A joint development between Harman’s Soundcraft and AKG brands has made it possible to monitor the status of any HiQnet-compatible AKG radio mic directly from a Soundcraft Vi Series console surface.
The new facility comes through VM2 (Vistonics Microphone Monitoring), which provides real-time visual displays of battery life, RF status, mic muting and internal clipping directly on a channel strip on the Vistonics screen. The display so it’s possible to see a problem long before you hear it, right there shows the relevant channel with expanded information instantly available by touching the screen.
System configuration uses Harman’s proprietary HiQnet network – the mics are plugged in and patched to the related console channels. Once set up, any mic receiver in the rack can be identified by pressing the Locate button, causing the receiver front panel display to flash.
VM2 will be available for all Soundcraft Vi Series consoles in v4.5 software, including Vi1, Vi2, Vi4 and Vi6.
Compatible AKG Wireless mic systems are WMS 4000, WMS 4500 and DMS 700 (optional HUB 4000Q HiQnet Ethernet interface required).
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