SOUNDCRAFT VI FOR ATTENTION
20 April 2015
Soundcraft’s Vi series has won plenty of friends over the years for their operator-friendly usability. There isn’t a person in the industry who doesn’t love the Vistonics UI. It marries controls and touchscreens better just about any other approach on the market. FaderGlow also pioneered the use of colour to more easily distinguish between output type, group, processing function etc. New to the Vi range is the Vi5000 and Vi7000 digital consoles, which replace the popular Vi4 and Vi6 consoles. The consoles partner a compact control surface with new Local Rack and Active Breakout box hardware. The Vi’s deliver simultaneous mixing of up to 128 inputs and 32 mono/stereo buses. Digital audio processing is at 96k, 40-bit floating point. Eight independent Lexicon multi-FX engines take care of effects. The Vi console also features BSS DPR901ii integration and a BSS graphic EQ on every bus output. Monitor mixing has been streamlined and all buses can be turned to stereo without tying up two buses — great for IEM-intensive setups.
Another cool feature on the Vi is the ability to monitor the status of any compatible Shure or AKG radio mic directly from the console surface (currently that is Shure’s ULX-D and QLX-D systems, and AKG’s DMS800 and WMS4500 systems). The engineer is provided with real-time visual displays of battery life, RF status, mic muting and internal clipping right from the Vistonics screen, avoiding the need for constant over-the-shoulder looks to check the mic receivers — brilliant!
More info: http://www.soundcraft.com/news/Soundcraft-Extends-World-Class-Vi-Series-with-Vi5000-and-Vi7000-Digital-Mixing-Consoles?locale=en
Australian Distributor: www.jands.com.au
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