primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message soundcraft logo soundcraft is a british designer and importer formerly a manufacturer of mixing consoles and other professional audio equipment . it is a subsidiary of harman international industries . it was founded by sound engineer phil dudderidge and electronics designer graham blyth in 1973 . 1 history edit soundcraft first made its mark by manufacturing the series 1 the first mixing console built into a flight case . 2 it was available with 12 or 16 input channels and 4 outputs main stereo plus a post fader echo send and pre fader foldback . each channel had four band fixed frequency eq . the series 1 also included a multi pin connector that integrated with a multi channel microphone snake to route signals from and to the stage from a mix position in the audience . the series 1s was introduced in 1975 as an upgraded series 1 . the series 1s introduced the classic soundcraft four band eq with two sweepable mid range sections . in addition to the series 1s added a second foldback send and was available in a 20 channel version . 3 in 1975 soundcraft introduced the series 2 console as a live and recording console . the series 2 began to build soundcraft s reputation for quality desks with the classic british sound . the series 2 launched as a four bus console and was later available in an eight bus version . 4 it was initially offered in 12 and 16 channel versions and a 24 channel version was later added . the design used a semi modular approach with individual channels in separate modules . the master section was made up of echo return group output cue master and monitoring modules . the input channels were available in fixed frequency eq standard channel and swept eq versions . the swept eq version also allowed switching between microphone input and line input which was typically attached to a multi track recorder output . all channels provided stereo pan as well as four cue send buses that could be configured as pre or post fader and allowed individual monitoring via a pre fade listen pfl function . each channel could be routed directly to the left right mix bus or to odd even pairs of sub mix buses 5 current analog mixing console models live gb2 gb2r 12 2 gb2r 16 gb4 gb8 live8 lx7ii lx9 broadcast rm100 . rm105 multi purpose efx epm fx16ii recording and post production m series current digital mixing consoles models 6 ui12 ui16 si impact si expression 1 si expression 2 si expression 3 si performer 1 si performer 2 si performer 3 vi1 vi2 vi4 vi6 vi3000 vi5000 vi7000 references edit 10118 heritage book pdf . web.archive.org . retrieved 2016 08 27 . soundcraft . museum of magnetic sound recording . 2013 . retrieved 15 february 2015 . soundcraft si expression 3 . soundcraft.com . retrieved 2016 08 27 . soundcraft si expression 3 . soundcraft.com . retrieved 2016 08 27 . 1 dead link mixing consoles . soundcraft.com . retrieved 2016 08 27 . external links edit official soundcraft website v t e harman international industries subsidiaries akg acoustics c1000 amx crown international dbx professional products digitech digitech whammy harman kardon infinity systems jbl jbl paragon lexicon mark levinson audio systems martin professional soundcraft studer symphony teleca people david e. blackmer graham blyth phil dudderidge sidney harman james bullough lansing francis f. lee mark levinson retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title soundcraft & oldid 736456315 categories audio equipment manufacturerselectronics companies of the united kingdomelectronics companies established in 1973hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from august 2016articles lacking reliable references from january 2013all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais polski edit links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 16 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view