Fairlight Xynergi
Audio + Visual Controller
2008
Research, Concept, Development + Production
FAIRLIGHT™ XYNERGI
Leaders of the Revolution in Professional Digital Audio + Video Production
Fairlight has altered the way that media professionals interact with content, while also offering the global computing industry a new transformational keyboard technology. Xynergi delivers a combination of processor technology, software tools, and a revolutionary tactile control interface. It is ideally suited to audio businesses engaged in a variety of post-production disciplines such as advertising, broadcasting, film production, and music project recording. The Xynergi desktop controller offers a new control paradigm in terms of ergonomic flexibility.
Fairlight’s commitment to tactile control surfaces for controlling audio continues in its latest incarnation, featuring new self-labeling picture key switch technology; on-demand QWERTY keyboard, the system literally reinvents itself for each task you undertake, presenting the commands you need at the right time. Encouraging muscle memory, the work surface allows you to build incredible speed on basic editing and mixing tasks, almost removing the need for mouse clicks.
Dynamic Picture Key Technology.
Intelligent and dynamic picture keys. Change the layout for the task at hand.
Harnessing massive power under fast and responsive tactile control is an essential ingredient of the Xynergi experience. Xynergi’s revolutionary new control interface literally puts multidimensional tactile control at the fingertips of the creative community. Not just another QWERTY keyboard in disguise, Xynergi’s control surface has been purpose-built for today’s media creators. Unique to the system is Fairlight’s self-labeling key switches and the world’s first ‘on-demand QWERTY keyboard. The essence of Xynergi workflow lies in the controller’s knowledge of what functions are required to support the operator’s current working mode.
Only the functions relevant to the active mode are presented whilst those that aren’t are hidden. The result is fewer keystrokes, more control, and greater productivity. Each Xynergi system can be specified with one or two sidecars, each with twelve faders, encoders, and switches, fader bank switches, channel status LEDs, OLED displays and joystick surround panner.
The User Interface Reinvented.
A visual language that results in fewer keystrokes, more control, and greater productivity.
The new keyboard technology utilising Fairlight patented picture key technology can change contextually on the fly and allows implementation of cascading submenu trees, animated status indicators and enables icon-driven menus on its keys. Picture keys change their appearance and function according to what you are doing. Their function is usually clear from the label, and they can also tally on/off states. Some picture keys use animation to indicate warning states. Picture keys utilise a colour indicator system to differentiate between the types of keys and their functionalities.
Megamode keys are always green. Megamodes are layouts that change the whole keyboard; each megamode includes all the functions you need to perform a particular set of tasks. Mode keys are always teal in colour. A mode is a specific group of functions; each mode has a ‘soft-menu’ of commands that are displayed on the Soft Keys. Toggles are always blue in colour; a toggle chooses between a pair of options, usually on or off. ‘Path Keys’ are used to select or deselect signal paths; their colour changes depending on the mode being displayed, and the status of the path. For example, they show dark or light brown in Mute mode, dark or light green in Solo mode, and red or dark blue in Arm mode. Paths include Tracks, Lives and Buses (Main, Sub, Aux and MT).
“The keyboard switching technology eliminates an entire series of synapses that would otherwise be required to navigate from inspiration to execution...Beyond digital audio and video, there are tremendous applications for these switches in industrial computing, distance learning, technology training, traditional teaching, trading desk, network operation, quick service restaurants, retail and wherever people and information co-exist.” - John Lanchken, CEO, Fairlight
“Xynergi is the result of many months of intensive research and development, not just to ensure that our technology provided what our audio for video production clients wanted but also into the design and ergonomics of the system. We have concentrated on creating a design that is intuitive and user friendly so that customers can access all the features and functions they need at the touch of a button, allowing them to work faster and better. To have our efforts recognized by such a prestigious organization as the Australian International Design Awards is very rewarding and a fantastic endorsement for a product that we already know is a world-beater.” - CTO, Fairlight
“Clever application of a patented technology that is highly interactive and has a real wow factor when all lit up.” - Judge Comments, Australian Design Awards, 2008
