So, who knows what about Smaart 7Di? Just got an email announcing it. Apparently it's a "streamlined" 2-channel version of Smaart. Cost is $595 for new licenses with a discount for upgrades and current owners of Smaart 7.
Smaart 7 Di
- Thread starter Justice C. Bigler
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I saw it at infocomm. The email pretty much says it all. Essentially one measurement engine. You can still do multiple mics, and toggle between them.
Re: Smaart 7 Di
Another flavour of Smaart, one might find this useful as:
1. A cheaper entry into the Smaart platform. You can "side-grade" to the full version of Smaart at an attractive price later as your needs grow.
2. For existing owners of the full version of Smaart, this affords you an extra seat at a lower cost that can be used in situations where you only need a 2 channel version of the software. Say you want a license for a computer that lives at FOH where you only have one mic plugged in, along with reference from the PFL buss on the console, able to run live impulse, magnitude & phase, spectrograph for a show, and monitor SPL levels. This fits the bill perfectly for those kinds of situations.
What is unique about this software compared to the full version of Smaart is the incorporation of the Smaart I/O interface controls right into the user interface of Smaart Di. The SPL readout can switch to a time clock as well.
Full disclosure: I'm an instructor for Rational Acoustics.
Another flavour of Smaart, one might find this useful as:
1. A cheaper entry into the Smaart platform. You can "side-grade" to the full version of Smaart at an attractive price later as your needs grow.
2. For existing owners of the full version of Smaart, this affords you an extra seat at a lower cost that can be used in situations where you only need a 2 channel version of the software. Say you want a license for a computer that lives at FOH where you only have one mic plugged in, along with reference from the PFL buss on the console, able to run live impulse, magnitude & phase, spectrograph for a show, and monitor SPL levels. This fits the bill perfectly for those kinds of situations.
What is unique about this software compared to the full version of Smaart is the incorporation of the Smaart I/O interface controls right into the user interface of Smaart Di. The SPL readout can switch to a time clock as well.
Full disclosure: I'm an instructor for Rational Acoustics.
Re: Smaart 7 Di
You can buy this as an upgrade to earlier versions of Smaart as well. You can also buy DI now and upgrade by adding a single seat of version 7 later. Rumour has it you can get a discount by buying through a dealer.
Full disclosure: I'm a dealer AND instructor for Rational Acoustics.
The integration with the I/O is really cool. Even better than version 6 with the old unreleased I/O. I'm hoping someday Smaart 7 will have this integration. One thing that is cool is if you select an engine using the I/O, the gains and phantom controls pop up next to the meters, but if you select an engine using another preamp the controls are not there. It's like magic.
You can buy this as an upgrade to earlier versions of Smaart as well. You can also buy DI now and upgrade by adding a single seat of version 7 later. Rumour has it you can get a discount by buying through a dealer.
Full disclosure: I'm a dealer AND instructor for Rational Acoustics.
The integration with the I/O is really cool. Even better than version 6 with the old unreleased I/O. I'm hoping someday Smaart 7 will have this integration. One thing that is cool is if you select an engine using the I/O, the gains and phantom controls pop up next to the meters, but if you select an engine using another preamp the controls are not there. It's like magic.
Re: Smaart 7 Di
I assure you it's not magic. But rather carefully crafted logic.
[h=1]“Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.” ― Arthur C. Clarke [/h]
I assure you it's not magic. But rather carefully crafted logic.
[h=1]“Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.” ― Arthur C. Clarke [/h]