Operation Manual

Soundcraft Vi Series™ User Guide 1112Page 13 - 4
Peak Hold
All Meters (LED Meters on the Surface and the Screen Meters) offer a PEAK HOLD function with auto
release.
The Peak Hold time (same for all Meters) is adjustable via the SETTINGS Menu, and is adjustable from 0
to 12 seconds in 0.05 second steps. Setting to 0 effectively turns peak hold OFF.
Ballistics
The metering ballistics for all level meters is according to the PPM (peak program meter) DIN standard,
with the difference that the attack time is audio sample based (20.8 uS @ 48 kHz) and has no integration
time.
The GRMs have no ballistics, because they show the actual dynamics control value (with time constants
according to those set by the user in the Dynamics VST page).
Touch Selection
The input meter overview is also touch-sensitive and allows blocks of 8 input channels to be selected
and assigned to the far right-hand bay of the console surface. A grey/white overlay indicates which, if any,
block of 8 channels has been selected; the [A] or [B] key on the Input Fader Pages panel also ashes to
indicate the temporary activation of the right-hand bay.
The selection can be cancelled in one of three ways:
i) by touching another 8-channel block on the input meter screen,
ii) touching the same block again, or
iii) pressing one of the [A] or [B] buttons mentioned above.
This method is also used on the Vi4 to access the extra channels in a 96 channel system (see Chapter 4,
Inputs).