Allen & Heath's design goal for dLive was to create the ultimate mixing system, with plenty of processing and flexibility to handle the most demanding live scenarios, while at the same time giving the engineer intuitive tools to comfortably keep all that power at their fingertips, freeing them to focus on the live mixing experience.

The power of dLive emanates from the XCVI Core – pioneered by the Allen & Heath R&D team using next generation FPGA technology, with 36 parallel virtual processing cores generating enough power for 160x64 channels of processing at 96kHz sampling rate. 

Six parallel mixing engines within the Core calculate over 10,000 cross points per sample, while the FPGA router has capacity for 3,000 x 3,000 audio paths. The massive power of XCVI allows dLive to deliver 128 full processing inputs and 16 stereo FX returns, a configurable 64 bus architecture, variable bit depth for ultimate precision and noise performance, a virtually infinite mix headroom thanks to a 96bit accumulator, and class leading latency at an ultra-low 0.58ms.

Preliminary Feature List

System:

• Distributed system with separate MixRack and Surface – mix and match any combination (MixRack sold separately)
• DX32 modular expansion racks for flexible I/O
• DEEP processing – powerful embedded plugins including GEQ and compressor modelling
• Redundant hot swappable power supply common across the range
• Redundant connections throughout
• Up to 5 audio networking option cards including Dante, Waves SG, ACE, MADI
• Compatible with ME personal mixing system
  
  dLive Surfaces – S7000:
• 36 faders
• Fully assignable layout – 216 fader strips
• Harmony UI integrates screen and wrap-around controls
• Dual 12" capacitive touchscreens
• Gesture control – pinch, swipe, drag ‘n drop
• Dedicated multi-mode EQ view
• Configurable widget areas for Scenes, meters, FX and more
• 3 pages of 6 assignable rotaries per screen
• 26 assignable SoftKeys
• Engineer’s Wedge and IEM fader strips
• Comprehensive multipoint metering
• 8 LR mic/line in, 8 XLR line out
• 2 digital st AES3 in, 3 digital st AES3 out
  
  Other:
• Dual redundant GigaACE gigabit link to MixRack
• 1x redundant DX link for I/O expansion
• 2x I/O Ports – 128 ch 96 kHz each
• 2x Network ports
• Wordclock BNC I/O
• Video output
• Dual redundant, hot swappable power supply

Note: DLive is a modular solution requiring a DM MixRack and a S Fader surface to operate (sold separately)

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