Soundcraft VI1 User Manual

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Part No: BD10.947301

Issue 0310

The world’s best-loved
digital live sound
console is now more
accessible than ever.

Soundcraft Vi Series consoles have

revolutionised the process of live

sound digital mixing through the

combination of exceptional sound

quality and a refreshingly intuitive

operating interface. With the advent of

Vistonics™, engineers were finally

freed from the complex ‘mental

mapping’ that had been demanded of

them up until then and could now,

quite literally, see the full power and

versatility of digital mixing open up

before them. Not surprisingly, Vi Series

consoles have gone on to provide the

mixing solution on major tours and big

festivals the world over. And now

comes the Soundcraft Vi1™ – a new

mixer that makes the world’s best-

loved digital live sound console more

accessible than ever.

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Mixes the show
without maxing the budget.

The affordable new Vi1 may be the

baby of Soundcraft’s Vi Series digital

live sound console range, but it’s fully

grown up when it comes to features.

The 16 input fader control surface

delivers simultaneous mixing of 64

mono inputs (channels may be paired

for stereo) into 24 mono busses plus

LRC – enough capacity to handle all

but the very largest shows. And,

thanks to the widescreen Vistonics™

touchscreen, all the parameters of 16

channels are simultaneously displayed

and instantly accessible, with the

other channels just a click away.

All 24 busses can be switched Group or

Aux, and Mono/Stereo (maximum of

12 if stereo), and up to 8 busses can

be put into matrix mode. The Vi1

features 8 output/VCA faders with LR

and C master faders, 4 fixed and 5

user-configurable input layers, 8 VCA

groups and 4 Mute groups.

Legendary Vi audio quality is ensured by

the same 40-bit floating point DSP

running the same algorithms as the

larger consoles in the Vi family – indeed

anyone who has used another Vi console

will find the Vi1 instantly familiar.

Effects come courtesy of our

colleagues at Lexicon, with graphic EQs

from industry leaders BSS Audio.

Factor in powerful automation,

copy/paste and offline editing

facilities, a comprehensive range of

I/O and stagebox options and a

redundant power supply option, and

it’s easy to see that while the Vi1

won’t max out your budget, it’s more

than capable of mixing your show.

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