I’m wondering if there is any scope or proposed timeline for bringing back features into Fairlight that were previously available when it was a standalone DAW? I’m getting deep into the weeds editing some complex podcast and spoken word material and would like to have the ability to readily slip audio within clips, trim clips whilst ripple shifting everything down the timeline and ideally have four point or source/destination edits either within one timeline or across two open timelines in different windows. It’s my understanding, from reading the old Xynergy manual and speaking to editors who either used to or are still using the systems, that much of this and more was available when it was a standalone system. I’ve tried doing some of these things in the Edit page, however, that’s frame based and I need to sample/time based edits.
I’m assuming BMD have all the source code and IP for the older version of Fairlight (realising that it’s obviously not as simple as cutting and pasting it into Resolve). But it would seem the underlying technology is already there somewhere. I just wonder if there is any call or impetus for them to incorporate these things. I have a licence for SADIE, however it’s not been updated for years and looks like it may be headed for retirement. Sequoia is thousands of dollars…there just aren’t a lot of options for high-end editors that incorporate these features. I would think that if BMD could re-incorporate all the original features of Fairlight or potentially offer it as a freestanding DAW, they would have an inroad into all manner of radio broadcast and podcasting markets (especially with the hardware controller and cloud collaboration in BM Cloud).
I’m assuming BMD have all the source code and IP for the older version of Fairlight (realising that it’s obviously not as simple as cutting and pasting it into Resolve). But it would seem the underlying technology is already there somewhere. I just wonder if there is any call or impetus for them to incorporate these things. I have a licence for SADIE, however it’s not been updated for years and looks like it may be headed for retirement. Sequoia is thousands of dollars…there just aren’t a lot of options for high-end editors that incorporate these features. I would think that if BMD could re-incorporate all the original features of Fairlight or potentially offer it as a freestanding DAW, they would have an inroad into all manner of radio broadcast and podcasting markets (especially with the hardware controller and cloud collaboration in BM Cloud).