Soundcraft Si Impact: digital console with powerful DSP for live events and studio

With features for live sound, such as ViSi iPad control and built-in stage box connectivity, the Soundcraft Si Impact digital mixer features a USB interface for easy multitrack playback and recording, directly from a DAW platform.

The new Digital Mixer Si Impact Soundcraft, whose brand markets Earpro, is designed to be as simple as an analog system, but it has improvements in terms of workflow and a powerful DSP, factors that make it the ideal tool for live events and studio.

with 40 Tickets, The Soundcraft Si Impact enables powerful digital mixing for live with ViSi iPad control and built-in stage box connectivity, to expand the number of inputs and outputs. In addition to the ideal features for direct sound, it has a USB interface for playback and recording of 32 entries and 32 outputs that offer easy multitrack recording and playback, directly from a DAW platform.

The faders, fully motorized, come equipped with Soundcraft's FaderGlow light technology and LCD displays per channel, for visual information and ease of use.

If Impact offers 32 micro/line inputs, 40 DSP input channels (32 mono and 4 stereo channels/returns) and 31 departure buses (with DSP process and graphic equalizer) with 20 subgroup auxiliary buses and 4 mono/stereo matrix buses.

It has 8 XLR/jack connectors for line inputs and instruments, while a parametric equalizer of 4 bands is available for every channel and every bus.
It also offers studio quality dynamics effects and process, of BSS, Lexicon and Dbx, company that, just like Soundcraft, belong to the Harman Group.

The Si Impact supports up to 8 VCA masters and 8 mute groups, more 26 motorized input faders and LR/Mono (fully motorized, with four layers of customizable faders). The console has a color touch screen of 5 inches for easy access to show settings, channel patching, for the purposes and security settings.

“The Si Impact is the first mixer of its kind when it comes to combining analog workflow with digital flexibility. and, In addition, provides the best sound quality among the equipment in its range, being comparable to that of much larger and more expensive consoles. Thanks to the USB interface, is valid both live and in studio", comment sean karpowicz, Soundcraft product manager.

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