Summary

Fairlight is an integrated audio post production software within DaVinci Resolve, allowing seamless transition between sound and picture editing. It supports professional tools for recording, editing, mixing, dialog replacement, sound clean up, equalization, dynamics processing, and mastering in formats from stereo to immersive 3D audio.

Key Features

• Intuitive interface suitable for new users and powerful for large projects with over a thousand tracks.
• Smart editing tools with mouse and keyboard customization for fast sound editing during live playback.
• Per-clip controls: volume, pan, pitch, 6-band parametric EQ, fades, and keyframed adjustments.
• Full automation control for track and bus parameters with graphical editing and preview options.
• Combined clip and waveform editing with pencil tool for redraw and removal of unwanted sounds.
• Professional mixer with channel strips featuring faders, stereo/3D panners, six effect slots, dynamics, and EQ per channel.
• Realtime equalization and dynamics processing including expander/gate, compressor, limiter with presets and A/B auditioning.
• Fairlight FX plugins for cleanup: de-esser, de-hummer, noise reduction with noise learning feature.
• Automatic ducking plugin to lower music volume during dialogue.
• Access to external sound effect libraries directly within the application.
• Multitrack recording with input patching, take layering, and track layers for seamless sentence mixing.
• Professional ADR tools with configurable cues and multiple takes.
• Elastic wave retiming to stretch clips without pitch change for lip sync and voiceover timing.
• Foley sound support including a sampler plugin for realtime performance (Studio version).
• Flexible delivery options including stereo mix export, multi-channel immersive formats up to 22.2 and 3D audio.
• High-performance Fairlight Audio Core engine handling up to 2,000 tracks with realtime effects on a single system.
• Revolutionary FlexBus system providing flexible routing and bussing with up to 60 destinations and complex cascade-style setups.
• Loudness monitoring compliant with various standards and real-time graphs during playback.

Target Users

Video editors, professional sound engineers, and audio post production specialists working on extensive film, television, and commercial projects who require integrated, high-performance audio tools alongside video editing.