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.soundcraft.com Part No: BD10.947300 Issue 0511 Direct access to all functions with A pristine audio path with highly Beyond intuitive. maximum information and visibility at acclaimed mic preamplifiers gives all times. possibly the cleanest sound of any digital console available today. A unique integration of touch screens and encoders eliminating complex and The time has come to forget the fatiguing mental mapping. console and focus on the creativity. A compact operating surface with a The time has come for Soundcraft perfectly optimised control density. Vi Series ™ digital live sound consoles. PAGE 3 With more than 30 years in the confuses the operator and impedes the Soundcraft Vi6™, Vi4™ and Vi2™ business, no-one knows more about workflow. That’s why our digital live are third generation digital live sound live sound mixing than Soundcraft. In sound consoles put the engineer at consoles which abandon the layering our opinion, there’s simply no point in the heart of the process, just like our and central assignability concepts of presenting the live sound engineer with analogue mixers do. The product of a other designs in favour of a system the undeniable power and flexibility of development team that combines that’s 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 Soundcraft Vi Series ™ conceived and inaccessible mixer that expertise of our sister company Studer , Thirty years in the making. digital live sound consoles. The Soundcraft Vi4™ packs all the The Soundcraft Vi system consists of Up to 5 stageboxes can be connected And complete security is assured by powerful Vi functions and features into a three elements: the compact, space- to create a digital patchbay from which diagnostics of the separate control smaller footprint console and, when saving control surface, the local rack the engineer can select available inputs. surface, local rack and stagebox power containing the SCore Live processing supplies from the mixing position, with space is at an absolute premium, the Vi2 All input channels can have direct engine and a stagebox which connects the facility to add second redundant can handle up to 96 inputs from an ultra- outputs in addition to their internal conveniently to the local rack via Cat5 supplies to each. compact, 8-input fader control surface. routing to 32 Group/Aux/Matrix busses, or Cat7 cable, with fibre optic Vi2 Vi4 Vi6 and the main LCR and LR busses. With a competitive price tag and interfacing available as an option. compatibility with the groundbreaking Input Faders 8 24 32 Pristine sound quality is assured by a The 32 fader Soundcraft Vi6 control Harman HiQnet™ communications Mix Channels 96 72 96 combination of Soundcraft ultra-low Output Busses 35 35 35 surface delivers simultaneous mixing of protocol, the Soundcraft Vi2, Vi4 and noise mic amp designs and Studer 96 mono inputs into 35 outputs, with Vi6 are the flagship consoles in what advanced 40-bit floating point digital 24 insert send/return pairs assignable is fast becoming a full range of high audio processing. to any of the input or output channels. performance Soundcraft digital live sound mixers. PAGE 4/5 At the heart of the Soundcraft Vi control Each Vistonics II interface controls In addition, a dedicated Vistonics II Vistonics™ II. Free yourself from mental mapping. surface lies the patented Vistonics™ II eight input channels, and comprises a interface is provided for output system. Obviating the ergonomic touch screen with 16 rotary encoders processing control, and also functions limitations of arranging controls around and 16 switches. as a complete meter overview display or adjacent to a flat TFT screen, for all inputs and outputs, as a A simple touch of the screen is all it Vistonics II builds the rotary encoders snapshot cue list display, and as a takes to access channel functions and switches right onto the touch display for diagnostics information. including routing, input gain, digital screen. With the visual information and gain trim, delay, high and low pass operational controls combined in one filters, 4-band fully parametric EQ, area, the burden of complex mental compressor, limiter, gate, de-esser and mapping is removed from the operator, pan, with immediate access to a streamlining workflow and enhancing sophisticated visual status display and the creative process. straightforward controls. PAGE 6/7 User configurable layers place channels and outputs within easy reach of the operator. Soundcraft FaderGlow™. Lighting the way to a perfect mix. A better user experience through better ergonomic design. Assignable faders are an inevitable Within the output section of the When controlling inputs, no Vistonics™ II and FaderGlow™ are just brightness and contrast of the closer to a central operating position. part of digital mixing. But console, the bank of 8 faders can be illumination is applied to the part of what makes Vi Series™ digital displays, and the illumination of the And the 5 main output fader layers assignability can quickly lead to assigned to provide master control of motorised faders. But when the Aux, consoles such intuitive and creative control surface itself, are designed to can also be customised so, for confusion. That’s why we developed matrix outputs, VCA groups and Group or Matrix bus master is soloed tools. By optimising the density of minimise strain on the eye. example, that 8 stereo aux masters faders and controls on the operating can be used on one layer for instant Soundcraft FaderGlow™ for the graphic EQ control. Soundcraft with the Follow Solo function User-configurable fader layers allow an surface, the engineer is able to reach access to multiple in-ear sends. Soundcraft Vi Series™ – a clever yet FaderGlow applies cyan, blue and switched on, the fader becomes a engineer to map out his own channels all critical areas of the console simple idea to illuminate the fader red illumination respectively to the ‘contributor’ for the soloed bus, on any of 3 user layers so that a Only by paying such close attention to comfortably from a central point, track in colours that integrate with fader track, enabling the operator to lighting up in orange, green or blue combination of different inputs can be the integration of mechanical and without straining or leaning over. those of Vistonics™ II to show, at a see the different output types accordingly. Furthermore, custom placed on one layer. This allows, for operational design has Soundcraft glance, what function a fader is immediately – even before reading fader pages can be created to The angle of the touch screens has example, the main vocalist mics to be created a digital live sound console controlling at any given time. the text labels which also exist for contain, for instance, 10 drum faders been carefully chosen to ensure that programmed to appear in the same that truly enhances the operator each fader. grouped on a single VCA master, the engineer can always view display location on every layer, or other experience, resulting in unimpeded which would glow in blue. data clearly during the show. The essential channels to be brought workflow and a more creative mix. PAGE 8/9 Touching the chosen function area on the Vistonics TM 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, Two areas of the channel strip allow access to routing and control of the output busses, digital trim, high and low-pass filter frequency, channel patching, channel naming arranged in two banks. The ALL BUSSES mode allows assignment of each of the busses as and stereo pairing. 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 a assignable LR and C, or LCR panning modes. Inserts can be switched pre or post Gate, the full-function Compressor maps gain reduction metering onto the LED meter in the Soundcraft Vi Series ™ 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.