"Originating from the Greek word sunergia, meaning "cooperation," and also sunergos, meaning "working together") It is the combined working together of two or more parts of a system so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of the efforts of the parts.We are introducing the Xynergi Controller, the first truly ‘application aware’ controller. In essence, Xynergi harnesses the power of the CC-1 card to deliver one of the world’s most powerful desktop media production centre.
The Xynergi controller features a unique implementation of self-labelling key switches which are able to display full colour images, animated icons or text to provide intelligent control over the entire recording, editing and mixing process. In addition, the controller can support any type of language or icon driven menu structure with an ‘on-demand’ QWERTY keyboard for routine naming tasks and immediate access to Windows applications.The controller also features eight touch sensitive rotary controllers and multiple soft keys arranged around a high–res color control zone known as the 'pad'."
Click here for the product page with video. via gearslutz, via Robert.
It's so colorful, it can't be good for my blood sugar.
ReplyDeleteIf only it were deep fried, in a light tempura with some wasabi.
Then it would be what I'd want for dinner.
impressive but cost prohibitive
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I didn't even know Fairlight was till around. LOL
ReplyDeleteYeah, what's the story with Fairlight. What have they been up to for 25 years? Just working on this Xynergy thing?
ReplyDeleteXynergy... cool name. Sounds like a D&D monster. Like, a level 10, 300-hit point Xorn-eating monster. Yeah!
i don't think fairlight ever stopped making gear. From what i know they just went more into recording equipment than synths. Their website is filled with things that probably cost the price of a small house.
ReplyDeleteFairlight has a nice FPGA based 'crystal core' (TM) architecture that seems to send audio data via a DVI connector.
ReplyDeleteTheir FPGA technology lets them create idealized eq's and compressors (and what not) at gate level (vs. microprocessor running instructions). They can also create an arbitrary number of 'bits' for any processing step, because each is mapped onto real-estate on the chip. I wonder if it includes a compiler so you can create your own IP that runs on crystal-core, or re-configure it to do zany things (like a 1024 bit mixer).
Anyway, their stuff looks good. I'd love independent measurements.
wish they'd make a musical instrument for old time's sake... but new... er, y'know what i mean.
ReplyDeleteHey, Art Lebedev has been promising a PC keyboard with keys containing displays for years (I think it's still vaporware). And all that time, ol' Fairlight has been cranking this beast out, for real. Looks spendy though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was just about to post the same thing.
ReplyDeleteOptimus keyboard is here: Clickety click
I get a sense they didn't do it with individual OLED little screens. It sort of looks like they have a big LCD display, and on top of that have put a transparent button mechanism.
ReplyDeleteDoing it this way (one big screen, lots of sensors on top of it) vs. the Optimus approach (lots of screens, lots and the hardware to run lots of screens) means that the Fairlight way is much cheaper to manufacture.
I think that if the Lemur included a VNC/Terminal Services/X-Windows region (it does have Ethernet after all) that it would be a better overall controller than anything.
They make all sorts of high end sound recording, editing and mixing gear that seems more aimed at broadcast facilities from what I've seen. Nothing in the way of instruments.
ReplyDeleteI remember the company 360 Systems made MIDI sample based stuff back in the 80s. I myself was sort of surprised to learn they are still going in the broadcast market.
Q. why rob a bank?
ReplyDeleteA. that's where the money is.
CC-1 card: "Capable of sampling frequencies up to 384Khz" (From website.)
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