

Of course, one would wonder why anyone would need that sort of track count availability. The new Fairlight audio core engine also utilizes self-learning load balancing for maximum plugin support. Completely redesigned, it allows for up to 1000 tracks needing no additional hardware, and up to 2000 tracks when the Fairlight Audio Accelerator PCIe card is added to a system. The Fairlight page in DaVinci Resolve 17 offers a new audio core engine with some stunning advances.

I’ll do a deep dive review once I get my hands on one. Of course, Blackmagic Design also manufactures Fairlight consoles and has just announced the Fairlight Desktop Console as a bridge for those wanting the functionality of a console but at a much smaller size and cost. The task of turning Fairlight’s hardware dependent audio tools into a mouse and keyboard friendly DAW must have been daunting. The technological challenges are enormous in writing existing intellectual property into another existing product.

Since the acquisition of Fairlight in 2016, Blackmagic Design has been integrating the long-established digital audio technology into their flagship finishing software DaVinci Resolve.
