AVID VENUE S6L · .DSH

Light-touch patches into the S6L show file.

Import a .dsh show, build the plot, and export a copy where load·in changed exactly the bytes it needed to and nothing else.

Open load·in See what it won't touch

01 — The format

A VENUE show, edited offline or on the engine

.dsh is an Avid VENUE Show file. Prep and edit shows offline in Avid VENUE Standalone, or work directly from the S6L Engine/surface — either way it's the same file format, moved by USB or network the way your system is already set up.

File Format

.dsh

VENUE Show file

Input Channels

Up to 192

Scales with engine configuration

02 — What load·in reads

Names and strip structure

Import a .dsh and load·in reads channel names and the MicLine strip layout into your plot, holding the companion data blocks for the round trip.

03 — What load·in writes

Single-byte patches, not a rebuilt show

✓Channel names

✓HPF, EQ, gate, and comp — on/off only, single-byte light-touch patches

✓Mix (Aux Strip) label text — proven on an imported show, label text only

—Aux send on/off and level are not written.

04 — What load·in leaves alone

Light-touch means exactly that

load·in's S6L writer patches a single byte for each enable flag it changes and a label field for names and Aux Strip text — nothing more. Companion data blocks, everything else on a strip, and the rest of the show file are preserved without semantic expansion. If load·in didn't touch it, it isn't rewritten.

05 — What load·in won't claim

The honest edges

—No aux send on/off or level writeback.

—EQ, gate, and comp are toggled on or off — not tuned.

—Mix label writeback is proven on an imported show being re-exported — it's label text only, not full Aux Strip configuration.

06 — Before the show

Verify it before it's the desk's problem

Open the exported .dsh in Avid VENUE Standalone and confirm names and Aux Strip labels before it touches a live engine.
Load into a spare show, not over one that's running.
Spot-check HPF/EQ/gate/comp enable state on a few strips against your plot.
Confirm aux sends manually — load·in didn't touch them either way.

Other supported workflows: DiGiCo SD · Allen & Heath dLive · the full list is on the console support page.

Names and enable flags, patched — not a rebuilt show.

Import your S6L show. Build the plot. Export a patched copy.

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