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  • Page 1 User Guide v1.2 ®...
  • Page 2 Soundcraft is a trading division of Harman International Industries Ltd. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. Soundcraft shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual. No part of this...
  • Page 3 ® Vi3000 USER MANUAL: CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 13.0: EDIT SYSTEM 1.1: Saftey Notices & Warnings (COPY, PASTE, AND LIBRARY) 1.2: Product Warranty 13.1: Copy, Paste, Undo 13.2: Library Basics 2.0: SPECIFICATIONS 13.3: Library File Screen 3.0: QUICK START GUIDE 14.0: SNAPSHOTS, CUELISTS, GLOBAL FILTER To be included in the next revision of this manual 14.1: Console Controls...
  • Page 4 Optional 64 channel stagebox reverbs, 7 delays and 8 pitch shifting effects, patchable With up to 48 on-board mic inputs, Vi3000 is happy to to input channels, aux outputs and channel inserts. BSS work with existing analogue multicore systems. Also...
  • Page 5 Ensure that these colour codings are followed carefully in the event of the plug being changed. The internal power supply unit contains no user serviceable parts. Refer all servicing to a qualified service engineer, through the appropriate Soundcraft dealer. 1.1: INTRODUCTION > SAFETY...
  • Page 6 • It is recommended that all maintenance and service on the product should be carried out by Sound- craft or its authorised agents. Soundcraft cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by service, maintenance or repair by unauthorised personnel.
  • Page 7 Equipment or the defective component should be returned to the Dealer or to Soundcraft and subject to the following conditions the Dealer or Soundcraft will repair or replace the defec- tive components. Any components replaced will become the property of Soundcraft.
  • Page 8 ® 2.0: Vi 3000 Specifications Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 Specifications Frequency Response Stagebox or Local Mic input to Line output +0/-1dB, 20Hz-20kHz AES/EBU In to AES/EBU Out +0/-0.2dB, 20Hz-20kHz T.H.D. & Noise (22Hz-22kHz, unweighted) Stagebox or Local Mic In (min gain) to Local Line Out <0.004% @ 1kHz <0.035% @ 1kHz Stagebox Mic In (max gain) to Local Line Out Mic Input E.I.N. <-127dBu (150Ω source) (22Hz-22kHz bandwidth, unweighted) Residual Noise -95dBu (Stagebox line output;...
  • Page 9 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 2.0: Vi 3000 Specifications Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL External Sync BNC Wordclock, Dante network clock Input & Output Levels Mic/line Inputs +28dBu max +22dBu max Line Outputs Nominal Operating Level +4dBu (-18dBFS) Input & Output Impedances Mic Inputs 2k7Ω...
  • Page 10 ® 2.0: Vi 3000 Specifications Vi3000 USER MANUAL Mains Power Consumption Console 300W (both PSUs operating) Stagebox (64in/32out) 150W (both PSUs operating) Internal Mass Storage 120GB SSD Hard Drive Temperature/Humidity Range Operating Temperature Range 0°C – 45°C (32°F – 113°F) 0% – 90%, non-condensing Ta=40°C (104°F)
  • Page 11 ® 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Quick Start Guide This chapter is a pictorial guide through the main concepts and functionality of the Vi3000 console. Subsequent chapers go into these functions in more detail. Console Sections Vistonics II 3.0 - 1...
  • Page 12 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Buttons And Encoders Ganging 3.0 - 2 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 13 ® 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Inputs & Controls Input Channel Access 3.0 - 3 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 14 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Fader Pages Output Assignment 3.0 - 4 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 15 ® 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outputs & Control 3.0 - 5 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 16 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring 3.0 - 6 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 17 ® 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Copy, Paste, Move, LIbrary 3.0 - 7 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 18 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Snapshot & Cuelist 3.0 - 8 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 19 ® 3.0 QUICK START Vi3000 USER MANUAL Main Menu System Lexicon FX 3.0 - 9 3.0 QUICK START...
  • Page 20 Hardware - Local I/O Most of the Vi3000 local I/O is located on the rear panel of the console. The main I/O slots have a variety of possible configurations, inlcuding digital (AES) and analogue input and output cards. However, the monitor / masters output section cannot be changed - this contains the fixed-routing Monitor A and Monitor B outputs, plus the master LCR analogue outputs.
  • Page 21 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 4.1: Hardware > Local I/O Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL PSU / Power Sockets Either socket can be used for a single supply. if both are There are two mains used then one is a backup. The two sockets are labelled...
  • Page 22 ® 4.1: Hardware > Local I/O Vi3000 USER MANUAL AES I/O 2 x 3-pin XLR AES (two- chanel) digital audio input and output. DANTE Please note, the Vi 3000 MADI local MADI and DANTE ports share an input and so are exclusive. That is, you Input and output can choose either a local MADI or DANTE input.
  • Page 23 ® 5.0 Operations Overview Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.0: Operations Overview 5.0 Operations Overview...
  • Page 24 ® ® 5.1 Operations Overview > Conventions 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.1: Conventions And Colours This manual, and the console uses certain conventions to make things significantly easier for the user. This includes the unique FaderGlow technology that can dynamically colour code console faders depending on their current assign- ment.
  • Page 25 5.2: Visonics II Overview Vistonics II is a unique control and display technology derived from the Studer Vistonics technology and exclusive to Soundcraft. The Vi 3000 uses Vistonics II as a core technology for console operation because of its significant user-in- terface benefits.
  • Page 26 ® ® 5.2 Operations Overview > Vistonics II 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Buttons On/Off If a function is assigned to a button it is displayed as shown. The 'active' state shows the button highlighted in a lighter colour.
  • Page 27 ® 5.3 Operations Overview > Console Bays Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.3: Console Bays The Console is divided into four main bays. Counting from the left, the first, second, and fourth bays are Input Bays. The third bay is the Master Bay.
  • Page 28 ® 5.3 Operations Overview > Console Bays 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.3: Console Bays - Input Bay 3 Navigation The Master Bay touch screen meters can be used as a navigation device - simply touch a block of eight meters and those channels (both inputs and outputs) are mapped to the right-hand input bay.
  • Page 29 The main principle of Fader- Glow is therefore to indicate the actual function type that is currently assigned to a particular fader. Soundcraft Fader- Glow is fitted to all 32 Faders that can change their function.
  • Page 30 Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.4: Buttons There are a wide variety of button groups on the Vi3000. Below are described all button groups and selected individual buttons. Please refer to the relevant reference section for detailed information on the operation of all buttons.
  • Page 31 ® 5.5 Operations Overview > Buttons Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Channel VISTONICS Group The input channel VISTONICS control buttons provide convenient ways of assigning bus master functions to the input channel VST encoders, such as selections for individual bus ‘tap’...
  • Page 32 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 5.5 Operations Overview > Buttons Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Fader Pages These buttons control navigation through five basic input channel Pages/Layers, including the ‘All Busses’ view, plus five user-definable pages. These buttons only affect the three input channel bays.
  • Page 33 ® 5.5 Operations Overview > Buttons Vi3000 USER MANUAL [SETUP] But- tons Field / Group: Active [SETUP] buttons open While a setup screen is active, pressing the [SETUP] the relevant setup Show Setup button again will close that setup screen. For more infor-...
  • Page 34 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 5.5 Operations Overview > Buttons Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Lower [FLW] Button Field / Group: Inactive Active The fader FOLLOW OUTPUT SOLO [FLW] button located near the bottom of the Master Bay buttons strip causes the input faders to become contributions to an output bus when its [SOLO/SEL] button is pressed.
  • Page 35 ® 5.6 Operations Overview > Encoders Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.6: Encoders Each input channel strip contains three encoders: encoder 1 and encoder 2 are located in the VST fields in the low- er screen area, while the channel encoder is located at the top of the fader area, and has an LED ring to indicate its parameter state.
  • Page 36 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 5.7 Operations Overview > Gangs Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.7: Gangs Gang is a very helpful feature to speed up operations that influence functions on multiple input channels, or on output busses, in the same way.
  • Page 37 ® 5.8 Operations Overview > Labelling Vi3000 USER MANUAL 5.8: Labelling The console labelling system is displayed on a touch-screen area whenever the labelling of a channel, output, cue, file, or other named parameter or item is required. For example, you can label an input channel by touching the channel’s input area on the touch screen then pressing the {CH LABEL} button in the VST area.
  • Page 38 ® ® Vi3000 USER MANUAL 6.0: INPUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 6: Input Channels Bays 1, 2, and 4 of the console (Input Bays 1, 2, and 3) are normally dedicated to controlling input channels. However, other functions can be mapped to these channels, such as the Master Busses, Matrix feeds, Graphic EQ, and so on.
  • Page 39 ® 6.1: INPUT CHANNEL > FADER PAGES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Navigating The Input Channels - Input Fader Pages This section is used for navigating Fader Pages (or layers). There are four main layers of 24 input channel strips, and a further five user-definable layers available. The [ALL BUSSES] button maps the output busses to the input channel strips, as described further in the Outputs reference section.
  • Page 40 ® 6.1: INPUT CHANNEL > FADER PAGES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Fixed Fader Field / Group: INPUT Layers FADER PAGES Active Each button maps Pages of 24 channels to the three in- Select four pages/layers put bays, so [A] is channels 1-24; [B] is channels 25-48;...
  • Page 41 ® 6.2: INPUT CHANNEL > CHANNEL STRIP Vi3000 USER MANUAL The Input Channel Strip Input Channel Strip Encoder Field / Group: Range Low Range High Rotary control whose The Default function is control over the channel’s ana- function is defined by logue input gain.
  • Page 42 ® 6.2: INPUT CHANNEL > CHANNEL STRIP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Isolate Field / Group: Active Used to isolate the channel (and selec- tions) from snapshot See the Snapshot and Global Filtering reference section Isolate recall and (when Global 14 for more information.
  • Page 43 ® 6.2: INPUT CHANNEL > CHANNEL STRIP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Mute/VCA Group Indica- tors Field / Group: The actual target of these LEDs (Mutes, VCAs 1-8, or Shows the Mute or VCA VCAs 9-16) is determined by the DISPLAY buttons in the Groups that is channel MUTE &...
  • Page 44 ® ® 6.3: INPUT CHANNEL > ENCODER MODE Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Encoder Mode These buttons determine the function of the input channel encoder at the top of the main channel strip. If [ALL BUSSES] is active or a Matrix output is soloed, the channel encoders are disabled and have no function (the previous function is remembered however).
  • Page 45 ® 6.3: INPUT CHANNEL > ENCODER MODE Vi3000 USER MANUAL Setup Field / Group: Reserved for future software upgrade. Mode: User 1 Field / Group: Active Switch the input Encod- ers to control Compres- Select Mode sor Threshold. Mode: User 2...
  • Page 46 ® ® 6.4: INPUT CHANNEL > VST CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input VISTONICS Buttons (VST Section Control) These buttons control the functionality of the input channel VST encoders. You can easiliy and rapidly assign bus contributions and bus panning to the encoders using this button group.
  • Page 47 ® 6.4: INPUT CHANNEL > VST CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Ecoders Follow Masters Field / Group: Inactive Active Activate the FOLLOW Pressing a bus master [SOLO/SEL] button will automati- SOLO function for the cally assign the soloed bus master to this row, overriding...
  • Page 48 ® ® 6.5.1: INPUT CHANNEL > INPUT Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks - INPUT A mono input channel’s input section touch screen area is at the top of the Vistonics input channel strip area, colour-coded blue.
  • Page 49 ® 6.5.1: INPUT CHANNEL > INPUT Vi3000 USER MANUAL Channel Input Select Field / Group: INPUT Range Low Range High Select either Input 1 or The two physical channel inputs are assigned in the IN1 Input 2 as the channel...
  • Page 50 ® ® 6.5.1: INPUT CHANNEL > INPUT Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL LO CUT Cut-Off Frequency Field / Group: LO CUT This is part of the digital (post AD) LO CUT / HIGH CUT Adjusts the LO CUT cut- section and affects all inputs.
  • Page 51 ® 6.5.1: INPUT CHANNEL > INPUT Vi3000 USER MANUAL Field / Group: Phantom Power PHANTOM Apply Phantom Power When phantom power is applied to this channel's input, (+ 48V) to XLR patched the '48V' indicated (touch screen input section) is high- to this input.
  • Page 52 ® ® 6.5.2: INPUT CHANNEL > EQ Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks - EQ A mono input channel’s parametric EQ section touch screen area is near the top of the Vistonics input channel strip area, colour-coded red.
  • Page 53 ® 6.5.2: INPUT CHANNEL > INPUT Vi3000 USER MANUAL Frequency Con- trol Field / Group: FREQ Range Low Range High Adjust the centre All changes are reflected in the graphic Vistonics touch frequency (band pass) screen EQ section. Any band currently being adjusted...
  • Page 54 ® ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks - Dynamics The dynamics section has three main components - The first can either be a GATE or DeEsser section; the other two are a COMPRESSOR and a LIMITER.
  • Page 55 ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Gate A gate is a threshold driven gain reduction process normally used to reduce the level of, or silence, a signal when it falls below the threshold. The gate section includes an assignable side-chain input with filters, a key signal solo func- tion, and a ducking mode.
  • Page 56 ® ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Gate Release Time Field / Group: REL Range Low Range High Adjust the Gate Release This is the time an activated gate will will take to open, 2.2 mS...
  • Page 57 ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL External Key Assign Field / Group: MODE Inactive Active Activate the External Key Assign screen in All external I/O options for the external key become the main Vistonics touch available for selection.
  • Page 58 ® ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL De-Ess Filter Bandwidth Field / Group: BwOct Range Low Range High Adjust the bandwidth You can set the unit of adjustment (octave bandwidth or or Q of the De-esser Q) in the main Settings screen, activated with the [menu] 0.2oct / 0.3Q...
  • Page 59 ® 6.5.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Compression Ratio Field / Group: RTIO Range Low Range High The ratio between the normal signal level and the attenu- Adjust the compression ated (compressed) signal level. The higher the ratio, the ratio.
  • Page 60 ® ® 6.5.4: INPUT CHANNEL > BUSSES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks - Busses The Busses section ofthe input channel vistonics touch screen signal path provides access to all Aux and Group contributions in the VST area, The Touch Screen block graphic shows activated Aux levels in orange and group routings in Green.
  • Page 61 ® 6.5.4: INPUT CHANNEL > BUSSES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Stereo Aux Send Balance Field / Group: Aux n Range Low Range High The Stereo symbol above the encoder shows that this aux send has been combined with its numerical neigh- Adjust balance of the bour to create a stereo aux send.
  • Page 62 ® ® 6.5.5: INPUT CHANNEL > OUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Touch Screen Audio Blocks - Panning, Insert, Direct Out, Delay. This page contains the output functions of the input channel including the panning, the routing to the mix masters, and the insert point and the direct out paramters.
  • Page 63 ® 6.5.5: INPUT CHANNEL > OUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Field / Group: MAS- LR On TER LR Inactive Active Routes the channel signal to the Left and Right masters. Field / Group: MAS- Centre On TER C Inactive Active Routes the channel signal to the Centre master bus.
  • Page 64 ® ® 6.5.5: INPUT CHANNEL > OUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Insert Trim Field / Group: TRIM Range Low Range High Adjust the actual send signal level. Insert On Field / Group: TRIM Inactive Active Activate the insert point.
  • Page 65 ® 7.0: OUTPUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outputs Auxilliaries, Groups, and LCR Mix busses 7.0: OUTPUTS...
  • Page 66 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 7.0: OUTPUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL There are 24 configurable output busses on the Vi 3000, plus the Master Left, right, and Center (LRC) busses. You can choose to assign any of the 24 busses as mono OR stereo Auxilliaries or Groups with full processing. You can create stereo busses with no reduction in the total number of available busses (24 busses are available regardless of whether they are mono or stereo).
  • Page 67 ® 7.1: OUTPUTS > LCR MASTERS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: LCR Mix Master Busses LRC Mix Outputs The LRC Bus Master faders are located in the MASTERS section in the console Master Bay. These are dedicated faders and controls, and are never used for anything else.
  • Page 68 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 7.1: OUTPUTS > LCR MASTERS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Isolate Active Isolate the LRC Masters from snapshot recall See the Snapshots / Global Filtering reference for more Channel or Show Recall (with detail.
  • Page 69 ® 7.1: OUTPUTS > LCR MASTERS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Access L/C/R Maps the BSS Graphic See the BSS Graphics Equaliser reference later in this equaliser for this block chapter for more Detail. to the console faders. L/C/R Dynamics The controls are identical to those of the input channels,...
  • Page 70 ® 7.2: OUTPUTS > BUS CONFIGURATION 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: Bus Configuration To configure the console busses and map the bus masters to the console input channel strips, you simply press the [ALL BUSS] button in the Input Fader Pages controls or assign a bank of eight bus masters to input bay 3 (right hand bay) by touching the relevant metering group in the Master Bay touch screen.
  • Page 71 ® 7.2: OUTPUTS > BUS CONFIGURATION Vi3000 USER MANUAL Bus Type Choose from AUX, GRP or MTX with the encoder. If Aux Set the Bus Type for is selected and if the format field is set to stereo then the this Bus.
  • Page 72 ® ® 7.3: OUTPUTS > BUS MASTER CONTROL 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: Bus Master Control Outputs Controls There are four ways of controlling the console’s bus masters and two ways of acessing the output bus processing and...
  • Page 73 ® 7.3: OUTPUTS > BUS MASTER CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Master Bay output channel strips Bus masters levels can be mapped to the eight Master Bay faders and associated channel strip controls by selecting Master Bay FADER PAGES buttons [A] (Busses 1-8), [B] (Busses 9-16), and [C] (Busses 17-24).
  • Page 74 ® 7.3.1: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > VISTONICS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: Master Bay Vistonics With the Bus Master Controls in the VST fields of the Master Bay, a number of primary functions are available. Use the Master Bay VISTONICS button group to control which functions and which masters are available.
  • Page 75 ® 7.3.1: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > VISTONICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Masters Bank Pages Switch between banks of bus masters in the Master Bay Vistonics VST area. Bus Level Control the level of the bus output. Bus Solo Solo this bus output.
  • Page 76 ® 7.3.2: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > CHANNEL 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: Master Channel Strip The MasterBay chanel strips are for output Bus and VCA control, determined by the Master Bay Fader Pages selec- tors.
  • Page 77 ® 7.3.2: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > CHANNEL Vi3000 USER MANUAL ISO: Isolate Isolate this bus from snapshot recall and See the Snapshot and Global Filtering chapter for more Show recall (when information. Global Filtering is active) Mute Safe LED Indicate when Mute...
  • Page 78 ® 7.3.3: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > PROCESS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outpus: Master Bus Processing Chain The bus output processing chain has a parametric EQ block, a BSS Graphic Equaliser block (GEQ), a dynamics block, and a Pan/Insert block.
  • Page 79 ® 7.3.3: OUTPUTS > MASTERS > PROCESS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Bus Channel Strip EQ The output bus parametrc EQ is the same is used for the Adjust the parameteric input channel EQ. Please see the input channel refer- EQ for this Master.
  • Page 80 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 7.4: OUTPUTS > GRAPHIC EQ Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Graphic Equalisers (GEQ) The console has a total of 27 high-quality BSS Graphic Equalisers (GEQ) - one for each of the 24 assignable Busses, and one for each of the LCR Master outputs.
  • Page 81 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 7.4: OUTPUTS > GRAPHIC EQ Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Bandwidth Range Low Range High The Bandwidth units can either be Q or Octaves, Adjust the bandwidth of depending on the {EQ UNIT} setting in the Main Menu 0.24Oct...
  • Page 82 ® 8.0: MATRIX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring Matrix Instead of a simple Output matrix, the console has a built-in, freely-configurable matrix that can have up to 16 Outputs (mono) with full processing including parametric EQ, dynamics, delay, and graphic EQ. Each matrix output is a mix of up to 24 configurable sources that can be signals from busses, channel direct outputs, or inputs.
  • Page 83 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 8.0: MATRIX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Matrix Channel Turn on (or off) the corresponding matrix source. Matrix Channel Fader Adjust the level of this source as a contribution to the matrix mix.
  • Page 84 ® 9.0: MUTE & VCA GROUPS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Mute & VCA Groups The console supports up to 4 mute Groups (MG) and 16 primary VCA masters that can include both input and output channels. There is a secondary level of VCA functionality, most useful for monitor engineers, which allows the user to assign up to 16 VCA masters to each auxilliary mix when the auxilliaries are controlled for the channel faders.
  • Page 85 ® 9.1: MUTE & VCA GRPS > MUTE GROUPS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Mute Groups Operation There are four console mute groups, activated with the [1], [2], [3], and [4] buttons in the MUTE & VCA GROUPS but- ton group.
  • Page 86 ® 9.2 MUTE & VCA GRPS > VCA GROUPS Vi3000 USER MANUAL VCA Group Operation VCA Groups configuration is started by pressing the MUTE & VCA GROUPS [SETUP] button. When you press a VCA Master [SOLO/SEL] button you can assign channels to that VCA group with their individual [SOLO/SEL] buttons, and also access VCA group options - including labelling - in the Master Bay Vistonics.
  • Page 87 ® ® 9.2 MUTE & VCA GRPS > VCA GROUPS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL VCA Setup Inactive Active The [SETUP] button will glow blue when pressed. The [SOLO/SEL] button of the chosen VCA Master will also glow blue.
  • Page 88 ® 9.3 MUTE & VCA GRPS > AUX VCA GROUPS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Aux VCA Groups (fader controlled) The VCA Groups on the console are normally used to control groups of the input channel faders, for use by FOH engineers. In this case they are used to group mono and/or stereo channels together under control of a single master fader, for easier control during a mix.
  • Page 89 ® 10.0: MONITORING Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring System The monitoring system has three main sources - Monitor A, Monitor B, and Headphones. These are fed by a choice of sub-sources, including Solos, LCR, Talkback return, and two user-defined stereo sources where the left and right singals can be patched independantly 10.0...
  • Page 90 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 10.0: MONITORING Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 10.0 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 10.0: MONITORING...
  • Page 91 ® 10.1: MONITORING > CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring: Console Controls The following console monitoring controls are located to the right of the master faders in the Master Bay, except for [INPUT PRI] (Solo Input Priority), which is located with the SOLO button group on the upper section, to the right of the Master Bay.
  • Page 92 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 10.1: MONITORING > CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL MNTR B - Moni- tor A/B Select Inactive Active Select either the A or the B monitor to be displayed on the meter,...
  • Page 93 ® 10.1: MONITORING > CONTROL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Solo Blend Range Low Range High Adjust the background The level of the non-solo source adjusted from OFF to monitor_con_solo- level of the monitoring -10dB to allow solos to be heard in the context of a mix -10dB Blend.jpg...
  • Page 94 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 10.2: MONITORING > SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring Setup All monitoring source assignments for MONITOR A, B, and HP are assigned in the monitoring setup page, as well as monitoring delay.
  • Page 95 ® 10.2: MONITORING > SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Solo-In-Place Mode This is a destructive mode for use only during sound- checks or rehearsals. When a channel is soloed in SIP Activate the SOLO-IN- mode, all other channels are muted so that only the PLACE mode.
  • Page 96 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 10.2: MONITORING > SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Solo Se- lect Route the Input Solo The Input Solo signal is defined in the SOLO section of Signal to the Monitor the monitor setup screen.
  • Page 97 ® 10.2: MONITORING > SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Monitoring delay Range Low Range High The monitor delay allows the headphones and/or monitor speakers to be time-aligned to the output from the main Adjust the monitoring PA system, when working at a distance from the PA...
  • Page 98 ® ® 10.2.1: MONITORING > MON SETUP 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL MON Setup Mon Setup is a sub-screen of the Monitoring setup screen for setting up fundamental configurations such as physical patching and naming for the User sources.
  • Page 99 ® 10.2.1: MONITORING > MON SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Outputs Solo Assign When selected, an output assignment screen is dis- played in the master touch screen area. You can select individual output buss solos for the specific monitor output. This is useful for stage monitoring applica-...
  • Page 100 AFL, PFL, and SIP The solo system on Soundcraft Vi 3000 comprises a non-destructive PFL and AFL Solo capability from inputs and out- puts, and also the option of a destructive Solo-In-Place mode, for use only during soundchecks or rehearsals. Solo-In- Place mode has to be enabled from within the Monitor Setup and changes the mode of operation of the Solo System.
  • Page 101 ‘autocancel’ so that pressing any solo cancels the previous one, and only one solo can be ON at any time. This speeds up operation by eliminating the need to switch solos off before soloing the next channel. The Vi3000 includes an optimised version of this system, that allows solos to autocancel in normal operation, but also allows the operator to select multiple solos at once if required.
  • Page 102 ® 11.4: SOLO > FOLLOW OUTPUT SOLO Vi3000 USER MANUAL 11.4: Follow Output Solo Mode The Follow Output Solo [FLW] keys allow the user to quickly identify and adjust those input channels that are making contributions to each of the 24 outputs.
  • Page 103 ® 12.0: METERING Vi3000 USER MANUAL Console Metering Level metering in the Vi 3000 goes from +18dB to -36 dB. It represents the actual output level in dBu from its analogue line output. Gain reduction is displayed in the Range 0 - 20dB. The Vi 3000 uses full floating-point calculations in its DSP, which means that the audio signal inside the mixer cannot be overloaded.
  • Page 104 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 12.1: METERING > INPUTS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Input Channel Metering Each input channel has an input meter and every input meter has two parts: A 20--segment level meter (top), and a 9-segment Gain Reduction Meter (GRM).
  • Page 105 ® 12.2: METERING > BUSSES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Bus Master Metering Bus Meters Bus Masters can be configured as stereo channels, therefore the Bus Master Strip level meters have left and right meters (i.e. the left and right channels share a single set of controls, but note that this feature is re- served for a future release).
  • Page 106 ® 13.0: EDIT & LIBRARY SYSTEM Vi3000 USER MANUAL Edit & Library System - Copy, Paste, Undo, and Library Storage The Copy/Paste function allows the settings of any channel, bus, FX section or processing element to be copied and pasted to any number of other channels, saving set up time and helping eliminate errors.
  • Page 107 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 13.1: EDIT > COPY, PASTE, UNDO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 13.1: Copy, Paste, Undo Ranges of channels or busses, individual channels or busses, processing blocks (eg EQ), or even individual param- eters (eg mic gain control) within a processing block can be copied to the clipboard then pasted to another channel, block, or range.
  • Page 108 ® 13.1: EDIT > COPY, PASTE, UNDO Vi3000 USER MANUAL • Copy FX To make selection of the source and destination Lexicon FX units easy, a set of four FX-select encoders appears on the central screen in both Copy and Paste modes. The selection is made by either touching the relevant encoder or pressing the corresponding Vistonics button beside the encoder.
  • Page 109 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 13.2: EDIT > LIBRARY BASICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Libraries The Libraries functionality enables various elements of the console, eg EQ section, Dynamics section, or complete channels and busses, to be copied from the desk and stored in the Library system. Later these items can be retrieved and pasted from the Library to any destination channel or bus on the console.
  • Page 110 ® 13.2: EDIT > LIBRARY BASICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Library - Library Folders The Library File System The Library file system itself comprises a system of folders that reside on the console’s internal flash drive. The folder structure is preset to comprise a top-level Library folder, within which are sub-folders called Categories, corresponding to the various types of functions that can be stored in the Library (EQ, Dynamics, Channels, and so on).
  • Page 111 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 13.2: EDIT > LIBRARY BASICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL for the Input stage (gain, PAD etc) or the Aux send parts of the channel strip, so these parameters cannot be stored to the Library other than as part of complete channel strips using the Input Channel Category.
  • Page 112 ® 13.3: EDIT > LIBRARY FILE SCREEN Vi3000 USER MANUAL LIBRARY FILE SCREEN The Library file system appears in the Master Bay Vistonics screen when the {LIB} button is pressed in Copy or Paste Mode. It allows you to navigate the console library and perform import/export operations with connect USB storage devices.
  • Page 113 ® ® 13.3: EDIT > LIBRARY FILE SCREEN 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL DIrectory UP Navigate the file tree upwards, to the next 'par- ent' directory. Name Folder/ File Name the curently highlighted Library or library item.
  • Page 114 ® 13.3: EDIT > LIBRARY FILE SCREEN Vi3000 USER MANUAL Load Library Load the highlighted Library. Export/Import Library/Item For example, with a Library item selected in the internal Library (right hand side of the file Import or export a Library or Li-...
  • Page 115 ® 14.0: SNAPSHOTS, CUELISTS, FILTERS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Snapshots, Cuelists, and Global Filtering Snapshots are records of parameter settings across the console. Snapshots are stored in and recalled from cues in the cuelist. Cues can also trigger (or be triggered by) timecode, MIDI, and GPIO events. The ‘scope’ of a snapshot describes which parts of the console are included in the snapshot recall, and which parts are left out.
  • Page 116 ® 14.1: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CONTROLS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.1: Snapshot, Cuelist, and Global Filter Console Controls The main console snapshot controls are found in the ‘SNAPSHOTS’ group of buttons in the Master Bay. The ‘ISO’...
  • Page 117 ® 14.1: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CONTROLS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Preview Mode Inactive Active Make the cue list avail- able for preview via the When Preview Mode is deactivated, the cue list will Activate Pre- cue selection buttons return to the cue selected before Preview Mode was...
  • Page 118 ® 14.2: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CUELIST 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.2: Cuelist Control The Cue List shows all stored cues in the current Show’s cuelist in several columns of information. A large cuelist and controls appears in the Master Bay touchscreen area when the Snapshots Controls [SETUP] button is pressed or when a snapshot is stored.
  • Page 119 ® 14.2: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CUELIST Vi3000 USER MANUAL New Cue The new cue will be stored and numbered between the Store a snapshot of the currently selected cue and the next. For example, if you current console state have selected cue 2 of 3 and then press the [STORE] into a new cue.
  • Page 120 ® ® 14.2: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CUELIST 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Update Snapshot Update the snapshot in the currently selected cue to current console settings. Show Timecode Show the recall time- code for all cues in the cue number column of the cue list.
  • Page 121 ® 14.3: SNAPSHOTS, CUES > CUE DETAILS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.3: Cue Details Four segments / columns of each cue entry in the cuelist can be touched to enable extended functionality via the Mas- ter Bay Vistonics VST area. For example, by touching the Cue 2 entry in the cue list, in the MIDI column, that cue’s MIDI functions (MIDI-based recall and a MIDI message output list) will be available in the VST area.
  • Page 122 ® 14.3.1: CUES > CUE NUMBER/TIMECODE 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.3.1: Cues: Number and Timecode Selecting a cue number in the cue list gives access to that cue’s basic settings, plus MIDI timecode recall event set- tings and the GO TO CUE ‘local’...
  • Page 123 ® 14.3.1: CUES > CUE NUMBER/TIMECODE Vi3000 USER MANUAL Enable Cue Inactive Active Enable or disable this Enabled cues are shown in white in the cue list. Disabled Cue Disabled Cue Enabled cue. cues are shown 'greyed out'. Enable Cue...
  • Page 124 ® ® 14.3.2: CUES > SNAPSHOT / CUE NAME 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.3.2: Snapshot detail Selecting a snapshot name in the cue list gives access to that cue’s snapshot-specific settings and functions.
  • Page 125 ® 14.3.2: CUES > SNAPSHOT / CUE NAME Vi3000 USER MANUAL Scroll The Cue List Scroll through the cue Usually faster than the Up and Down buttons. Cue Enabled list using the encoder. Scroll The Cue List Scroll through the cue Usually faster than the Up and Down buttons.
  • Page 126 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 14.3.3: CUES > MIDI Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.3.3: Cue MIDI Detail Selecting the MIDI column in a cue list entry gives access to that cue’s MIDI input trigger and output settings.
  • Page 127 ® 14.3.3: CUES > SNAPSHOT / CUE NAME Vi3000 USER MANUAL MIDI In Mes- sage Learn Inactive Active Activate Learn mode When LEARN mode is active, the next MIDI message Normal Learn Mode for MIDI input message received will be entered into the MIDI message fields.
  • Page 128 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 14.3.4: CUES > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.3.4: Cue GPIO Detail Selecting a the GPIO column in the cue list gives access to that cue’s GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) settings.
  • Page 129 ® 14.3.4: CUES > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL GPI Pin Steal 'Steal' a virtual GPIO pin Stealing a GPIO pin deactivates the GPIO mapping that that is being used by the is set up in the main GPIO Settings section.
  • Page 130 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 14.3.4: CUES > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL GPO Physical Displays the physical pin number that corre- sponds to the selected virtual pin. HiQNet Venue Number Select a HiQNet Venue Number...
  • Page 131 ® 14.4: SNAPSHOTS > SNAPHOT FILTERS Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.4: Snapshot Filtering Global Filter, Snapshot ISO, Show ISO Snapshot filtering is a way of preventing certain settings on the console from changing when a Cue is recalled. There are two different reasons why this is useful, and therefore there are two different types of snapshot filtering: Global Filtering (also called Isolation), and Snapshot Scope.
  • Page 132 ® 14.4.1: SNAPSHOT FILTER > SCOPE 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.4.1: Snapshot Scope It can be very useful to make a Cue which, when it is recalled, only affects a specific area of the console - a ‘Partial’...
  • Page 133 ® 14.4.1: SNAPSHOT FILTER > SCOPE Vi3000 USER MANUAL Block Select Select or deselect indi- vidual process blocks from the scope of this cue. Channel Scope - Select All Select all channels to be within the scope of this cue.
  • Page 134 ® 14.4.2: SNAPSHOT FILTER > GLOBAL FILTER 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 14.4.2: Global Filter - Snapshot & Show Isolation To get manual control back while in a sequence of cues - either of a whole channel, groups of channels, or an element within a channel, you can use Global Filtering.
  • Page 135 ® 15.0: TALKBACK & OSCILLATOR Vi3000 USER MANUAL Talkback & Oscillator Most main oscillator and talback controls are grouped together in the master bay, though there is a Talback Assign- ment button [TB ASSN] in the VISTONICS button group, which allows manual assignment of the talkback group buss destinations.
  • Page 136 ® ® 15.1 TALKBACK & OSC > CONTROLS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 15.1: Talkback And Oscillator Controls Talkback And Oscillator Set- Active Open and close the Talkback and Oscil- Open Setup lator setup screen in...
  • Page 137 ® 15.1 TALKBACK & OSC > CONTROLS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Talkback to External Active Route the TB signal to the TB OUT external balanced analogue line Change the EXT TB assignment via the Talkback/Oscil- Routing output on the rear of lator SETUP screen.
  • Page 138 ® 15.2 TALKBACK & OSC > OSC SETUP 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 15.2: Oscillator Setup & Use The main oscillator controls appear in the master bay touch screen area when the Oscillator / Talkback [SETUP] but- ton is pressed.
  • Page 139 ® 15.2 TALKBACK & OSC > OSC SETUP Vi3000 USER MANUAL Oscillator To Feed the Oscillator sig- OSC To Bus assignments are selected in the Bus Assign nal to the preconfigured page via the Talkback/Oscillator SETUP screen. Busses. Oscillator To...
  • Page 140 ® 15.3 TALKBACK & OSC > TB SETUP 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 15.3: Talkback Setup & Use Talkback is a communications path between the console operators and the artists, crew, and other personnel.
  • Page 141 ® 15.4 TALKBACK & OSC > TB RETURN Vi3000 USER MANUAL 15.4: Talkback Return Setup & Use Talkback return allows the console operator to route inputs directly into the monitor circuit. This allows assistants within a venue to talk directly to the console operator. The talkback function must be enabled via the MONITORING setup page.
  • Page 142 ® 16.0: MAIN MENU Vi3000 USER MANUAL MAIN MENU & SETTINGS The Main Menu contains settings for general console systems and functionality, including GPIO and MIDI setup; Show loading duplicating, and export/import; Tielines (input > outut patching) setup, Lexicon FX operation, and more...
  • Page 143 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.1: MENU > MAIN TAB Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: Main This menu tab is displayed by default. Brightness Choose the brightness level for all screens, illuminated keys, and FaderGlow. Desk Lock Lock all switches, encoders, and faders on the console, except for the [LOCK] key.
  • Page 144 ® 16.2 MENU > SHOWS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: Shows Shows are the main vehicle for storing console control settings, cue lists and snapshots, and audio set-up. Loading Shows, copying Shows to and from USB data storage devices, and creating new Shows is done from the Show tab in the Main Menu.
  • Page 145 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.2 MENU > SHOWS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Load Show Load the selected show from the hard drive or external storage. Load Show Rename the selected Opens up the text entry screen.
  • Page 146 ® 16.2 MENU > SHOWS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Scroll Local Shows Scroll through the local (internal) show file list. Name / Date Order the Show file list by either date or name. USB Import / Export Pressing the right-facing arrow will export the current-...
  • Page 147 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.2 MENU > SHOWS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Export Excep- tion Files 16.2 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 16.2 MENU > SHOWS...
  • Page 148 ® 16.2.1 MENU > SHOWS > DATA Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: Shows - Show File Recorded Data Menu: Shows - Recorded Data Some settings are recorded as part of a Show, others as part of a Snapshot, and a few are not recorded at all.
  • Page 149 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.2.1 MENU > SHOWS > DATA Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Settings Recorded Within Audio Settings. This applies to the Show Snapshot and to any standard Snapshots. • All Channel audio settings on the console: Channel ON; Fader positions; Pan; Channel Parameters (EQ, Dynamics, input/output, insert).
  • Page 150 ® 16.3: MENU > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: GPIO You can configure all available GPIO channels in the GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) tab of the main menu. However, please note that ‘virtual’ GPIO pins can also be assigned to cues in the cue list via the Snapshot SETUP page.
  • Page 151 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.3: MENU > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Stagebox GPIO Select Selects the GPIO in the Stage Box (8 GPIO). GPIO Up / Down List Scroll though the GPI The currently-selected input and output channels are and GPO lists outlined in yellow.
  • Page 152 ® 16.3: MENU > GPIO Vi3000 USER MANUAL Trigger Polarity Select The encoder changes the polarity between positive and Set the Polarity of the negative. This field is only available if the {EDGE} field is input. set to BOTH. GPO Function Depending on the function selection, the {Parameter} field may or may not be available.
  • Page 153 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.4: MENU > SYNC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: GPIO The settings in this tab determine the digital audio clock source for the console Internal Clock Select Currently only 48kHz is avail- Choose one of the available internal sync rates.
  • Page 154 ® 16.5: MENU > TIELINES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: TIELINES TIE Lines are direct connections from an input connector to a output connector. They are a path through the mixer with no processing and no mixing, and there they do not use up any DSP channels. The console supports up to 24 tie lines, arranged 8 per page.
  • Page 155 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.5: MENU > TIELINES Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Tieline Input Patch The Red INPUT buttons open an input assign page in the Input Patch Assign a physical input to this Tie Line.
  • Page 156 ® 16.6: MENU > FX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Menu: FX This is where you congfigure the four internal FX processors. Please see the Effects chapter of this reference for more specific information. Lexicon FX Engine 'n' Algorithm selection and related...
  • Page 157 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.7: MENU > MIDI Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL MENU: MIDI General MIDI setup for the console List RX Channels Display the MIDI input channels in the device list. List TX Channels Display the MIDI output channels in the device list.
  • Page 158 ® 16.7: MENU > MIDI Vi3000 USER MANUAL List TX Devices Display the MIDI output Device IDs in the device list. MIDI Device Name MIDI Device Name display Scroll MIDI Device List Fast-Scroll through the device list with the encoder.
  • Page 159 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.7: MENU > MIDI Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL MIDI Timecode Enable Timecode Timecode Enable MIDI Timecode Input Disabled Enabled MIDI Timecode Frame Rate Displays incoming MIDI Timecode framerate in FPS (Frames Per Second)
  • Page 160 ® 16.8: MENU > LOG Vi3000 USER MANUAL MENU: LOG This page displays any errors that have occured since the console was last powered-up. These would usually be com- munications errors between the various components in the system such as control surface, local rack, and stagebox.
  • Page 161 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.8: MENU > LOG Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Automatic Scrolling Cause the most recent message to be dis- played as the current- ly-selected one Clear Log Clear the error log list.
  • Page 162 ® 16.9: MENU > SETTINGS Vi3000 USER MANUAL MENU: SETTINGS Miscellaneous settings for the console, including the date and time, plus meter, delay, EQ, and graphic EQ. Set Date And Time Active Map console date and time settings controls to...
  • Page 163 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 16.9: MENU > SETTINGS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Set Meter In Point There are four choices for the input meter tap, from Determine the metering left to right: After the analogue mic gain (before digital point for the input chan- trim and filters);...
  • Page 164 ® 16.10: MENU > SYSTEM Vi3000 USER MANUAL MENU: SYSTEM System Monitoring and HiQnet/VM² Setup System monitoring and HiQnet setup. In normal operation, the main System Monitoring Overview Display Area is located at the top right of the Master Bay touch screen, and the Error Log Display Area is just below it.
  • Page 165 Harman’s HiQnet control network to Enter the VM2 setup allow a level of integration between a HiQnet-enabled screen AKG Wireless Microphone system, and a Soundcraft Vi Series console. Please see the HiQnet/VM2 reference chapter 18 for more detail. 16.10 INPUT CHANNEL >...
  • Page 166 Lexicon FX The Vi3000 comes with Lexicon FX processors. Each FX Unit can be inserted into any Output/Main Master bus or into any Input Channel, or it can be patched as an FX Return to an Input Channel or fed from an Aux send.
  • Page 167 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 17.0: FX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL 17.0 INPUT CHANNEL > De Esser 17.0: FX...
  • Page 168 ® 17.1: FX > USING THE FX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Using The Lexicon FX Processors Each FX processor can be patched in three ways. Aux Masters can be patched to the inputs of FX units; input channel inputs can be patched to the outputs of FX units; and both input and output insert points can be patched to FX units.
  • Page 169 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 17.1: FX > USING THE FX Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Touch the Insert/output/delay block in the channel strip, then use the BUS OUT PATCH or INS PATCH options in the VST section to bring up the relevant patching options onto the touch screen. Simply select the Lexicon In page from the options on the right hand side of the touch screen and then select the required FX unit.
  • Page 170 ® 17.1: FX > USING THE FX Vi3000 USER MANUAL As An Insert To patch an FX unit into the insert point of an input channel, select the Panning/Insert block from the bottom of the touch screen channel strip, then use the {INSERT} patch option to select an FX Unit. Touch the (FX) button on the top left of the touch screen to show the available FX selections.
  • Page 171 The large F1-4 keys below the master screen are assigned by default on Vi3000 to the tap function of FX1-4, so no further setup is needed as long as shows are built from the Vi3000’s internal default shows.
  • Page 172 ® 17.2: FX > ALGORITHMS Vi3000 USER MANUAL FX Algorithms and Parameters For each of the four FX processors an individual FX Type can be selected. The FX Types are grouped into the follow- ing categories: Reverb, Delay, and Miscellaneous. You can select algorithms by hitting the {TYPE} button in the VST section of any FX page.
  • Page 173 ® ® 17.2.1: FX > ALGORITHMS > REVERBS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Reverbs Reverberation (or “reverb” for short) is the complex effect created by the way we perceive sound in an enclosed space. When sound waves encounter an object or boundary, they don’t just stop. Some of the sound is absorbed by the object, but most of the sound is reflected or is diffused.
  • Page 174 ® 17.2.1: FX > ALGORITHMS > REVERBS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Room Reverb Stereo Room produces an excellent simulation of a very small room which is useful for dialogue and speech applications. Room is also practical when used judiciously for fattening up high energy signals like electric guitar amp recordings.
  • Page 175 ® ® 17.2.1: FX > ALGORITHMS > REVERBS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Reverb Parameters Pre Delay Range Low Range High This control is not intended to precisely mimic the time delays in natural spaces, as the build-up of reverberation...
  • Page 176 ® 17.2.1: FX > ALGORITHMS > REVERBS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Spread Low Spread settings result in a rapid onset of reverber- Adjust reverb onset and ation at the beginning of the envelope, with little or no Dependant Dependant on sustain.
  • Page 177 ® ® 17.2.1: FX > ALGORITHMS > REVERBS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Early Reflections Level Adjust the level of early reflections within the reverb. Feedback Delay Range Low Range High Change the resonant...
  • Page 178 ® 17.2.2: FX > ALGORITHMS > DELAYS Vi3000 USER MANUAL DELAYS Delays repeat a sound a short time after it first occurs. Delay becomes echo when the output is fed back into the input (feedback). This turns a single repeat into a series of repeats, each a little softer than the last.
  • Page 179 ® ® 17.2.2: FX > ALGORITHMS > DELAYS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Tape Delay Mono In/Stereo Out In the days before digital, delays were created using a special tape recorder in which the magnetic recording tape was looped, with closely-spaced recording and playback heads.
  • Page 180 ® 17.2.2: FX > ALGORITHMS > DELAYS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Tap Ratio Range Low Range High Controls the Tap ratio Specific to the Pong Delay effect, this controls the delay of left and right outputs time offset between left and right taps, expressed as a...
  • Page 181 ® ® 17.2.2: FX > ALGORITHMS > DELAYS 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Ducker Threshold Range Low Range High Studio, Mono and Pong delays only. Ducking causes de- lay repeats to be attenuated by a variable amount when an input signal is present.
  • Page 182 ® 17.2.3: FX > ALGORITHMS > MISC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Miscellaneous FX The MISC category provides primarily modulated and pitch-varying effects. Chorus Stereo Chorus creates a lush, full sound by combining two or more signals together where one is unaffected and the other signals vary in pitch ver+5y slightly over time.
  • Page 183 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 17.2.3: FX > ALGORITHMS > MISC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Rotary Mono In/Stereo Out (Wet Only) Rotary speaker cabinets were designed to provide a majestic vibrato/choir effect for electronic theater and church organs.
  • Page 184 ® 17.2.3: FX > ALGORITHMS > MISC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Number Of Voices Controls the number of additional Chorus Hgher amounts add more richness to the Chorus effect. voices. Regeneration Range Low Range High Controls the amount of modulated signal being Higher amounts add more resonance to the signal.
  • Page 185 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 17.2.3: FX > ALGORITHMS > MISC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Phase Stages Selects between a 4-, 8-, or 12-state phase shifter. Horn Min Rotary effect only: Min- The speed limits are used when the speed parameter is imum speed of the HF changed from Slow to Fast.
  • Page 186 ® 17.2.3: FX > ALGORITHMS > MISC Vi3000 USER MANUAL Maximum Rotor Speed Range Low Range High Sets the maximum Rotary effect only: The speed limits are used when the speed at which the LF 0.05 speed parameter is changed from Slow to Fast speaker will rotate.
  • Page 187 (HiQnet merge device), from a shared network via an Ethernet Switch. On the Vi3000, the HiQnet network setup is located in the main menu ([MENU]) under the (System) tab. Available VM² status’ are shown in the input channel’s input block in the touchscreen, and in the VST section when that input block is selected.
  • Page 188 ® ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 18.0: VM ² Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL HiQnet Connec- The HiQnet port is an Ethernet connection on The port is capable of driving standard Ethernet distanc- the rear of the control es of up to 100m.
  • Page 189 The same wireless router or access point can be used to connect the ViSi Remote iPad app for remote control of the Vi3000 console. Setup of the console involves basic network setup (console IP address and HiQnet Node Address) and assignment of detected devices to the physical inputs they are connected to.
  • Page 190 ® ® 18.1: VM ² > HIQNET CONFIGURATION 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL IP Configura- tion Range Low Range High If you are using a DHCP server to automatically con- Select either Dynamic figure the IP setup, wait for several seconds until an IP...
  • Page 191 ® 18.1.1: VM ² > DEVICE LIST Vi3000 USER MANUAL VM² Device List The Device list occupies the centre of the HiQnet Setup page, and will initially be completely empty. Once HiQnet has been turned on, and a HiQnet network is attached to the console, the console will search for any attached AKG micro- phones and display a list of the microphones found on the network in the left-hand column of the Device List.
  • Page 192 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 18.1.1: VM ² > DEVICE LIST Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL console to know on which channel strip to display the VM² monitoring information, it is necessary to associate each of the microphone devices with a physical connector, which will correspond to the connector that the microphone’s audio output is connected to.
  • Page 193 ® 18.2: VM ² > STATUS DISPLAYS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Status Displays The console displays VM² wireless system status information in two places - the main channel strip display in the input channel touch screen area (input block), and in the VST area when the channel’s input block has been selected.
  • Page 194 ® 18.2.1: VM ² > STATUS > CHANNEL STRIP 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL Channel Strip Status (Touch Screen Input Block) The input channel Input block graphic - shown at the top of the channel strip in the Vistonics touchscreen area - provides instant feedback on the status of VM²...
  • Page 195 ® 18.2.1: VM ² > STATUS > CHANNEL STRIP Vi3000 USER MANUAL RF Strength A red or green ‘RF’ icon is displayed to indicate the health of the AKG RF level. A green RF indicator is dis- Show the RF (Radio...
  • Page 196 ® 4.3: INPUT CHANNEL > DYNAMICS 18.2.2: VM ² > STATUS > VST Vi3000 USER MANUAL Vi3000 USER MANUAL VM² VST Section Information To see more detailed information about the AKG Microphones, the Input section of the channel strip can be zoomed by touching the Input touch field at the top of the strip.
  • Page 197 ® 18.2.2: VM ² > STATUS > VST Vi3000 USER MANUAL Gain Display The display of internal Gain of the AKG microphone differs according to the type of microphone system being Internal gain of the monitored. It cannot be controlled from the console. For...

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