QSC Touchmix – 30 Pro Channel Digital Mixer

A remarkable new standard for performance in a compact digital mixer, the TouchMix-30 Pro has the features and functionality that will satisfy the most demanding professional while also providing an intuitive workflow that delivers great results, quickly and easily, to users at every level of experience. Perfect for production professionals, musicians and bands as well as live performance venues, its 32 mixing channels (24 Mic/Line, 6 Line, Stereo USB) and 16 outputs offer tremendous signal management flexibility for a wide range of applications.

Far more than simply a higher channel count version of the TouchMix-8 and TouchMix-16, The TouchMix-30 Pro offers a host of additional, new "Pro” features including:

• Large (10-inch) multi-touch touchscreen offers more on-screen information while also providing greater hands-on control
• Anti-Feedback and Room Tuning Wizards simplify complex equalization tasks
• Two real-time analyzers (RTA) provide instantaneous display of channel tonal balance and room response
• Copy and Paste function easily duplicates mixes, channels, EQ, dynamics and more.
• Touch-and-route Patch Matrix for easy "multing” and rearrangement of inputs
• Eight sub-groups with 6-band full parametric EQ, variable high- and low-pass filters and limiter may be linked for stereo
• 32-channel direct-to-hard drive record/playback capture and recall performances without the need for a computer
• 32-Channel DAW interface with Mac® computers allows for bidirectional I/O with popular workstation software
• MP3 playback direct from USB

Additionally, the TouchMix-30 Pro offers even more of what you would expect and demand from a TouchMix Series mixer:

• 24 class-A microphone preamps deliver pristine, studio-quality audio
• Over 120 live instrument, microphone and other audio source presets created in live environments provide mix-ready channel settings
• All outputs feature 1/3 octave graphic equalization and 6-band parametric EQ plus limiters, delay and 12-band notch filters
• 14 mono mixes may be paired for stereo while two pairs of Auxes can drive wired in-ear monitors (IEM) directly
• Six stereo effects processors plus pitch-correct offer studio-grade signal enhancements, without sacrificing Auxes or additional channels

The LS9 series consoles follow in the distinguished footsteps of the Yamaha PM1D, PM5D, and M7CL, expanding Yamaha's digital mixing console lineup for live sound and installations. The LS9 series consists of the 32-mic/line input 64-channel LS9-32, and the 16-mic/line input 32 channel LS9-16. While being compact and light enough for one person to move and set up easily, both models include features that have been field-proven in previous Yamaha digital consoles as well as outstanding sonic quality. In addition to an extensive range of gating, compression, and equalization capabilities, there's also a built-in USB memory recorder/player for recording or BGM playback, and other functionality that give you everything you need for small to medium scale live sound or installed applications in remarkably compact, all-in-one consoles.  

Technical Specifications  

Analog Input Characteristics  

Analog Output Characteristics  

Digital Output Characteristics  

Control I / O Characteristics  

Si Performer 1 Highlights
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Massive mix capacity – 80 inputs to mix in a small format live sound digital mixer
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2 ViSi Connect™ option card slots with 128x96 input/output paths for expanded digital I/O including the MultiDigital Card (Firewire/USB/ADAT), BSS Digital Audio Bus (BLU Link), Dante™, CAT5 or optical MADI, AVIOM™, CobraNet™ and others.
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Assignable Fader Layers - Customise each of the four fader layer pages to meet your needs or add/insert faders to accommodate that additional mic that was not in the patch list!
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1 Control = 1 Function - With each control dedicated to a given function there is never any 'layering' of controls or navigating through screens; this allows the Si Performer controls to be labeled on the surface just as they would have been on an analogue mixer.
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TOTEM™ - The One Touch Easy Mix; press a single key to mix to an AUX, FX or Matrix bus, the surface and monitoring instantly reconfigure to allow instant mixing to your chosen bus on the faders.
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Soundcraft FaderGlow™ - Illuminates the fader slots according to function with clearly defined colours for FX, Stereo, Linked Mono, GEQ, POST Fade Aux, PRE Fade Aux; you'll never be lost again!
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DMX interface - control sound and light from the same device.

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BSS® GEQ - With a BSS GEQ on every bus there is never any need to assign from a pool of resources and you will never 'run out' of processing.
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Security Lockout - Lock the whole console or just selected elements, manage the security with the users and profile settings.
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Personal Monitoring Interface - When used with the Si BLU link option card, the Si Performer is a perfect partner to the dbx PMC16 Personal Monitoring System , using simple Cat5 cabling for easy setup.
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D.O.G.S. (Direct Out Gain Stabiliser) - Prevents manual change of a mic gain control affecting direct out levels, perfect when 2 consoles share a stagebox or when recording the channel direct outputs.
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Global Mode Controls - A row of rotary controls above each fader assignable at the touch of a button to be GAIN, PAN or HPF for all of the inputs allowing instant access to the core functions.
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Copy & Paste - Copy whole channels, busses, mixes, Lexicon™ effects, a single part such as the EQ or multiple parts like the channel gate and compressor.
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Instant Access Keys - Dedicated keys on the front panel for STORE, RECALL, NEXT, MUTE 1-8, TAP TEMPO and more negate the need to dive into screen & context menus.
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Function Focus - Whenever a control is moved or SELect key pressed the screen displays information about the channel identifying the absolute value of the controls and the channel name, number etc.
    
    

Key Features

  •  16 mono mic inputs
  •  8 line inputs
  •  80 channels to mix
  •  2 ViSi Connect™ option card slots for 128 x 96 input/output paths
  •  Pre/Post selection per input per bus
  •  Freely assignable faders and patching
  •  Soundcraft FaderGlow™
  •  Colour backlit LCD screens per fader
  •  GEQ on every bus
  •  20 sub-group / aux busses
  •  4 FX busses
  •  8 Matrix busses
  •  LRC Mix busses
  •  LCR panning
  •  4 Stereo Lexicon Effects engines
  •  Delay on inputs and outputs
  •  8 Mute Groups
  •  8 VCA Groups
  •  AES in and out
  •  DMX interface and control -control sound and light simultaneously
  •  Freely assignable insert loops
  •  Harman HiQnet integration
  •  Colour touch screen interface
  •  Comes with removable side cheeks

Ultimate sonic performance

Enhanced workflow

Unlimited expandability

The ideal experience

Features

• Compact 40-input channel, 25-bus digital mixing console for Studio and Live application
• 16 MIDAS-designed, fully programmable mic preamps for audiophile sound quality
• 17 fully automated motorised 100mm faders allow for instant overview, powerful scene management and DAW control
• 8 XLR outputs plus 6 additional line in/outputs, phones connector and a talkback section with integrated or external mic
• 32 x 32 channel audio interface over USB 2.0, with DAW remote control emulating HUI and Mackie Control
• iPad and iPhone apps for professional remote operation available free of charge - no host PC required
• High-resolution 5" day-viewable Colour TFT for easy viewing of workflow components and parameters
• Main LCR, 6 matrix buses and all 16 mix buses each featuring inserts, 6-band parametric EQ's and full dynamics processing, plus 8 DCA and 6 mute groups
• Virtual FX rack featuring 8 true-stereo FX slots include high-end simulations such as Lexicon 480L and PCM70, EMT250, Quantec QRS and more
• 40-bit floating-point DSP features 'unlimited' dynamic range with no internal overload and near-zero overall latency for mixing a total of 48 signals on 25 buses
• Powerful scene management for convenient handling of complex productions
• 48-channel Digital Snake ready via dual AES50 ports, featuring KLARK TEKNIK's SuperMAC networking capability for ultra-low jitter and latency
• USB type - A connector providing file storage and uncompressed stereo recordings plus show presets and system updates
• Dedicated and easy-to-use channel strip section with direct access controls and graphic user interface for intuitive workflow
• Additional user-definable control section allows to set up short-cuts to your favourite views or parameters
• ULTRANET connectivity for Behringer's P-16 Personal Monitoring System
• Networked remote control for show setups with on-screen software editor via Ethernet
• Built-in expansion port for audio interface cards or digital networking bridges
• MIDI In/Out for remote scene recall or controlling other MIDI equipment
• Free future firmware updates downloadable from Behringer

Specifications

• Frequency Range: 10Hz - 22kHz
• Dynamic Range: 106dB
• Output Level: +4dBu / +21dBu (XLR)
• Main Screen: 5'', 800 x 480, 262k Colour TFT
• Main Meter: 18-Segment (-45dB to Clip)
• Power Supply: Switchmode 100V - 240V, 50Hz/60Hz
• Power Consumption: 70W
• Dimensions: 490mm x 506mm x 163mm
• Weight: 11.4kg / 25.1lbs

Processing Channels

• Input Channels: 32
• Aux Channels: 8
• FX Return Channels: 8
• Aux Buses: 16
• Matrices: 6
• Internal Effects Engines: 8 True Stereo / 16 Mono
• Internal Recall Scenes: 100
• Signal Processing: 40-Bit Floating Point
• AD/DA Conversion: 24-Bit @ 44.1kHz/48kHz, 114dB Dynamic Range (Cirrus Logic A/D CS5368, D/A CS4385)
• Local I/O Latency: 0.8ms
• Network I/O Latency: 1.1ms

Connectors

• XLR Inputs: 16 Inputs with Programmable Mic Preamps (Designed by MIDAS)
• Talkback Mic Input: XLR
• XLR Outputs: 8
• RCA Inputs/Outputs: 2/2
• Monitoring Outputs: 2 x 1/4'' Balanced
• Aux Inputs/Outputs: 6/6 x 1/4'' TRS Balanced
• Headphone Outputs: 1 x 1/4'' TRS
• AES50 Ports: 2/2
• Expansion Card Slot: 32 Channel Audio Input/Output
• P-16 Connector: 1
• MIDI Inputs/Outputs: 1/1
• RJ45 Ethernet: 1
• USB Type A: 1

Drawing on more than a decade of experience in the field of digital audio mixing, the Soundcraft® Si Expression exploits some of the newest DSP, component technology and manufacturing techniques to deliver our most powerful cost effective digital console ever! Each console in the range is identical in its feature set so your only choice is how many faders and local mic amps you want. With a range covering the super portable 19" rack mount Expression 1 to the mighty Si Expression 3 with its 30+2 faders and 32 mic/line inputs there is a model to meet all needs.

Taking the Si Expression 2 as a typical example, it features 24 recallable mic pre amps (32 on Si Expression 3 and 16 on Si Expression 1) plus 4 line inputs, 4 internal stereo FX returns, AES in, and a 64x64 expansion slot offering more than enough scope to use every one of the 66 input processing channels. Every input processing channel has dedicated processing for high pass filter, input delay, gate, compressor and four band EQ whilst keeping it under control is a comprehensive automation system augmented with four mute groups and FaderGlow™ to light the way so you are never lost.

All Si Expression consoles have busses, output processing and connectivity to match the versatility of the inputs; the 14 aux/group mixes can be configured as 14 mono mixes, 8 mono plus 6 stereo mixes or almost anything in between, whilst the 4 matrix mixes can be mono or stereo as needed. The bus and matrix mixes are complemented with four more mix busses dedicated to the internal Lexicon FX processors all in addition to the left, right and centre busses. Each bus mix features a compressor, 4 band EQ, BSS graphic EQ and delay always available all of the time. Output connectivity is comprehensive with all models featuring 16 balanced line outputs, headphone monitor out, AES out and of course the 64x64 option slot.

To complement the channel and bus processing all Si Expression consoles integrate four stereo Lexicon FX processors based on the MX400 providing a wealth of sounds, user adjustable parameters and dedicated tap-tempo keys. As the FX are hardware based, use of all the effects, even on the most demanding programmes does not affect other processing in any way and all dynamics, EQs, filters, delays, and GEQs remain available regardless what you are doing.

Flexible onboard and expansion I/O options ensure your Si Expression integrates effortlessly with other system components utilising any of the Si series option cards including AES, Firewire/USB/ADAT*1, AVIOM™, CobraNet™, BSS Digital Audio Bus (BLU Link)*1, Dante™*1 CAT5 or optical MADI. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track recording systems or plug-in systems like Waves, enables linking the Si Expression to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the I/O power and flexibility. Adding a stagebox to an Si Expression actually increases the number of channels you can mix at once not just how many inputs you have available to choose from! It is said ʽPower is nothing without controlʼ and here the Si Expression excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface incorporating a dedicated control for every parameter, a row of global mode encoders and colour touch screen ensuring operation is quick and easy.

As you would expect from any Soundcraft digital mixer the facilities are extensive and include legendary audio quality courtesy of the latest generation EMMA™ DSP processor, the same DSP platform that has helped propel previous Soundcraft Si series consoles to fame. All this power united with reliability, flexibility and usability puts the Si Expression in a class of its own.

*1 Expected spring/summer 2013

Si Expression Highlights
•     D.O.G.S. (Direct Out Gain Stabiliser) – Prevents manual change of a mic gain control affecting direct out levels, perfect when 2 consoles share a stagebox or when recording the channel direct outputs.
•     Security Lockout – Lock the whole console or just selected elements, manage the security with the users and profile settings.
•     Assignable Fader Layers – Customise each of the four fader layer pages to meet your needs or add/insert faders to accommodate that additional mic that was not in the patch list!
•     Copy & Paste – Copy whole channels, busses, mixes, Lexicon™ effects, a single part such as the EQ or multiple parts like the channel gate and compressor.
•     TOTEM™ – The One Touch Easy Mix; press a single key to mix to an AUX, FX or Matrix bus, the surface and monitoring instantly reconfigure to allow instant mixing to your chosen bus on the faders.
•     BSS® GEQ – With a BSS GEQ on every bus there is never any need to assign from a pool of resources and you will never 'run out' of processing.
•     1 Control = 1 Function – With each control dedicated to a given function there is never any 'layering' of controls or navigating through screens; this allows the Si Expression controls to be labelled on the surface just as they would have been on an analogue mixer.
•     Global Mode Controls – A row of rotary controls above each fader assignable at the touch of a button to be GAIN, PAN or HPF for all of the inputs allowing instant access to the core functions.
•     Soundcraft FaderGlow® – Illuminates the fader slots according to function with clearly defined colours for FX, Stereo, Linked Mono, GEQ, POST Fade Aux, PRE Fade Aux; you'll never be lost again!
•     Instant Access Keys – Dedicated keys on the front panel for STORE, RECALL, NEXT, MUTE 1-4, TAP TEMPO and more negate the need to dive into screen & context menus.
•     Function Focus – Whenever a control is moved or SELect key pressed the screen displays information about the channel identifying the absolute value of the controls and the channel name, number etc...
•     Everything Everywhere – All channels and busses have a full complement of processing, nothing to assign or configure.

Key Features
      24 (32 - Si Expression 3, 16 – Si Expression 1) mono mic inputs
      4 line inputs
      Colour touch screen interface
      66 channels to mix possible
      Pre/Post selection per input per bus
      AES in and out
      Global mode encoders
      Soundcraft FaderGlow™
      GEQ on every bus
      20 sub-group / aux busses
      4 FX busses
      8 Matrix busses
      LR and C Mix busses
      4 Stereo Lexicon Effects engines
      Delay on inputs and outputs
      4 Mute Groups
      Freely assignable insert loops
      Harman HiQnet integration
      64x64 channel option card slot