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Soundcraft, Harman International Industries Ltd., Cranborne House, Cranborne Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3JN, UK T: +44 (0)1707 665000 F: +44 (0)1707 660742 E: [email protected] Soundcraft USA, 8500 Balboa Boulevard, Northridge, CA 91329, USA T: +1-818-920-3212 F: +1-818-920-3208 E: [email protected] www.soundcraftdigital.com www.soundcraft.com Direct access to all functions with A compact operating surface with a Beyond intuitive. maximum information and visibility at perfectly optimised control density. all times. The time has come to forget the A unique integration of touch screens console and focus on the creativity. and encoders eliminating complex and The time has come for the fatigueing mental mapping. Soundcraft Vi6™ console. With more than 30 years in the confuses the operator and impedes the Soundcraft Vi6™ is a third business, no-one knows more about workflow. That’s why our first digital live generation digital live sound console live sound mixing than Soundcraft. In sound console puts the engineer at which abandons the layering and our opinion, there’s simply no point in the heart of the process, just like our assignability concepts of earlier presenting the live sound engineer with analogue mixers do. The product of a designs in favour of a system that’s the undeniable power and flexibility of development team that combines altogether more intuitive. digital audio technology if all that unrivalled Soundcraft live sound know- Say goodbye to the learning curve. power is locked away in an ill- how with the impressive digital audio Say hello to the Soundcraft Vi6 digital conceived and inaccessible mixer that expertise of our sister company Studer, Thirty years in the making. live sound console. The Soundcraft Vi6 system consists of All input channels can have direct the facility to add second redundant three elements: the compact, space- outputs in addition to their internal supplies to each. saving control surface, the local rack routing to 32 Group/Aux/Matrix busses, With a competitive, ‘midrange’ price containing the SCore Live processing and the main LCR and LR busses. tag and compatibility with the engine and a stagebox which connects Pristine sound quality is assured by a groundbreaking Harman HiQnet™ conveniently to the local rack via Cat5 combination of Soundcraft ultra-low communications protocol, the or Cat7 cable, with fibre optic noise mic amp designs and Studer Soundcraft Vi6 is the first in what will interfacing available as an option. advanced 40-bit floating point digital become a range of high performance The 32 fader control surface delivers audio processing. Soundcraft digital live sound mixers. simultaneous mixing of 64 mono And complete security is assured by inputs into 35 outputs, with 24 insert diagnostics of the separate control send/return pairs assignable to any of surface, local rack and stagebox power the input or output channels. supplies from the mixing position, with At the heart of the Soundcraft Vi6™ Each of four Vistonics II interfaces In addition, a dedicated Vistonics II Vistonics™ II. Free yourself from mental mapping. control surface lies the patented controls eight input channels, and interface is provided for output Vistonics™ II system. Obviating the comprises of a touch screen with 16 processing control, and also functions ergonomic limitations of arranging rotary encoders and 16 switches. as a complete meter overview display controls around or adjacent to a flat A simple touch of the screen is all it for all inputs and outputs, as a TFT screen, Vistonics II builds the rotary takes to access channel functions snapshot cue list display, and as a encoders and switches right onto the including routing, input gain, digital display for diagnostics information. touch screen. With the visual gain trim, delay, high and low pass information and operational controls filters, 4-band fully parametric EQ, combined in one area, the burden of compressor, limiter, gate, de-esser and complex mental mapping is removed pan, with immediate access to a from the operator, streamlining workflow sophisticated visual status display and and enhancing the creative process. straightforward controls. Touching the chosen function area on the VistonicsTM II channel strip opens up the corresponding control panel in the lower area, with that area being highlighted to easily identify which part of the channel strip is active. The blue input stage and routing screen allows adjustment of input delay, mic gain, digital Two areas of the channel strip allow access to routing and control of the 32 output busses, trim, high and low-pass filter frequency, channel patching, channel naming and stereo arranged in two banks of 16. The ALL BUSSES mode allows assignment of each of the 32 pairing. busses as an Aux, Group, or Matrix output (maximum of 16 Matrix busses possible), with additional stereo pairing controls if busses are required as stereo sends. The four-band fully parametric EQ is graphically displayed with the settings for boost/cut, Subsequently within each channel strip setup, busses can be switched on or off with level frequency and Q (bandwidth), with the main screen showing the composite EQ curve. control, or switched pre or post fader, with a global mode allowing pre or post EQ feeds. Frequency is displayed in a similar style to a radio tuner scale for easy assimilation, and the HF and LF bands can be switched to shelving EQ. The 16 switches and rotary encoders change function The dynamics section controls a Noise Gate with attack, hold and release, and a key facility according to the mode selected. This real ‘where you look is The final section of the channel strip controls the Pan, Insert and Direct out functions, with with filtering. The Gate can be replaced with a De-Esser function. Working in series with the where you control’ philosophy makes operation of the assignable LR and C, or LCR panning modes. Inserts can be switched pre or post TM Gate, the full-function Compressor maps gain reduction metering onto the LED meter in the Soundcraft Vi6 console highly intuitive. EQ/dynamics, with the Direct output send assignable to pre-filters, pre-EQ/dynamics, post fader area, with full control of threshold, ratio and release with an independent Limiter EQ/dynamics and post-fade points. section and overall gain makeup. The key to the intuitive operation of the style control. The colour-coded context- levels, loudspeaker processing EQ and Touch and control. Digital live sound mixing the way it should be. Soundcraft Vi6 is the Vistonics II sensitive graphics around the knobs routing across an entire HiQnet channel strip display that functions both make it abundantly clear which type of system. Compatibility with the HiQnet as a permanent overview of all the function is being adjusted, and a clear protocol also enables the console to current settings for 8 channels per white highlight is a constant reminder of receive and display system diagnostic screen, and as the access point for which channel is being controlled. messages from other devices on the immediate hands-on control of any of Touching the screen again is all it takes HiQnet network. those settings. Simply touching the to move to another area of the channel Future software upgrades will provide screen in one of the six vertically strip, or to close down the control area. even greater flexibility with a suite of stacked touch zones immediately opens HiQnet™ integration allows the simple Harman company plug-ins including out that part of the strip onto the 16 creation of Cue Lists from console Lexicon reverbs and multi-FX, dbx real knobs and switches mounted snapshots, MIDI events and HiQnet dynamics and BSS graphic EQs. directly on the lower part of the display, Venue Recall commands, which can allowing immediate, tactile, analogue- be used to trigger changes in amplifier Assignable faders are an inevitable the Aux, Group and Matrix outputs, with the Follow Solo function switched part of digital mixing. But assignability and VCA control groups. Soundcraft on, the fader becomes a ‘contributor’ can quickly lead to confusion. That’s FaderGlow applies orange, green, cyan for the soloed bus, lighting up in why we developed Soundcraft and blue illumination respectively to orange, green or blue accordingly. FaderGlow™ for the Soundcraft Vi6™ – the fader track, enabling the operator Furthermore, custom fader pages can a clever yet simple idea to illuminate to see the different output types be created to contain, for instance, 10 the fader track in colours that immediately – even before reading the drum faders grouped on a single VCA integrate with those of Vistonics™ II to text labels which also exist for each master, which would glow in blue. show at glance what function a fader fader. Operating in conjunction with is controlling at any given time. When controlling inputs, no Vistonics II, Soundcraft FaderGlow Within the output section of the illumination is applied to the 32 helps the console achieve previously console, the bank of 8 faders can be motorised faders. But when the Aux, unattainable levels of intuitive Soundcraft FaderGlow™. Lighting the way to a perfect mix. assigned to provide master control of Group or Matrix bus master is soloed operational control. Vistonics™ II and Soundcraft The angle of the panel housing the Only by paying such close attention to FaderGlow™ are just part of what touch screens has been carefully the integration of mechanical and makes the Soundcraft Vi6™ digital chosen to ensure that the engineer operational design has Soundcraft console such an intuitive and creative can always view display data clearly created a digital live sound console tool. By optimising the density of during the show. The brightness and that truly enhances the operator faders and controls on an operating contrast of the displays, and the experience, resulting in unimpeded surface that measures just 175cm x illumination of the control surface workflow and a more creative mix.