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Digico 56 input / 16 output digital mixing console with 48 ins and 8 outs on in a remote stage box and 8 ins and 8 outs on the control surface. Madi connectivity, 8 AES ins and outs. expandable to 60 ins and 24 outs.
SD8: The power, finesse and clarity of DiGiCo digital mixing with Stealth Digital Processing™
- 60 Channels mono or stereo
- (Equivalent to 120 channels of DSP)
- 24 Busses mono or stereo + Master +12 Matrix and Dual Solo Busses. Now with LCR with Overdrive
- (Equivalent to 66 67 Busses of DSP)
- Large 15" touch screen for fast control
- Remote Stage Rack + local I/O
- 12 16 x 12 Output Matrix (with Overdrive)
- Snapshot control with relative update & offline facility
- On board effects and Graphic Eq's
- Script/Laptop tray & second MADI I/O for open platform recording
- 37 or 25 touch sensitive faders for instant control with Full Size Metering
The SD8 has a fixed architecture powered by Stealth Digital Processing™ and employs a smaller Super FPGA than the SD7, yet it benefits from all the major features and versatility of the acclaimed DiGiCo D Series, plus the advances already made in the SD7. This gives a superlative performance to price ratio, allowing DiGiCo to offer an entry-level console, with remote pre amps, at a price point that has never been possible before.
Worksurface
The same attention to detail and ease of use has been applied to the SD8, as to every other console in DiGiCo’s portfolio. Thus, the SD8’s control surface has 37 motorised faders (or 25 with the new SD8-24), dedicated and multi-function control knobs and electronic labelling. It also has a 15”, super high resolution, touch sensitive TFT LCD backlit display.
The SD8 has 24 (12 with new SD8-24) main channel faders and 12 assignable aux and touch sensitive master faders. Each bank of 12 faders can be instantly assigned as channels or masters, allowing all 36 (24 with SD8-24) main faders to control inputs if desired, while any bank of 12 can be assigned to the touch screen for fine-tuning.
Engine
The SD8 provides, as standard, a 16 x 12 output matrix, its 12 busses being additional to the console’s 24 stereo, solo and master busses. 60 mono or stereo channels – the equivalent of 120 channels of full DSP processing - and the combined power of the SD8’s technologies means that the number and quality of effects, dynamics or other functions is available to all channels simultaneously, no matter how the console is set up.
The SD8 supplies engineers with a wealth of features, some of which, such as snapshots and the ability to record directly from the remote mic pre amps will be familiar to D Series users. The high resolution, 20-LED bargraph meters, right beside each channel fader are a new feature.
But familiar or not, one thing that is certain is that the only feature the SD8 lacks is a big price tag. In fact, it comes in at a considerably lower cost than anything else in the DiGiCo range - or any comparative console for that matter - but still provides much, much more than its nearest rival.
I/O
The SD8 has integral I/O within the worksurface, which are:-
8 Mic/Line Inputs
8 Line Outputs
8 AES/EBU (mono inputs and outputs)
The standard SD8 system is supplied with a MADI Rack and 100m of BNC cables. The MaDiRack is 8U 19”rack mount and houses 48 fixed Mic/Line Inputs and 8 Outputs. This can be increased up to 24 Outputs.
As with all DiGiCo products, both the Mini Rack and DiGiRack may also be used.
SD8 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
General Specifications
- Faders 37 (or 25) x 100mm touch-sensitive, motorised
- Screens 1 x 15” (38cm) LCD high - resolution touch screen
- Meters 38 (or 26) x 20-segment LED bargraph
- Input Channels 60 Mono or Stereo channels
- Busses 24 Mono or Stereo busses + LR master (+LCR Master with Overdrive Software)
- Solo busses 2 stereo busses
- Matrix 12 16 x 12 matrix (additional to busses above) with Overdrive Software
- Control Groups 12, selectable for VCA-style, Moving fader, Mute Group
- Graphic Eq 12 24 x 32-band, Gain +/- 12dB (with Overdrive Software)
- Internal FX 6 8 Stereo FX processors (with Overdrive Software)
- Local I/O 8 x mic/line I/O, 8 x AES/EBU I/O (mono)
- MADI interface 2 redundant interfaces, 75 ohm BNC connectivity
- Optic interface Optocore (Optional factory fit only)
- MIDI interface In / Out / Through
- VGA port DB-15 mini-female (1024 x 768 resolution)
- USB ports (3) USB 2
- Light connection (2) XLR3 1.2 – 12V
- Ext Sync Word clock, AES, MADI, Optics
- Headphone TRS unbalanced / 8-600 ohms 1/4 inch Jack
- Dimensions: 1347mm (w) x 811mm (d) x 254mm (h)
- Weight: 71.3Kg (149.3Kg with optional flightcase)
- Flightcase: (Optional) 1517mm (w) x 1133mm (h) x 452mm (d)
- Power Requirements 90-264 VAC, 47-63Hz Auto Sensing. 230VA typical, 295VA peak (meters full, faders moving)
- Redundancy Internal PSU x 2
Audio Specifications
- Sample rate 48kHz or 44.1kHz
- Processing delay 2ms typ (60 stereo channels, stage input through L-R buss to stage output)
- Internal processing Up to 40-bit, floating point
- A>D & D>A 24-bit Converter Bit Depth
- Frequency response +/- 0.6dB (20Hz – 20kHz)
- THD <0.05% @ unity gain, 10dB input @ 1kHz
- Channel Seperation Better than 90dB (40Hz – 15kHz)
- Residual output noise <90dBu typ (20Hz - 20kHz)
- Microphone Input Better than -126dB Equivalent Noise
- Maximum Output Level +22dBu
- Maximum Input Level +22dBu