Avid has announced their collaboration with Helsinki-based oeksound which brings the developer’s Soothe Live mixing plugin exclusively to the VENUE S6L platform. Soothe Live was rearchitected from oeksound’s popular Soothe 2 plugin to suit the VENUE | S6L live sound environment with an intuitive and responsive user interface optimized for the S6L system.
Soothe Live was built to address common problems in mixing live sound, such as overly bright instruments, proximity effect in vocals, muddiness and instrument bleed. It removes extreme harshness, calms unwanted resonances and sibilance, controls bleed from instruments and helps achieve tonal balance across the frequency spectrum. Soothe Live also reduces unwanted frequencies in real time, letting engineers focus on delivering extremely high-quality live sound mixes.
“Turning Soothe into a live plug-in has always been our goal, and we’re thrilled that our vision has come to fruition with the Avid VENUE | S6L platform as its host,” said Olli Erik Keskinen, Founder of oeksound. “Together we’ve succeeded in bringing the industry a solution that addresses users’ fundamental challenges in live audio and mixing.”
Soothe Live can also be used in the Pro Tools environment with an HDX card. Equipped with ultra-low latency and touch screen usability, its parameters have been designed specifically for live mixing and are mapped to favour standard settings and common use cases. Sound engineers can interact with Soothe Live in a way that best fits their workflows, using knobs on the control surface, a mouse, or the touch screen.
“The intelligent nature of the Soothe Live plug-in will no doubt usher in a new era in live sound,” said Robb Allan Sr. Principal Product Manager, Live Sound, Avid. “Its ability to identify problematic resonances and apply forensic reduction without supervision is a game-changer for the live sound industry. We’re excited to continue our work with oeksound and to deliver best-in-class offerings to the live sound community.”
Availability
Avid is offering all VENUE S6L owners who are on a current support contract, a free one year authorization of Soothe Live and will be extending this offer to new S6L users in 2023. Soothe Live is also available to purchase from oeksound for £799 - where you can also get a 20 day free trial. See and hear the integration in action at the Avid booth (#14416) at this week’s NAMM show.