Line6 Announces the StageScape M20d Digital Mixer
Line6 really accomplishes their goal of putting the latest tech into the hands of musicians with the introduction of the StageScape M20d. Although we first noted this eye-catching solution in our NAMM wrapup earlier this week, we think it warrants a deeper look.
Attempting to break the mold of traditional mixers, the M20d has no faders or dedicated pots and includes a large LCD screen as its main attraction – showing a graphic representation of your sound sources on a virtual stage. How do we access the channel parameters you ask? Simply touch the graphic representing your source and bingo! Set it and keep your creative juices flowing.
The StageScape M20d hopes to break the mold for live mixing and recording.
Aside from the many other features, the M20d is also made to work with Line6’s new StageSource L3t and L3s monitors as a complete, intelligent system. The Line6 StageScape M20d digital mixer will be available in Q3 2012. Now – more details from Line6:
“A Smarter, Faster Path to Great Live Sound
StageScape M20d is the world’s first smart mixing system for live sound. Utilizing a groundbreaking touchscreen visual mixing environment, StageScape M20d streamlines the way you mix to get your sound dialed in quickly and stay in the creative zone. Massive DSP power delivers comprehensive, professional audio processing on every channel including multi-band feedback suppression. Pristine audio quality will impact your stage performances, and multi-channel recording allows you to easily capture every rehearsal or show, with or without a computer. The entire system can be controlled remotely from the stage or audience with one or more iPad devices. StageScape M20d is the integrated professional mixing system that delivers great live sound, so you can focus on what’s most important: your performance.
Complete Features:
Inputs/Outputs
- 12 high-performance, digitally controlled, auto-sensing mic/line inputs
- 4 additional auto-sensing line inputs
- 2 digital streaming inputs direct from computer, USB drive or SD card
- Stereo line inputs for integrating MP3 players or other sound sources
- 4 auto-sensing monitor outputs on balanced XLR connectors
- 2 auto-sensing main outputs on balanced XLR connectors
- L6 LINK™ multi-channel digital networking for integrating L6 LINK-enabled speaker systems
Control
- Touchscreen visual mixing environment
- Remote control capability via one or more iPad® or iPad® 2 devices
Recording
- Multi-channel recording to computer, USB drive or SD card
- Quick-capture recording to internal memory for sound check
Processing
- Internal 32-bit floating point audio processing
- Massive DSP power provides parametric EQs, dynamic EQs, compressors, multi-band compressors, gates, delays, limiters and more
- Multi-band feedback suppression on every mic input
- 4 stereo master effects engines including reverbs, delays and vocal doubler
- Virtually unlimited I/O Setups, Scenes and Channel Processing Presets”