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you set up in- and out-points for looping a section or applying specific effects or changes. As with the video editor, the Info Panel displays a wealth of information about the effects that you’ve applied, often with the applied changes graphically represented. Much of the patching and effects in Fairlight Audio can be accomplished either using the track and mixer interfaces or through Info panels. Though you will probably still use your favorite DAW for music production, Fairlight can take care of virtually all of your other needs. It has some of the best tools available for special audio effects and sound design. There are onboard noise and tone generators and there’s a large, easily searchable sound effects library you can download. This will pretty much take you from your basic Foley needs to the bridge of a starship. As you would expect Fairlight Audio lets you bring in all your favorite third-party plug-ins, though the processing tools that are included cover most of the basics you’ll need for cleaning up dialog and build quite a few interesting effects. If you’ve kept your tracks well organized, Fairlight makes getting them ready for export as easy as possible, grouping tracks into submixes for final mixdown and for special versions (stereo, 5.1 surround, dialog-free for foreign markets). Blackmagic Design offers a range of hardware control surfaces designed for Fairlight. Starting at around $3,500 for a desktop model and up to $35,000 for full consoles, these are aimed at a higher-end, well-heeled customer base. But behind all that hardware, is the very same software you have on your desktop. Regardless of the hardware you’re sitting behind, you’re in the same sandbox as the big kids. Of course, having the extraordinary capabilities of Fairlight at hand doesn’t mean that you’ll need to master and use them for every project. But having them just a click away, whether it’s to give some special treatment to a section or to call in for an audio salvage operation, any time you spend getting to know Fairlight will be well-rewarded.