Cadac CDC five mixing console

Cadac CDC five mixing console The smallest, most affordable of Cadac’s touchscreen CDC series of mixing console, the CDC five is aimed at small-to-medium sized production companies, freelance mix engineers and fixed installations.

With the launch of the CDC five, comes Version 5 CDC Console Software, which features an improved Graphical User Interface with a completely redesigned console control screen. The GUI has evolved for the CDC five, to include a swipe down feature on its sole 23.5-inch touchscreen which brings up the control screen functions normally found on the separate 6.5-inch control screen on its larger siblings. Version 5 CDC Console Software also boasts a number of new features – including Cue Ripple and Cue Preview – and performance enhancements that will feature across the entire CDC range.

The CDC five features a single 23.5-inch touchscreen and 16 faders, with dual banks of user assignable buttons, providing a total of 40; a unique feature of the CDC five. The rear panel boasts 16 analogue inputs, to compliment the 8 analogue outputs and eight digital inputs and outputs, as well as the integrated 64x64 Waves card. The CDC five also includes dual MegaComms ports, enabling additional MegaComms processing/interfaces to be connected, to form part of an extended audio and mixing console network. The CDC five runs 96kHz, 24-bit audio and is capable providing up to 48 inputs and 24 assignable buses, plus LCR and monitors in FOH mode; or 30 assignable buses when operating in Monitor Mode. Designed as a ‘one-box solution’, the CDC five has one internal PSU with the option of adding a second redundant external supply (the current PSU 4800).

‘CDC five is designed to appeal to a much wider customer base – the sub £10,000 console market,’ says Cadac MD, James Godbehear. ‘With all of the features, performance capabilities and familiar form factor of the CDC six and CDC seven – plus a number of design enhancements – it will appeal to multi-purpose entertainment production and house of worship applications; as well as to the touring, installation and event markets.’