Soundcraft Vi4 Set

Soundcraft Vi4 Set

Set consists of :

1x Soundcraft Vi4 Digital Mixing Console including flightcase
1x Soundcraft Stagebox including flightcase
1x Soundcraft Local Rack including flightcase

Soundcraft Vi4 Digital Mixing Console

Only months after the introduction of the highly successful Soundcraft Vi6™, the Vi Series of digital live sound consoles has been extended with the new Soundcraft Vi4 model, offering all the functionality and facilities of the Soundcraft Vi6, but in a smaller, more compact footprint more suited for space-conscious applications such as Theatres, Houses of Worship and venues or clubs with space-limited mix positions.

In just under 1.5m/5 feet, the Soundcraft Vi4 offers access to 96 inputs on 24 faders, with a total of 35 output busses available for use as masters, groups, auxes or matrices. All other features of the Soundcraft Vi6, such as the highly acclaimed Vistonics™ II touch-screen user interface, Soundcraft FaderGlow™ fader function display and the unequalled audio quality are inherited by the Soundcraft Vi4.

Features :

• Audio Channels
  • Max number of simultaneous mixing channels : 96 mono inputs into 35 Outputs. Pairs of mono inputs can be linked to create stereo channels.
  • Insert points : 24 insert send/return pairs can be configured (using available I/O) and assigned to any of the 96 inputs or 35 output channels.
  • Direct Outputs : All 96 input channels can have direct outputs in addition to their internal bus routing, assuming sufficient I/O is available (eg optical MADI card).
  • Busses : 32 Grp/Aux/Matrix, plus main LCR Mix and LR Solo busses (maximum of 16 matrix outputs can be configured).
• Connectivity :
  • Connection from local rack to stagebox: Standard fit: Cat5 cable, with Amphenol RJF connectors.
  • Max distance, local rack to stagebox: 100m using Soundcraft-approved flexible reel-mounted Cat5 cable, 130m possible using Cat7 permanent installation cable.
  • GPIO facility: There are 16 GPIO contact closure inputs and outputs on the local rack, and 8 inputs and outputs on the stagebox.
  • MIDI: There is 1 MIDI In and 2 MIDI Outs on the rear of the control surface.

Soundcraft Stagerack :

The Stage Box contains 12 Slots for 6U-high Audio I/O Cards, a GPIO/LED Card and the MADI HD Card which contains the Stage Box-to-Local Rack connection.
Slots are labelled from left to right A-L, and the connectors on the cards are numbered from top to bottom 1-8. These labelling references are used by the patching system when the user wishes to patch the connectors to input channels or output busses.
The primary power supplies and the ventilation monitoring connector can be found on the rear panel.

This Stagerack is configured with :

• 6x Line/Mic Input card (8 inputs each)
• 3x Line Output card (8 outputs each)
• 1x LED/GPIO/Status card
• 1x MADI HD link card (optical)

Soundcraft Local Rack :

The Local Rack is the audio ‘brain’ of the Soundcraft Vi Series™, it contains the DSP mixing processor and the local I/O connections.
The rack consists of a 6U processing and I/O unit, developed by Studer, called the SCore. Below this is a 3U low-noise cooling fan unit. The SCore itself consists of two sections: the upper 3U section houses the DSP mixing core, and the lower 3U section houses the local audio I/O and also the connections to the remote Stage Box.
The audio processing inside the SCore is independent of the control surface. This means that the audio will continue to pass even if the control surface is switched off or disconnected from the core.

This Local Rack provides connections for 16 line inputs, 16 line outputs, 16 AES/EBU input channels, 16 AES/EBU output channels, 5 local monitor outputs, a talkback output, 3 mic inputs, and 3 connectors  for the link cable to the control surface.