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Equipment file · Digital live console

Grand Live

InnovaSON · c. 2000

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

InnovaSON's Grand Live, part of its Sensory range, had 48 input faders plus group faders, with all conversion and DSP in a separate mix rack linked by the proprietary Muxipaire coaxial snake.

Introduced
c. 2000
Category
Digital live console
Intended use
Touring, festival and broadcast mixing
Production
InnovaSON (later Lawo)

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Part of the early-2000s move from analogue multicores to digital snakes.

  2. 02

    Its use at the Grammy Awards showed growing trust in digital live mixing.

Engineering record

Faders
48 input faders, L/R/C and 20 group/aux faders[1]
Processing
All conversion and DSP in the rack, linked by two coaxial cables[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

Two Grand Live consoles at FOH for the 43rd Grammy Awards[2]

Bought by Midwest Concert Concepts for regional festivals[3]

Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1InnovaSon SensoryAudio Technology · technical paper
  2. 2Innova-Son Goes Live at the GrammysLive Design · case study · 2001
  3. 3Midwest Concert Concepts InnovaSon Grand LiveMix · case study · 2004

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