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Equipment file · Digital live console

Vi6

Soundcraft · 2006

Evidence status · documented

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

The Soundcraft Vi6 was Soundcraft's first large-format digital live console, developed with Studer from its Vista broadcast platform. It offered 64 inputs on two layers of 32 motorised faders and the Vistonics II touchscreen interface with knobs mounted on the glass.

Introduced
2006
Category
Digital live console
Intended use
Large-format touring and installed mixing
Production
Soundcraft with Studer (Harman)

Equipment photographs · 1

Soundcraft Vi6 monitor world. Delta rehearsal @ Trackdown

1 / 1 · Soundcraft Vi6 monitor world. Delta rehearsal @ Trackdown

Soundcraft Vi6 monitor world. Delta rehearsal @ Trackdown·Duncan Underwood·CC BY 2.0

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It brought Studer's broadcast interface to touring, competing with VENUE and the [[yamaha-pm5d|PM5D]].

  2. 02

    SSE Hire ordered the first four within a month of launch.

Engineering record

Architecture
64 inputs, 32 motorised faders, 32 group/aux outputs, up to 16 matrix[1]
Interface
Vistonics II touchscreens with integral rotary controls[2]

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

SSE Hire ordered the first four Vi6 consoles in 2006[3]

Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1Large-format digital live desk Vi6 by Soundcraftpro-music-news · archive
  2. 2Soundcraft Unveils Large Format Digital Live ConsoleMix · archive · 2006-03-23
  3. 3SSE Orders First Soundcraft Vi6 Digital ConsolesLightSoundJournal · archive · 2006-05-26

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