DiGiCo
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | United Kingdom, 2002 |
| Founder 👔 | James Gordon |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , England |
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| Parent | Audiotonix |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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DiGiCo is a British company based in Chessington, England that designs, markets, and manufactures digital mixing consoles and other audio technologies for the live sound, musical theatre, broadcast, and installed sound markets. Originally founded from console manufacturer Soundtracs, DiGiCo is part of the Audiotonix Group.
History
DiGiCo was founded in 2002 with the purchase of Soundtracs, a British company known for early innovations in digital mixing consoles.[1] In 2002 DiGiCo released their first console, the D5 Live,[2] followed by the DS00 for the broadcast and post-production market, the D5T, specifically designed for the musical theatre market, and the D1 for the live sound market.[3][4]
DiGiCo consoles became widely adopted for live concert tours and musical theatre productions;[4] on tour, on Broadway in New York and in London's West End, with the D5T utilized for West End productions including Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!, and We Will Rock You, and the D5 Live installed at venues like the London Coliseum.[3] The "Theatre" versions of DiGiCo consoles utilize the company's Theatre software, developed in collaboration with Autograph Sound Recording founder Andrew Bruce, which provides a number of application specific features such as a specialized cue and DCA assignment system that allows spreadsheet-style editing of DCA members.[5]
In 2007, DiGiCo introduced its first SD-Range console, the flagship SD7.[6] The SD-Range introduced DiGiCo's first use of a single large-scale FPGA for audio processing combined with Tiger SHARC DSP chips for effects processing and control, allowing the entire audio engine to fit on a single PCB. DiGiCo further expanded the SD-Series range with the introduction of the SD5, SD10, SD8, SD9 and rack-mountable SD11.
Optional software packages with functionality tailored to specific applications are available for most SD-Series console models. The SD7T, SD9T, and SD10T are Theatre models, while the SD5B, SD7B, SD9B, SD10B, and SD11B are Broadcast models.
Beginning in 2009, Waves Audio collaborated with DiGiCo for implementation of their SoundGrid audio networking and DSP. Together, the companies launched the DiGiGrid brand of audio interfaces for SoundGrid systems in 2013.[7]
In 2014, DiGiCo was combined with Allen & Heath and Calrec to form the Audiotonix Group,[8] and DiGiCo's CEO, James Gordon, was appointed CEO of the new holding company.[9]
In 2016, DiGiCo introduced the S-Series digital mixing consoles, with the S21 and S31 priced below the SD-Range.[10]
Products
Consoles
Quantum Range
Listed in size order.
- Quantum 7 (Flagship Console, based on SD7 previously known as SD7 Quantum) (Broadcast and Theatre Software Variations Available)
- Quantum 5 (Based on SD5, announced on winter NAMM 2020)
- Quantum 338 (Brand new product, announced on winter NAMM 2020)
- Quantum 225, provides 25 motorised faders in two banks of twelve plus a master and one 17" touchscreen
SD-Range
Listed in size order.
- SD7 (Flagship Console) (Broadcast and Theatre Software Variations Available)
- SD5 (Broadcast and 5CS (MADI only) versions available)
- SD12 (Released at NAMM 2017)
- SD10 (Broadcast and Theatre Software Variations Available) (Also available in smaller form factor (SD10-24)
- SD8 (Also available in smaller form factor (SD8-24)
- SD9 (Broadcast and Theatre Software Variations Available)
- SD11 (Broadcast and "i" Software Variations Available) (SD11i has 80 channels instead of 48[11])
S-Series
- S21
- S31
Racks
As of September 2017, DiGiCo's line up of racks consist of:[12]
- SD Rack
- SD-Mini Rack
- SD-Nano Rack
- Waves SoundGrid
- D-Rack
- MiNi-DiGiRack
- D2-Rack
- EX-007 (Fader Expansion for SD7)
References
- ↑ Crofts, Mike (April 2018). "DiGiCo S21 Digital Mixing Console". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ "Autograph Moves to Digital with DiGiCo D5 Live - ETNow.com". www.etnow.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Evans, Jim (January 2016). "Digico D5T" (PDF). AudioTechnology. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Parnelli Profile: Audio Innovator John Stadius". FOH Online. Front Of House Magazine. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ "Andrew Bruce: The Musical". www.fast-and-wide.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Young, Kevin (24 April 2013). "Getting It Right: New Technology For Classic Rod Stewart In Concert". ProSound Web. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Inglis, Sam (July 2015). "Waves/Digico Digigrid Networked Audio Infrastructure". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ Louch, William (3 February 2017). "Epiris Scores 4.8-Times Return on Audiotonix Exit for Electra". wsj.com. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ↑ Ward, Phil (25 April 2018). "'Customers have no idea what we are… why should they?' Audiotonix CEO James Gordon explains the group's strategy". prosoundnetwork.com. Future plc. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ Crofts, Mike (April 2018). "DiGiCo S21 Digital Mixing Console". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ↑ "DiGiCo SD 11 Comparison Chart". 2016.
- ↑ "DiGiCo Racks and Options". www.digico.biz. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
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