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Currently riding high with tours and engineers thanks to the incredible success of the Vi Series digital consoles, Soundcraft has launched a mid-market partner console in the Soundcraft Si3. This new desk is designed for live use on both touring sound systems and in fixed installations.

This compact footprint desk can directly handle 64 mono inputs, 4 stereo inputs and has full connectivity for all 35 output busses (24 Aux/Group, 8 Matrix and Left/Right/Centre mix buses). Add to this 4 Lexicon effects processors, 12 VCA groups, 8 Mute groups and bar graph metering for all 35 bus outputs and you begin to see what a package the Si3 is.

With the Si3, Soundcraft has revisited the control topology employed on the Spirit 328 and 324 digital consoles. The model is this - above each fader is ...

Livid Instruments has announced the arrival of the Ohm Limited Edition in color. Ohm is a real-time MIDI control surface designed to give digital audio and video performers an innovative interface for performance and presentation.

Features :

- 36 buttons centrally located
- a DJ style cross fader
- 8 faders with button triggers
- 10 rotary knobs
- 12 function buttons
- BPM tap button
- all of the controls are fully LED backlight for performance
- USB and MIDI connectivity

Customers can now order the hand crafted Mahogany wood controller in a vibrant red, blue, green, or deep black for $890. Other colors are also available for an additional fee upon request.

MoReVoX has just released a new free IRs Pack : MoReVoX Groville. Groville is an Italian Country House Complex with annex Recording Studio.

The Pack includes:

- 51 IRs sampled in Mono, Stereo, Surround 4.0/5.0
- 3 Sounding Stones&Wood Rooms
- 1 Studio Control Room
- 1 Vocal Boot
- 2 Recording Room

MoReVoX Groville is designed for TLSpace but is fully compatible with all convolution plug-ins. This pack is downloadable for free directly from their website.

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ARX unveils the ARX USB-DI VC Digital to Analogue Direct Box.

In response to many requests from users of the original USB DI who have been using it for specific applications, ARX developed the new ARX USB DI-VC which is basically a USB DI with the addition of an output level control. It is still a true Plug and Play digital to analog pro audio interface, removing the need to use any existing sound card outputs, but now the output level can be modified quickly and accurately...

It also still features the USB DI's full transformer balanced output isolation to eliminate earth loops / ground hum and other extraneous interaction noise and distortion.

The addition of the volume control allows the USB DI-VC to be used without a mixer. This is a very useful option when driving active loudspeakers from a laptop - the level control lets you reduce the level instantly to suit the required SPL, which still retaining an excellent signal-to-noise ratio.