Expand your mixer's recording and playback capabilities with the Behringer X-LIVE, an expansion card for the Behringer X32 console that provides 32-channel bidirectional audio I/O via USB 2.0 for both live performance and studio recording, plus comprehensive remote operation of your DAW via HUI/Mackie Control emulation.
Additionally, a pair of SD/SDHC card slots allow for fully independent recording and playback of up to 32 channels of uncompressed WAV files in consistent sessions. Without the need for a laptop computer, you can capture multichannel live or session tracks, perform virtual sound checks, add in backing-tracks, set and manipulate accurate markers, and enjoy full remote operation via computer (Windows/Mac), Android, or iPad apps, and X-TOUCH control surfaces.
Overview
- 32-channel live recording and playback on dual SD/SDHC cards
- Up to 3 hours of 48 kHz/32-bit PCM recording of 32 channels in one session, stored as uncompressed WAV files
- 32-channel, bidirectional USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface for studio and live recording
- Independent operation of SD cards and USB recording / playback
- Remote control via PC, Android, or iPad apps, assignable controls or compatible hardware control surfaces, such as the Behringer X-TOUCH
- Dual SD card slots to keep virtual sound check and live performance files separately available or for extended recording time
- Unique sample-synchronized automatic spanning feature allows extending a session across both SD cards for more than 12 hours of 8-track recording time non-stop
- Instantaneous live playback with preload and markers in the console UI and remote apps
- Markers can be set on the fly for identifying song positions while recording or playing back
- All markers can be edited directly in the console GUI
- Allows employing PC "Plug Ins" for outboard effects processing via USB
- Channel routing can be stored and automated for record/playback
- Secure file handling in the event of power blackout (optional CR123A Lithium cell required)
- HUI/Mackie Control emulation for controlling of any compatible DAW software from the console surface
- Compatible with CoreAudio on Mac OSX- ultralow-latency ASIO drivers for Windows PC available
Make Multi-Tracking a Breeze
The X32's recording capability just got even more robust thanks to the new X-LIVE Expansion Card and USB Audio/ MIDI Interface. Whether you're multitracking your live performances directly to a PC/Mac or to the flash media in your console, X-LIVE makes it easier than ever. Equipped with dual SD/SDHC-card slots, X-LIVE provides uncompressed recording and playback of up to 64 GB of memory, enough to capture a 3 hour and 20 minute continuous 32-track session—all of which can be done without ever leaving the X32 environment. Just think about it, no external wiring or computer issues, everything you need is in a single location. And X-LIVE is equally at home in either the recording studio or the performance venue.
Independent USB & SD Operation
The X-LIVE USB and SD interfaces can be operated simultaneously and independently. For example, you may want to play back your recorded session from an SD card and record the tracks via USB into your favorite DAW for post-processing. Or, you might need to prepare live backing tracks in your DAW and then transfer them to an SD card in real time, while setting performance markers on the fly. You can even record using both the USB and SD simultaneously for redundancy. Best of all, these operations can be performed without routing tracks through your console channels, leaving the X32 completely free to craft the perfect FOH mix.
X-LIVE Remote Control
All of X-LIVE's functionality and transport controls can be controlled remotely via PC, Android or iPad apps, assignable controls, or compatible hardware control surfaces, such as the Behringer X-Touch. This powerful tool lets you cue up and initiate backing tracks, start or stop recording/ playback, perform virtual sound checks and more, even when you're away from the X32 console.
Multi-Channel WAV Format
For optimal read/write performance on a huge variety of SD and SDHC cards, X-LIVE uses standard uncompressed 32-bit PCM format multichannel WAV files. An X-LIVE recording session may consist of either one or several takes, and capture up to a maximum of 24 hours of consistent recording or playback. Multichannel WAV files can be imported directly into most popular DAW applications, including the free open source audio editor Audacity. You can even export your 32-bit WAV files, which allows you to prepare backing tracks offline, such as when you're away from your X-LIVE equipped X32 mixer.
Make Your Mark
Markers can be set at any time during recording, playback, or even while in pause mode. Session loading and marker selection can easily be manipulated via assignable controls or remotely via apps, X-TOUCH control surfaces, or even MIDI. Once you set a marker roughly where you want it, a dedicated utility lets you fine-tune it for those occasions when playback requires the ultimate precision, such as alignment with specific transients in your audio. A convenient pre-listen feature helps you place any marker at an exact point in time. Utilities also allow deleting sessions/markers or formatting an SD card, which is always a good idea before recording any important performance. And virtual sound-checks have never been easier, especially when you use X-LIVE's powerful marker and remote control functionality.
Powerful Live-Playback Machine
Assigning X-LIVE controls to X32 user buttons provides a great way to instantly jump to and play performance markers, delivering powerfully dynamic content to live theatrical events. Operations that previously required hardware samplers or sophisticated software running on dedicated computers can now easily be done right on your X32 from a tiny SD card that takes up virtually no room at all.
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