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FAIRLIGHT ANNOUNCES ITALY-BASED MANUFACTURER IK MULTIMEDIA HAS SIGNED ON TO THE DREAM II PARTNER PROGRAM
Fairlight today announced Italy-based manufacturer IK Multimedia has signed on to the Dream II Partner Program as a Gold Partner.Based in Modena, Italy, IK Multimedia is the developer of Amplitube, T-RackS, Classik Studio Reverb and many other popular VST plug-ins. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT AND SERATO ANNOUNCE DREAM II PLATINUM PARTNERSHIP NEW SERATO PITCH ’N TIME FE OFFERS TIGHT DREAM II INTEGRATION
Fairlight today announced that Serato Audio Research, of Auckland, New Zealand has joined Fairlight’s Dream II Partner Program as a Platinum member. Using Fairlight’s open Dream II API (Application Programming Interface), Serato is releasing Pitch ’n Time FE (Fairlight Edition), a special version of their renowned Pitch ’n Time software that is tightly integrated into the Dream II environment. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT INTRODUCES THE DREAM II PARTNER PROGRAM AN INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS EVEN MORE INTEGRATION AND FLEXIBILITY WITH DREAM II FAMILY PRODUCTS
Fairlight today initiated its DREAM II (Manufacturer) Partner Program to streamline the integration of third-party software applications into the open architecture of its CC-1-powered DREAM II family of products. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT LOWERS COST OF OWNERSHIP BY INTRODUCING SUB USD$20 FULL FEATURED SATELLITE-AV DAW !
Fairlight’s patent-pending Crystal Core (CC-1) multimedia engine widens product range and brings Fairlight quality within the reach of smaller budgets. Full Story

NEW FAIRLIGHT CC-1 ENGINE COUPLES PLATFORM OPENNESS WITH BROAD PLUG-IN COMPATIBILITY
Fairlight Crystal Core CC-1 enables two hundred plus channels of audio recording, editing, mixing, I/O and plug-ins, with extremely low latency and full processing capability on every channel; Dynamic Resolution Optimization (DRO) feature supports concurrent floating and fixed-point manipulations. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT INTRODUCES NEW FPGA-POWERED CRYSTAL CORE CC-1 MULTIMEDIA-ENGINE-ON-A-CHIP AT AES 2006: PROMISES QUANTUM ADVANCES IN PERFORMANCE, IMMEDIATELY OBSOLETES DSP
Fairlight Crystal Core CC-1 enables two hundred plus channels of audio recording, editing, mixing, I/O and plug-ins, with extremely low latency and full processing capability on every channel; Dynamic Resolution Optimization (DRO) feature supports concurrent floating and fixed-point manipulations. Full Story

NEW DREAM II PRODUCT FAMILY POWERED BY FAIRLIGHT’S BREAKTHROUGH CRYSTAL CORE TECHNOLOGY
Fairlight’ DREAM II Family widens product range and lowers entry cost — 21st Century Fairlight DAW delivers at under USD 20K!!
Fairlight couples advanced production capabilities with even greater affordability, video integration and superior sonic performance using. Full Story

EUROPEAN AES DEBUT FOR FAIRLIGHT ANTHEM - WORLD’S FIRST MULTI-MODE MIXING SYSTEM INSTANTLY RECONFIGURABLE FOR RECORDING, MUSIC AND POST PRODUCTION
The latest edition to the DREAM Family boasts the power of three consoles in one, revolutionizing the technology infrastructure for professional recording and mixing studios and enabling users to create the studio that meets their needs - on demand and without compromise! Full Story

NEW FAIRLIGHT HD WORKFLOW TOOLS OFFER ACCELERATED COLLABORATIVE WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS IN BROADCAST AND POST ENVIRONMENTS
Fairlight MediaHub enables networking of multiple Fairlight audio/video systems and integration into third party working environments such as AVID® Unity and AutoDesk® finishing tools. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT CREATES OPEN COMMUNITY THROUGH DEDICATED ONLINE PLUG-IN FORUM
Fairlight has created an open community on-line forum to provide Fairlight DREAM family customers with the freedom and tools to tap into and share in the development and verification of literally thousands of compatible VST plug-ins. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT HD DREAM FACTORY MAKES EURO DEBUT AT AES PARIS AND BREAKS THROUGH THE PRICE BARRIER FOR A TURNKEY HD AUDIO PRODUCTION SUITE AT UNDER €80,000
Fairlight’s HD DREAM Factory provides the audio community with complete production and HD finishing toolset for €79,950! 
Full Story

NEWLY UPGRADED FAIRLIGHT AUDIO VIDEO NETWORK SOLUTIONS STREAMLINE HD WORKFLOW IN BROADCAST AND POST ENVIRONMENTS
Fairlight MediaLink enables networking of multiple Fairlight audio/video technologies and non-Fairlight hardware and software, including AVID® Unity environments and AutoDesk® finishing tools. Full Story

Customer News

EAV BECOMES FRANCE’S FIRST FAIRLIGHT CC-1 CUSTOMER WITH PURCHASE OF A CC-1 POWERED HD DREAM FACTORY.
Paris-based production/post-production facility EAV has become the first CC-1-powered customer in France. EAV recently purchased a Fairlight HD DREAM FACTORY system, featuring the CC-1 engine. Full Story

NORTH CAROLINA’S TREEFALL PRODUCTIONS BECOMES FAIRLIGHT’S FIRST U.S. CC-1 CUSTOMER WITH
TWO-BAY CONSTELLATION-XT

Fairlight today announced that TreeFall Productions in Charlotte, NC selected a new, two bay Constellation-XT as the primary engine for its thriving long form post-production needs. Full Story

WORLD’S FIRST FAIRLIGHT CRYSTAL CORE (CC-1) SALE A FIVE-BAY CONSTELLATION-XT
Berlin television production house, Cine-Impuls purchases CC-1-powered 5-bay and 1-Bay Constellation-XT mixing consoles, respectively. Full Story

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST FILM and POST-PRODUCTION HOUSES CHOOSE PYXIS, FAIRLIGHT’S DIGITAL VIDEO RECORD/PLAYBACK SYSTEM
Fairlight proudly announces that Soundfirm, Australia’s largest post-production company with facilities in Sydney and Melbourne has added a 5th Pyxis NLV system to their facility. Soundfirm has produced movies such as Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge"; "Babe" and "Shine" have gone on to become classics of the cinema experience. Full Story

AUDIO PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE GLOBE SEEK ALTERNATIVE MIXING, EDITING PLATFORM: FAIRLIGHT DELIVERS — REPORTS STRONG DREAM SERIES SALES WORLDWIDE
Fairlight DREAM Constellation and Anthem sales in Greece, Germany, France, United States and Japan underscore DREAM Series as the leading alternative mixing console; World’s first CC-1-powered DREAM II System, 5-Bay Constellation XT, goes to Germany’s Cine-Impuls in Berlin. Full Story

U.S. ADVERTISING GIANT DONER REVS UP POST PRODUCTION WITH TWO NEW FAIRLIGHT CONSTELLATION XTs
Returning customer, Doner U.S., adds two Fairlight Dream Constellation XTs with integrated Pyxis NLV, demonstrating Fairlight’s unique delivery of. Full Story

NASCAR IMAGES PURCHASES FAIRLIGHT 2-BAY DREAM CONSTELLATION-XT LARGE FORMAT MIXING CONSOLE FOR NEW B ROOM
Demonstrating its ability to continually provide technology solutions which are powerful, reliable, and cost effective, Fairlight announced that NASCAR Images recently purchased a 2-bay DREAM Constellation-XT mixing console in addition to their 3-bay Constellation-XT purchased in March 2006. Full Story

THREE CONSTELLATIONS FOR MVI POST MARK WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF FAIRLIGHT’S DREAM MULTI-FORMAT MIXING CONSOLES IN THE UNITED STATES
Underscoring the success of its DREAM Constellation-XT multi-format mixing console, Fairlight has today announced sales to several leading post-production facilities in the United States. Full Story

WDR EXPANDS FACILITIES WITH ADDITION OF FAIRLIGHT DREAM CONSTELLATION-XT
Cologne, Germany-based Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) has recently purchased a three-bay Constellation-XT system. One of Germany’s largest national radio broadcasters, WDR will use the Constellation-XT for recording, mixing and editing.  Full Story

AMSTERDAM’S POSTOFFICE DELIVERS THE GOODS WITH NEW FAIRLIGHT CONSTELLATION WORKSTATION
Demonstrating its ability to provide European facilities with fast, powerful and comprehensive solutions for digital audio post-production, Fairlight today announced that the Postoffice in Amsterdam recently installed a DREAM Constellation-XT as the primary technology in its new digital audio post department.  Full Story

NASCAR IMAGES REVS UP THE SOUND WITH NEW FAIRLIGHT CONSTELLATION-XT MIXING DESK
Fairlight today announced that NASCAR Images recently installed a DREAM Constellation-XT as the primary technology in its busy audio department. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT PROVIDES “BACK TO GOD HOUR” BROADCASTER WITH FOUR DREAM SATELLITES
Chicago-based broadcaster, Back To God Hour, has purchased four DREAM Satellite digital audio workstations. Full Story

NEW SALES AND AN AUSTRALIAN IMPORT AWARD MARK OVERWHELMING SUCCESS FOR FAIRLIGHT IN THE JAPANESE MARKET
Bringing its innovative and comprehensive line of audio editing and networking products to one of the largest HD markets in the world, Fairlight has enjoyed widespread adoption in Japan with the installation of Fairlight systems in several of the country’s leading post-production facilities. Full Story

POSTIQUE AND HD STUDIOS NETWORK DETROIT’S MOST ADVANCED POST FACILITIES WITH THREE NEW FAIRLIGHT CONSTELLATION-XTs
Fairlight today announced that Postique and its sister facility, hdstudios, have selected the DREAM Constellation-XT, a large-scale, multi format mixing console as the foundation for its growing post-production business. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT IN THE EARS AND EYES AT PENNY LANE STUDIOS
One of Manhattan’s premiere audio post houses adds FOUR Fairlight DREAM Constellation XT consoles, the largest installation yet on the East Coast. Full Story

AUVITEC ADDS FAIRLIGHT DREAM CONSTELLATION XT TO PARIS FACILITY
One of France’s premiere post-production houses selects the Fairlight platform – DREAM Constellation XT and Pyxis NLV – to bolster expanding work in HD and 5.1 projects. Full Story

Company News

AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE FAIRLIGHT CMI KEYBOARD RECEIVES WINNING BID OF $100,000 AT WITNESS FOCUS FOR CHANGE BENEFIT DINNER AND CONCERT
After two years of outreach, the vintage Fairlight CMI keyboard, signed by 44 artists, received a winning bid of $100,000 US at the WITNESS Focus For Change Benefit Dinner and Concert in New York City on December 11, 2006. Full Story

VINTAGE FAIRLIGHT CMI KEYBOARD – FEATURING SIGNATURES FROM 43 MUSIC LEGENDS - TO BE AUCTIONED FOR WITNESS AT THE WITNESS FOCUS FOR CHANGE BENEFIT DINNER AND CONCERT IN NEW YORK AND ONLINE WITH EBAY STARTING ON DECEMBER 1, 2006
Participating artists include Bono, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Brian Wilson, Mark Knopfler, Sir George Martin, Thomas Dolby, Steve Winwood, Hans Zimmer, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush, Todd Rundgren, Barry Gibb, Billy Gibbons, Lindsey Buckingham, David Gilmour, Annie Lennox and David Bowie;. Full Story

NEW SALES AND AN AUSTRALIAN IMPORT AWARD MARK OVERWHELMING SUCCESS FOR FAIRLIGHT IN THE JAPANESE
MARKET

Bringing its innovative and comprehensive line of audio editing and networking products to one of the largest HD markets in the world, Fairlight has enjoyed widespread adoption in Japan with the installation of Fairlight systems in several of the country’s leading post-production facilities. Further underscoring the company’s success, Fairlight Japan has been awarded the 2006 Australian Importer Special Recognition award for “introducing and expanding the use of Australian made audio equipment in
the Japanese market.”. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT RECEIVES TEC AWARD NOMINATION RECOGNISING THE CONCEPT OF DREAM ANTHEM – FAIRLIGHT’S UNIQUE ‘THREE CONSOLES IN ONE’ INNOVATION
In an announcement that speaks to the functionality and versatility of Fairlight’s DREAM Anthem multi-mode digital production console, the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio has nominated the DREAM Anthem for the 2006 TEC Awards in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement-Large Format Console Technology. Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards is the foremost program recognizing the achievements of audio professionals in the USA. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT WINS PRESTIGIOUS AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARD
Fairlight announced today that it had been awarded with the prestigious Australian Design Award in the Business Technology category! Full Story

FAIRLIGHT APPOINTS MEDIALOGIC AS NEW BUSINESS PARTNER FOR GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND
With offices throughout Germany, MediaLogic brings a broad level of expertise to an extensive customer base. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT UNVEILS VINTAGE CMI KEYBOARD WITH SIGNATURES FROM CELEBRITY MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS AND PRODUCERS
At NAB 2006, Fairlight is officially unveiling its vintage CMI Keyboard with signatures from 43 celebrity musicians, composers and producers on each key. The keyboard is part of a charity auction being planned with WITNESS, a human rights organization that uses video and audio to elevate global awareness of human rights injustices. It will be on display at the Fairlight booth (SL2923) on Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27. Full Story

FAIRLIGHT SUPPORTS STUDENTS OF THE UK NATIONAL FILM AND TV SCHOOL
Demonstrating the speed, functionality and networking capability of its Satellite workstations, Fairlight announced that it had provided nine DREAM Series Satellites to the National Film and TV School located west of London, England. Full Story

43 MUSIC ICONS BAND TOGETHER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Legendary music artists including Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Thomas Dolby, Steve Winwood, Herbie Hancock, Hans Zimmer, David Gilmour and more sign on for charity auction to benefit WITNESS. Full Story

   

 
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