DiGiCo releases Version 22 update for Quantum and SD consoles

DiGiCo has announced the release of Version 22 (V22), providing Quantum and SD console users with new features including a Mustard Levelling Amp, Snapshot Setlists, and Recall Times.

Available on all quantum desks, Mustard is a channel strip insertable onto various channel types, providing sonic processing based on industry-standard processors. Announced as part of V22, the Silver One is a new Mustard Levelling Amp, a processor based on the classic tube design, with electro-optical compressor sound.

In addition, new functionality has been added to the Snapshots panel; Snapshots can now be reordered using Touch and Move, and the Snapshots Overview panel now follows all view options of the main Snapshots panel. 

Setlists have also been added to the Snapshots panel, a feature designed to swiftly build up custom shows from a library of snapshots. By default, the All Snapshots list includes all snapshots in a session; then, new custom set lists can be created, with snapshots added and removed from these. The console will then only recall snapshots in the current setlists.

V22 has also changed the Recall Times panel of the Snapshot panel. While snapshots previously had the option to capture a recall time at the point of insertion, they can now update their recall time from timecode when the Update Recall Times button is pressed. As productions can change frequently throughout development, DiGiCo has added timecode offset adjustments, allowing for recall times to be easily adjusted for one or many snapshots at once.

Groups have always been able to send to Auxes. With V22, Groups can also be included when enabling Aux to Fader. By default, all but the Master group are included in the Aux to Fader selection, and the included groups can be changed at any time If a Group is enabled for Aux to Fader and is a member of a Control Group that has Aux Sends enabled, then the Control Group fader will provide the same +/-18dB controller as any input channels in the control group when in Aux to Fader mode.

Furthermore, V22 has brought new features to the Macro panel. There is now the ability to reorder Macros, and when searching for a Macro command, the command types column now filters to show categories where the search term exists. Switch to Bank, a new Macro command for V22, brings a specific fader bank to the surface, and Set Security Mode puts the console directly into Live or Unattended mode without navigating through the security panel.

For Quantum1-12 and Quantum8-52 users, DiGiCo has also added a search feature to the Macroder and Channel Macros panel. Also, if a Macro is used on a Quantum112 to set the console into Surface Offline mode, an indication is now displayed in the Top Bar of the console.

V22 deepens DiGiCo’s integration between Quantum consoles and the Sound Devices Astral range of wireless microphones; within Audio I/O, users can assign RF channels from Astral devices to sockets within a session. When these sockets are then routed to a channel, data from the Astral receiver — including Battery level, RF Quality level, NexLink signal strength, On/Off Status, and Mute Status — are displayed at the top of the channel.

As well as this, V22 provides full integration with Harrison Audio's new LiveTrax 3 software. Once integrated, channel names from the session can be pulled into the LiveTrax session and can be updated at any time. Functions for controlling LiveTrax are now available from the console directly, and whenever a snapshot is fired, a corresponding section with the same name is automatically inserted into the LiveTrax project, if this setting is enabled. Also, when playing back into the console from LiveTrax, if a snapshot is fired, the play head automatically moves to the corresponding section and begins to play from there.

Workflow improvements in V22 include: collecting diagnostics files directly from within the console application; when copying Aux levels from Stereo to Stereo Aux, Pan data is also included; when an Aux node is set to control KLANG, the pick point location is now hidden as KLANG does not take this into account; and Mustard Dynamics Gain Reduction and Gate status is now shown in our Channel overviews.

“Our customers know that when they purchase a DiGiCo console, that’s only the beginning of the relationship, as our R&D team is committed to continually bringing fresh features and increased performance to users’ products,” said Austin Freshwater, managing director at DiGiCo. “The new Version 22 software update is a perfect example, breathing increased life into older and newer DiGiCo desks alike, keeping them at the very top of their game for the long haul.”