Herbie Hancock demonstrates his Fairlight CMI on Sesame Street circa 1983.
The Fairlight Computer Music Instrument (CMI) was a state-of-the-art Synthesizer/Sampler workstation when it hit the market in 1979 and its rep has endured. Finding one today for sale is nearly impossible. They’re highly collectible among people who collect such things.
The little girl whose voice is being sampled, Tatyana Ali, went on to star on The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air.