Soundcraft Vi3000 48 Digital Live Sound Console

This digital live sound console comes with 48 analog mic/line local inputs and 16 local output configuration.

The Soundcraft Vi3000 features an all-new appearance with a more efficiently designed control surface, 36 faders, 24 mono/stereo buses and a sweeping black screen panel with four Vistonics II touchscreen interfaces with sleek, updated 3D graphics. Because the Vi3000 has four touchscreens, it's the only console in its class that can be used by two engineers at the same time.

The Soundcraft Vi3000 offers extensive rear panel connectivity. In addition to a full complement of analog and digital inputs and outputs, the console provides MIDI, USB, Ethernet, DVI out, Dante/MADI record feed outputs, redundant power supply and other connections. The Vi3000 has two expansion bays that can be fitted with MADI Stagebox cards, to connect multiple Soundcraft Stagebox input expander modules. The Vi3000 can also accommodate the new Soundcraft Realtime Rack, a hardware/software unit designed in collaboration with plug-in manufacturer Universal Audio that provides access to 74 industry-standard UAD plug-ins. The Vi3000 is the first Soundcraft console to incorporate a Dante interface as standard, for seamless digital audio networking with Dante-enabled devices.

Along with its greatly expanded functionality, the Vi3000 retains all the features that have made the Soundcraft Vi Series the consoles of choice for live sound engineers worldwide, such as FaderGlow illuminated faders that display different colors according to function, the ability to store and recall snapshots and cues, compatibility with Soundcraft's ViSi app that allows remote control from an iPad, built-in Lexicon reverb/delays, dbx compression, effects and more.

FEATURES

• 96 inputs to mix, up to 24 configurable stereo buses + LCR
• 24 input faders, 8 master faders, plus LCR masters and monitors faders, 36 total faders on surface
• 4 Vistonics touch control screens
• 48 analog inputs, 16 analog outputs, 2 AES/EBU I/O, 1 Dante 64 x 64 and 1 fiber MADI 64 X 64 and 2 pairs of D21M expansion slots (Only 1 set of built in Dante or MADI can be used at one time i.e can't use both at a time)
• Optional custom configurations with either Vi Stagebox or Compact Stagebox available
• 30 band BSS graphic EQ on all outputs
• 4 Lexicon FX units
• File compatible with Vi1, Vi4 and Vi6
• Fader glow
• Redundant PSU standard

Virtual Vi offline set up
Set up your shows offline and load them into the Vi3000 via USB.

VM2 radio mic status monitoring
Monitor the status of HiQnet-compatible AKG radio mics directly from the console surface with realtime visual displays of battery life, RF status, mic muting and internal clipping.

Copy/Paste channel bus and FX settings
Dedicated Copy and Paste buttons on the surface allow the settings of any channel, bus or FX section to be copied and pasted, dramatically cutting down the set up time.

Copy/Paste processing elements
Operators can drill down to copy and paste even single processing elements, and the last paste operation can always be quickly reversed with an UNDO function.

Settings Library
Along with a useful library of EQ and Dynamics settings, operators can store their own settings in the console or to a USB memory stick, making initial set up and transition between shows even easier.

Sophisticated Cue List Management
Allows changes to be applied to multiple cues and recall scope to be set per snapshot.

Advanced events integration
Cues can trigger or be triggered by MIDI or GPIO events, including MIDI timecode. Harman's HiQnet Venue recall function is tightly integrated within the Cue List.

Automated microphone mixing
Post fade inserts provide an extra access point for inserts on every channel for use with external auto mic mixing systems.

Snapshot crossfades
Snapshot recalls can use crossfades to transition smoothly from one setting to the next.

ViSi Remote iPad app
Control major functions and optimise your mix from anywhere in the venue. Adjust monitor levels from the stage.

All busses to stereo
All busses can be turned to stereo without tying up two busses, providing a massive 24 stereo mix capability – perfect for mixing large monitor applications.

4 Aux send points
With a total of 4 aux send points, monitor mix engineers have the flexibility to tailor mixes more closely to performers' requirements. Sends can be pre-EQ, precompressor, pre-fade or post-fade on a per channel/per bus basis.

Aux VCA mode
VCA master faders can control the aux sends of their member channels on a per mix basis, with a FaderGlow illuminating in white to indicate the VCA's operation on the current mix. Monitor engineers can retain control of important global elements such as ambient mics while also having a monitor mix selected and adjusting groups of sources within the current mix using the Aux-VCAs. Blue illumination of FaderGlow indicates that the VCA is controlling the global channel level to all mixes.

Auto-increase of ambient mic levels in monitor mixes between songs
Performers using in-ear monitors want to hear the audience between songs. No problem. Vi3000 has the facility to externally control the Gate or Ducking processing from a bus in the console, so all you have to do is insert a ducker on an ambient mic with an external source of the LR bus or a spare bus, and the audience level increases automatically when the performers stop playing.

Recommended for

• Houses of Worship
• Music Venues
• Theaters
• Tour Sound