The Allen & Heath GLD 80 is a user-friendly, cost effective and scalable live digital mixing system, conceptually based on the hugely successful digital iLive series. Plug n’ play I/O expanders make it easy to build systems with up to 48 inputs, supported by a full suite of apps, software and personal monitoring solutions.At the heart of the system is the GLD-80 mixer, providing 48 input processing channels, 8 stereo FX returns fed by our acclaimed FX emulations, 30 configurable buses, 20 mix processing channels, and DSP power to provide full processing without compromise. GLD-80 has an analogue-style channel processing control section complemented by a graphical 8.4 inch touch screen. A fully-customisable drag ‘n drop layout allows quick and easy assignment of inputs and mixes to fader strips. There are 20 fader strips in 4 layers, each with motorised fader, a channel LCD display which can be named and colour-coded, plus a rotary control for direct access to gain, pan and aux/FX sends. The mixer‘s local I/O comprises 4 XLR mic/line inputs, 4 XLR line outs, 4 RCA inputs, 2 RCA outputs, and digital outputs in SPDIF and AES3 formats.GLD-80 connects to a range of plug ‘n play I/O racks to build systems with up to 48 microphone inputs. A primary AR2412 or AB168 dSNAKE device, a secondary (daisy-chained) AB168 or AR84, and a further AR84 expander rack can all be connected over 120m CAT5 runs using A&H’s dSNAKE protocol. dSNAKE provides control to the remote preamp, and automatic firmware updates to the AudioRacks. All dSNAKE ports are also compatible with the ME Personal Mixing System.GLD has the ability to record and playback a stereo signal on a USB memory stick. Standard iLive audio I/O option cards for Dante, MADI, EtherSound and Allen & Heath’s ACE protocols can be fitted, allowing multi-channel record/playback, FOH/monitor splits, and connection to A&H iLive systems, which can easily be configured using GLD’s extensive soft-patching.FeaturesCompact digital mixer with scalable, remote I/OSystems from 4 to 48 micsEasy to use, quick to access, analogue style interfacedSNAKE Cat5 digital snake-up to 120m cable length8.4 inch colour touchscreen for graphical view and setup20 faders, 4 layers, 80 channel strips in a freely customizable layout48 input channels into 30 assignable buses (Aux, Group, Matrix, Main, FX Send) into 20 mix outputs8 stereo RackFX engines with dedicated ‘short' returns with 4-band PEQFull processing on all inputs including trim, polarity, HPF, insert, gate, 4-band PEQ, compressor and delayFull processing on all outputs including insert, PEQ, GEQ, compressor and delayDeep processing embedded plugins including GEQ and compressor modelsAutomatic Mic Mixer with up to 44 microphone sourcesLR, None (monitors), LR+M (sum), LR+M (bus), LCR main mix modesUSB stereo recording and playback16 DCAs / mute groupsBuilt-in Talkback, RTA and Signal GeneratorI/O module options for FOH/Monitor split, multitrack recording, link to iLive and moreMIDI In/Out and Ethernet Network portCompatible with ME Personal Mixing SystemHigh end 1dB step recallable mic/line preampsUser definable channel names and coloursEngineer's mono Wedge and stereo IEM stripsInput, output and insert soft patchbaysQuick copy, paste and reset of mixes and parametersLibraries, Scenes and Show memories with USB transferScene Filters, crossfades and automated recallsGet started quickly with Template ShowsPassword protectable user profiles