Studer Unveils New Vista V Digital Console

The new Harman’s Studer Vista V is a 52-fader digital console based on the same Quad Star technology as its predecessor the Vista X, but in a more compact footprint for live productions, smaller studios, and OB trucks.

The Vista V includes a built-in meter bridge, high-quality motorized faders, and a built-in Dynamic Automation system with DAW remote control. It’s also fully surround-sound capable, with versatile panning and monitoring functionality.

At the heart of the Vista V is the Infinity Core, which uses CPU-based processors to deliver 800-plus audio channels with high sonic quality, and more than 5,000 inputs and outputs.

The use of CPU-based processors presents possibilities for scaling up to even larger channel counts, and for running third-party algorithms.

Being able to program in high-level languages like C++ speeds up the time of implementing new features, which is not possible when using DSPs and FPGA processing technology.

Infinity Core provides 12 high-capacity A-Link ports (1,536 channels per port) for D23m I/O integration or direct connection into routing systems from Artel, Evertz, Riedel and more. The Vista V also offers easy integration into most AoIP networks used in broadcast like Dante and Livewire, and AES67.

Quad Star technology uses four processors to achieve deep levels of redundancy in the control surface, while CPU-based DSP makes it viable to provide two completely independent DSP cores running in parallel with instant changeover, without a single sample of audio dropout.

The Vista V also comes with VistaMix, Studer’s proprietary automated microphone mixing algorithm, based on gain sharing ideal for simplifying the mixing task at multi-contributor events like game shows, debates etc.. VistaMix removes the need for an operator to manually adjust all the faders all the time, leaving the microphones of talking participants open, while closing the microphones of silent participants in order to reduce spill and background noise. As VistaMix runs directly on the core, no external boxes are needed.

The proprietary Vistonics interface builds Vista V’s rotary controls and buttons directly into the flat screen displays, providing visual feedback exactly where the engineer operates. Each audio function is always associated with the same color, e.g., red for EQ and filters, green for dynamics, and so on.

FaderGlow combines with assignable channel naming to further reduce stress by illuminating each fader in the color relating to the relevant Vistonics function, creating an instant overview of console status. Studer’s new Spill Zone feature enables users to line up a group’s contributing channels with the press of just one button. FaderGlow then identifies their affiliation assigning the appropriate illumination.

The Vista V also has a built-in, high-class loudness meter. The large-scale bargraph meter monitors every channel from mono to surround, plus a history display of up to the last 50 seconds of audio to capture any annoying clicks and overloads that are hard to find in a multi-mic live show.

Built into the Vista V is the BSS DPR-901 dynamic EQ plug-In, assignable to any channel as desired and running directly on the Infinity Core. In addition, up to six Lexicon PCM96 Surround reverb processors can be connected with their parameters stored in the mixer’s snapshots and accessible directly from the Vistonics interface.

The Vista V also allows users to connect up to four Soundcraft Realtime Racks, providing access to Universal Audio’s (UAD) plug-In library assignable on up to 64 insert channels where their parameters are stored and managed directly in the mixer’s CUE-List automation.

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