missing something? Is the upgrade an addendum to my fairlight Xxl refill? It was only 1.6 gigs….also it seems like the drums are missing or in a category I didn’t check out yet?
bitley says:
May 6, 2012 at 08:52 (UTC 1 )
Hi Robin!
Congratulations on getting Platinum! First off, the refill size is 2,86 Gb before packing and 1,77 Gb after packing with ReFill packer. All the drums and sounds are there, please see the PDF file (on this page) for all patch names. All the drums are in the All Instruments -> UCV – Undercover category. If you prefer the organization in XXL, keep both refills on disk. There are lots more in Platinum as you will see.
Best,
Patrick
Carl Cherry says:
May 5, 2012 at 01:05 (UTC 1 )
I purchased your Fairlight XXL refill from Rackflip Dec 2011, I have been extremely happy with it. I can’t wait to get the download link to the platinum upgrade…thank you for the work put into such a great product.
bitley says:
May 6, 2012 at 08:42 (UTC 1 )
Thanks Carl! You are going to love the update.
Sebastian says:
May 8, 2012 at 14:21 (UTC 1 )
Hey, I can`t buy your refills without a credit card??? You don`t accept clickandbuy? I have a paypal account but without credit card….
Please how can I buy your refills?
bitley says:
May 8, 2012 at 17:18 (UTC 1 )
Hi Sebastian!
Just transfer money to your PayPal account from your bank – after that you can shop away.
More and more sites are accepting PayPal as payment so it’s proved and working.
Looking forward to add you to the list of customers!
Greetings!
Sebastian says:
May 8, 2012 at 22:52 (UTC 1 )
Ahh, relief! Another happy customer
Greetings, Seb!
Jens Strömberg says:
May 16, 2012 at 11:08 (UTC 1 )
Hi!
I would very much like to purchase the Fairlight Platinum refill, but I have issues with Paypal that seems really difficult to resolve. Is there some other way to purchase the refill? I live in Sweden, so perhaps a “Postförskott” DVD solution would be possible?
Thanks in advance!
/Jens
bitley says:
May 16, 2012 at 23:53 (UTC 1 )
Thanks, e-mailed you.
bitley says:
May 21, 2012 at 01:50 (UTC 1 )
Molte grazie per questa!
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