Avid Unveils New Generation Audio Software and Venue Live Sound Mixing Surfaces at NAB 2018

It’s a new era for Avid, now with Jeff Rosica as Avid new CEO and President. Of course the completely new generation of products announced at NAB 2018 (Las Vegas, April 9-12) is the result of years of preparation, but the way this latest wave of innovation was announced at the Avid Connect 2018 event is already a sign of changes in the company. Essentially, Avid is accelerating the delivery of new tools, apps, services, and solutions for creative professionals and media companies.

The new Avid Venue S6L is a fully modular, scalable live sound mixing system that delivers best-in-class functionality for a range of live sound mixing applications, including front-of-house, monitor, broadcast, theater, and more. The networkable modular live sound system meets the demands of large size productions.

Even before the 2015 NAB show started, Avid announced a series of new initiatives and solutions, including the new Venue S6L Live Mixing System with an intuitive touch-based interface able to handle large shows, tours and events. Being an AVB based solution, the S6L offers Thunderbolt options for recording and a Dante option card.

Avid unveiled a new compact live mixing system for stage and studio together with the VENUE 4.5 software upgrade for existing S3L systems. The new Avid VENUE | S3L-X compact live sound system, builds on the previous S3L system and intends to provide live sound professionals with better tools to meet the increasing scope, size, complexity, and diversity of today’s live sound requirements.

Avid’s S3L digital live mixing system now supports 64-bit AAX DSP plug-ins, allows I/O sharing and gain tracking across multiple S3L systems, and the S3 control surface can be used as standalone studio controller and audio interface to mix Pro Tools (and other DAW) sessions.