Soundcraft offers maximum flexibility in a mixer with the MADI-USB Combo card

High quality audio, flexibility in a digital mixer and ease of use for sound engineers define the new MADI-USB Combo card from Soundcraft, available in the Iberian market through Earpro.

Flexibility in a mixer is a top priority for sound engineers, A defining feature of the new 64 card×64 MADI-USB Combo channels, What Soundcraft has just presented on the market (marketed in Spain and Portugal by Earpro), so professionals can split channel routing between a MADI Cat5 port (to connect stage boxes from this manufacturer and other MADI devices) and a USB port (to make live or studio recordings through computers equipped with the appropriate software or through other recording devices with USB connectivity).

While this possibility was so far limited, with this optional card of Soundcraft the user can now connect to a mixer If Expression any stage box from this manufacturer (For example, a Mini Stage-Box 32), as well as feeding via USB a digital audio application on a computer for recording.

As Sean Karpowicz points out, Soundcraft product manager, "Plus crystal clear audio and ease of use, Flexibility in a mixer is a top priority for sound engineers. MADI-USB Combo option card provides maximum flexibility in a single slot, offering both connectivity for stage boxes via MADI and multichannel recording via USB".

In a Si Performer mixer this card expands the possibilities of inputs and outputs of the console, In addition to integrating the recording function and the stage box in a single slot, leaving the second slot free for other protocols (dante, Blu-Link or Aviom), for stage monitoring or for distribution of inputs and outputs.

The MADI-USB Combo 64 card×64 is compatible with Si Compact models, Si Expression and Si Performer, and delivered configured to offer 32×32 channels via MADI and 32×32 channels via USB. MADI inputs can be fed from Soundcraft stage boxes, other consoles or other MADI devices, while outputs can be used for console output buses or direct channel buses.

Sound engineers can use the 32 USB input channels for playback or monitoring from the recording system (often PC or Mac-based platforms), while USB output channels can be used to send direct channel or other outputs for multi-track recordings.

The card is compatible with both PC (with download of Asio drivers from the website of this manufacturer for operation with ultra-low latency) as with Mac (with native CoreAudio drivers).

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