VENUE | E6L-144 Engine with 3 Year Elite Live Support - Product - Midwich

The Avid VENUE E6L-144 is a state-of-the-art, real-time central processing engine engineered to anchor Avid VENUE | S6L modular live sound mixing ecosystems. Operating as the physical "brain" of the platform, the E6L-144 combines a powerhouse real-time routing sub-system with dedicated onboard HDX-powered DSP plugin processing. This dual-engine architecture ensures that all mixing, channel routing, and processing tasks run with total structural stability and zero round-trip latency to external servers.

Built to handle demanding concert tours, high-density theater environments, and mission-critical broadcast feeds, the E6L-144 provides robust delay compensation alongside deep, native Pro Tools recording integration over Ethernet AVB. Backed by a 3-Year Avid Elite Live Support plan, this processing engine guarantees continuous coverage, minimal downtime, and expert field backup.

Key Features

• Massive Mixing Throughput: Seamlessly supports up to 144 simultaneous input processing channels and 64 independent mix buses plus LCR master routing.
• Dedicated Plugin Processing: Outfitted with 1 factory-installed HDX-192 DSP expansion card to natively host up to 125 internal, 64-bit AAX DSP plugin rack slots.
• Matrix Mix Engine: Features a comprehensive 16 x 16 matrix configuration alongside 24 VCAs and 2 independent stereo solo monitoring buses.
• Hardware Expansion Depth: Equipped with 4 internal card expansion slots to easily scale system audio transport formats and local network densities over time.
• Pro Tools & Record Tracking: Supports native, bi-directional recording and playback of up to 128 channels of audio directly over Ethernet AVB without specialized external interface hardware.
• Preinstalled Network Architecture: Outfitted with 2 preinstalled AVB-192 Ethernet Network Cards, providing immediate support for I/O sharing across multiple desks and redundant ring or star network topologies.
• Industrial Redundancy: Shielded inside an ultra-rugged 5U rackmount frame containing dual-redundant internal power supply modules to prevent on-air or live performance power failure downtime.

Technical Specifications

• Chassis Size: 5U Rackmount
• Height: 8.6 inches (216 mm)
• Width: 16.9 inches (430 mm)
• Depth: 19.0 inches (483 mm)
• Weight: 72.8 lbs (33 kg)
• Internal Sample Rate: Fixed 96 kHz processing across all signal paths
• System Connectivity: BNC Word Clock I/O (75 Ohm), 5 high-speed USB 2.0 interface ports.

System Operational Note: The Avid VENUE E6L-144 functions strictly as a centralized processing engine. It requires a compatible external VENUE S6L Control Surface frame (such as the S6L-48D, -32D, -24D, -24C, or -16C) and at least one Stage I/O Rack (each sold separately) for complete user command and stage audio pass-through.