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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Johnson" data-source="post: 117201" data-attributes="member: 975">Re: New Soundcraft DeskWouldn&#039;t surprise me.As an engineer, I like the Avids a lot. They have a great feature set, simple interface, and have been very reliable. However, I wouldn&#039;t buy one now. Its a product which is approaching end-of-life status. New Venue on the horizon for sure.Back to the console at hand though:My concern with soundcraft is that I feel like manufacturing quality has gone down since the release of the Vi1. If you find an older Vi6, the vistonics knobs have a nice resistance to them, like the Studers. A newer Vi has the much less precise encoders that feel like the Vi1. Not a fan of these at all, very hard to be accurate mid-show.That said, I like the layout of a Vi, and they sound great. Compressor knee control would be nice, as would some multiband processing, however the new SpiderCore engine might give them the platform they need to do this.I&#039;d also like to see Dante cards for the Soundcraft stageboxes. I have nothing against MADI, but as the world moves toward media networks, Dante &amp; AVB is the direction everyone is moving, and I&#039;d like to be able to build a system around that, but I don&#039;t fancy a Yamaha CL. A Vi3000 w/ Dante stageboxes would be interesting though!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Johnson, post: 117201, member: 975"] Re: New Soundcraft Desk Wouldn't surprise me. As an engineer, I like the Avids a lot. They have a great feature set, simple interface, and have been very reliable. However, I wouldn't buy one now. Its a product which is approaching end-of-life status. New Venue on the horizon for sure. Back to the console at hand though: My concern with soundcraft is that I feel like manufacturing quality has gone down since the release of the Vi1. If you find an older Vi6, the vistonics knobs have a nice resistance to them, like the Studers. A newer Vi has the much less precise encoders that feel like the Vi1. Not a fan of these at all, very hard to be accurate mid-show. That said, I like the layout of a Vi, and they sound great. Compressor knee control would be nice, as would some multiband processing, however the new SpiderCore engine might give them the platform they need to do this. I'd also like to see Dante cards for the Soundcraft stageboxes. I have nothing against MADI, but as the world moves toward media networks, Dante & AVB is the direction everyone is moving, and I'd like to be able to build a system around that, but I don't fancy a Yamaha CL. A Vi3000 w/ Dante stageboxes would be interesting though! [/QUOTE]

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