The CDC8-32 32 fader console is now joined by the CDC8-16, with an ultra-compact footprint providing 16 faders and a single touch-screen control surface. The two consoles are identical in all other respects, having the same 128 channel I/O configuration, functionality and processing power.
The CDC8-16S is a mix expansion sidecar, connected with a single Ethernet cable. A single CDC8-16S offers extra 16 fader and touch-screen control for CDC8-32 and CDC8-16 consoles, enabling extended control and deployment of the 128 I/O channel configuration; and allowing hire companies to supply varying size console configurations at substantially lower inventory costs than would otherwise be required.
With the addition of the CDC8-16S, shared FOH and monitor functions can be provided from a single CDC8-32 or CDC8-16 console, using a shared audio rack.
Announcing the arrival of the new system components, marketing manager Patrick Almond stated, "From the outset we devised the CDC8 as a system solution rather than just a console, providing a level of flexibility and functionality way beyond its price point. For hire companies it offers an optimum solution, to hold a combination of component units in order to create a whole variety of different optional unified mix systems; rather than deploying numerous individual desks requiring far greater investment."
(Jim Evans)
