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Fairlight | XYNERGI utility for AAF, MXF (D /IMX, dv , dv , DVCpro HD, etc.), Wiretap, Vegas Video, Open TL, AES , PT . , DAR, DSP Media, Bitmaps, Cineon, and DPX Image Sequences. I would have liked to see a higher version of Pro Tools compatability, but you can’t have everything – you could export a Pro Tools session via one of the other formats, and still keep most of the mix information. Xynergi has an EDL tool built in, so no third-party software is required. It also supports Avid change notes, so the system performs well in the recutting of projects. For real flexibility, you can have mixed sample rates and mixed bit depths in any session. Timecode-wise, Xynergi will work well with film speed projects ( fps), which is becoming much more common these days, and has proved problematic on other systems. It also generates its own time code reference, which makes the system very useful in recording environments. Third party effects, courtesy of Re-wire. All tracks, plus video, on one screen. of the Xynergi surface, and you can freely assign parameters to dials, according to your needs. Your set-ups can be saved and recalled. In other systems it can be very time consuming, without a dedicated control surface, to use plug-ins. If VST plug-ins are used, the system will analyse/ interrogate the plug in and give it the appropriate delay compensation. Play N icely One of my bugbears with different audio systems is the issue of compatibility. Too often users are screwed over on this issue, so I was pleased to find out that Fairlight has a very open attitude to this. The list is very long: OMF, BWAV, WAV, MP , MP , MP , Mpeg Long Gop, SD , MXF, AIFF, AVI, dv , XML, WMV, Fairlight MT, and Quicktime to name a few; and there’s a fully integrated file transfer The Xynergi Media Production System seems to be capable of all the various editing functions and techniques seen on other systems, so regardless of what machine you have used before, it’s easy to develop a working method suitable to your own needs. If things become too much though, there’s always the Xplain function. If you hold down the Xplain key and press another button, Xynergi will explain that button’s function, even to the point of a step by step guide on how to to perform a particular task. The waveform display level on each clip can be adjusted so the waveform looks suitable for the particular task at hand. Each clip has dB worth of trim gain, which is also non destructive, and doesen’t need to be rendered (works in realtime). EQ on clips works the same way. Fairlight implements very comprehensive on-screen metering, with various parameters and work modes. One brilliant inclusion is the peak finder, which goes off and finds a mix’s red-spots for you so you can quickly tuck them in. System H ighlights When recording, the system will record take after take and stack them on top of each other, but always play the top layer – useful in the dialogue and ADR realm. You can also crossfade between those layers. When you’re cutting, the layers remain with the recording. Lock up time is instantaneous so there’s no way you’ll drop in out of sync, unlike the old Akai bi-phase days. And it can also record in tape mode. Impressively, any muted areas don’t take up extra file storage space in tape mode. Drop-ins heal instantly, so there’s no glitching at the end of audio files, and if the machine crashes while in record (not that it should), or there’s a powercut, you shouldn’t lose more than five seconds of the recording – as opposed to the whole file and saved session going AWOL. Gone would be my reverb rendering woes, when the DSP runs out… ADR Suite is an integrated and very clever aspect of the Fairlight system. You type in or import the relevant text, with pauses and breaths, and the Fairlight transcribes it, ready for the session. You can import any number of text files from whatever your source is. You can customise most ADR settings, such as pre-roll, wipes/beep system settings, picture size, > R ecordings 44 AUDIO MEDIA FEBRUARY 2009 http://www.seelectronics.com http://www.sonic-distribution.com http://www.sonic-distribution.com

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