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Soundcraft Releases New Range of UREI Installation/Club Mixers
Following on from the successful re-launch of the UREI product range into the DJ market, Soundcraft has added to the 1620LE and 1601 Series with new products designed specifically for Club installation.
The UREI 1603 and 1605 Installation Music Mixers provide a fully-featured control centre for clubs and performing DJs. With the legendary UREI sound quality, stunning looks and Soundcraft’s exacting manufacturing construction, they are set to become the new standard in clubs worldwide. The UREI 1603 and 1605 club mixers offer total integration with the club sound system.
Employing unique functionality such as a rotateable connector panel so that connections may be made to the rear or underside of the mixer (for desktop or flush-mount), the UREI 1603 and 1605 have a rich feature set to match the requirements of today’s DJs.
Much thought has gone into the design of the UREI 1603 and 1605 to ensure it has the right features for club installation. An external mute interface can be triggered by a fire alarm, for example, to mute all music channels leaving only the announcement/safety mic channel open for public address.
A comprehensive monitoring system allows not only monitoring of cue channels and the mix output, but also the aux send and return signals. With spilt, cue and main mix, and the unique headphone flip function, as well as EQ on the headphone output, the 1603/1605’s monitoring is second to none.
Input connectivity and flexibility is maximised – each channel has connections for a microphone (XLR), deck (RIAA on RCA/phono) and line level (RCA Phono) sockets, with the RIAA inputs switchable to be line level, giving the 1605 a total of seven Mic and 14 line level input connections. No inputs need be used for an aux return as the aux (FX) output has its own return input conveniently located on the top panel.
And full connectivity options are provided on the outputs too, with both balanced XLR connectors and unbalanced RCA connectors for both booth and master outputs, and ¼” jack and 3.5mm mini-jack headphone connections.
A feature installers will especially like are the optional internal links on the line inputs which allow either a 10dB reduction in gain to prevent input clip, or +14dB gain increase, to allow for easy connection of MP3 players etc.
Each input has three-band isolation EQ with a gain range from full cut to +6dB, except the main mic input channel 1 which has +/-15dB of gain on each band, while a VCA-based crossfader reduces fader noise and allows variable control curves for total control of crossfade mixing style and music genre.
Other features include a tri-colour channel LED to indicate signal, beat (tempo) and peak warning, a 10-segment output meter, booth output configuration (stereo, left only, right only or mono) allowing the DJ to control the booth sound to their personal taste, EQ on both the Headphone and Booth outputs and rack-mounting ears.
9th February 2006
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