Firmware updates

Current firmware versions for the consoles, wireless rigs, IEM systems, stage boxes, personal monitor mixers, amplifiers, and system-design software that show up on real tours. Updated weekly. Sourced from manufacturer pages where they exist, verified by hand where they don't. We don't host firmware — every link goes to the manufacturer. If something here is wrong, tell us.

Last full sweep: 2026-05-05.

What's new

The last 30 days of releases worth a working engineer's attention. Quiet weeks stay quiet; we don't fill space.

Above the Fader is now tracking firmware

Above the Fader · Firmware tracker · v1 · May 5, 2026

We're keeping a running index of firmware versions across the digital consoles, wireless and IEM rigs, stage boxes, personal monitor mixers, amplifiers, and system-design software that show up on real tours. Updated weekly. Worth a working engineer's attention is the only filter.

We don't host firmware. For brands that gate downloads behind a login (DiGiCo, L-Acoustics, Avid, d&b), we link to the manufacturer's portal and you bring your own account. We pick up versions from public release announcements where they exist, and we leave the cell blank where they don't. The Verified column is the date we last checked the public source.

Recent releases worth knowing about: Allen & Heath Avantis V2.0 (April), DiGiCo V22 (March), Yamaha Rivage PM V7 (January), Meyer Compass 4.16, Shure Axient Digital 1.5.1 (AD4Q). Notes on each are in the tables below.

Avantis V2.0 ships, and it's a real update

Allen & Heath · Avantis / Avantis Solo · V2.0 · April 7, 2026

V2.0 takes the channel count from 64 to 96, the configurable bus count from 42 to 56, and Dyn8 simultaneous instances from 16 to 24. The headline addition is RackUltra FX, a new module pairing FPGA and ARM processing to bring the dLive effects architecture to dPack-enabled Avantis. Available as a factory-fitted option or service centre upgrade. Also adds Shure SLX-D integration on the RF Integration side.

This is the biggest Avantis release since launch. If you're running shows that bumped against the 64-channel ceiling, V2.0 is the reason to put a service date on the calendar.

Release notes

Index

How this list is maintained

We sweep manufacturer pages once a week. Public pages get checked automatically. For brands that gate firmware behind a login (DiGiCo, L-Acoustics, parts of Avid and d&b), we don't log in for you. We link to the portal. You bring your account. We're a directory, not a mirror.

When a manufacturer puts out a public release announcement, we pick the version off it and put it on the brand page. When the version only lives behind a login, we leave it blank and point at the portal. We're not in the business of telling you a version we can't verify.

The "What's new" notes on this page are us. The version numbers, release dates, and links on the brand pages are the manufacturer's.

If a manufacturer changes a URL or pulls a release, the entry will read "verification failed" until we sort it out. We'd rather flag a gap than fake the data.

Corrections

If you spot a wrong version number, a dead link, a model we missed, or a manufacturer we skipped, email hello@abovethefader.com with "firmware tracker" in the subject. We respond.

If you work for a manufacturer and want to be notified when we cover your gear, same address. We don't promise coverage. We promise we'll read the email.

What's not here, on purpose

A few categories we left out for now. Audio networking beyond Dante (Q-LAN, NetworkAudio, raw AVB stacks): adjacent territory and its own world. Outboard processors no longer in active touring use. Lighting and video, which are someone else's shop. The line keeps moving. The corrections email is the place to argue with us about it.

Above the Fader is editorially independent. The publication owner has business interests in Dekoni Audio, Grell Audio, and DMAL. None of those companies pay for placement on this site or on this page. The firmware tracker covers their direct competitors and would print a critical update note about a Dekoni product if Dekoni shipped firmware that mattered to working engineers.