UK - Allen & Heath has announced the release of dLive firmware V2.1, building on the landmark V2 release with powerful new processing and RackUltra FX, expanded wireless integration, group to group routing, and some of the most requested workflow features from the dLive community.
Headlining V2.1 is CompStortion, the DEEP emulation of the definitive hardware compressor. With a wide range of attack and release times, distortion modes, and Smash and Brit modes, CompStortion is designed for everything from vocals and guitars to drums and mix bus compression.
RackUltra FX card users will welcome the addition of Rhythm Delay where a pattern-based delay engine provides fully customisable repeat patterns and musical filtering. Rhythm Delay unlocks delay possibilities previously only achievable through top-end studio plugins.
V2.1 significantly expands the power of the Actions system. Engineers can now trigger an action from a scene recall or via a MIDI trigger; recall a bookmark via an action; apply relative changes to send and main levels; recall the channel processing library; and trigger actions on a dynamically selected channel or mix.
dLive's wireless integration is extended with the addition of support for the Shure SLX-D wireless microphone system. Users of SLX-D systems can monitor transmitter battery level, RF signal strength, and receiver audio signal level in addition to control of receiver mute and gain from the dLive user interface.
Engineers can now utilise group-to-group routing to build complex processing chains and consolidate mix buses, for instance kick and snare groups into a main drum group, or all groups routed to a main band group.
Additional enhancements in V2.1 include the ability to unmute a member of a Mute Group, a new Gain Link option for the Peak Limiter 76, plus improvements to Scene Safe GUI, log files, and Director metering and UI responsiveness.
“This release includes some real crowd-pleasers,” says Nic Beretta, director of product at Allen & Heath. “CompStortion adds to the DEEP arsenal, Rhythm Delay opens fresh creative rhythmic effects, and Shure SLX-D integration brings more wireless control into the fold."
