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: BD10.947301 Issue 0612 Soundcraft Vi Series consoles have of them up until then and could now, The world’s best-loved revolutionised the process of live quite literally, see the full power and digital live sound sound digital mixing through the versatility of digital mixing open up combination of exceptional sound before them. Not surprisingly, Vi Series console is now more quality and a refreshingly intuitive consoles have gone on to provide the operating interface. With the advent of mixing solution on major tours and big accessible than ever. Vistonics™, engineers were finally festivals the world over. And now freed from the complex ‘mental comes the Soundcraft Vi1™ – a mixer mapping’ that had been demanded that makes the world’s best-loved digital live sound console more accessible than ever. The Soundcraft® ViSi remote iPad® app PAGE 3 The affordable Vi1 may be the baby of LRC – enough capacity to handle all Aux, and Mono/Stereo (maximum of the same 40-bit floating point DSP Factor in powerful automation, Mixes the show Soundcraft’s Vi Series digital live but the very largest shows. And, 12 if stereo), and up to 8 busses can running the same algorithms as the copy/paste and offline editing facilities, sound console range, but it’s fully thanks to the Widescreen Vistonics™ be put into matrix mode. The Vi1 larger consoles in the Vi family – indeed a comprehensive range of I/O and without maxing the budget. grown up when it comes to features. touchscreen, all the parameters of 16 features 8 output/VCA faders with LR anyone who has used another Vi console stagebox options and redundant power The 16 input fader control surface channels are simultaneously displayed and C master faders, 4 fixed and 5 will find the Vi1 instantly familiar. supplies as standard, and it’s easy to delivers simultaneous mixing of 64 and instantly accessible, with the user-configurable input layers, 8 VCA Effects come courtesy of our colleagues see that while the Vi1 won’t max out mono inputs (channels may be paired other channels just a click away. groups and 4 Mute groups. at Lexicon, with graphic EQs from your budget, it’s more than capable of for stereo) into 24 mono busses plus All 24 busses can be switched Group or Legendary Vi audio quality is ensured by industry leaders BSS Audio. mixing your show. PAGE 4/5 Vistonics™ + FaderGlow™ = Intuitive Digital Mixing At the heart of any Soundcraft Vi mental mapping from the operator, Just touching the screen is all it takes In addition, a dedicated area of the Working in conjunction with Vistonics Series digital live sound console streamlining workflow and greatly to access channel functions including Widescreen Vistonics interface is to deliver the ultimate operator lies Vistonics™ – the revolutionary enhancing the creative process. routing, input gain, digital gain trim, provided for output processing control, experience, Soundcraft FaderGlow™ touchscreen interface that locates The Vi1 features a ‘widescreen’ delay, high and low pass filters, 4- along with a complete meter overview illuminates the fader track in colours the rotary encoders directly onto Vistonics implementation, with 2 band fully parametric EQ, compressor, display for all inputs and outputs. that integrate with the Vistonics the display. Adjusting a parameter rows of 16 rotary encoders limiter, gate, de-esser and pan, with Another dedicated area displays the display, alerting the user to the current (eg EQ) from the same location at providing simultaneous access to immediate access to a sophisticated snapshot cuelist, as well as access to operational status – VCA groups, which it’s data is being displayed 16 input channels. visual status display and the menu system and display of graphic EQ, Matrix outputs, soloed bus removes the burden of complex straightforward controls. diagnostics information. contributor, etc. PAGE 6/7 EQ SNAPSHOTS The four-band fully parametric EQ is graphically displayed with the settings for Sophisticated Cue List management allows changes to be applied to multiple Cues boost/cut, frequency and Q (bandwidth), with the main screen showing the and recall scope to be set per snapshot. Snapshot recalls can use crossfades to composite EQ curve. Frequency is displayed in a similar style to a radio tuner scale smoothly transition from one setting to the next. for easy assimilation, and the HF and LF bands can be switched to shelving EQ. JUST TOUCH THE SCREEN TO ‘OPEN UP’ THE FUNCTION Touching the chosen function area on the Widescreen Vistonics TM 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. LAYERS User-configurable fader layers allow an enginer to map out his own channels on any DYNAMICS 5 user layers so that a combination of different inputs can be placed on one 16- The dynamics section controls a Noise Gate with attack, hold and release, and a key fader layer. This allows, for example, the main vocalist mics to be programmed to facility with filtering. The Gate can be replaced with a De-Esser function. Working in appear in the same location on every layer, so they are always accessible, or bringing series with the Gate, the full-function Compressor maps gain reduction metering onto other essential channels closer to a central operating position. the LED meter in the fader area, with full control of threshold, ratio and release with an independent Limiter section and overall gain makeup. OUTPUT BUSSES An area of the channel strip allow access to routing and control of the output busses. The ALL BUSSES mode allows assignment of each of the busses as an Aux, Group, or Matrix output (maximum of 8 Matrix busses possible), with additional stereo pairing controls if busses are required as stereo sends. HiQnet® HiQnet is Harman's command and control communication protocol, and allows PAN integration of the Vi1 console with other Harman Pro equipment such as AKG This section of the channel strip controls the Pan, Insert and Direct out functions, wireless microphones, Crown amplifiers and JBL powered loudspeakers. The most with assignable LR and C, or LCR panning modes. Inserts can be switched pre or important use for HiQnet is to allow the Soundcraft® ViSi Remote iPad® app to post EQ/dynamics, with the Direct output send assignable to pre-filters, pre- control the console, but other features include the VM2 microphone monitoring EQ/dynamics, post EQ/dynamics and post-fade points. functionality and the ability to display error/warning messages from any device on the network. Subsequently within each channel strip setup, busses can be switched on or off with level control, or switched pre or post fader. The Vi1’s Vistonics channel strip rotary encoders mounted directly The acclaimed Soundcraft Vi Series are easily selected for copying using The Vi1 is also packed with powerful Touch and control. display functions both as a permanent beneath the display, allowing operating system dramatically reduces the Vistonics touchscreen. Advanced automation features including a overview of all the current settings for immediate, tactile, analogue-style set up time and protects every critical Library functionality allows a user to sophisticated Cue List Management Welcome to hands-on 16 channels, and as the access point control. The colour-coded context- setting in the event of power failure. select any set of parameters in use on suite with Apply Changes function and digital mixing. for immediate hands-on control of any sensitive graphics around the knobs The Copy/Paste function allows the the desk, which can be transferred to a tight integration of Harman’s HiQnet of those settings. Simply touching the make it abundantly clear which type of settings of any channel, bus, FX any Vi console they have to work on, Venue Recall function, HiQnet device screen in one of the vertically stacked function is being adjusted, and a clear section or processing element to be independently of the Show Files which error reporting and sophisticated touch zones immediately opens out white highlight is a constant reminder copied and pasted, and blocks or already allow entire desk settings to snapshot filtering. that part of the strip onto a row of of which channel is being controlled. individual parameters within a channel be exported. PAGE 8/9 LEXICON FX GRAPHIC EQ Simple touch selection of reverb type accompanies full parameter control on the Select the output bus and turn on the Graphic EQ to add 30 bands of BSS graphic rotary encoders. FX may be patched into inputs, channel inserts or aux busses. to that bus. All 24 busses plus the LR+C busses can use graphics at the same time, there is no need to share. Simply choose from a selection of reverbs, delays or pitch-shifting effects. ® ® The Vi1 harnesses world-renowned strip and touching the Graphic EQ FX by Lexicon . Graphic EQ by BSS Audio . Lexicon and BSS technology to deliver button immediately assigns console powerful built-in FX, dynamics faders to control Graphic EQ, with No wonder some engineers claim that Vi is the only console they processing and Graphic EQ. FaderGlow lighting the way. Master The Vistonics™ II interface provides output graphic and parametric would consider using without any additional outboard processing the perfect vehicle for displaying and equalisers can be linked for easier LR editing effects parameters, and 4 or LCR EQ adjustments, whilst on equipment .