Fairlight Instruments

Fairlight Instruments was a pioneering Australian company renowned for developing advanced digital audio technology, especially their groundbreaking digital samplers and digital audio workstations in the 1970s and 1980s. Their flagship product, the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), revolutionized music production by allowing artists and producers to sample, edit, and arrange sounds digitally. This technology significantly influenced modern music, making high-quality digital sound manipulation accessible. Today, Fairlight continues to develop professional audio and post-production systems used in film, television, and music industries worldwide.