Allen & Heath AVANTIS-W-DPACK, 64-Channel Digital Mixer with DPack

The Allen & Heath AVANTIS-W-DPACK, 64-Channel Digital Mixer with DPack is the third offering in the Allen & Heath 96Khz console series. The Avantis-W-DPACK combines the Avantis console with A&H's powerful dPack dLive and DYN8 processing software into one out-of-the-box gig-ready board.

Elegant dual 15" full HD touch screens provide a window into your console that makes using the Avantis an immersive mixing experience. 24 motorized channel faders react on touch to highlight the active display channels for intuitive visual feedback. With the touch of a button, the display can switch from rotary controlled pan and gain to EQ and compressor settings across an entire channel bank. There's also a fast grab feature so can quickly access EQ, compressor, FX settings, and more on the selected channel.

Avantis comes standard with 12 XLR analog inputs and outputs, 1 AES digital stereo input and 2 AES outputs to get you up and running right away. But you're not limited to what's standard. You also get two I/O port slots that can be filled with separately available dLive digital option cards.

What makes the Avantis-W-DPACK shine is that it comes with dPack DEEP and DYN8 pre-installed. DEEP is a collection of virtual compressor, limiter, and graphic EQ emulations with a dual-stage valve preamp tossed in for good measure. With DYN8 you get 8 bands of frequency-specific dynamic processing as a 4-band dynamic EQ and a 4-band multiband compressor. In general, the dynamic EQ is most useful for individual tracks while the multi-band compressor works best on a stereo mix or groups of tracks. Either way, the power of the processing lies in the fact that it's already built into the Avantis. That means there are no latency or phase problems, and no extra gear to purchase. With that much processing power, 64 channels, and more bus possibilities than any analog console, the Avantis-W-DPack is the one-box solution to your mixing needs.

Product Specifications:

Mic/Line XLR Inputs: Balanced XLR, +48V phantom power

Mic/Line Preamp: Fully recallable

Input Sensitivity: -60 to +15dBu

Analogue Gain: +5 to +60dB, 1dB steps

Pad: -20dB Active PAD

Maximum Input Level: +30dBu (PAD in)

Input Impedance: >4kΩ (Pad out), >10kΩ (Pad in)

Mic EIN: -127dB with 150Ω source

Digital Inputs: AES3 2 Ch XL R, 2.5Vpp Balanced Terminated 110Ω SRC Range 24 bit, 32k -
192kHz, with bypass option.

Analogue XLR Outputs: Balanced, Relay protected

Output Impedance: <75O

Nominal Output: +4dBu = 0dB meter reading

Maximum Output Level: +22dBu

Residual Output Noise: -95dBu (muted, 22-22kHz), -90dBu (muted, 0-80kHz)

Digital Outputs: AES3 2 Ch XLR, 2.5Vpp balanced terminated 110Ω 96kHz sampling rate, globally
switchable to 48kHz, 44.1kHz

Dynamic Range: 109dB

System Signal to Noise: -92dB

Frequency Response: 20Hz - 30kHz (+0/-0.8dB)

THD+N (analogue in to out): 0.0015% @ +16dBu output, 1kHz 0dB gain

Headroom: +18dB

Internal operating Level: 0dBu

dBFS Alignment: +18dBu = 0dBFS (+22dBu at XLR output)

Meter Calibration: 0dB meter = -18dBFS (+4dBu at XLR out)

Meter Peak indication: -3dBFS (+19dBu at XLR out)

Sampling Rate: 96kHz

ADC: 32-bit

DAC: 32-bit

Operating Temperature Range: 32°F to 104°F

Mains Power: 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz, 150W max

USB Audio playback: Mono/stereo .WAV files, 16/24bit, 44.1/48/96kHz, MP3 files, FLAC files

USB Audio recording: Stereo .WAV files, 24bit 96kHz
Dimensions WxDxH(inches): 36.1 x 24.7 x 10.6

Weight: 57.4Lbs

Box Dimension WxDxH(inches): 43.3 x 33.5 x 16.7

Package Weight: 75Lbs