Waves Audio, a leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and audio plugins for mixing, music production, mastering, sound design, broadcast, post-production and live sound, introduces the eMotion LV1 Complete Live Mixing System.
The Waves eMotion LV1 Complete Live Mixing System is designed to be an “all-inclusive and extremely cost-effective mixing solution, ideal for houses of worship, clubs, touring bands and live engineers,” according to the release.
This compact system is designed to have the following features:
- Portability
- Fast setup
- Instant sonic excellence out of the box
- Quick and simple virtual soundcheck
- Quick transition from a musical production to a succeeding audio visual conference (the latter benefiting by using dedicated Dugan Automixer and Dugan Speech plugins)
- Compatible with the TRACT System Calibration plugin for hall analysis minutes before a show.
- Unique scalability (not limited in I/Os; for instance, in the case with a common console, where the only course would normally be to acquire a bigger one, the eMotion LV1 Complete Live Mixing System allows freedom to expand I/O count from 16 to 32, to 64 and beyond)
- Price of $5499
The complete live mixing system comes with the Waves eMotion LV1 16-stereo-channel live software mixer, SoundStudio STG-1608 stagebox, SoundGrid Impact Server-C, Axis One Waves-optimized computer, 24-inch Dell touchscreen, eight-port network switch and network cables.
Featuring 16 mono/stereo channels, LV1’s channel strips feature a plugin rack that can host up to eight SoundGrid-compatible plugins for real-time processing. It also comes pre-loaded with three plugins specifically designed for live sound: eMo F2 Filter, eMo D5 Dynamics, and eMo Q4 Equalizer. The included SoundStudio STG-1608 is a sturdy SoundGrid stagebox that features 16 mic/line inputs with high-end preamps, the latter of which can be remote-controlled directly from LV1’s mixer channels.
All audio coming from the stage and through the plugins is processed on the included SoundGrid Impact Server-C. Users can send the processed audio out to the PA system and back to the stage via the eight-line outputs. All of this takes place at speeds of 0.8 ms at 44.1–96 kHz.
Users can fun eMotion LV1 on Axis One, a Waves-optimized computer which features an Intel i5 8500 processor, 16 GB of DDR4 RAM, two HDMI ports, one display port, eight USB2/3 ports and a USB-C port, all cased in a 2U half-rack chassis. Axis One is optimized to run eMotion LV1 and other Waves software.
Phil Peters, Director of Audio Services and FOH Mixing Engineer for Christian Broadcast Network, remarks, “At CBN, our content dictates several requirements: excellent sonic quality, small footprint, ease of use, digital integration, and ideally the ability to run Waves plugins. After demoing the eMotion LV1 software with a Surface Pro and a single DiGiGrid MGB, we all agreed that the mix engine sounded great and the software interface would be beneficial to our workflow. We could also purchase the building blocks of the system and grow as our use of the LV1 developed. After one of our first ‘live’ productions, we found ourselves with internal discussions over who would get to use the LV1 on the next show, which led to the purchase of the second one.”
Popular Brooklyn club and live music venue Elsewhere has chosen Waves’ eMotion LV1 as its in-house live mixer. Technical Director David Levin comments, “My main goals in choosing a desk for Zone One were sound quality, ease of use and enough flexibility that the engineers won’t get bored!” he says. “When I was first introduced to the LV1, it took about three minutes to learn the basic functionality of the desk, and under 30 minutes to feel like I had a deep grasp of the more in-depth functions. The layout is instantly very familiar, user-friendly, and extremely intuitive. We are doing nine shows and 27+ artists per week! We get a lot of touring guest engineers coming through with their bands, so the console needs to be easy enough for them to become accustomed to – quickly. The LV1 has proven successful in this department, since the GUI is familiar enough that touring engineers can learn the basic workflow by the end of their first sound check on the system. The eMotion LV1 sounds insanely good. The preamps are clean, and the summing is at the top of any class of console. This allows the engineer to choose the vibe he or she wants to achieve. On any given day, you can choose to challenge yourself by mixing with a completely different set of plugins to explore all the flavor variations.”
To learn more, visit https://www.waves.com/hardware/emotion-lv1-complete-live-mixing-system.
