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It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words, however a thousand words just wouldn’t be enough to describe the combination Features, Performance, and Sound Quality that make up the Venue SC48 console from AVID.  While the SC48 is technically a “baby Venue” console, it’s certainly no step-down in quality and offers a no compromise feature set within its price range.  The SC48 is the most “unique” console within the Venue family as it’s the only version of VENUE that is  completely self-contained into a single chassis that is large enough to mix for a major concert, yet compact enough to fit in the back of my minivan!  To learn more about VENUE itself, please click here as I’m going to focus solely on the SC48’s features on this page.

Standard on every VENUE SC48 are (16) XLR Female Outputs that can be used for everything from your MAIN OUTPUTS to STAGE MONITORS / IN EAR MONITORS to even patching in that OUTBOARD GEAR you just have to use.  An additional (16) outputs can be added in one of two flavors.....  either another (16) XLR outputs or the AVIOM A-NET option to feed the AVIOM Personal Monitoring System via a single CAT5 connection.

Like all of the other VENUE consoles, the SC48 comes standard with (48) XLR INPUTS that can be either LINE or MIC LEVEL with individually controlled +48 phantom power per channel.  The Input Gain is 100% digitally controlled allowing for true, total-recall of the consoles entire gain-stage.  Each MIC PRE provides 60dB of input gain and is of studio grade quality.

Not only does the VENUE SC48 support Pro Tools via Firewire, IT’S  FREE! Currently the limitation is (18) channels of bi-directional connectivity as that was the Pro Tools LE limitation prior to Pro Tools version 9 software.  While it’s uncertain if this I/O will be expanded for the SC48--the ability to record and/or playback (for Virtual SoundCheck) up to (18) tracks directly to/from Pro Tools is a HUGE feature!  Simply connect your firewire-based laptop and hard-drive (I personally use the MacBook Pro and Glyph GT050Q hard-drive) with Pro Tools installed and you’re ready to go!  In fact here’s an MP3 clip from a concert I recorded directly from VENUE into Pro Tools.
 

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