DiGiCo

DiGiCo SD7B

The SD7 in broadcast guise, full on-air toolset

Description

DiGiCo's broadcast flagship: the SD7's three-screen surface and redundant Stealth engine, plus a full on-air arsenal - per-channel mix-minus, a 5.1 monitor matrix, backstop PFL, Audio Follow Video. Up to 253 channels for the largest multichannel broadcasts.

Technical

Specifications

Inputs / Outputs

Total inputs253
Inputs / outputsUp to 996 optical channels, 224 MADI, 24 analogue, AES/EBU

Processing

Mix buses128
Matrices32
DCA/VCA groups36
Max sample rate96 kHz
Bit depth24 bits
Processing resolution40 bits
ChannelsUp to 253 input channels
Buses128 buses (mono, stereo, LCR or 5.1, full processing) + 32 matrix buses
EQ32 32-band graphic EQs
Channel processing48 simultaneous Stealth effects (from 33), up to 256 Dynamic EQ and 256 multiband compressors, assignable anywhere
Processing engineStealth Digital Processing (FPGA), redundant engine

Surface

Physical faders52
Motorized fadersYes
Screens3
TouchscreenYes
Control surface3x 15-inch TFT touchscreens, each above 12 faders, + 16 assignable center faders

Recording

Onboard recordingNo

Networking

Networking & protocolsOptocore / MADI / Dante / AES/EBU
Redundant PSUYes
Redundant networkingYes

Physical

Width1,496 mm
Depth875 mm
Height503 mm
Weight141 kg

Other

Broadcast features5.1 monitor matrix (48x6), multichannel folding, user-defined stem order, mix-minus (one per mono channel), backstop PFL and Auto PFL, Audio Follow Video

Editorial & artists

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