Introduction - SoundCraft Vi3000 User Manual

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Welcome To The Vi3000!
New Look
The Soundcraft Vi3000 features an all-new appearance
with a more efficiently designed control surface, 36
faders, 24 mono/stereo busses and a sweeping black
screen panel with four Vistonics II™ touchscreen interfac-
es 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. And
at show time... Settings libraries, copy/paste functions,
sophisticated automation and radio mic status monitoring,
FaderGlow™, processing from dbx, BSS, Lexicon and
Universal Audio (Optional Realtime Rack), and more will
not let you down.
SpiderCore DSP
The Vi3000 is a console with friends in high places.
Sound quality is assured by Soundcraft SpiderCore - a
brand new 40-bit floating point DSP engine that mixes
FPGA and DSP technology in a unique combination
that maximises I/O routing and DSP mixing capability
in a footprint small enough for inclusion within a control
surface.
FX
Internal FX come courtesy of 4 independent stereo
Lexicon multi effects units, each providing a choice of 14
reverbs, 7 delays and 8 pitch shifting effects, patchable
to input channels, aux outputs and channel inserts. BSS
third-octave Graphic EQ is available on every bus output,
with fader bays illuminating in red to indicate GEQ mode.
...And More FX
The Vi3000 can also accommodate the new Soundcraft
Realtime Rack, a hardware/software unit designed in col-
laboration with plug-in manufacturer Universal Audio that
provides access to 74 industry-standard UAD plug-ins.
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Vi3000 USER MANUAL
DANTE As Standard
The Vi3000 is the first Soundcraft console to incorporate
a Dante interface as standard, for seamless digital audio
networking with Dante-enabled devices.
Connectivity
In addition to a full complement of analog and digital in-
puts and outputs, the console provides MIDI, USB, Ether-
net, 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.
Shine A Light
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.
Optional 64 channel stagebox
With up to 48 on-board mic inputs, Vi3000 is happy to
work with existing analogue multicore systems. Also
available is an optional remote stagebox housing 64
analogue mic/line inputs and 32 analogue line outputs,
with 48V phantom power and a 80Hz HPF before the A-D
converters. Mic amp gain can be controlled remotely from
the console surface.

1.0: Introduction

1.0 Introduction