Soundcraft Vi5000
Vistonics II live digital console, medium format
Manufacturer’s list price 75,000 USD as of 2015
Description
Technical
Specifications
Processing
| Mix buses | 32 |
|---|---|
| DSP engine | 40-bit floating-point processing at 96 kHz |
| Max sample rate | 96 kHz |
| Bit depth | 24 bits |
| Processing resolution | 40 bits |
| Channels | Up to 128 input channels mixed simultaneously |
| Effects and plug-ins | 8 Lexicon multi-FX units, BSS DPR901ii integration, BSS graphic EQ on every output bus |
| Modularity and expansion | Up to 384 inputs/outputs through the Local Rack and stageboxes |
| Audio performance | Under 2 ms latency from stagebox mic input to local line output (48 kHz) |
Surface
| Motorized faders | Yes |
|---|---|
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Control surface | Vistonics II touchscreen surface with FaderGlow, medium format (1437 mm), Local Rack and Active Breakout Box |
| Screens | Vistonics II touchscreens with encoders and switches set into the screen, plus a master screen |
Networking
| Networking & protocols | MADI / Dante / EtherSound / Network |
|---|---|
| Redundant PSU | Yes |
| Audio networking | ViSi Connect: EtherSound, CobraNet, Dante and MADI cards |
Other
| Lineage | Vi series: medium format, below the Vi7000 |
|---|---|
| Year / dates | Introduced at Prolight+Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, alongside the Vi7000 |
| Price | About US$75,000 depending on configuration (2015) |
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Software
- ViSi RemoteiPad remote-control app for Soundcraft Vi consoles, used to set monitor mixes from the stage.
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Our take
History & design
The Soundcraft Vi5000, introduced in 2015 alongside the Vi7000, is the medium-format version of the second-generation Vi series. It shares most of its bigger sibling's technology: mixing of up to 128 input channels to 32 mono/stereo buses, with an I/O system that can reach 384 points.
The more compact surface (1437 mm wide) uses the same Vistonics II touchscreens that set encoders and switches beneath the display, and the same FaderGlow faders coloured by function. Each section controls eight channels with immediate access to gain, filters, EQ, compressor, gate and de-esser.
Processing is identical to the Vi7000: 40-bit floating point at 96 kHz, eight Lexicon multi-FX units, BSS DPR901ii integration and a BSS graphic EQ on every bus. Same Local Rack, same Active Breakout Box and same ViSi Connect expansion (EtherSound, CobraNet, Dante, MADI).
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