SOUND DEVICES SCORPIO

The Sound Devices Scorpio is a 32 channel, 36 track portable mixer-recorder designed for state-of-the-art production sound. It’s the ideal tool for the new era of production sound.

With 16 mic/line preamplifiers, 32 channels of Dante in and out, AES in and out, 12 analog outputs and multiple headphone outputs, Scorpio is well-suited for any production scenario. A fully-customisable routing matrix enables sound professionals to send any input to any channel, bus or output. Up to 12 buses may be individually mixed. Due to its compact form factor, the Scorpio is equally at home over-the-shoulder or in a mobile rig.

An ultra-powerful engine comprised of three FPGA circuits and six ARM processors deliver the horsepower needed for the most complex tasks. FPGA-based audio processing with 64-bit data paths ensures the highest sound quality and reliability. The Scorpio also features Sound Devices’ latest and best in analog microphone preamplifier design. These preamps have the smoothest sound and lowest noise of any preamp in the company’s history and include built-in analog limiters, high pass filters, delay, 3-band EQ and phantom power.

The Scorpio has an internal SSD that adds the ability to simultaneously record to two SD cards for redundancy. For additional flexibility, sound professionals can send different files to their choice of media. The companion SD-Remote application allows for control of the Scorpio via a large display.

Great attention to detail has been paid to every aspect of the Scorpio’s design. Most common menus are accessible with only one or two button presses, and many menu shortcuts can be achieved with only one hand. Scorpio features a built-in dual L-Mount battery charger and may be powered with L-Mount batteries or via the TA4 DC inputs using smart batteries, NP-1 batteries or in-line power supplies. The ultra-accurate, fully-featured timecode generator contains its own battery to hold timecode for up to four hours after power off.

FEATURES:

• well-suited for any production scenario
• compact and mobile
• ultra-powerful engine
• fully-customisable routing matrix
• analog microphone preamplifiers
• built in limiters, HP-filters, delay, EQ and phantom power
• internal SSD allows simultaneously recording to two SD cards
• companion SD-remote app
• easy-to-use interface
• built-in dual L-mount battery charger
• fully-featured timecode generator holds own battery

 

Scorpio Specifications

Frequency Response

• 10 Hz to 80 kHz ± 0.5 dB (192 kHz sample rate, re 1 kHz)
• THD + Noise
• 0.005% max (mic in, 1 kHz, 22 Hz–22 kHz BW, trim at 20, fader at 0, -10 dBu in)

Equivalent Input Noise

• -131 dBV (-129 dBu) max (mic in, A-weighting, 76 dB gain, 150 ohm source impedance)

Processing Engine

• Highly extensible, full FPGA-based audio processing, 3 FPGAs
• Six-way ARM multiprocessor system
• 64-bit audio processing precision
• Audio over Ethernet
• Dante, AES67 compatible
• 32 channels in, 32 channels out (up to 96 kHz); 16 channels in, 16 channels out (192 kHz)
• 1 Gb/s Ethernet, 2 ports, transformer-balanced

Inputs

• Mic/Line inputs: 16 total, all fully featured; 6 on full-size XLR, 2 on TA3, 8 on TA5
• Mic-level inputs: (XLR, TA3, TA5): Class-A, discrete differential long-tail pair, 4k ohm input impedance
• Line-level inputs: (XLR, TA3, TA5): active-balanced, 4k ohm input impedance
• 48V phantom: full 10mA to all 16 inputs simultaneously
• 22 Total analog inputs: 16 mic-line inputs, 6 on returns
• AES3 or AES42 available on XLR inputs 1 and 6
• AES42: +10 V, 250 mA available, mode-1, auto-ASRC
• USB Audio: 2 inputs
• 
SL-6 inputs: SuperSlot or UniSlot
• Rtn A, B, C (3.5 mm/10-pin): unbalanced 2-channel, 4k ohm input impedance
• Com Rtn 1,2 (TA3, 3.5mm) balanced, 1-channel, 8k ohm input impedance
• External Slate Mic (TA5): balanced, 8k ohm input impedance, menu-selectable 12 V phantom

Buses

• 12 Buses (L, R, 1-10)
• Left and Right Mix Bus receives post-fade isolated channels. Optional NoiseAssist plugin instances can be applied to Left and/or Right Mix Buses.
• Buses 1-10 can receive pre-fade, post-fade, or independent send level from isolated channels, Returns A, B, or C, and Com Returns 1 and 2.
• Maximum Input Level
• Mic: +8 dBu (2.0 Vrms)
• Line: +28 dBu (19.5 Vrms)
• Rtn A, B, C: +18 dBu (6.2 Vrms)
• Com Rtn 1, 2: +24 dBu (12.3 Vrms)
• External Slate Mic: +12 dBu (3.2 Vrms)
• High-Pass Filters
• Adjustable 10 Hz to 320 Hz, 18 dB/oct. 1st stage analog (before preamp), 2nd stage digital.

Limiters

• Limiters available at all channels, buses, headphones, for all sample rates
• Analog first stage, all subsequent stages digital
• Attack time: adjustable 1 to 200 ms
• Release time: adjustable, 50 ms to 1000 ms
• Threshold: adjustable, -2 dBFS to -12 dBFS
• Selectable ratio: inf:1, 20:1, 18:1, 16:1, 14:1, 12:1, 10:1
• Knee: soft, hard

COMPRESSORS

• Compressors available at all channels (pre or post-fade) and buses for all sample rates
• Attack time: adjustable, 1 to 200 ms
• Release time: adjustable, 50 ms to 1000 ms
• Threshold: adjustable, 0 dBFS to -40 dBFS
• Selectable ratio: adjustable, 1:1 to 20:1
• Knee: soft, hard

Delay

• Channel Adjustable 0-50 ms
• Output Adjustable 0-500 ms

Maximum Gain

• Trim stage (mic input): 76 dB
• Trim stage (line input): 50 dB
• Fader stage: 16 dB
• Bus stage: 16 dB
• Headphone stage: 20 dB
• Mic-to-Line: 108 dB
• Mic-to-Headphone: 112 dB
• TA5 (along with mic input pins) for single connection to headset + mic
• High output, 4 ohm output impedance, 400 mW + 400 mW at each connector, all individually drive
• Compatible with headphones of any impedance
• Outputs
• XLR (L, R) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• Hirose 10-pin (L, R) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• TA3 (X1-X6) active-balanced, 250/3.2k/120 ohms (mic/-10/line)
• 3.5mm (X7, X8): unbalanced, stereo, 1.8k ohms

Headphone Outputs

• ¼”, 3.5 mm
• TA5 (along with mic input pins) for single connection to headset + mic
• High output, 4 ohm output impedance, 400 mW + 400 mW at each connector, all individually driven
• Compatible with headphones of any impedance

Maximum Output Level 
(all into 10k load)

• Line: +20 dBu (7.8 Vrms)
• “-10”: +6 dBu (1.5 Vrms)
• Mic: -20 dBu (0.078 Vrms)
• X7/X8 Out: +6 dBu (1.5 Vrms)
• Headphone outputs (¼”, TA5, X9/X10): +14 dBu (4.0 Vrms)
• A/D converters
• 32-bit, 120 dB, A-weighted dynamic range typical
• Sampling rates 44.1 kHz, 47.952 kHz, 48 kHz, 48.048 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz
• Digital Outputs
• AES3 transformer-balanced, in pairs; 1-2 (XLR-L), 3-4 (XLR-R), 5-8 (Hirose 10-pin A)
• 110 ohm, 2 V p-p, AES and S/PDIF compatible

Recording

• Internal 256 GB SSD, two removable SD Cards
• 10% over-provisioned for optimum performance
• Selectable bit depth 16 or 24-bit
• Simultaneous recording to internal SSD and the two SD cards
• exFAT formatting
• 36 tracks (32 ISO channels, 4 buses)
• Broadcast WAV monophonic and polyphonic file format
• 64-bit WAV (RF64) monophonic and polyphonic; support for files > 4 G
• AAC 2 track at 48 kHz, selectable bit rate 32, 64, 128, 192, 256 kbps

Automatic Mixing

• Dugan Automixer up to 16-channels on Left and Right Mix bus
• 
MixAssist up to 16-channels on Left and Right bus
• 
Noise Suppression
• Via optional paid NoiseAssist Plugin
• Up to two instances of NoiseAssist can run on any combination of isolated channels (excluding 17-32 on Scorpio), bus L, or bus R.
• Attenuation range: 0-20 dB average
• Audio path latency: 1 ms
• NoiseAssist operates with sampling rates of 44.1 kHz to 48.048 kHz.

USB

• USB-C (USB 3.1 type 1) for file transfer of internal SSD, both SD Cards
• USB-C 2-in/2 out audio streaming
• USB-A host for keyboard, external controller, external USB hubs supported for connecting multiple devices
• 
Timecode and Sync
• Modes Supported: Off, Rec Run, Free Run, 24h Run, External, including External Auto-Record and Continuous modes.
• Frame Rates: 23.98*, 24, 25, 29.97 DF, 29.97 ND, 30 DF, 30 ND
• Sample/Timecode Accuracy: 0.1 ppm (0.25 frames per 24 hours)
• Timecode Input: 20k ohm impedance, 0.3 V – 3.0 V p-p (–17 dBu – +3 dBu)
• Timecode Output: 75 ohm impedance, 5 V p-p (+12 dBu)
• Word Clock Input: 10k/75 ohm selectable impedance, 1-5 V p-p input sensitivity
• Word Clock Output: 75 ohm impedance, 5 V p-p output, at SR

Remote Control

• Sound Devices CL-12 Linear Fader Controller
• USB MIDI MCU Control – supported 3rd party fader controllers
• SD-Remote Android app via USB or Bluetooth LE
• SD-Remote iPad app via Bluetooth LE
• USB Keyboard
• External Timecode Record Trigger

LCD

• 320×240, transflective, excellent sunlight visibility
• Larger touchscreen display available via USB-connected SD-Remote app

Power

• External: 10-18 V input on locking TA4 connector, pin-4 = (+), pin-1 = (-),
• Dual rear-mount Sony-style L-mount batteries with chargers
• Current Draw, at 12V no battery charging:
• All mic preamps off: 950 mA
• All mic preamps on: 1.26 A
• All mic preamps on, 192 kHz sample rate, recording to internal SSD and 2 SD Cards: 1.42 A
• All mic preamps on, 192 kHz sample rate, recording to internal SSD and 2 SD Cards, Dante enabled: 1.67 A
• Intelligent power-down of unused mic preamps and other internal circuits
• Smart Battery telemetry supported via DC Input

Environmental

• Operating: -20° C to 60° C, 0 to 90% relative humidity (non-condensing)
• Storage: -40° C to 85° C

Dimensions (H x W x D)

• 5.1 cm x 32 cm x 20.5 cm
• 2.0 in. x 12.6 in. x 8.1 in

Weight

• 5.8 lbs (unpackaged, without batteries)
• 2.63 kg (unpackaged, without batteries)