Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 C Class MixRack Control Surface

Allen & Heath’s dLive CTi1500 has been engineered for tour-grade structural integrity and a first-class user experience while remaining lightweight as possible.

dLive CTi1500 takes Allen & Heath's best-selling compact dLive C1500 control surface and applies ‘superleggera’ Italian performance car principles to set a new standard for lightweight control surfaces.

Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 Features

• Titanium side panels and lightweight alloy metalwork
• Weighs just 11.5kg / 25.4lbs
• Can fly under 23kg with case*, I/O card and dust cover (*flightcase must weigh under 10kg/22lbs)
• 12 faders
• Fully assignable layout – 72 fader strips
• Harmony UI integrates screen and wrap-around controls
• 12” capacitive touchscreen
• Gesture control – pinch, swipe, drag ‘n drop
• Dedicated multi-mode EQ view
• Configurable widget areas for Scenes, meters, FX and more
• 19 assignable SoftKeys
• Engineer’s Wedge and IEM fader strips
• Comprehensive multipoint metering
• Daylight visibility
• USB stereo recording and playback
• 6 XLR mic/line in, 6 XLR line out
• 1 digital st AES3 in, 1 digital st AES3 out

• dLive CTi1500 C Class MixRack Control Surface1

• INPUT
  • Mic/Line XLR Inputs: Balanced XLR, +48V phantom power
  • Mic/Line Preamp: Fully recallable
  • Input Sensitivity: -60 to +15dBu
  • Analog Gain: +5 to +60dB, 1dB steps
  • Pad: -20dB Active PAD
  • Maximum Input Level: +30dBu (PAD in)
  • Input Impedance: >4kΩ (Pad out), >10kΩ (Pad in)
  • Mic EIN: -127dB with 150Ω source
  • Phantom Power indication: Per socket, internal or external phantom power sensing, triggered at 24V
  • Digital Inputs
    • AES3 2 Ch XLR, 2.5Vpp balanced terminated 110Ω
    • SRC range 32k - 192kHz, with bypass option
• OUTPUTS
  • Analog XLR Outputs: Balanced
  • Output Impedance: <75Ω
  • Nominal Output: +4dBu = 0dB meter reading
  • Maximum Output Level: +22dBu
  • Residual Output Noise
    • -92dBu (muted, 20-20kHz)
    • -90dBu (muted, 20-40kHz)
  • Digital Outputs
    • AES3 2 Ch XLR, 2.5Vpp balanced terminated 110Ω
    • 96kHz sampling rate, switchable to 48kHz, 44.1kHz
• SYSTEM
  • Measured balanced XLR in to XLR out, 20-20kHz, minimum Gain, Pad out
  • Dynamic Range: 110dB
  • System Signal to Noise: -92dB
  • Frequency Response 20Hz: - 30kHz +0/-0.8dB
  • THD+N (analogue in to out): 0.0015% @ +16dBu output, 1kHz 0dB gain
  • Headroom: +18dB
  • Internal operating Level: 0dBu
  • dBFS Alignment: +18dBu = 0dBFS (+22dBu at XLR output)
  • Meter Calibration: 0dB meter = -18dBFS (+4dBu at XLR out)
  • Meter Peak indication: -3dBFS (+19dBu at XLR out)
  • Sampling Rate: 96kHz +/- 20 PPM
  • ADC: 24-bit Delta-Sigma
  • DAC: 24-bit Delta-Sigma
  • Latency
    • 0.7 ms (MixRack XLR in to XLR out, Input to Mix)
    • + 5 samples, Surface to Mixrack (GigaACE hop)
    • + 8 samples, DX32 to Mixrack (DX hop)
  • Operating Temperature Range: 0 deg C to 35 deg C (32 deg F to 95 deg F)
  • Mains Power: 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz, 110W max
  • USB Audio playback: Mono/stereo .WAV files, 16/24bit, 44.1/48/96kHz
  • USB Audio recording: Stereo .WAV files, 24bit 96kHz
• DIMENSIONS
  • Unboxed (WxDxH):17.4x25.4x13.27" (440x644x337mm)
  • Unboxed Weight Weight: 25.4lbs (11.5kg)
  • Boxed (WxDxH):25.8"x 32.3"x 18.5" (655x820x470mm)
  • Boxed Weight: 44lbs (20kg)