DiGiCo has announced the ‘smallest and newest’ member of the Quantum Range of digital audio mixing consoles – the Quantum112, a single-screen, 12-fader desk that is also the company’s first true flypack mixer.
Designed to fit within a rugged and robust Peli Air 1637 case, the console, when packed, weighs only 23kg, qualifying it as a standard checked bag option on most flights. Despite its ultra-compact form factor, the Quantum112 is still long on features and functionality, however.
Based on the seventh-generation FPGAs, DiGiCo’s latest product offers 80 input channels with 24 aux/subgroup buses, LR/LCR master buses, and a 12x8 matrix, all with full channel processing. Twelve control groups plus two solos are also available.
Sporting a 17-inch, 1000-nit, high-brightness multitouch screen with both a meter bridge and soft quick select buttons for speedy and intuitive operation, the Quantum112 is additionally equipped with 18 individual TFT channel displays to provide clear operator feedback and interaction. Beneath the main display are a dozen newly-sourced 100mm touch-sensitive faders, selected for their smooth movement and precision control.
The DiGiCo Quantum112 incorporates regular Quantum Range features such as Mustard Processing channel strips (20), Spice Rack plug-in style native FPGA processing options (six), and Nodal Processing (24). Twelve graphic EQs are further available, as are eight FX Rack slots.
Other highlights include Stadius 32-bit A/D and D/A conversion, dual DMI slots, and a versatile I/O options, including Dante (64 channels in and 64 channels out at both 48kHz and 96kHz), Madi (redundant or single), optional optics, AES and local connections (16 analogue inputs and eight outputs).
‘Our new Quantum112 is a brilliant illustration of the idiom, “good things come in small packages”, ‘says DiGiCo MD, Austin Freshwater. ‘We originally tasked our R&D team to create a rack-mountable Quantum console to replace the SD11, which is now 14 years old, and they absolutely outdid themselves. Not only is the Quantum112 rackable, but it’s also small and light enough when cased to be under the magic size and weight numbers when travelling by air.’
‘The initial brief really challenged our team, driving us to research new materials, optimise design techniques, and inversely shrink topologies while increasing performance,’ adds Head of Research & Development, Michael Aitchison. ‘Our previously smallest console, the SD11, weighs 24kg [53lb] without packaging and 73kg [161lb] when flightcased, so it wasn’t a proper flypack product. The new Quantum112 is nearly 70 per cent lighter, but still incredibly solid, and far more powerful. We’re extremely proud with how it has turned out and suspect that our customers will be quite pleased with it, too.’
DiGiCo’s Quantum112 is expected to ship in late October 2025.