Digidesign VENUE SC48 Digital Mixing Console
Amazing sound quality, performance, reliability, and price. The Avid® SC48 is the definitive, all-in-one live sound solution, combining all I/O, digital signal processing, and tactile control into one compact console, along with support for professional audio plug-ins and built-in Pro Tools LE® integration. It also introduces groundbreaking workflows that greatly increase your efficiency, allowing you to concentrate on what really matters most—the mix.
Features:
- Fully integrated stage and ancillary I/O, DSP, and tactile control offers ultimate portability
- Compact footprint fits small- to midsize clubs, houses of worship, theaters, and corporate events
- First-rate sound quality provides amazing audio clarity in any room
- Professional audio plug-in support for creating studio-quality mixes live
- Pro Tools FireWire interface and software for audio recording and playback
- Includes VENUE software, the industry’s easiest, most comprehensive control software
- 48 analog mic/line XLR inputs, 16 analog line outputs (expandable to 32)
- Single output expansion slot for maximizing output count or adding A-Net connectivity
- 16 Aux Sends, plus 8 mono matrixes (linkable as up to 4 stereo matrixes)
- 26 touch-sensitive, motorized faders: 16 input, 8 output master, 1 Flex Channel, and 1 Mains
- 16 assignable, push-switch rotary encoders with multi-segment LED rings enable immediate access to key parameters
- Additional I/O, including talkback, analog and digital 2-track, GPI, MIDI, and Word Clock
- Optional: Add remote I/O to SC48 with Stage 48 for more flexible distribution
Specifications:
- HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
- Power Requirements: 100–240 V, 50–60 Hz, 200 W
- USB Ports (5): USB 2.0
- IEEE-1394 Port: FireWire (for Pro Tools LE only)
- GPI Port: DB9 female
- Footswitch Connectors (2): 1/4-inch TRS
- MIDI In/Out: 5-pin DIN female
- Word Clock In/Out: BNC female
- VGA Port: DB-15 mini-female (1024 x 768
- resolution, mirrored display mode)
- DVI Port: DVI female (1024 x 768 resolution, mirrored display mode)
- ECx Ethernet Control: RJ-45 (for ECx remote control)
- Console Light Connectors (2): XLR3-F
- GENERAL AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS
- Internal Sample Frequency: 48 kHz
- External Sample Frequency: 48 kHz +/-10 ppm (Word Clock input)
- Processing Delay: Less than 2.3 ms (48 channels, stage input through L-R bus to stage output)
- Internal Processing: Up to 48-bit, fixed point (288 dB internal dynamic range)
- Frequency Response: +/-0.2 dB (22 Hz – 20 kHz BW, relative to 1 kHz)
- Dynamic Range: 108 dB typ
- Crosstalk: -100 dB typ (adjacent stage inputs to L-R bus, @ 1kHz)
- Residual Output Noise: -90 dBu typ (20 Hz – 20 kHz BW)
- STAGE I/O (at maximum configuration)
- AI16 Analog Input Cards (3)
- Connector (x16): XLR3-F, balanced
- Phantom Power: +48V (individually switchable per channel via software), 10 mA max
- Maximum Input Level: +32 dBu* with pad
- Pad: 20 dB
- Gain: +10 dB to +60 dB
- Input Impedance:
- pad off: 5.5k Ohm, leg to ground
- pad on: 3.8k Ohm, leg to ground
- EIN: -126 dBu typ (maximum gain, 150 Ohm source, 20 Hz–20 kHz BW, unweighted) * 0 dBu = 0.775V rms
- AO16 Analog Output Card (1)
- Connector (x16): XLR3-M, balanced
- Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu
- Output Impedance: 50 Ohm, leg to ground
- FOH I/O
- Talkback Mic Input: XLR3-F
- 2-Track Analog Inputs: 1/4-inch TRS
- 2-Track Analog Outputs: -1/4-inch TRS
- 2-Track Digital AES Inputs: -XLR3-F
- 2-Track Digital AES Outputs: -XLR3-M
- Headphone Output (1): -1/4-inch TRS, unbalanced
- HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
- Power Requirements: 100–240 V, 50–60 Hz, 200 W
- USB Ports (5): USB 2.0
- IEEE-1394 Port: FireWire (for Pro Tools LE only)
- GPI Port: DB9 female
- Footswitch Connectors (2): 1/4-inch TRS
- MIDI In/Out: 5-pin DIN female
- Word Clock In/Out: BNC female
- VGA Port: DB-15 mini-female (1024 x 768
- resolution, mirrored display mode)
- DVI Port: DVI female (1024 x 768 resolution, mirrored display mode)
- ECx Ethernet Control: RJ-45 (for ECx remote control)
- Console Light Connectors (2): XLR3-F
- GENERAL AUDIO SPECIFICATIONS
- Internal Sample Frequency: 48 kHz
- External Sample Frequency: 48 kHz +/-10 ppm (Word Clock input)
- Processing Delay: Less than 2.3 ms (48 channels, stage input through L-R bus to stage output)
- Internal Processing: Up to 48-bit, fixed point (288 dB internal dynamic range)
- Frequency Response: +/-0.2 dB (22 Hz – 20 kHz BW, relative to 1 kHz)
- Dynamic Range: 108 dB typ
- Crosstalk: -100 dB typ (adjacent stage inputs to L-R bus, @ 1kHz)
- Residual Output Noise: -90 dBu typ (20 Hz – 20 kHz BW)
- STAGE I/O (at maximum configuration)
- AI16 Analog Input Cards (3)
- Connector (x16): XLR3-F, balanced
- Phantom Power: +48V (individually switchable per channel via software), 10 mA max
- Maximum Input Level: +32 dBu* with pad
- Pad: 20 dB
- Gain: +10 dB to +60 dB
- Input Impedance:
- pad off: 5.5k Ohm, leg to ground
- pad on: 3.8k Ohm, leg to ground
- EIN: -126 dBu typ (maximum gain, 150 Ohm source, 20 Hz–20 kHz BW, unweighted) * 0 dBu = 0.775V rms
- AO16 Analog Output Card (1)
- Connector (x16): XLR3-M, balanced
- Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu
- Output Impedance: 50 Ohm, leg to ground
- FOH I/O
- Talkback Mic Input: XLR3-F
- 2-Track Analog Inputs: 1/4-inch TRS
- 2-Track Analog Outputs: -1/4-inch TRS
- 2-Track Digital AES Inputs: -XLR3-F
- 2-Track Digital AES Outputs: -XLR3-M
- Headphone Output (1): -1/4-inch TRS, unbalanced