Kim Ryrie is an Australian synthesiser inventor who founded the audio technology company Fairlight with Peter Vogel.
[2][3][4] In 1975 he discussed the limitations of analogue synthesisers with his schoolfriend, electronics designer, Peter Vogel and they invented the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument).
[5][3] Launched in 1979, the CMI synthesiser became popular in the 1980s with musicians such as Stevie Wonder, and the two founders received a CSIRO medal for their innovation.
[5][2][7] Ryrie purchased the companies patents and set up a new company called Fairlight ESP (Electric Sound and Picture), which sold digital audio workstations to Hollywood film studios, and won an Academy Award in 2001.
[8] In 1997 he started DEQX, which stands for digital equalisation crossover, and began working on improving speaker technology.