* Price reflects Allen & Heath iLive iDR-48 MixRack only... please contact our Sonic Circus audio gurus to discuss your digital sound system needs today!
iLive-T Series: Digital mixing at its most flexible.
Presenting the iLive-T Series - Affordable digital mixing system with
remote stagebox, digital snake, bags of processing power and a host of
control options!
T Series is an evolution of the flagship iLive
digital range, with all the performance and power of the original in a
newly-styled, compact and affordable package.
For the first
time, distributed audio digital mixing has been made accessible to
everyone, from rental companies to houses of worship, schools to
theatres, stadia to media centres – without breaking the bank.
T
Series provides distributed audio and control, various configuration
possibilities, an intuitive instant access analogue-style user
interface, and features the same great-sounding 64x32 RackExtra DSP mix
engine as our highly successful iLive range.
2 new control
surfaces and 2 new mixracks use compact construction with non-modular
classic format I/O, new proprietary Audio and Control over Ethernet
(ACE)TM digital snake and the latest dual core DSP technology to make
iLive accessible to new digital users. There is a slot for optional
plugin cards to interface with popular audio networking standards, as
well as a host of control options.
Allen & Heath iLive Features :
Distributed system - Separate MixRack and Surface
• Choice of two MixRacks (32 or 48 mic)
• Choice of two Surfaces (20 or 28 fader, 4 layers)
• Network and remote control
• Single 120m ACETM Audio and Control over Ethernet link
• Systems from 40in/24out to 64in/36out sockets
• Local analogue and SPDIF I/O available at the surface
• 64x32 RackExtra DSP engine with 8 stereo FX processors
• Up to 72 sources to the mix
• 3 Dynamics, PEQ, HPF and delay on all 64 channels
• 2 Dynamics, PEQ, delay and GEQ on all 32 mixes
• 8 Stereo FX with emulations of popular devices
• Fully configurable audio bus architecture
• 10 Main mix types including unique Sub mix mode
• Fully-assignable surface strip layout
• User definable channel names and colors
• Monitor capability with engineer’s Wedge and IEM strips
• Input, output and insert soft patchbays
• Quick access, analogue style channel controls
• Touchscreen for graphical view and setup
• Channel or mix view of sends on faders or rotaries
• Quick copy, paste and reset of mixes and parameters
• New, high grade, recallable mic/line preamps
• Libraries, Scenes and Show memories with USB transfer
• Get started quickly with built-in Template Shows
• Password protectable user profiles
• Editor software for online or offline PC control
• Carry out independent tasks with laptop and surface
• Compatible with Allen & Heath PL remote controllers
• MIDI interface at both the rack and surface
• Plugin card slot for popular audio network options
• Compatible with components from the flagship iLive range
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The iDR-48 :
iLive-T puts the audio and its processing right where it is needed, near to the sources on stage. The rack houses the mic preamps, sends, DSP and digital snake interface for control and local audio at the mix position.
The Mix engine
Both MixRacks feature the same iDR-64 RackExtra DSP engine employed in the flagship iLive Series, providing full processing and mixing for 64 channels and 32 configurable mix buses as well as 8 stereo FX engines based on emulations of popular industry classics. Imagine the gear needed for an equivalent analogue system to provide 64 gates, 96 compressors, 96 limiter/de-ess, 112 fully parametric EQs, 96 delays, 32 graphic EQs and 8 effects!
Mic inputs
The MixRacks differ only in the number of input and output sockets available. The smaller iDR-32 provides 32 mic/line preamps and 16 XLR outputs, while the iDR-48 has 48 preamps and 24 outputs. Built-in patchbays enable the user to split, cross-patch and map channels and sends, requiring fewer sockets than equivalent fixed architecture consoles. A new high quality mic preamp with 80dB/1dB resolution gain range, exceptionally low latency and optimised audio signal path ensure the superb performance and sound quality for which iLive has become renowned.
Networking and distributed control
The iDR rack and T surface are connected over a single CAT5 cable up to 120m long using Allen & Heath’s proprietary ACETM digital snake - an affordable, point-to-point multi-channel bi-directional audio and control link. An option slot allows a plugin card to be added for more audio networking possibilities, such as digital mic splitting, audio distribution and digital recording. The MixRack can also be controlled using a networked PC or laptop running iLive Editor software, MIDI, the Allen & Heath PL Series of remote controllers, and, it is fully compatible with the surfaces from the flagship iLive range.
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iLive-T80 or iLive-T12
The Surface :
The T Series surfaces feature the same intuitive layout that has delighted iLive users around the world. Its instantly accessible analogue-style rotary controls, switches and dials, visually informative channel labelling and colour coding, comprehensive metering, graphical colour touchscreen, and logical layout allows the user to avoid fiddly menus and instinctively find controls. The jump from analogue to digital has never been so easy.
The mix layout
Each bank of faders has four layers, so even the small T80 provides no fewer than 80 control strips. These can be freely assigned as mono or stereo inputs, group, aux, main, matrix mix masters, DCA masters - and even engineers Wedge / IEM monitor - giving total freedom in the design of the surface layout.
Local audio
The rear of the surface provides a host of connections for local sources, sends and inserted devices, so there is no need for a second I/O rack at mix position.
Networking and control
The T Surface connects to the iDR MixRack using the ACETM link, which combines control and remote audio over a single cable. A built-in network switch allows connection of other network devices such as a laptop running iLive Editor software. MIDI and USB ports are also available.
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Mixing on the iLive-T :
Controlling a mix with the iLive-T couldn’t be easier. Its logic and simplicity get the user up to speed and navigating the system in minutes. The SEL buttons are used to instantly access all the processing for each strip, whether input, output or FX, with no menus involved at all, while the MIX buttons provide access to the levels, sends, assignments and other mix parameters. Selecting the MIX button on an output strip will immediately bring up the contributions to that mix from the inputs on the faders (or encoders, if preferred), while selecting the MIX button on an input strip shows the send levels to each mix.
Processing Strip
The iLive-T Surface features the proven and popular ‘Processing Strip’ found on our flagship iLive system. It’s a combination of dedicated functional controls for Gain and Preamp, HPF, Gate, Parametric EQ, Compressor and Limited/De-Esser, which can be applied to any DSP channel in the iLive system, with full metering within each processing block. In addition, every processor features a SEL button for parameter copy and reset, or for headphone monitoring of any point in the channel signal path including the side-chain filters. All processing is available on each DSP channel all the time so you can never run out of DSP power!
Graphic EQ
All 32 mix outputs have a 1/3 octave graphic EQ as well as the parametric EQ. The graphic can be set up on the touch screen or viewed on the surface with the motorised channel faders controlling the bands and the related frequency and dB cut or boost displayed on the LCD strip. There is even an RTA display on the meters above the frequency bands.
Surface Mixing controls
Further controls on the iLive-T surface provide copy & paste of settings across strips, navigating between layers and scenes, and a selection of monitor and talkback options. To help identify channels, colour-definable ‘Write-On Blocks’ for channel naming are provided, where the background of the channel LCD can be set to suit the user’s preferences – for example, green for inputs, light blue for auxes, red for DCAs, or to highlight specific inputs.
Control & Viewing
The TouchScreen is used to set up and manage iLive’s system configuration and data, and also supports general operations with a graphical display of the signal processing. To get started quickly a variety of Show templates for different classic console set ups is available, or the user can build his preferences for the layout and set up of inputs, masters, DCA groups, routing, etc. from scratch.
Scenes, Shows & Libraries iLive can store all, or a selection of, parameters within the console as ‘Scene’ memories. These can be used, for example, to store bands’ settings at sound check, make effects changes during songs, cue changes during a theatre production, or to store preferred layouts for different operators. Scenes are then archived with the current configuration and settings into a ‘Show’ file for future use. Personal processing and effects preferences can be named and stored as ’Libraries’. Show and Library memories are easily transported between systems or archived to computer using a USB key.
iLive-T FX iLive has an array of built-in ‘rack’ FX options modelled on simulations of the best products available, and these are represented graphically on the TouchScreen, from where the FX parameters can be edited. With 8 DSP engines available, there are plenty of options for system effects, such as delay and reverb, as well as inserted effects such as chorus and double tracking. Each of the effects units has a ‘back panel’ where I/O routing is set up.
*SMR Reverb - designed for live sound reverb processing, with emulations of industry standard units based on 4 complex models: Classic, Hall, Room and EMT.
*2-Tap delay - a comprehensive delay processor providing separate L and R tap delay outputs with onscreen tap tempo for fast and simple set up.
*ADT Double Tracker - creates short echo and chorusing effects, classic double tracking and ‘slapback’ tape delay loops.
*Chorus - emulates classic chorus units with additional stereo field enhancement, providing effects from ‘shimmer’ to deep stereo pitch modulation.
*Electric Flange – provides options from ‘ambient’ tape machine flanging through ‘vintage’ classic sounds to ‘wild’ untameable flange effects.
*Symphonic Chorus - the popular 80’s chorus with vox and strings presets
*Hypabass - a sub-harmonic synthesis unit to generate infra and sub-bass spectrum from a weaker bass programme.
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Control Options :
iLive Editor control software offers all of the key facilities of the iLive-T surface, as well as the convenience of a high resolution display to see multiple information panels simultaneously. The Java-based program enables the user to easily configure show settings or make changes to existing shows online, or offline to save and upload later. TCP/IP connectivity makes live channel mixing and processing possible over CAT5 or WIFI, so different tasks can be managed in the Editor software and the iLive-T Surface simultaneously.
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Please note:
* Price reflects Allen & Heath iLive iDR-48 MixRack only... please contact our Sonic Circus audio gurus to discuss your digital sound system needs today!
