There’s a great excitement at Eventech as the crew welcome their newest member
to the family, a DiGiCo S21 live mixing console!

“The rental market companies and technical riders demanded it,’ said Wynand
Veldsman from Eventech, a rental company based in Centurion. “We are thrilled as
the unit is fast, flexible, offers ease of use, compact and has versatility with the D-
Rack. Gone are the days of having a big, bulky console. The processing is amazing
– it just never runs out.

The DiGiCo S21 was supplied with back-up and support by South African distributor,
DWR Distribution. “The best part of selling DiGiCo consoles is seeing the pure
delight from the audio engineers who receive them,’ said Kyle Robson of DWR. “The
S21 is our best seller, and while it initially took DiGiCo about three years to develop
the console, it was well worth the wait. Thank you to Eventech for your support and
we hope this unit will work hard for you.’

DiGiCo initially wanted to design an entry-level console that retained all the
features and values DiGiCo is known for in terms of quality, ergonomics and style,
and one that they could be truly proud of at a price point that allowed even more
audio engineers to join the DiGiCo family. “’It`s like DiGiCo have taken all the main
fundamental features of the SD Range and used it in the S Range’’ says Kyle
Robson.

Having been among the first audio companies to adopt FGPA chips for core
processing, the S21 is built around new lower-cost FPGA components (running the
same audio algorithms as its other SD consoles) married to a new ARM QuadCore
RISC processor, providing both faster processing and lower power consumption.
Using the QuadCore SoC and high-bandwidth memory, the S21 uses a low -power
484-ball array FPGA and fourth-generation control SHARC DSP, capable of not only
controlling the FPGA but with the potential to expand its processing capabilities.

The console uses the latest P-CAP multi-touchscreens for visual feedback and
gesture control via multiple multi-touchscreens. The compact dual-screen design
provides ten channel strips per screen giving indication and control over 20
simultaneous channels. The newly designed drag, swipe and drop channel layout
system makes it simple to move channels and buses across the surface to design
custom fader layouts. Visual feedback is all reinforced with the HTL functionality of
the encoder rings, and anything not in use is automatically greyed out on the
console so operator’s attention is drawn to the right controls.