Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Waves eMotion LV1 mixer, which the company describes as a revolutionary live digital mixing console that provides real-time audio mixing for front-of-house, monitor and broadcast engineers. Based on Waves SoundGrid technology, this software mixer is designed to deliver the convenience and speed needed in demanding live environments.
According to a company announcement, eMotion LV1 gives live engineers unprecedented control over their sound. Each of the mixer's channels has its own plug-in rack capable of running up to eight Waves and third-party plug-ins. This means you can mix live with hundreds of instances of your favorite plug-ins, all running inside the mixer itself. All plug-in presets and chains saved in eMotion LV1 can be shared with the Waves MultiRack and StudioRack plug-in hosts, allowing engineers to move seamlessly between live and studio environments.
The mixer's channel strip — its standard EQ, filters and dynamics processing — is provided by Waves eMo plug-ins: eMo D5 Dynamics, eMo F2 Filter and eMo Q4 Equalizer. All eMo plugins are designed for maximum clarity and efficiency in a live environment.
eMotion LV1 comes in three configurations: 64, 32 or 16 stereo/mono input channels. The mixer can be controlled by hardware control surfaces and multi-touch devices, ranging from four touchscreens to a single laptop or tablet.
eMotion LV1 uses the SoundGrid infrastructure for audio networking. It can be configured as a portable or stationary setup, and can connect to any SoundGrid-compatible I/O or server. This means that live sound engineers can easily take their mixer with them and run it anytime, anywhere — at home, in a hotel room, on the tour bus, or at the live venue, according to a press release from Waves Audio. This way they can have all the time they need to work on their sessions, whether offline or with full-on audio, and make sure they are 100% ready for the show.
Features:
Up to 64 stereo/mono input and 36 stereo buss/return channels
Run eight SoundGrid-compatible plugins directly on each channel
Standard channel processing provided by Waves eMo plugins
Up to 16 auxes, eight audio groups (stereo/mono), L/R/C/Mono, eight matrixes
16 DCA faders, eight mute groups, eight user-assignable function controls
32-bit floating point mix engine; up to 96 kHz sample rate
Compatible with industry-standard control surfaces
Connect to diverse SoundGrid I/Os and drivers and to multiple DAWs
Windows/Mac 64 bit-compatible
