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Equipment file · Large-format digital live console

Quantum 852

DiGiCo · 2023

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The DiGiCo Quantum 852 is a dual-engine console with 384 processed inputs, 192 busses, 52 faders and three 21.3-inch touchscreens, built on five seventh-generation FPGAs.

Introduced
2023
Category
Large-format digital live console
Intended use
Flagship FOH and monitor mixing
Production
DiGiCo

Equipment photographs · 2

DiGiCo Quantum 852 Digital Mixing Console 20250726120254

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DiGiCo Quantum 852 Digital Mixing Console 20250726120254·TurnOnTheNight·CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It pushed DiGiCo's FPGA architecture, begun with the [[digico-sd7|SD7]], to new scale.

  2. 02

    It answered demand for higher channel counts on one surface.

Engineering record

Capacity
384 inputs, 192 busses, 64×64 matrix[1]
Hardware
Dual redundant engines on five FPGAs[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Public price evidence was not sufficient to publish a defensible original figure.

Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1Quantum 852 DatasheetDiGiCo · manual

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