Bring pristine, industry-acclaimed sound quality to any show, venue, or streaming event. With 64 stereo channels of unbeatable audio, full Waves plugin integration, and a customizable design to accommodate your personal workflow, eMotion LV1 addresses any live sound challenge.
Seamless integration with Waves’ 200+ plugins brings the award-winning signal processors used in studios around the world to live sound—for unlimited creative possibilities, and precision control.
32-bit, double-precision audio engine for headroom and clarity
Run eight SoundGrid-compatible plugins directly on each channel
64 stereo/mono input channels, 44 bus/return channels, 8 matrixes
16 monitor auxes, 8 FX auxes, 8 audio groups, L/R/C/Mono
Live-optimized Waves eMo plugins provide channel strip processing
16 DCA faders, 8 mute groups, 16 user-assignable shortcut keys
NEW: Control plugins remotely with the included MixMirror iPad app
Remote control with the included MyFOH iOS/Android app
Personal monitor mixing with the included MyMon iOS/Android app
Create custom layers for super-quick, personalized workflow
Supports 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rates
DCA spill allows populating layers with DCA-linked channels
Share/interconnect up to 16 stageboxes, expansion slots, DAWs
Compatible with industry-standard controllers, including Waves FIT
Windows and Mac 64 bit-compatible
Smooth integration with Dugan Speech automixer plugin
Share the same stagebox between multiple LV1s at FOH and monitors
Free eMotion LV1 Session Editor for offline pre-show prep
Practically unlimited processing power using multiple servers
Windows/Mac 64 bit-compatible
32-bit floating point mix engine, with latency as low as 0.8 ms
Sample rate: 44.1–96 kHz
Patch up to 16 hardware and software SoundGrid I/Os
Share I/Os – stageboxes, DAWs, computers – between multiple LV1 systems
FOH and monitor engineers can share the same stagebox between two LV1 mixers, with separate gain control for each engineer
Run up to 8 plugins per channel
All processing is done on an external SoundGrid DSP server
Connect LV1 to up to 4 Waves SoundGrid servers (plus four redundant servers), for practically unlimited plugin processing power
NEW: MixMirror app for full plugin & mixer control on iPad
MyMon personal monitor mixing app for mobile devices – designed for eMotion LV1
MyFOH Remote Control App for eMotion LV1
Prepare your LV1 sessions offline with the eMotion LV1 Session Editor, to save time at the show
Tactile control with the Waves FIT controller: Connect up to 2 FIT controllers, for up to 32+2 physical faders
Compatible with up to four multi-touch screens, as well as diverse hardware control surfaces
Touch-friendly interface
6 control windows: Mixer 1, Mixer 2, Channel, Show, Patch, Setup
Different control windows can run simultaneously on different touchscreens
Each Mixer window provides 8 layers, each with up to 16 channel strips
Each channel strip provides control over its channel’s input, dynamics/EQ/filters, plugin rack, sends and routing
Create your own custom layers for super-quick personalized workflow
Custom colors for channels (FIT controller reflects colors)
Up to 1000 scenes, including recall filters and recall-safe options
Sends-on-faders mode per Mixer window for each of the 24 aux busses, with auto cue on aux and optional mix bus fader control
MIDI control over scene change
Preamp control and digital trim per channel input
Automatic latency compensation on internal mix busses
Delay groups for output delay alignment
Multiple outputs available per channel, each with digital trim per output
Advanced stereo Imager, including balance, rotation, width and L/R panning
16 link control groups, providing global control over inputs, plugins, EQ, dynamics and sends for assigned channels
DCA fader per link control group
DCA spill – populate layers with DCA-linked channels
8 mute groups, with an additional Mute All output option
Global tempo control per scene; Tap tempo available on main toolbar
Show Lock option for locking plugin instantiations, external routing, and complete surface lock
Comprehensive meter and clip settings
16 user-assignable keys for personalization of control over mixer operation (e.g., open specific plugin, tap tempo, recall specific scene)
Solo-in-place option, with automatic solo-safe sources and destinations
Copy & paste channel names, processing and routing
A/B input options, for quick patch changes
External insert for outboard gear connection, as part of the plugin rack chain
Offline operation mode, including offline configuration and patching of I/O devices
Complete channel processing presets, compatible with Waves SuperRack and StudioRack presets
Smooth integration with the separately purchased Dugan Speech plugin for auto-mixing multiple mics