While the I/O boxes span a few generations (and various proprietary protocol names), Avantis looks like it’ll play nicely with them all. The range of existing remote I/O units for Avantis is quite impressive as well, covering analog inputs and outputs (and digital AES options) from just a handful of channels on stage through installed wall boxes, all the way up to the 96k Hz 48-input / 16-output GX4816. Not only can the console handle sample rate conversion onboard to allow for plug-and-play use of older legacy 48k Hz Allen & Heath stageboxes, it’ll even handle automatic firmware matching for you on any A&H unit in the local audio network. The massive power of XCVI (25 billion operations per second) allows Avantis to deliver 64 full processing inputs and 12 stereo FX returns, 42 buses with configurable mix architecture, variable bit depth, a virtually infinite mix headroom thanks to a 96-bit accumulator and that class-leading latency at an ultra-low 0.7 ms.īack to that “sum of its parts” point, the Allen & Heath “Everything I/O” ecosystem around Avantis is a thing of beauty. Speaking of math and bells and whistles, the XCVI core was pioneered by the Allen & Heath R&D team using next-generation FPGA technology with parallel virtual processing cores generating enough power for 88×42 (including FX returns) channels of processing at 96k Hz.

How about no more “back of the napkin” latency calculations as you reach for that power-hungry compressor or reverb? Avantis does the math for you and sounds great - no matter how many of its bells and whistles are engaged at once.

“Tell me why I really care about fancy processor cores,” you might ask. However, the XCVI processing core in Avantis yields ultra-low latency audio processing and phase coherency - even while running huge numbers of effects across every channel and bus. For instance, whether we’re talking iPhones or digital mixing consoles, a fast and powerful processor is always a great starting point. Avantis is more than able to fend off would-be competitors in a spec sheet battle, yet this console is a good example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

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