ANAHEIM, CA – Soundcraft says its Vi1 can serve as a compact, affordable extension of the Vi Series including the Vi4 and Vi6, adding that the smaller Vi1 doesn't skimp on the series' Vistonics user interface, Lexicon FX, BSS EQs and sound quality.
The Vi1 features 32 channels of analog input to 27 analog outputs and 6 digital inputs, 4 Stereo FX Returns and 6 digital outputs in one chassis. Standard input to mix capacity is 46chs, but by adding a stagebox (compatible with the existing Vi racks), simultaneous channel count increases to 64. Channels are routable to 24 multifunction buses, plus LR and Mono Mix buses.
Up to 8 of the buses can be configured as Matrix mixes, each with up to 16 sources.
The surface is just over a meter wide, and includes 16 motorized channel faders with fixed and user-definable layers, 8 output/VCA faders and 2 master faders.
The new Widescreen Vistonics interface will be familiar to those who have used a Vi6 or Vi4, displaying all parameters for 16 channels side by side on a single 22-inch Vistonics touch screen.
The upper half of the screen handles the Output section control plus Cue List or Menu displays. Parameter control is via two rows of 16 rotary encoders. The same channel functionality as the Vi6 and Vi4 is available here, along with all the same core snapshot, talkback and monitoring facilities.
Other similarities with Vi1's larger siblings include Soundcraft FaderGlow, 4 stereo Lexicon effects engines, BSS Audio graphic EQs on all output buses and integral dynamics on all channels.
The desk is compatible with Vi4 and Vi6 show files through the Virtual Vi offline editor, which is available as a free download from www.soundcraft.com.
