Avantis MixPad vs Spektral Mobile

Avantis MixPad is an engineer’s mixing tool providing wireless mobile control for the Allen & Heath Avantis digital mixer. It gives you the freedom to walk the room or stage and control the sound right where it is needed. Avantis MixPad and the Avantis mixer can work together to provide simultaneous control of independent functions, for example one engineer using the mixer to mix front-of-house sound, and another using the iPad to mix monitors on stage. Several iPads can be connected, each providing independent control. Avantis MixPad is intended for working with the live mix and channel processing. Things you can control: - Fader levels, mutes, pan - Aux and FX sends, routing and Pre/Post switching - Matrix sends, routing and Pre/Post switching - DCA masters and assignments - Preamp Gain, Pad and 48V - Trim and Polarity - HPF, Gate, PEQ, NEQ, Comp/Ducker, Delays - RTA function - Scene Recall - Channel names and colour - PAFL select - Signal Generator Control - Full signal metering - 3 Custom strips for personalised channel layout - 24 SoftKeys (18 SoftKeys on Avantis Solo) - Tap Tempo - FX Parameters - Library Recall Avantis MixPad is not intended for system setup . The following functions are not available at the iPad: - RackUltra FX Parameters - Input source, insert and output patchbay - Channel ganging - Aux source routing options - Scene Store - Scene Recall Filters and Safes edit - Show memory store and recall - Talkback - System configuration, options and preferences - User Profile management and permissions Requirements: An Allen & Heath Avantis mixer with a suitable wireless router or access point connected to one of its Network ports. This version of MixPad can connect to Avantis mixers running: - Avantis Firmware V2.00 or subsequent V2.0x maintenance releases. - Avantis Firmware V1.30 or subsequent V1.3x maintenance releases, when the Firmware compatibility mode setting is enabled. This can be found in the iOS Settings / Avantis MixPad. You will need to shut down (force quit) the app and restart it for changes to take effect. Refer to the Allen & Heath website for more information and to download the latest mixer firmware.

Spektral is a professional real-time audio analyser for sound engineers. Ring out a PA, find the frequency that is howling, and keep an eye on the level in the room, all from your iPhone or iPad. THREE VIEWS, ONE WORKFLOW • RTA: live spectrum on a logarithmic frequency scale, 20Hz to 20kHz • Spectrograph: scrolling time-frequency heatmap, where feedback shows as a persistent bright horizontal line • SPL meter: A, C or Z weighted, Fast, Slow or Impulse, with the room's history behind it RING-OUT Spektral listens for a frequency that is building rather than one that is merely loud, so a bass note or a mains hum cannot set it off. When it finds one it names the frequency, gives you the musical note, and suggests the notch: centre frequency, Q and cut. Confirmed rings stay in a list as you work through them. LEVEL AND LEQ • Leq over 1 minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour and 8 hours, all running at once • Three hours of level history on one graph, with min, max and average • Limit Guard: set a limit and a window, and Spektral forecasts how long you have before you reach it • Calibrate against an acoustic calibrator when you need accurate absolute levels PRECISION • 4096-point FFT • Parabolic interpolation for sub-bin cursor and peak accuracy • Peak hold with smooth decay • Smoothing from 1/24 octave through to 1/1 • Frame averaging up to infinite • Musical note display on peaks and cursor TOOLS • Identify: labels the strongest peaks automatically, or just the single worst one • Snapshot compare: freeze a trace and A/B against it • Pink noise generator for reference output TOUCH-OPTIMISED • Horizontal pinch zooms the frequency axis, vertical pinch zooms the dB range • Drag to pan when zoomed, tap to place the cursor • Double-tap to reset all zoom and pan DESIGNED FOR THE STAGE • Full-screen dark interface for low-light environments • Works in portrait and landscape • Uses the built-in microphone or any connected audio interface REMOTE MONITORING (optional in-app purchase) Send this device's SPL readings to Spektral on your Mac over iCloud, so one engineer can watch several positions at once. No subscriptions. No account required. The analyser runs entirely offline.