Fairlight pioneered digital sampling and music sequencing, leading the world in cutting edge digital music synthesis. This unique knowledge of digital audio has been the platform for Fairlight to become the world leader in professional audio editing, recording and mixing. During the nineties Fairlight had designed and delivered new approaches to audio disk recording and editing. The company had pioneered an architecture including an editing model that continues to be easy to use and innovative. It is designed to address user requirements that cannot be addressed on platforms primarily designed as office equipment. This approach was widely accepted as the Benchmark for speed and performance in editing applications.