S31 - Surface Only

World-class mixing at an astonishing price

• 48 Flexi Input Channels 
• 16 Flexi Aux / Sub-Group Busses
• LR Master Buss
• 10 x 8 Full Processing Matrix
• 21 Dynamic Equalizers
• 96kHz Sample Rate
• 24 Mic/Line In, 12 Line Out, 2 Ch AES In/Out,
• 2x DMI Slots
• USB-B 48 Track Recording Interface, USB-Type B Connection
  DMI Slot x 2, USB-B 48 Track Recording Interface
  Connectors: Dependent on cards loaded in DMI Slots, USB-Type B

DiGiCo’s world-renowned innovation, deep feature-set and flagship audio quality of our high-end digital consoles are within reach of everyone. How? Meet the S31 – a world-class DiGiCo mixing console at an astonishing price.

Step up to the S31’s worksurface, complete with dual P-CAP multi-touch screens, 48 Flexi-channels, the equivalent of 46 buses and benchmark 96kHz performance, and this console’s heritage is clear – the S31 is every inch a DiGiCo desk. It’s also a revelation in terms of what an introductory digital console can deliver.

Based on the same pioneering design approach as the industry-leading SD series, the S31 boasts the same proprietary audio algorithms plus a new ARM QuadCore RISC processor which runs in harmony with the FPGA core. The result is faster processing with lower power consumption, all packaged in the workflow that the industry’s most respected engineers rely upon – now available to everyone.

Under the Hood
Familiar to the touch and built for the road, the S31 offers mixing without limits. The integration of a high power QuadCore SoC with high bandwidth memory, a low power 484-ball array FPGA and a fourth-generation control SHARC DSP offers unprecedented power today as well as the potential for a future processing upgrade path. The compact footprint of the S31 has no relationship to the scale of processing power going on under the polycarbonate worksurface.

The two touchscreens each provide 10 channel strips, giving not only clear visual feedback and control of 20 simultaneous channels for a single user but also the possibility when mixing large shows for more than one operator to take advantage of the newly designed drag, swipe and drop feature that simplifies custom fader layouts.

Visual feedback is further reinforced by the HTL (Hidden Till Lit) functionality of the encoder rings, while parameters currently not in use are automatically greyed out, always drawing your attention to the right controls.

The dual-screen concept aims to aid the new user learning curve and remove distractions by not only giving you more channels to view at any one time but also allowing one screen to be used as a setup or master whilst the other is utilized for operation. Both touchscreens are responsive to EQ shaping, with fine-tuning available via the tactile and intuitive rotary encoders.

Altering the Channel Bank layout, and mixing and matching any channel, aux, group, control group, or matrix within a bank is easily accomplished by drag and drop at the touch of a screen.

I/O
The S31’s local I/O section includes 24 mic/line inputs, 12 line outs, two mono AES/EBU, and two DMI (DiGiCo Multichannel Interface) card slots which interface to standard industry formats such as Analogue, MADI, Dante, Waves SoundGrid, or Calrec’s Hydra 2 Network.

The console connects seamlessly with the DiGiCo remote I/O D-Rack providing an additional 32 inputs and up to 16 outputs.

Get instant access to 32 fully integrated low-latency Waves stereo MultiRacks, each with up to eight plug-ins per rack, by fitting the DiGiCo SoundGrid DMI card linked to external SoundGrid or DiGiGrid servers, giving a total of 128 additional I/O.

Includes
1-DiGiCo S31 Surface
2-DMI-K DMI slot blank covers
1-Dust Coves