Operation Manual

Soundcraft Vi Series™ User Guide 1112 Page 20 - 21
BSS® Graphic Equalisers
The Vi Series uses a total of 35 high-quality BSS® Graphic Equalisers (GEQ).
Each of the 32 Busses and the three Main Masters are equipped with a 30-band Graphic Equalizer from
BSS®. The overall Q of the graphic EQ is adjustable from 4 to 6 in 0.5 steps, to allow a narrower or wider
bandwidth of the lers as desired. Narrower bands are better for feedback tuning, while wider bands are
more suited to room equalisation.
To access any of the GEQs rst press the [ALL BUSSES] key.
A touch on the <GEQ Field> opens the GEQ VST Page and changes the Fader Glow colour of the rst 30
Faders to red, this is known as ‘LARGE’ mode.
It is also possible to have a ‘SMALL’ control mode where the GEQ is scrolled across only 8 faders to leave
input faders available, see page 23.
The rst 30 Faders are labelled (small label) in the LCD display with the GEQ Frequencies, and control the
Gain of the individual bands. The range of control is +/- 12dB. The cut/boost value of the band is shown
in the LCD display and in the Vistonics section when a fader is touched and while being adjusted.
Hint: when a fader is moved away from its default 0dB position, the [ON] key above the fader
glows red. Pressing a red [ON] key will reset the fader to the 0dB position.
Figure 21-17 shows an example of the top part of one of the input bay screens.
Figure 21-17: Top Part Of A Graphic EQ Page.
Alternatively, solo an output bus in the Control Bay ( ensure that [LOCK MTR] os not ON). This brings up
the Output Channel Strip on the Control Bay Vistonics™ screen (see Figure 21-18). Touch the <GEQ> eld
of the Output Channel to access the GEQ on the faders, as described above.