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Soundcraft MADI-USB Card User Guide 0914
REMOTE I/O USING A MADI-USB COMBO CARD
AND A STAGEBOX
The primary purpose of the MADI portion of the card is to provide a connection to a Soundcraft
Stagebox to provide more I/O in a remote location such as on-stage or a live room in a studio.
A maximum distance of 100metres, or 300ft, can be obtained using Cat 5 MADI with the
appropriate quality cable. As MADI is a point-to-point system, all that is required is a direct
connection from the console to the Stagebox through Cat 5.
This system would look as follows:
MADI is a standard protocol on all Soundcraft Stageboxes including the Compact Stagebox
and Vi Stagebox. The connection to a Stagebox works exactly the same for all Soundcraft
consoles and Stageboxes.
To patch the incoming MADI channels on an Si console, follow these steps:
1. SELect the channel you wish to patch to the Stagebox.
2. Tap ‘inputs’ on the touch screen.
3. Scroll down to ‘input patch’ and push
the encoder to bring up the patching
menu.
4. Scroll to the right and the inputs of the
Stagebox will show in batches of 8.
5. Make the patch to the Stagebox by
tapping a Stagebox input on the
touchscreen.
6. The next 7 patches can be made consecutively by using the ‘auto complete’ function.
This will spill out across the next 7 channels.
7. Repeat across the surface to patch the desired channels to the Stagebox.
