Blackmagic Design Fairlight Live Audio Panel 40

Fairlight Live Audio Panel 40

Fairlight Live Audio Panel 40 is a desktop control surface with 40 motorized faders and four large touchscreen displays, designed for professional live audio mixing with Fairlight Live. Controls include layers, bus, matrix, aux, VCA, sub-masters and talkback for fast hands-on access to your mix. The touchscreens show channel strip information, levels, EQ, dynamics processing and plug-in interfaces. It is ideal for large live broadcasts and is fully integrated with Fairlight Live.

Key features

• 40 flying faders and 40 multi-function rotary knobs with ring LED indicators
• Select, Solo and Mute buttons for each channel; processing and input controls for the selected channel
• 4 x 11.6 inch 1920 x 1080 LCD touchscreens
• 40 contextual rotary knobs and 40 contextual buttons for parameters shown on the focus and view screens
• Keypads for Player/Recorder (virtual sound checks), Cue Player (jingle and cart player, MIDI cues), Snapshots, Control Room and Monitoring, Masters, Globals and Talkback
• Online button to follow external timecode and On Air button to lock the panel
• Talkback to 4 groups, direct to channel or all, with built-in talkback microphone

Connections

• 2 x 10G RJ45 Ethernet for 2110 IP video and audio networks, plus analog audio in and out of the panel
• 1 x 1G RJ45 control network for computer connection, configuration and software updates
• 1 x USB-C for computer connection, configuration and software updates
• 1 x HDMI Type A output, HD or Ultra HD up to 2160p60
• 1 x 3-pin XLR mic input, 1 x 5-pin XLR talkback headset, 2 x 3-pin XLR line outputs, 2 x 6.35mm headphone jacks
• 2 x IEC C14 power inputs

Software and installation

• Fairlight Live and Blackmagic OS; software configuration via Ethernet or USB
• macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS 26 Tahoe or later; Windows 11
• 2 x 100 - 240V AC 50/60Hz internal power supplies

In the box

Fairlight Live Audio Panel 40 and welcome wallet with QR code for software download.