In 1983, Herbie Hancock appeared on Sesame Street jamming out with future Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Tatyana Ali by turning her name into high-pitched chorus of voices. He explains the many functions of his Fairlight CMI, a digital synthesizer, sampler and digital audio workstation. It’s amazing that pretty much most of the sounds can all be found on your smartphone, rather than spending the original on-sale price for $27,500.
