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roadworthy reliability that Soundcraft's Vi Series consoles are known for, the    ·   Included vMIX automatic microphone mixing for two groups of
new Vi1000 delivers space saving, world-class audio mixing capability.                up to 16 mics in conference ortheatrical applications
                                                                                  ·   Proven electronic and mechanical design delivers the
The latest addition to Soundcraft's Vi range of digital live consoles, the new      Local I/O Physical connectors
                                                                                    Mic/Line Inputs            48, 32 or 16 con gurable (max 3x 16ch out cards of 4
Vi2000 brings unparalleled mixing power to the live touring, install and
                                                                                                               total) (Last 5 outs default to local monitors but can be
corporate AV markets in a single-box, cost-effective package. The new                                           repatched)
console combines the unique Vistonics-based control surface concepts of             AES/EBU In                 2 (=4ch) plus optional 16ch via Vista1 card (remove
                                                                                                               2 mic or line out cards to t).
the highly successful Vi3000, 5000 and 7000 consoles, with Soundcraft®              AES/EBU                    Out2 (=4ch) plus optional 16ch via Vista1 card (remove
SpiderCore - a powerful integrated DSP and IO engine based on STUDER                                           2 mic or line out cards to t).
                                                                                    TB Mic in                  1 front panel, with rear-switched 48V.
technology and compact enough to reside inside the control surface itself.
                                                                                    Phones out                 1 ste jack, under armrest
                                                                                    Optical MADI In/Out        1 (outputs paralleled with Dante interface).
                                                                                    Dante ports                1x 64ch in/out (2x Ethercon Pri/Sec).
Running the latest V6.3 console software, the Vi2000 now includes vMIX
                                                                                                               Dante inputs are A/B switched with optical
automatic microphone mixing, alongside the acclaimed BSS DPR901ii                   MADI.D21m Option Slots 2 double/4single (total 128ch)
Dynamic EQ via an insertable processing pool which also includes Lexicon            AES/EBU Input Sample Rate 32–108kHz (with SRC enabled)
                                                                                    Total number of            246 inputs / 214 outputs
Multi-effects and the ability to insert any external device.                         simultaneous IO channels (assumes 48 mic in/16 line out con g)
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                Si Series                                                                                                            Si Series
 Si Impact.                                                                       Si Performer 1 : Flexible onboard and
 Innovative digital mixing with uncompromised audio quality                       expansion I/O options ensure the
                                                                                  Si Performer integrates effortlessly with
 Drawing on over 40 years experience in live sound mixing, Si Impact brings       other system components; along with the
 the latest digital mix innovations together with the unrivalled sound quality    16 mic inputs there are eight analogue line
 of Soundcraft. Designed to be as simple as an analog mixer, but offer radical     inputs, AES in and out, 16 analogue line
 work ow enhancements such as the unique FaderGlow™ system, massive               outputs, headphone monitor out, a 64x64
                                                                                  channel expansion slot and another 64x32
 DSP power, and a pristine 32-in/32-out USB audio interface, Si Impact delivers
                                                                                  expansion slot each capable of utilising
 digital live sound mixing and recording for those who refuse to compromise
                                                                                  any of the Si series option cards including
 on audio quality
                                                                                  CAT5 or optical MADI. The MADI card, as
                                                                                  well as being an interface to multi-track recording systems or plug-in systems like
                                                                                  Waves, enables linking the Si Performer to any of the Soundcraft or Studer
                                                                                  stageboxes to extend the I/O power and exibility; but all this power is nothing
                                                                                  without control and here the Si Performer excels with a comprehensive but 'simple
                                                                                  to use' control surface.
                                                                                  As you would expect from any Soundcraft digital mixer the facilities are extensive
                                                                                  and include legendary audio quality courtesy of latest generation EMMA™ DSP
                                                                                  processors, the same DSP platform that has helped propel the Si and Si Compact
                                                                                  series to industry standard status; this power united with reliability and exibility
                                                                                  puts the Si Performer in a class of its own.
                                   Si Impact
                                                                                  Si Performer 2 : Flexible onboard and
                                                                                  expansion I/O options ensure the Si
                                                                                  Performer integrates effortlessly with other
 Up to 80 channels to mix
                                                                                  system components; along with the 16 mic
 32 Mic Inputs                                                                    inputs there are eight analogue line inputs,
 8 XLR/1/4" Combi-jacks for line inputs and instruments                           AES in and out, 16 analogue line outputs,
 40 DSP input channels (32 mono inputs and 4 stereo channels/returns)             headphone monitor out, a 64x64 channel
 31 Output busses (All with full DSP processing and GEQ)                          expansion slot and another 64x32
 4-band Fully Parametric EQ on each channel and bus                               expansion slot each capable of utilising any
 8 VCAs + 8 Mute groups                                                           of the Si series option cards including CAT5
 26 motorised faders (24 input + LR/Mono)                                         or optical MADI. The MADI card, as well as
 4 fully customisable Fader Layers                                                being an interface to multi-track recording systems or plug-in systems like Waves,
 Built-in Stagebox Connectivity                                                   enables linking the Si Performer to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to
                                                                                  extend the I/O power and exibility; but all this power is nothing without control
 5" touchscreen display
                                                                                  and here the Si Performer excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control
 Multi-Colour LCD Channel Displays on each input fader
                                                                                  surface.
 4 studio-grade Lexicon Effects engines and dedicated FX busses
 BSS Graphic Equalisers on every bus
                                                                                  Si Performer 3 : Flexible onboard and
 20 sub-group / aux busses                                                        expansion I/O options ensure the Si
 4 mono/stereo matrix busses                                                      Performer integrates effortlessly with other
 32x32 USB audio interface for multi-track recording and playback *               system components; along with the 16 mic
                                                                                  inputs there are eight analogue line inputs,
                                                                                  AES in and out, 16 analogue line outputs,
                                                                                  headphone monitor out, a 64x64 channel
                                                                                  expansion slot and another 64x32
                                                                                  expansion slot each capable of utilising any of the Si series option cards including
                                                                                  CAT5 or optical MADI. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track
                                                                                  recording systems or plug-in systems like Waves, enables linking the Si Performer
                                                                                  to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the I/O power and
                                                                                    exibility; but all this power is nothing without control and here the Si Performer
                                                                                  excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface.
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                     Si Series                                                                                                                 Si Series
     Si Expression 1 : Flexible onboard and expansion I/O options ensure your               Si Expression 2 : Flexible onboard and expansion I/O options ensure your
     Si Expression integrates effortlessly with other system components utilising any of     Si Expression integrates effortlessly with other system components utilising any of
     the ViSi Connect™ Si series option cards including MADI USB Combo, BSS Digital         the ViSi Connect™ Si series option cards including MADI USB Combo, BSS Digital
     Audio Bus (BLU Link), Dante™, CAT5 or optical MADI, AVIOM™, CobraNet™ and              Audio Bus (BLU Link), Dante™, CAT5 or optical MADI, AVIOM™, CobraNet™ and
     others. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track recording          others. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track recording
     systems or plug-in systems like the Soundcraft Realtime Rack™, enables users to        systems or plug-in systems like the Soundcraft Realtime Rack™, enables users to
     link the Si Expression to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the     link the Si Expression to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the
     I/O power and exibility. Adding a stagebox to an Si Expression actually increases      I/O power and exibility. Adding a stagebox to an Si Expression actually increases
     the number of channels you can mix at once not just how many inputs you have           the number of channels you can mix at once not just how many inputs you have
     available to choose from! It is said 'Power is nothing without control' and here the   available to choose from! It is said 'Power is nothing without control' and here the
     Si Expression excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface          Si Expression excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface
     incorporating a dedicated control for every parameter, a row of global mode            incorporating a dedicated control for every parameter, a row of global mode
     encoders and colour touch screen ensuring operation is quick and easy.                 encoders and colour touch screen ensuring operation is quick and easy.
Si Expression 1 Si Expression 2
     16 (24 - Si Expression 2, 32 – Si Expression 3) mono mic inputs                        24 (16 - Si Expression 1, 32 – Si Expression 3) mono mic inputs
     4 line inputs                                                                          4 line inputs
     66 inputs to mix                                                                       66 inputs to mix
     1 ViSi Connect™ option card slot for 64 x 64 input/output expansion                    1 ViSi Connect™ option card slot for 64 x 64 input/output expansion
     Freely assignable faders and patching                                                  Freely assignable faders and patching
     Pre/Post selection per input per bus                                                   Pre/Post selection per input per bus
     AES in and out                                                                         AES in and out
     Global mode encoders                                                                   Global mode encoders
     Soundcraft FaderGlow™                                                                  Soundcraft FaderGlow™
     GEQ on every bus                                                                       GEQ on every bus
     20 sub-group / aux busses                                                              20 sub-group / aux busses
     4 FX busses                                                                            4 FX busses
     8 Matrix busses                                                                        8 Matrix busses
     LR and C Mix busses                                                                    LR and C Mix busses
     4 Stereo Lexicon Effects engines                                                        4 Stereo Lexicon Effects engines
     Delay on inputs and outputs                                                            Delay on inputs and outputs
     4 Mute Groups                                                                          4 Mute Groups
     Freely assignable insert loops                                                         Freely assignable insert loops
     Harman HiQnet integration                                                              Harman HiQnet integration
     Colour touch screen interface                                                          Colour touch screen interface
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                       Si Series                                                                                                             Ui Series
     Si Expression 3 : Flexible onboard and expansion I/O options ensure your               Ui24R : The Soundcraft Ui24R is a complete, rack-mountable, digital mixing and
     Si Expression integrates effortlessly with other system components utilising any of     multi-track recording system that delivers exible I/O, pristine sound quality,
     the ViSi Connect™ Si series option cards including MADI USB Combo, BSS Digital         intuitive wireless control, and roadworthy reliability—all in a streamlined design.
     Audio Bus (BLU Link), Dante™, CAT5 or optical MADI, AVIOM™, CobraNet™ and              The system can double as a stagebox and can be controlled by up to 10 devices via
     others. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track recording          Ethernet or built-in dual-band Wi-Fi, making it possible to control mixing and
     systems or plug-in systems like the Soundcraft Realtime Rack™, enables users to        multi-track recording wirelessly from anywhere in the venue. With renowned
     link the Si Expression to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the     HARMAN signal processing, Studer-designed preamps and much more—from the
     I/O power and exibility. Adding a stagebox to an Si Expression actually increases      studio to the stage, Soundcraft Ui24R is the ultimate system for artists, venues and
     the number of channels you can mix at once not just how many inputs you have           engineers who need to save space and deliver superior sound.
     available to choose from! It is said 'Power is nothing without control' and here the
     Si Expression excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface
     incorporating a dedicated control for every parameter, a row of global mode
     encoders and colour touch screen ensuring operation is quick and easy.
Ui24R
Si Expression 3
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                    Notepad Series                                                            Notepad Series
     Notepad-5 :
     Get legendary Soundcraft quality from professional
     microphone preamps
     Easily record, edit and playback from your Mac and PC
     with an integrated USB audio interface—simply plug-
     and-play with your Mac*
     Getting a great mix is easy with a familiar channel strip
     layout that includes EQ, aux send, master level and
     rotary headphone volume control
     Durable metal enclosure that’s built-to-last
     Notepad-8FX :
     Get legendary Soundcraft quality from professional
     microphone preamps
     Easily record, edit and playback from your Mac and PC
     with an integrated USB audio interface—simply plug-
     and-play with your Mac*
     Sweeten your mix with HARMAN digital signal
     processing including iconic Lexicon reverb, echo and
     delay
     Getting a great mix is easy with a familiar channel strip layout that includes EQ, aux
     send, master fader level and rotary headphone volume control
     Durable metal enclosure that’s built-to-last
     Notepad-12FX :
     Get legendary Soundcraft quality from
     professional microphone preamps
     Easily record, edit and playback from your Mac
     and PC with an integrated USB audio
     interface—simply plug-and-play with your Mac*
     Sweeten your mix with HARMAN digital signal
     processing including iconic Lexicon reverb, echo
     and delay
     Getting a great mix is easy with a familiar channel strip layout that includes EQ, aux
     send, master fader level and rotary headphone volume control
     Durable metal enclosure that’s built-to-last
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                     Mini Stagebox                                                                                                Mini Stagebox
     Mini Stagebox 32R/16R :                                                                 Mini Stagebox 32i/16i :
     The new Mini Stagebox range from Harman's Soundcraft provides a simple                  Soundcraft Mini Stagebox 32i and 16i combine high-quality components with a
     solution to stage connectivity offering a lower-cost option for many systems where       streamlined design, making it easy to add multiple channels of remote-controlled
     the modularity and con gurability of the larger systems are not required.               I/O to your Si-series mixing console. The Studer-designed mic preamps provide
     The Mini Stagebox 32R (3U) provides 32 analogue inputs and 8 analogue line              exceptional sound quality, while the compact form factor offers easy transport and
     outputs, with 4 pairs of AES outputs, providing a total I/O capacity of 32 inputs and   fast con guration. Ideal for live engineers, houses of worship, bands, club owners
     16 outputs, with the Mini Stagebox 16R (2U) model providing 16 analogue inputs          and corporate installations, Soundcraft Mini Stageboxes allow you to replace
     and 8 line outputs making a 16 x 8 matrix. They connect to any of the Soundcraft Si     heavy, expensive analog snakes with a single RJ45 Cat5 style Ethernet cable.
     Expression, Si Compact, Si Performer, Si Series and Vi Series consoles via a MADI       High-Quality Components
     card tted to the option card slot.                                                      Soundcraft Mini Stageboxes offer remarkable value while maintaining the
                                                                                             industry-leading performance that Soundcraft live solutions are known for.
     The Mini Stagebox models contain an integral PSU so are completely self-                Renowned Studer-designed mic preamps deliver warm, rich sound for live
     contained and sit comfortably stage-side.                                               performances and recording events.
                                                                                             Comprehensive I/o
     The new units are part of the ViSi Connect range of interface options for all           Soundcraft Mini Stageboxes provide multi-channel MADI I/O via standard Cat5
     Soundcraft mixing consoles which includes the Compact and Vi Stageboxes and a           cabling, eliminating the need to run expensive and heavy analog snakes from the
     range of option cards such as MADI, AES, CobraNet and AES.                              stage to front-of-house mixing positions. Dedicated XLR mic pre inputs allow 32 or
                                                                                             16 simultaneous channels of external analog input. Mini Stagebox 32i offers twelve
     Both models are supplied with the stagebox card installed, plus the corresponding       analog outputs, while Mini Stagebox 16i offers eight analog outputs for easy
     card for an Si series console (Vi console MADI cards sold separately)                   connection to house and stage monitors and broadcast or streaming feeds.
                                                                                             Streamlined Design
                                                                                             A streamlined design provides essential connections and features, including MADI
                                    Mini Stagebox 32R
                                                                                             over RJ45 connectors built right onto the chassis. No local hardware con guration
                                                                                             or installing option cards are required—simply plug in, power on, select inputs and
                                                                                             control remotely using a Soundcraft Si console.
                                                                                             Full Integration With Si Series Mixers
                                                                                             Mini Stageboxes pair with Soundcraft Si Series mixers to provide remote controlled
                                                                                             expanded I/O and intuitive operation during complex mixing scenarios. Si Impact
                                                                                             allows owners to add a stagebox for additional inputs, while simultaneously using
                                                                                             the existing console inputs. By adding a second MADI option card to the console,
                                                                                             customers can add a second stagebox and select which inputs to assign to the 80
                                                                                             mixing channels.
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                    Realtime Rack                                                                                        Compact Stagebox
     Realtime Rack :                                                                          Compact Stagebox: The Compact Stagebox is an extension to the range of
     The result of a unique collaboration between live sound mixing experts Soundcraft        Soundcraft digital live sound consoles, and adds a low-cost expansion option
     and renowned plug-in manufacturer, Universal Audio, the Soundcraft Realtime              to the Soundcraft Vi Series, Soundcraft Si Series, Soundcraft Vi1™ and
     Rack brings industry-standard UAD studio plug-ins to the Soundcraft platform. The        Soundcraft® SI Compact.
     Realtime Rack hardware and software delivers tight integration of Soundcraft Vi          The Soundcraft Compact Stagebox offers a high density of I/O connections in
     consoles and UAD Powered Plug-Ins, with (48 kHz) sub-2 millisecond latency and           only 4U of rack space. The modular unit is fully con gurable but is offered
     full snapshot store and recall with Soundcraft’s CUE/Snapshot system. Realtime           with a standard con guration of 32 mic/line inputs, 8 line outputs, 8 channels
                                                                                              of AES/EBU outputs and 2 expansion slots for standard Studer D21m I/O
     Rack’s robust SHARC-based processors run audio over standard Optical MADI
                                                                                              cards. The D21m is the I/O architecture for Studer as well as Soundcraft
     connections and dual-redundant internal power supplies ensure that audio signals
                                                                                              digital mixing systems and allows connection to most popular digital
     keep running, even in the event of a power supply failure. Soundcraft Realtime           formats, including CobraNet®, AVIOM A-Net®16, Ethersound, ADAT and
     Rack brings the stability of DSP and the sound quality that Soundcraft and               RockNet. A MADI recording interface can also be tted to the expansion slots.
     Universal Audio are known for in a scalable, low-latency processing environment.
                                                                                              It is possible to equip the Compact Stagebox with an additional 16 mic/line
                                                                                              input XLR module instead of the output module, providing 48 inputs. In this
                                                                                              case, analogue or AES outputs could sill be obtained on D-Type connectors
                                                                                              via D21m cards tted to the expansion slots..
                                                                                              As well as the exibility of the D21m option card interface, the Compact
                                                                                              Stagebox also uses the same Mic/line I/O modules as found in the Soundcraft
                                                                                              Vi1 console, and as a result it is possible to move or share modules between
                                        Realtime Rack
                                                                                              console and stagebox, should a different con guration of I/O be required on
                                                                                              either the Vi1 or the Stagebox. For example, the 8 line out/AES output card
                                                                                              from the Stagebox could be tted to the Vi1 console in place of a 16ch line
                                                                                              output card. Alternatively, the mic input modules can be replaced with
                                                                                              output modules if large numbers of outputs are required. When tting cards
                                                                                              to the expansion slots it should be noted that the maxium input and output
     UAD Powered Plug-Ins. What Live Sound has been waiting for                               capacity of the CSB is limited by the MADI console link to 64 in/64 out.
     Combining the intuitive Vistonics operator interface with pristine sound quality         The Compact Stagebox is connected to the host console using either Cat-5 or
     and powerful mixing features, the Soundcraft Vi Series is already established as the     Optical- bre MADI, the same way as the larger 64 Mic/line Vi6 Stagebox is
       rst-choice live sound mixing console for touring and installed applications            hooked up, and shares the same redundant MADI cable capability. Cat5
     worldwide.                                                                               Version: E947.350000 Optical version: E947351000
     Now the new Soundcraft Realtime Rack provides access to Universal Audio's                The unit comes complete with twin redundant power supplies,
     acclaimed analogue audio processing emulations and award-winning UAD plug-               thermostatically-controlled fan cooling and full LED status monitoring. An
     ins. Realtime Rack software gives Vi console operators all the control they need to      8ch GPIO interface is also provided.
     insert UAD plug-ins on individual channels, auxiliary channels, and master busses -      The Compact Stagebox is ideal for existing owners of Vi Series consoles as a
     just as easily as real hardware. A comprehensive snapshot system allows total recall     cost-effective method of expanding the input capability by expanding to up
     of all plug-ins and their settings, while tight network integration with the Vi Series   to 96 mic/line analogue inputs from remote stageboxes, or as a partner for
     ensures that all settings of the application are stored inside the console.              the Vi1 and Si range of consoles providing cost-effective remote I/O
     Two versions are available: The Realtime Rack Ultimate Live with 74 plug-ins             capability in conjunction with the optional MADI interface cards available for
                                                                                              those consoles.
     available, and the Realtime Rack Core Live with 14 plug-ins. Additional UAD plug-
     ins can be purchased any time from UA's Online store. The 8.6.3 software update for
     Realtime Rack makes available a further 46 plug-ins which can be added to either
     the Ultimate or Core Live units.The UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform offers the
     world's most authentic analogue hardware emulations and award-winning audio
     plug-ins. Powered by Universal Audio's DSP Accelerator hardware, UAD Powered
     Plug-Ins deliver rich, analogue sound quality that would be difficult or impossible
     to achieve with native recording systems.
     From rare compressors and equalizers, to vintage reverb processors and tape
     machines, UAD Powered Plug-Ins inject three-dimensional 'out-of-the-box'
     analogue sound to your mixes.
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