Soundcraft Vi3000: the move to the next generation of digital mixers present in Afial 2014

Soundcraft's Vi3000 live digital mixer is the next generation of these systems that incorporates the company's innovative SpiderCore digital processor, that professional audio professionals will be able to know in detail in the Afial Hall, of the 25 to the 27 March at the Madrid Arena, by the hand of Earpro.

With a totally new industrial design, until 96 mixing channels and the incorporation of the SpiderCore digital processor, the new Vi3000 console from Soundcraft, available now in Spain and Portugal through Earpro, Lay the foundation for the next generation of digital mixers.

This new console, Recently introduced by the brand, will be one of the protagonists of the Earpro stand at the Afial Hall, which is celebrated by the 25 to the 27 March at the Madrid Arena, Among other novelties and brands of professional audio that this company will show in the contest.

As Andy Brown explains., Vi Series senior product manager of Soundcraft, "The new Vi3000 is a huge step forward in terms of the design and functionalities of digital tables and, at the same time, retains the best elements of the Vi4 and Vi6 models".

Among other innovations, Vi3000 features an "all-new core", based on the successful Studer Vista 1, as well as a surface designed more efficiently and with an updated operating system, Brown points out.. Compared to other consoles in the same price range, Vi3000 offers more input channels, More buses, More faders and an unparalleled user interface. We are proud to be able to say that the Vi3000 is unique in its category.".

This digital mixer uses the new SpiderCore digital processor, basado en el que incorpora el Studer Vista 1. In terms of software, Vi3000 works with Vi 4.8 of Soundcraft. Another of its innovations is that a fourth layer of faders has been added to the console. 24 channels to improve access to 96 input channels. The control surface and its distribution is similar to that of other models of the Vi series, offering a familiar feel and numerous functionalities, as well as improvements in the preamps of micro and digital process of floating point of 40 Bit.

Soundcraft Vi3000 mixer shows a novel look, with a much more efficiently designed control surface, with 36 Faders, 24 mono/stereo buses and a panel with sweep screen that incorporates four Vistonics II touch interfaces and offers elegantly designed 3D graphics.

Since the console has four touch screens, It is the only one of its kind that can be used by two engineers at the same time. "Parameter visibility and easy access to them are the most important features a console can have.. When something unexpected happens – something that always happens live., Having the ability to quickly see a lot of settings is a huge advantage.", underlines Brown.

The Vi3000 console offers a wide range of connections on its rear panel. In addition to all its digital and analog inputs, the mixer has MIDI, USB, Ethernet, DVI out, Dante/Madi recording outputs, Redundant power supply and other connections. It also has two spaces reserved for additional hardware in which Madi stage box cards can be mounted, allowing multiple input expansion modules and Soundcraft stage boxes to be connected.

In addition, can integrate the new Soundcraft Realtime Rack, a hardware/software unit designed in collaboration with the plug-in manufacturer Universal Audio and which gives access to 74 plugins that have become an industry standard. Vi3000 is the first Soundcraft console to incorporate a Dante interface as standard to easily integrate into digital audio networks with other devices that also have this connectivity.

Like the Vi series mixers, This console has faders that light up with FaderGlowy technology that show a different color depending on the function they perform; as well as the ability to store and load scenes and settings; Soundcraft ViSi app support for remote control from iPad; Reverb/delay effects of Lexicon Pro Integrated, DBX compressors, effects, among other features.

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