SC48 Announcement

[Steve Payne]

This is what I have been waiting for. Unfortunately, I had hoped NAMM was going to be the official release, instead of "coming soon"...

http://www.avid.com/US/products/VENUE-SC48-remote?intcmp=AV-HP-S1

This is a pretty big deal in my book. Even though the SC48 isn't my favorite digital desk, this will be enough to get me to buy a second one.
That's pretty smart marketing on Avid's part.

 

[Greg Cameron]

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Since we just got our SC48 a couple of months ago, this is pretty cool. I was hoping they would do more with the subgroups allowing for discrete assignment of mono & stereo groups in pairs. We shall see...

 

[Steve Payne]

Re: SC48 Announcement

Looking at the fine print on this box. It will only take a maximum of 3 i/o cards. Soooooo......it will not accommodate 48x16 configuration. You can load it with 48 mic inputs but then would need to run an analog return snake, or, you can buy 2 remotes and load them up to the max with 48 mic inputs and 32 returns with an unused slot left over. I don't get it! Why wouldn't they make this system capable of duplicating the standard SC48 configuration of 48x16? I hope there is some really good reason why they feel a 32x16 remote system makes sense for a 48 channel console! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lee Brenkman]

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Looking at the fine print on this box. It will only take a maximum of 3 i/o cards. Soooooo......it will not accommodate 48x16 configuration. You can load it with 48 mic inputs but then would ned to run an analog return snake, or, you can buy 2 remotes and load them up to the max with 48 mic inputs and 32 returns with an unused slot left over. I don't get it! Why wouldn't they make this system capable of duplicating the standard SC48 configuration of 48x16? I hope there is some really good reason why they feel a 32x16 remote system makes sense for a 48 channel console! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

The 32x16 configuration of the remote rack makes a bit more sense when you note this feature of the also "coming soon" Version 3 software:

"Create bigger mixes with expanded input processing channels in SC48 (increased from 48 to 64) and VENUE Mix Rack (increased from 64 to 80) Systems"

 

[Greg Cameron]

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Well, at least you can add a second remote. It would have been really silly if they only allowed one box. But yes, they should have just added one more slot.

 

[Kevin Maxwell]

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does anybody have any prices on any of this yet?

 

[Steve Payne]

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ahhhhh. Now then, there's the logical explanation. Thank you, Lee.

 

[Jason Misterka]

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This is pretty slick and what I was hoping for as we have been holding off buying a 300ft snake for six months now.

I was under the impression that this would work with the MixRack system as well, but the literature doesn't seem to indicate that. Am I missing something? Bonus if we could mix n match our SC48 and Profile MixRack racks or double up on an expanded MixRack IO with Version 3 software.

Also - Anyone know if any Dante cards are in the works? I'd hate to have to run the Avid into our LS9 to convert

Jason

 

[Eric Cagle]

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Does anyone know if this system will allow a second control surface for a monitor console to work with the Stage 48 remote box?

 

[Greg Cameron]

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Very, very doubtful.

 

[Arthur Skudra]

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Does anyone know if this system will allow a second control surface for a monitor console to work with the Stage 48 remote box?

Considering they are using AVB to transmit the digital audio over CAT 5, why not? I think the only caveat here is how to manage the preamp levels.

 

[Rob Spence]

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Also - Anyone know if any Dante cards are in the works? I'd hate to have to run the Avid into our LS9 to convert
Jason

The writeup mentions ABV as the protocol to the stage box. My understanding is the ABV is based on Dante and I would think that Dante will be moving in that direction for compatibility?