The Control Surface for Vi5000 from Soundcraft is a control surface for the Soundcraft Vi5000 sound console. It features 24 input faders with 8 assignable fader outputs, 3 dedicated master faders, and a monitoring fader.
The density of faders and controls on the operating surface has been optimized so that the engineer is able to reach all critical areas of the console comfortably from a central point, without straining or leaning over.
The angle of the touch screens ensures that the engineer can always view display data clearly. The brightness and contrast of the displays, and the illumination of the control surface itself, are designed to minimize strain on the eye.
User-configurable fader layers allow an engineer to map out channels on any of 5 user layers so that a combination of different inputs can be placed on one layer.
Output fader layers can also be customized. For example, stereo aux masters can be placed alongside VCAs or matrix masters for faster access to the most used outputs. The control surface can be switched off, disconnected, or rebooted without any interruption to the audio in the Local Rack.