The Blackmagic Design Fairlight Live Audio Panel 40 brings professional, hands-on control to demanding live audio environments. Featuring 40 motorized faders and four expansive touchscreen displays, this panel presents every channel, bus, matrix, aux, VCA, sub-master, and talkback control right at your fingertips during live production. Designed specifically for broadcast studios, high-profile live events, and advanced audio post facilities, the panel seamlessly integrates with Fairlight Live software, transforming intricate mouse navigation into precise, tactile mixing that elevates workflow responsiveness.
Tactile Control Built for Live Production
With 40 motorized faders that instantly respond to your adjustments, the panel delivers real-time physical feedback, empowering engineers to make fast, confident decisions during the most complex live shows. Four built-in touchscreens provide continuous access to channel strip data, EQ curves, dynamics, and plug-in interfaces across each group of 10 faders, so critical information is always visible—eliminating the need to toggle between views or sift through multiple windows.
Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
Fairlight Live unlocks extensive keyboard shortcut functionality, enabling operators to activate cue player controls, alter routing, configure system setups, initiate audio-follows-video, trigger generators, patch talkback mics, call up snapshots, and switch views instantly. In the quick pace of a live broadcast, users can fire a snapshot, shift routing, and launch cues using customized shortcuts—keeping live productions seamless and nimble without losing time to menu navigation.
Remote Control for Multiple Operators
Supporting both primary and backup engines, plus two simultaneous remote control stations, Fairlight Live allows production teams to assign different mix sections to remote operators, who can update levels and parameters in real time. Built-in sync indicators and dedicated talkback functionality facilitate tight coordination between team members. This remote workflow is ideal for sports coverage, worship services, or talk shows—where one engineer manages the main program while a secondary operator oversees audience microphones or performers’ in-ear mixes from elsewhere.
Third-Party Hardware Integration
Fairlight Live seamlessly integrates with third-party hardware, such as Mackie MCU controllers and OSC-compatible tablet apps, dramatically expanding control possibilities. Users can manipulate faders, pan, mute, select, PFL, AFL, monitor metering, as well as execute solo clear, undo/redo, banking, and manage control room volume. With OSC integration, operators gain access to aux send controls for monitor mixes, remote front-of-house adjustments, talkback, GPI triggers, and audio-follows-video commands. In busy live productions, this means you can combine hardware panels for primary control, tablets for producer talkback, and let performers handle their own monitor mixes—creating a flexible, collaborative and efficient environment.
