Avid Continues Live Sound Production Innovation with Avid VENUE | Stage 48

Demonstrating its continued commitment to providing live sound engineers with the highest performing, best sounding stage boxes for big venue performances, Avid^® (Nasdaq: AVID) has introduced the new fixed-format Avid VENUE | Stage 48™ remote I/O stage rack for live sound production. Designed to ensure 100% reuse of the renowned Avid VENUE | Stage 64 rack, the Stage 48 high-density, compact stage rack can connect with any Avid VENUE | S6L™ live sound mixing and recording system, and is ideal for mid- to large-scale productions operating with limited budgets. Stage 48 is equipped with the exact same high-performance preamp design of the Avid VENUE | Stage 64, Stage 32, Local 16, and all S6L consoles, so users enjoy the same quality of performance at a competitive price. 

Like all other Avid | VENUE I/O devices, Stage 48 is compatible with the entire VENUE | S6L product line-up, allowing sound teams to easily add inventory to expand their current systems. The Stage 48 rack is a fixed-configuration analog in and analog out device. By removing the configurability, Avid has created a budget-conscious rack that delivers the same pristine sound as the Stage 64.

Key features of the new Avid VENUE | Stage 48 Remote I/O rack include:

·       48 mic-preamps

·       24 analog outputs

·       2 Ethernet AVB ports

·       2 fiber AVB ports

·       MADI coaxial output split directly from the preamps with 48 channels at 96K, redundant 48 channels at 48K

“Avid continues to drive innovation for the live sound market, challenging our team to create a new stage box that was more cost effective and uses the same components and celebrated sound of Stage 64,” said Robb Allan, Senior Principal Product Manager, Live Sound at Avid. “VENUE | Stage 48 is the result and whether it’s broadcast, large concerts, Broadway shows, corporate AV or houses of worship, the VENUE | Stage 48 Rack is perfect anywhere that exceptional audio quality is needed.”

The Avid VENUE | Stage 48 rack is now available. Learn more at https://www.avid.com/resource-center/Meet-the-New-Stage-48-Rack-for-Avid-VENUE-S6L.

Avid continues to drive innovation for the live sound market, challenging our team to create a new stage box that was more cost effective and uses the same components and celebrated sound of Stage 64. VENUE | Stage 48 is the result and whether it’s broadcast, large concerts, Broadway shows, corporate AV or houses of worship, the VENUE | Stage 48 Rack is perfect anywhere that exceptional audio quality is needed. 
- Robb Allan, Senior Principal Product Manager, Live Sound at Avid.

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