Digital Mixing System with Rackmounted Modular Mix Engine and Analog-style Control Surface
A Digital Board with Analog Feel!
The Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing console system brings the A & H name into the world of live digital mixing. Long a legendary name in the world of analog consoles, the company's foray into digital mixing is characteristically classic and functional. The iLive digital mixing console system combines a powerful digital mix engine with the hands-on, familiar feel of a live console, and the amount of control and peripheral options is incredible. You get the touch of analog and the power and functionality of digital with the Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing console system.
Allen & Heath iLive Digital Mixing Console System at a Glance:
- Rackmounted modular mix engine
- The familiarity of an analog console with the advantages of digital
- Easy-to-use channel controls, signal processing, and user interface
The heart of the system
The heart of the system is the iDR-64, a 19" rackmounting modular mix engine providing 64 channels into 32 mixes, which can be assigned as auxes, groups, matrix and main outputs. The iDR-64 is a stand-alone mixer comprising the 8-channel audio interface cards, DSP processing, and communication ports. The unit is controlled via an Ethernet network and can be connected to a variety of controllers, including Allen & Heath's PL range of remote units, third party devices, or a laptop/PC.
Digital clarity, analog feel
The iLive-80 control surface is designed to reflect the feel of an analog console. The 80 has eight local inputs and eight local outputs. The faders are motorized and grouped in three sections, each with four banks. There is a multi-color backlit LCD display above each fader for labeling and color-coding channel information.
Under control
Channel controls for preamp, filter, gate, EQ, compressor and limiter/de-esser are laid out across the top of the surface on rotary controls with LED indicators, while a color LCD touch screen presents a graphical view of the processing and access to the automation and set up screens.
Allen & Heath iLive Digital Mixing Console System Features:
- iLive-80 (20 faders, 4 layers for a total of 80 assignable strips) Control Surface with 8 local inputs and 8 local outputs
- iDR-10 Rack with 56-input/24-output capacity (using optional I/O cards)
- Redundant power supplies on both control surface and iDR-10 rack
- Surface modules include one RAB and one ES card
- Rack modules inculde one RAB+ES card
