Leading UK live sound providers and long-time Soundcraft partner Adlib Audio has extended its rental stock as part of Soundcraft’s certified Vi upgrade programme, with the purchase of a number of Vi5000 and Vi70000 digital mixing consoles.
Supplied by Sound Technology, one of the Vi7000s it to be used later in the year on the live production of Mrs Brown’s Boys – How Now Mrs Brown Cow, the arena touring version of the popular television sitcom that stars writer and performer Brendan O’Carroll.
‘Our Vi6 consoles have performed exceptionally for us, the increased I/O and ability to mix in 96k made this upgrade an obvious one for us,’ says Adlib Audio Director, says Dave Kay. ‘We have also loved working with the DPR901ii in the past and are very pleased to see it integrated into the Vi7000.’
The Vi5000 and Vi7000 feature the latest 3D Vistonics II and FaderGlow interfaces, plus an improved ViSi Remote iPad control interface completes the package: ‘I’ve always loved the ease of use and the amount of visual feedback that the Vi user interface gives to the engineer, the new features have been integrated very subtly in to the existing interface, so moving forward it isn’t like you have to learn a new console with a different layout,’ Kay says. ‘Show compatibility is retained and this makes it a very simple transition in either direction with the new models.’
‘The highly successful Vi4 and Vi6 consoles will continue to be offered for sale and ongoing support in the same manner as the rest of the Vi Series,’ says Soundcraft Global Sales Director, Dom Harter. ‘Additionally, existing customers can benefit from the Vi4/Vi6 upgrade package to a Vi5000/Vi7000 system, details are available from local Soundcraft distributors.’
