Expandability is a major benefit of this versatile platform, with a choice of four dedicated Expander units. The input fader count can be expanded from the standard 8 up to a maximum of 40 by adding up to four extra EX-00 eight-fader units, each with a TFT touchscreen and full metering. You can tailor the console for large scale feature film mixing with the FP-00 Expander, or insert outboard equipment or a hard disk editor controller in either the rack or control surface with the HD-00 Expander. All of which makes the DS-00 the true heart of a system both now and in the future.
Worksurface
The standard feature set is comprehensive, but fast and intuitive to control thanks to the DS-00’s well equipped control surface and two large, high resolution TFT touchscreens (with an SVGA output for external overview monitoring). Virtually all functions are just one or two presses away, with no complex menu structures to navigate or impede the creative flow, and there’s a generous amount of both tactile and visual feedback to keep you fully in the picture at every moment.
Input assign allows you to bring a second full input section into the master section, allowing the operator to see 16 full channels’ worth of information simultaneously for maximum visual feedback. The switchable PPM/VU meter bridge is accompanied by dedicated assignable meter outputs, allowing any buss to be independently metered.
Engine
A powerful DSP engine inside the rigid steel and aluminium chassis provides every channel with full processing and full functionality at all times, ensuring consistent performance no matter how many features are in simultaneous use. The optional effects package comes with its own dedicated internal DSP card.
Each individual channel is equipped with eight equalisers – six fully parametric bands, plus high and low pass filters in the side chains – plus dynamics and access to all 40 busses.
Every buss is freely assignable between group busses and auxiliary busses. Up to 36 (with V4 software) aux sends can be created in a mixture of mono and stereo, while group busses can be mono, stereo, LCRS, 5.1 and 7.1, allowing simultaneous multi-format mixing and all the fold-downs you need from any format, with stereo and mono compatibility checking.
Multiple channels can be ganged together, making it easy to input 5.1 signals or predubs on a single surface fader. Offsets can be individually applied to each leg of the source by momentarily removing them from the gang.
Eight user-definable Macros can fire either individual or multiple functions on the console, allowing the operator to create presets that handle multiple functions at the press of one button.
MIDI implementation allows programme changes to be fired from the console to recall outboard settings, and the console can be controlled externally via MIDI continuous controllers for remote snapshot firing. A full transport control section with jog and shuttle controls your machines via RS422 9 pin and MIDI machine control, with SMPTE, MIDI and 9 pin outputs
Automation is powerful and flexible, too, and includes the ability to record and play automation at any speed, forwards or backwards. Off-line editing facilities include a full real-time automation display, and the ability to insert blank automation and cut automation based on the picture source. Write to Start and Write to End functions make it straightforward to insert automation across a whole scene or a section.
I/O
The standard DS-00 system, comprises, 8 analogue inputs, 16 analogue outputs, 24 AES I/O with sample rate conversion per XLR, and a dedicated MADI input and output to connect to any hard disk recording/plug in unit. As with all DiGiCo products the I/O is custom configureable.
Options
The following options are available:
