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Equipment file · Digital live mixing console engine

Quantum 7

DiGiCo · 2018

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A 2018 processing-engine upgrade that expanded the SD7 platform with Quantum processing and nodal control.

Introduced
2018
Category
Digital live mixing console engine
Intended use
Flagship concert touring, theatre, and broadcast mixing
Production
2018 onward as an SD7 upgrade and platform

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    Extended an established touring surface through a replaceable processing engine.

  2. 02

    Added per-node processing and higher processing capacity without discarding the SD7 control workflow.

Engineering record

Processing
Quantum 7 introduced Nodal Processing and expanded the SD7's processing capacity through a multi-FPGA engine.[1][2]

Original pricing

No public launch price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

Pricing varied with surface, engines, interfaces, and upgrade configuration.

Use in the field

DiGiCo demonstrated Quantum 7 at Prolight + Sound 2018 as an upgrade path for existing SD7 systems.[1]

Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1DiGiCo shows Quantum 7 at Prolight + Sound 2018DiGiCo · reference · 2018
  2. 2Quantum 7 brochureDiGiCo · brochure

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