POTTERS BAR, United
Kingdom — It takes
something completely different to make a digital audio console stand out from
the crowd these days, but Harman’s Soundcraft has done exactly that with the
launch of the Soundcraft® Si
Performer range of mixers, which, thanks to the integrated DMX
functionality, adds lighting control options to an already impressive and
powerful audio feature set.
The Si
Performer builds upon the successful Si Compact range to which it bears a
likeness, providing almost twice as much DSP power and increased functionality,
with an input capacity of 80 inputs to mix on all models. The built-in I/O does
not disappoint: Si Performer 2 with
24 mic and eight line inputs, and the Si
Performer 3 with 32 mic and eight line inputs, plus the four FX return
channels. The provision of two option card slots allows I/O expansion via any
of the Soundcraft stageboxes and option cards from the Soundcraft® ViSi Connect range, giving the possibility
of patching up to 80 inputs to mix, or from CobraNet, AVIOM or AES inputs via
the appropriate cards.
The unique
integration of a DMX512 port offers core lighting control. The first release of
software provides four scene masters (A-D) with associated slave channels on
the ALT fader layers, individual colour intensities or parameters are set on
the slave faders with an overall master level fader, which itself may be
assigned to any of the main fader layers for simultaneous access to audio and
lighting levels. To automate the process, DMX settings may be stored alongside
audio settings in the snapshot system, so both may be recalled automatically by
a single button press or via an external MIDI command. With selective
isolation, snapshots with just audio or lighting parameter changes may be
recalled.
A
feature-packed audio console with fully-parametric 4-band EQ as standard on all
input channels, and as usual on Soundcraft’s digital range, BSS graphic EQs on
all bus outputs. This is in addition to the already standard filters, gates,
compressors and delays on all inputs, compressors and delays on all outputs,
which when calculated delivers the equivalent of over 220 rack units of
processing in a tiny footprint. Unlike many other digital consoles at this
price point, all this processing is fully available all of the time, there are
no compromises on the amount of DSP in use.
Fourteen
mixes may be configured in various combinations of mono and stereo to a total
of 20 mix busses; great for mixing in-ears and wedges in a monitor situation.
These busses are supplemented by four stereo matrix mixes, four dedicated FX
busses, and three master Mix busses which offer true LCR mode mixing make the
buss structure immensely powerful.
Users will be
delighted by the addition of eight VCA Groups and eight mute groups, which now
start to show the absolute power of this new console from the Soundcraft
stable.
Each channel
features a custom LCD screen to show identifications such as channel name,
assignments, graphic EQ frequencies and DMX data, plus signal metering.
The Si
Performer will be controllable from the Soundcraft ViSi Remote iPad® app along with the
Soundcraft Vi Series, Vi1 and Si Compact consoles.
HARMAN (www.harman.com)
designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment
solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets – supported by
15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and
Mark Levinson. The company is admired by audiophiles across multiple
generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where
they perform. More than 20 million automobiles on the road today are equipped
with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about
13,400 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported sales of $4.4
billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.
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