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USER GUIDE V3.0

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3. CLOSE Some button functions available depending on the FX type Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 11 LOWER ROW Buttons There are 4 buttons in the Lower Row section LOWER ROW MATRIX INPUT DYN OUTPUT DYN SENDS VCA MASTER JUL The tables on right give a summary of the data displayed by the Lower Row of data windows INPUT DYN The lower row of encoders in thecentre section function as a dynamics processing section for any selected input channel fader The ID of the selected input channel is displayed in the left most display window OUTPUT DYN The lower row of encoders in the centre section function as a dynamics processing section for any selected output channel fader The ID of the selected output channel is displayed in the left most display window The OUTPUT DYN and MATRIX SENDS buttons cannot be selected at the same time MATRIX SENDS The first 8 encoders in the lower row of the output master section function as level send controls to Matrix Outputs 1 8 The signal is sourced from any selected output bus 1 12 13 24 by pressing the appropriate SEL button in either the 1 12 or 13 24 fader banks The ID of the selected source bus is displayed in the left most display window Note the INPUT DYN and either the OUTPUT DYN or MATRIX SENDS buttons may be selected at the same time however only one will be active illuminated green the other will be in primed
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5. inten 10 1 COPY 10 1 DIRECT NAME EDITING VIRTUAL SI cernentes tton on 10 1 10 1 FLATEN GEQ REUNIR headend 10 1 INSERTA UE 10 1 Tuno WNN DOR ARRA KRUGER 10 2 REGAELPREVIOUS ioa eorr cn D o Ron 10 2 REPLAY CUES OUT OF SEQUENGCE nennen ttt tette AKAR KK AK KH AKA 10 2 SCROLL AROUND VIRTUAL Sl enerrntnr tnter kana a aa tton KK 10 2 SEND ON OFF UNITY csscsesseecsssscecstsssscscscucssessuecutsssesstesuesasesacsasssuesanssuesatesaeestesaeentesaeens 10 2 SETTING BUSSES PRE POST sscssscsecsesccssescucsssssuessnecuesacecuesstssaeesssaessesatsstesaeestesaees 10 2 STEREO SS HH H HHH HH HHH gt MMMMIMVMMMA 10 2 NISB RNN HH HH anand bani 10 2 VCA REPLAY 10 2 OPTION SLOT amp OPTION 11 1 IRERODUCTIUN N HH 11 1 SWITCH E NGHONS iccirco pui HHHH NEM 11 3 MADI HHHH HH HHHH MMMMMIMNMNM 11 4 Page vi Soundcraft Si Series User Guid
6. INPUT FADERS SELECT Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 1 ENCODERS FADERS SOLO Page 3 2 INPUT FADER SELECT Buttons Layers The INPUT FADER SELECT buttons A B C amp D are used for selecting which group of inputs will be controlled by the input channel faders On the Si3 two sets of buttons allow independent selection of layers for Input Fad ers 1 16 and Input Faders 17 32 Soundcraft Si1 The following assignments can be made Selected Layer__ Faders 1 46 inputs Bo inputs 1732 Inputs 33 48 option Inputs 49 56 option STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Soundcraft Si2 The following assignments can be made Selected Layer Faders 1 16 Faders 17 24 Inputs 1 16 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 vm Inputs 17 32 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Inputs 33 48 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Inputs 49 64 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Soundcraft Si3 The following
7. 6 5 Signal re kaka kayan a ka ERE W Ke Kala Kir kk K Y W KU HAK K Ca Vir Ka HG AEE r ki Ak Ka WR Dk B du AKA K R 6 5 r 6 5 Monitor 1 6 5 Lupus eaaa 6 5 TALKBACK 6 6 External Talkback aA ka kk 6 6 Internal uri X X 6 6 sisi s ay sanal kune xak snes cai xe HER Ra Kak kun b Ru H KER HU bU RRA BE K 6 7 MENU a a a i 7 1 TOUCHSCREEN and CONTR LS i i iii k nn nna io na k aka waa daya ka aa aa 7 1 MENU Button e k ra 7 1 BACK Button E ya kana kaka xara kak kala waa ak w kak ka kalak ka ka ka ae kira a waa kal ka a kra wa Ku KRA K ka kak ka kak WA EWA WA RA ka kara 7 1 APPLY B 0D 7 1 ADJUST sac ixy 4 i ki kik cas xir ekk kak kaka
8. See Chapter 5 for more information on patching TB OSC There are three sub pages accessed by the INTERNAL OSC and EXTERNAL pads INTERNAL TALKBACK INTERNAL TALKBACK Route to headphones TB headphone level Route to external Talk to bus Talk to all buses Talkback Out Patch Route To Headphones Enables the routing of the signal from the Internal Talkback Mic to the headphones TB headphone level Set the level of the signal See field above Route to external Enables the routing of the Internal Talkback Mic signal from the Internal Talkback Mic to the Talkback Out XLR on the rear con Page 7 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Talk to bus If this is enabled the Int TB signal will be routed to any Aux Group bus which is Soloed whilst the Talkback ON key is enabled Talk to all buses If this is enabled the IntTB signal will be routed to all Aux Group buses whilst the Talkback ON key is enabled OSCILLATOR OSCILLATOR Route to bus If this is enabled the Oscillator signal will be routed to any Aux Group bus which is Soloed Route to all buses If this is enabled the Oscillator signal will be routed to all Aux Group buses Level Sets the level of the oscillator signal Frequency Set the frequency of the oscillator signal Sine only Type Sine or Pink Noise NOTE The OSC is always routed to the OSC OUT XLR on the rear connector panel EXTERNAL TALKBACK EXTERNAL TALKBACK Route to
9. next page GAIN FILT DLY GLOBAL MODE GATE COMP EQ PAN Ce 1 8 BUS 9 16 BUS GAIN FILTERS Delay GATE COMP The encoders are used to control the Gain or trim of the Input Channels The encoders are used to control the Lo cut and Hi cut filters and the time delay of the Input Channels The encoders are used to control the Lo cut and Hi cut filters in the gate s side chain the Threshold Attack Gate Hold Release and Range parameters of the noise gate The encoders are used to control the Threshold Detector type RMS Peak Ratio Attack Release Knee and Gain parameters of the Compressor The encoders are used to control the EQ The encoders are used to control the Panning left right of the input channel s signal to the LCR busses See the page 3 11 about Panning BUS 1 8 BUS 9 16 and BUS 17 24 These buttons are used as jumping in points to busses 1 9 and 17 as a way to access the feeds to the 24 aux group output busses Once the required bus has been selected using these buttons and the Global Scroll buttons see next page the encoders are used to control the level of the feeds aux busses only and whether they are routed or not press on the en coder to toggle on off aux and group busses from their input channels to the selected output bus Note in th
10. LOWER ROW OUTPUT DYN OUTPUTS CLEAR SOLO VCA MASTER LJ VCA MUTES SETUP 5010 OUTPUT FADERS SELECT 2 MTX LRC 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 o o 0 eo o 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 re 4 Lis 1s re 4 20 20 H20 H20 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 60 60 60 60 60 60 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide 0410 Page 4 1 MUTE ALL OUTPUTS BUTTON The MUTE ALL OUTPUTS button which is located just below the Power On button POWER applies a 5OdB cut to all outputs from the desk This function is implemented entirely in hardware it is not controlled by console s embedded software MUTE ALL OUTPUTS OUTPUT FADERS SELECT Button The Output Faders Select buttons are located to the right hand sid
11. Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Matrix 1 Matrix 2 Matrix 3 Matrix 4 Matrix 5 Matrix 6 Matrix 7 Matrix 8 ID of the sending bus Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons VCA MASTERS VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA Master 1 Master 2 Master 3 Master 4 Master 5 Master 6 Master 7 Master 8 Master 9 Master 10Master 11Master 12 Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 13 BOTH ROWS Buttons There are 4 buttons in the Both Rows section BOTH ROWS BUS QUTPUT BUS TO BUS SENDS PROCESSING MATRIX MASTERS C BUS SENDS Both the upper and lower rows of encoders in the output master section function as individual bus Aux Group sends 1 24 for any selected input channel fader Note by default the 4 on board Lexicon effects are inserted into busses 21 24 They are inserted post fader The AUX PRE button at the left of the upper row of switches can be used to switch any of the bus sends between pre or post fade When the AUX PRE button is active any encoder can be pressed to toggle its send s pre post setting The bus send can also be set ON at unity or OFF at inf by pushing amp holding the encoder OUTPUT PROCESSING When the OUTPUT PROCESSING button is pressed both rows of encoders and the switches in the upp
12. This will overwrite all patches within the group Do you wish to continue COMPLET NOTE Any single input may be used a maximum of four times In the event you attempt to use a single source more than this a warning will be displayed Patching request denied Maximum number of destinations reached for this source COMPLETE Page 5 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Patching of Stereo Inputs is accomplished in similar manner INPUT PATCH TO CHANNEL 65 ST 1 EX ST If the chosen input source for a channel is LINE type e g AES or MADI the GAIN control will default to TRIM and the 48v switch will be unlit and have no function NOTE If the chosen input source for a channel is LINE type e g AES MADI the GAIN control will default to TRIM and the 48V switch will be unlit and have no function When multiple channels are sharing the same MIC input the GAIN and 48v controls of these chan nels are linked and any channel in the group may be used to control the GAIN and 48v NOTE It is only possible to patch LINE sources to the four STEREO channels NOTE Stereo patching always happens as odd even pairs NOTE It is not possible to change the patching to the FX return channels To leave the PATCH set up press MENU CUE LIST or LEX Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 5 Setting Changing the Direct Out The Direct Out Patching on Si is accessed from the I
13. hand faders Soundcraft Si3 The following assignments can be made A musii musii Be musir32 o musis4s mus3s48 _ __ 49 56 STE 1 4 Lexicon PXRetums 1 4 NOTE There are two sets of buttons on the Soundcraft Si3 one on each side of the output section These two sets of buttons allow independent selection of layers for Input Faders 1 16 and Input Faders 17 32 NOTE Si1 inputs 49 56 and Si2 inputs 49 64 are not assigned to any input source by default Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 2 3 OUTPUT FADER LAYERS The Output Faders are used for mixing the levels of Output Busses 1 24 Matrix Outputs 1 8 and the Left Right and Centre Master Outputs VCA groups are also controlled from the Output Channel faders Output Layers The Output Faders Select buttons are located to the right hand side of the output fader bay and are used to define what function is assigned to the output faders These buttons illuminate when active There are four interlocked buttons 1 12 This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for bus outputs 1 12 13 24 This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for bus outputs 13 24 MAST This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for Matrix Outputs 1 8 and the Left Right and Centre busses VCA This butt
14. mode illuminated orange depending on whether the most recently pressed SEL button is in an input or output section Any SEL button in the input or output fader areas may be selected in which case the associated INPUT DYN OUTPUT DYN or MATRIX SENDS button will be reactivated VCA MASTER The lower row of encoders in the output master section function as VCA Master fader 1 12 The VCA MASTER button when activated has priority over previous selections Any previously selected button s will be de selected VCA Master mode may be exited by deselecting the VCA MASTER button in which case the INPUT DYN OUTPUT DYN and MATRIX SENDS buttons will revert to their previous states Note Selecting a button in the Both Rows section will make the selected buttons in the Upper and Lower Row sections extinguish Page 4 12 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 INPUT Gate Gate Gate Gate Gate rene d Comp Comp Comp Comp Comp Threshold Attack Hold Release Depth RMS Pk Ratio Attack Release Knee Gain Selected Input Channel s ID Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons OUTPUT DYN noo d Comp Comp Comp Comp Comp Comp RMS Pk Ratio Attack Release Knee Gain In Selected Output Channel s ID Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons MATRIX SENDS Send to Send to Send to
15. us k yaka k awka u da Ku ka kira asa ka ag e wa ak Vu We du Vy aa 4 9 LOWER STATUS WINDOW 4 9 UPPER ROW Bi s i3i yys ku s yeka kek 4 10 LOWER ROW Buttons suk ka e a ka da kav Ve e ak ku d a k u kl a ew di Vl dik b w ik a GAV KV WA Kw w wd be ewa 4 10 BOTH ROWS Buttons 4 14 CHANNEL SCROLL BUTTONS nnno rara a ane ka cote K al ka WE KI WR VA BAH DE R 4 16 Upper ROW m X 4 16 Lower ROW MOdG i lisan k ka dka k kal ka ayak kay kak ba ya k kada k a kl raau NANANA a a aa kk wa Kara k k xw ara ka a www k WE Ya a xira va KWA 4 16 Both n END T 4 17 CONFIGURING THE OUTPUT 4 18 CREATING AUXILIARY MIXES nonna rina nnn nannten c s 4 19 CREATING GROUP MIX i 5 i 5 i k na wan a awa E Ka ka k a EW k w ka k daa ku 4 20 CREATING MATRIX MIXES 5 5 nana n nana aa nnn k ai kai k k ba kw aa rm n ku ara a a a 4 22 COPY amp E ka ak k w ad aa kwa el ai
16. Ban unassigned E 512 Outputs Physical Outputs Logical Bus Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 1 Siilnputs Physical Inputs Logical Ghanei Bank 81 16 81 816 17 32 1 16 option 33 48 Unassigned 49 56 1 8 Stereo 1 4 Ste 1 4 Ch 57 64 DD FX Ret 1 4 FX 1 4 Ch 65 72 11346 Option Slot In 1 64 Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned Si10utputs Logical Bus Bank 1 4 B5 B8 13 16 13 24 IT NEN LR C Mons TB OSC _ MIX MAST 10 12 Option Slot Out 1 64 Not Assigned Not Assigned Not Assigned Note Inputs to FX return channels can not be changed The patching system also includes the facility to patch direct outputs from mono channels to any of the outputs allowing direct recording of all 64 mono sources Page 5 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide 0410 Setting or Changing the Input Patch The Input Patching on the Si Series is accessed from the INPUTS menu on the touch screen if not already on the main menu press the MENU key then the INPUTS button this will open the INPUTS SETUP screen for the current active SELected channel INPUT 1 SETUP CHO1 DirectOut Pre Post Pre filter Input Patch MIC A01 DirectOut Patch MADI13 The screen shows the current input patch in this case A 01 Input Block A input 1 to change this scroll to the INPUT PATCH row and press the PATCHI
17. C LRC or LCR depending on channel type and routing pan mode selected Channel Meter amp Scale Output Metering D gt ag e a VCA 1 12 Indicators Illuminated blocks show VCA groups Compressor s Gain Reduction Meter amp Scale Signal level metering for all output buses is displayed on the 12 segment bar graph meters located at the top of the console There is dedicated metering for the following Buses 1 24 BUS OUTPUTS Left Right and Centre buses Matrix Outputs 1 8 Si2 and Si3 Only On Si1 Matrix outputs are monitored by the SOLO system see page 6 7 SOLO L R MASTER OUTPUTS Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MATRIX OUTPUTS Page 2 9 Page 2 10 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 INPUTS INPUT BAY OVERVIEW ALT FUNCTION CHANNEL MODE GLOBAL MODE 2 BUS 1 12 8081824 AUX PRE GAIN FILT DLY GATE Ea PAN C BUS 1 8 BUS 9 16 BUS 17 26 ISOLATE PHASE DELAY FILTERS GATE IN COMP IN INFO EQIN INSERT IN LR LCR SCROLL FOLLOW OUTPUT ENCODERS FADERS
18. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance NOTES Contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your equipment HEADPHONES SAFETY WARNING Contain important information and useful tips on headphone outputs and monitoring levels Page 1 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 INSTALLATION General Precautions Avoid storing or using the mixing console in conditions of excessive heat or cold or in positions where it is likely to be subject to vibration dust or moisture Do not use any liquids to clean the fascia of the unit a soft dry cloth is ideal Avoid using the console close to strong sources of electromagnetic radiation e g video monitors high power electric cabling this may cause degradation of the audio quality due to induced voltages in con necting leads and chassis Caution In all cases refer servicing to qualified personnel Handling and Transport The console is supplied in a strong carton If it is necessary to move it any distance after installation it is recommended that this packing is used to protect it Be sure to disconnect all cabling before moving If the console is to be regularly moved we recommend that it is installed in a foam lined flightcase At all times avoid applying excessive force to any knobs switches
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21. A H VYAN 3 12 Faders Follow Output Select s cisin 2e saa aa ak ki ak kk ak w Ka waa Wak KER K k EKIR KEN a 3 12 LINKING INPUTS xi a rn aa ka aa a ka e rra 3 13 STEREO LINE INPUTS nak n kund klan o kana wa k ka a aa aa awk ea k k na ka a ya kula aa na 3 13 2 IN P T s ana an ka ka kala kasa aki kela kak yaaa kaba kr b a dana anada a aa aa a ka aa aa k a ala r a da da 3 13 LEXICON RETURNS 5 innen nnn nnn irn aa k ka a aves ka kusa d ka a uk w ku a xa a 3 13 COPY amp 5 3 14 SAVING THE SETTIN G s yi nre saa y a k ya kas ni e n ee oae k w lwara kur 3 14 OUTPUTS ad sana daa eka ka salak ak a a kir ke wa kr k a ua a aa Wa ua an aa Bra 4 1 OUTPUT BAY OVERVIEW 5 555555 sauna anneau rhon kann nua ru iun uva aua ku 4 1 MUTE ALL OUTPUTS BUTTON 4 2 OUTPUT FADERS SELECT Button iiss ii sis au kinkin nis kanan ba
22. RN PHP TEM ME 7 8 7 9 LINE Dn Tr 7 10 SPECIFICATIONS s sya sinunus ak sana kan kunka k wk nana n l a dak By a k ku k bu k a kak kak 8 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS amp WEIGHTS cnn 8 1 SOUNDCRAFT 513 DIMENSION DRAWINGS c ssscesccssssesssscsesseecsssessuecesssuessuecutsstesuessseeaeeres 8 3 SOUNDCRAFT 512 DIMENSION DRAWINGS c ssscesccesssessescsesseeccsseecuessessuessuesutsstecseesseeaeeres 8 4 SOUNDCRAFT 511 DIMENSION DRAWINGS s ssscesccssseesseecsesseecssssessecssssessuecutsseessessseeateres 8 4 BLOCK DIABRANIS ui FEE QU NEU QUERI 9 1 MON INPS co iternm UM CURT TUE 9 2 STEREO LINE INPUTS eerte ntt tte tton 9 3 2 TRACK ones concito 9 4 LEXICON FX RETURNS c ssssceccossssessssssecseecuesssscuesstssuessnssuesstecaesstesaeesssnesaesatsatesaeestesacesees 9 5 OUTPUT BAY MASTER amp MATRIX ncn n tto KHK HA OS 9 6 11111 118 7147 1 01 15 01 9 7 SEWB CORRI DD ie tenis e N S 9 8 TOP TPS ee ee 10 1 PEN TD RM 10 1 AFL FANG ANA LA 10 1 5
23. SEQUENGE neant kou veyeke reno ema rae d k WR buk d lea d e cS EE wa uk SEX RR rewe KWE 7 3 RECALL PREVIOUS d EW A WA 7 3 ISOLATING INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS AND BUSES FROM RECALL 7 3 Hil 7 4 EXPORT and IMPORT L 7 4 NEW SHOW k 7 4 EDIT SHOW 7 4 SYSTEM onions nh ke raa di Ke ccd ends Ku a ka U on 7 5 7 5 INSERTS 7 5 LEXICGONS 7 5 CHANNEL n 7 6 TB OSG 7 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0910 Page v 5 A ETTA T E n 43 5313 kk k wa lA KE WER A Wa w k ER RR Ma 7 7 EXTERNAL TALKBACK CEMEME a a E ak 7 7 UD CNN
24. assignments can be made Selected Layer Faders 1 16 Faders 17 32 Inputs 1 16 Inputs 1 16 Inputs 17 32 Inputs 17 32 nputs 33 48 nputs 33 48 Inputs 49 64 Inputs 49 56 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 SOLO FOLLOW OUTPUT ENCODERS FADERS CHANNEL FADER The channel faders are used for controlling the output levels of the input channels stereo line inputs and Lexicon Effects returns The channel faders can also be used to control bus sends when the console is in faders follow mode When the fader is being used in any role other than mono channel fader the FaderGlow for the fader will be activated to indicate its function see Page 2 5 ON Button The channel ON button is used to switch the channel On or Off When it is switched Off no signal will be routed from the channel to the Main Mix bus or any of the Group Aux buses The button is illuminated green when it is ON Note If the relevant channel is part of either a Mute or VCA group the channel ON button takes priority i e the channel On switch will if switched OFF block the signal even if a Mute group or VCA group is trying to route the signal Note If the input channel faders are being used as Auxiliary sends see page 4 16 17 the ON button is used to switch the contributing channels to the s
25. card uses in the event you do not wish all cards to re transmit all channels A typical example of an output configuration 64 Channel gt Card 1 AES Outputs 1 8 Active Output gt Card 2 MADI Outputs 1 32 Active Expansion gt Card 3 MADI Outputs 1 64 Active Bus This topology allows great versatility when you are required for example to route direct outputs to multiple simultaneous destinations Page 11 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 The table below illustrates the function of the DIP switches found the Si Series option cards Desk DI Ft to 9to16 171024 251032 331040 411048 491056 57 to 64 8 channel option card 1108 Unavaiable 1 to 8 Unavail Unavail Unavail 16 channel opton card 108 9 16 iss 9515 is C Setting any given input switch shall enable routing of the INPUTS THE OPTION CARD to given chan nels on the expansion bus Setting any given output switch shall enable routing of the SIGNALS ON THE XPANSION BUS outputs from the console TO THE OPTION CARD It is important to remember that the patching of 1 0 signals to from the expansion bus is unrelated to the setting of the physical switches on option cards the card switches dictate only which channels of the option card bus the expansion card can monitor talk to NOTE There are exceptions to the above please refer to the Switch Settings section of each
26. eka dra e Ha wala aw KE Waa ra kara kala Wa k ka KN ses EW U WA KA n EYO KWE KE EK EB WEK Ka Ku 7 1 LEXICON Button Shortcut 1 e aa sal y kaa ak kewal ka hui init kud w a EW S RA recae EW k ra 7 2 CUB LIST BU M 7 2 CUE CONTROL BUTTONS nnn nnn nara ea nab an ana kaw kawa ka a aa kya a we a kana naa dak aa k 7 3 STORE i ka b kay ke x S kr wa ya e b we Ku e k Y k k u w y w li birwa Ku ek w b ke kuy ag i wa aa vava lue 7 3 RECALL vs yak nisk zay den yak Va eda ka K V VR W ke VER W K u dV a KEKE RUY SR RR NAY Y 7 3 NEX 7 3 PREVIEW sura yan kay dak cak kuy kl k xua va ka awae wav VER Kuba FK K n W kuc kek r H KE A GR ww 7 3 SPECIAL CUE FUNCTIONS 2 nen enin yaka ka aa rak a k a kawa da waa lak aa ka kra ya a 7 3 INSERTA QUE 7 3 ISOLATE FROM CUE REPLAY de keyaak dae kaye ki kaka a ka nnn annon mk ka k KEW KE KWE kwe kak k Kad a ku HK HA EWA EKA 7 3 REPLAY CUES OUT OF
27. encoder shows the status Method 2 Global Mode Select an output bus and adjust the feeds to it from a bank of input channels the user sets up the mix from an input bay Select the output bus required by pressing the BUS 1 8 BUS 9 16 or BUS 17 24 button on the Global Mode section of the input bay then use the SCROLL Up or Down button to get to the required bus The bus name is shown it the top of every input channel display window in the bay Each input channel encoder is now a routing switch from its input channel to the chosen output bus as described above for method 1 Method 3 Select an input channel and route its sends to the group buses as required Proceed as follows Press the BUS SENDS button in the BOTH ROWS set on the Output section The encoders are now routing controls press on press off which switch the signal from a selected input channel to the group buses By using the appropriate INPUT FADERS SELECT buttons A D and then the SEL button of the required input channel the required input channel can be selected Page 4 20 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Method 4 Select a group output bus and switch sends to it from individual input channels as required Proceed as follows Using a either the 1 12 or 13 24 button on the Output section and then the appropriate SEL button from the output section select the required output bus The input channels ON button or their associated encoders can be
28. illuminated white when setup mode has been completed and exited The Mute Group Master buttons illuminate red when activated Any associated input channel ON buttons illuminate red when a Mute Group master button is pressed In a similar manner to VCA group mutes any channel which was ON but muted by a MUTE MASTER will have its ON indicator changed from green to red Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 5 GRAPHIC EQUALISERS GEQ The Si Series provides a total of 35 high quality BSS Audio Graphic Equalisers Each of the 24 Busses the 8 Matrix and the three Main Masters are equipped with a 30 band Graphic Equaliser from BSS Audio The equalisers are inserted full time to each bus so no patching is required To access any of the GEQs first press the 1 12 13 24 MTX MSTES key to bring a bus master to the centre of the console The GEQ key will light indication the GEQ may be expanded onto the console pressing the key will place the GEQ for the SELected bus onto the LHS of the console and changes the Fader Glow colour of the faders to red With the GEQ open the GEQ Scroll Left amp Right Keys adjacent to input fader 16 indicate the possible navigation options the indicators are context dependent upon which bands are currently displayed Pressing a scroll key will move the view up or down by 8 frequency bands The OLED scre
29. input channel s membership of a VCA Group is indicated by the 12 small squares on the right hand side of the Channel Status Window Input faders on other layers can be added by selecting the relevant layer using the INPUT FADERS SELECT Pressing the SEL button on an input channel that is already assigned to that VCA Group will remove it from the group To select another VCA group SEL button to assign a different range of input channels whilst in VCA Assign mode VCA 1 12 Indicators Illuminated blocks show VCA groups Pressing the SETUP button again exits VCA Assign mode Note The VCA master faders can still be operated whilst in VCA Assign mode Note The VCA SEL buttons and the Mute Group master buttons are interlocking and the type of Setup mode Mute Group assign or VCA group assign will be governed by the last button pressed Note an input channel can be assigned to more than one VCA Group if required Using VCA Groups In order to use the VCA Master faders the VCA button in the OUTPUT FADERS SELECT must be selected Page 4 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MUTE GROUPS Creating Mute groups Pressing the VCA MUTES SETUP button will enter setup mode and the SETUP button will be illuminated white Note The OUTPUT FADERS SELECT VCA button will automatically be selected and will be illuminated blue because at this point you could intend to setup VCA groups or Mute groups The next key press tells the co
30. or connectors Power Cable Always use the power supply cable supplied with the mixer the use of alternative cables may cause dam age and voids the warranty Warning In the event of an electrical storm or large mains voltage fluctuations immediately switch off the mixer and unplug from the mains Signal Levels It is important to supply the correct input levels to the console otherwise signal to noise ratio or distortion performance may be degraded and in extreme cases damage to the internal circuitry may result Like wise on all balanced inputs avoid sources with large common mode DC AC or RF voltages as these will reduce the available signal range on the inputs Note that OdBu 0 775V RMS Refer to the Specifications section for details of input and output levels MAINS INSTALLATION General Wiring Procedures To take full advantage of the excellent signal to noise ratio and low distortion of Soundcraft consoles care must be taken to ensure that incorrect installation and wiring does not degrade the performance of the desk Hum buzz instability and Radio Frequency interference can usually be traced to earth loops and inferior earthing systems In some areas especially heavily industrial areas the incoming mains earth will not be adequate and a separate technical earth for all the audio equipment must be supplied However check with your local electricity supply company to ensure that safety regulations are not infringed or ne
31. or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with 9 the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination 427 to avoid injury from tip over Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been dam aged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Note It is recommended that all maintenance and service on the product should be carried out by Sound craft or its authorised agents Soundcraft cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by service maintenance or repair by unauthorised personnel WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture L Do not expose the apparatus to dripping or splashing and do not place objects filled with liquids such as vases on the apparatus Page 1 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on apparatus Warning Do not use this apparatus in very dusty atmospheres or in atmospheres containing flammable gases or chemicals THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED Under no circumstances should the safety eart
32. section UPPER ROW INPUT EQ OUTPUT EQ LEXICONS CONTROLLERS The tables on right give a summary of the data displayed by the Upper Row of data windows INPUT EQ The upper row of encoders in the centre section function as the equaliser section for any selected input channel fader OUTPUT EQ The upper row of encoders in the centre section function as an equaliser section for any selected output channel fader The INPUT EQ and OUTPUT EQ buttons may be selected at the same time however only one will be active illuminated green the other will be in primed mode illuminated orange depending on whether the most recently pressed SEL button is in an input or output section When Input EQ amp OP EQ are both selected the EQ displayed will be from the last SELected input or BUS In this mode SEL buttons will be either white if active or orange if primed LEXICON The upper row of encoders in the output master section function as parameter controllers for the onboard Lexicon effects processors There are two display modes The first is a contracted view in which the three most useful parameters for each of the 4 FX processors are displayed The second is the expanded view in which up to twelve parameters for one of the FX processors are displayed To switch from the contracted view to the expanded view for the required FX processor press the button below the appropriate EXPAND legend To change back t
33. show can be saved multiple times each time with a different name The IMPORT PAD will open a page showing the shows stored on the USB device The ADJUST knob will allow selection pressing the knob will load the selected show into the console SHOW Cur New Show NEW SHOW Pressing the NEW SHOW pad will delete the currently loaded show from the console s memory and load a new blank no snapshots show If the old show hasn t been exported to a USB device it will be lost EDIT SHOW Pressing the EDIT SHOW pad will open the following page It allows the user to Change the name of the show and also to edit which parameters will be recalled by the automation EDIT SHOW Show Name MY SHOW Input Recall Filters On Page 7 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide 0410 SYSTEM This page allows the user to reset Channels and Buses to factory default settings and check the software version of your console SYSTEM WINDOW Software version INSERT This page allows the user to patch the 8 insert points to where they are needed INSERT PATCHING Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned The ADJUST knob moves the selected line through the list pressing the knob highlights the current item To patch to a channel or bus press the required SEL button Rotate the Adjust knob to select the required insert point into the cha
34. used as the routing controls Press ENCODERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL or FADERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL on one or both input bays Note that as soon as you press these buttons the ENCODERS or ON buttons in the bay in question will be following whichever output bus happens to be currently selected i e the ON buttons or push on push off function of the encoders will not be controlling the input channels to which they belong they will now be switching the send from their input channels to the selected group bus The FaderGlow element will turn green to confirm this Use the INPUT FADERS SELECT buttons A D as required to access all of the input channels To exit this mode press ENCODERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL or FADERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL again to deselect it Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 21 CREATING MATRIX MIXES There are two methods of creating matrix mixes from the 24 3 output busses to the 8 matrix buses Method 1 Sending a single bus to multiple Matrix Outputs Proceed as follows Press the MATRIX SENDS button in the LOWER ROW set on the Output section The 8 left hand encoders on the Lower Row are now level controls which route the signal from a selected output bus to the 8 Matrix buses By using the appropriate OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons 1 12 13 24 and then the SEL button of the required Output the required bus can be selected To route any of the L R amp C buses to the 8 Matrix outputs select the MTX MAST button a
35. 3 0410 Points to Remember In all cases use good quality twin screened audio cable Check for instability at the output Always connect both conductors at both ends and ensure that the screen is only connected at one end Do not disconnect the mains earth from each piece of equipment This is needed to provide both safety and screen returns to the system star point Equipment which has balanced inputs and outputs may need to be electrically isolated from the equip ment rack and or other equipment to avoid earth loops It is important to remember that all equipment which is connected to the mains is a potential source of hum and interference and may radiate both electrostatic or electromagnetic radiation In addition the mains will also act as a carrier for many forms of RF interference generated by electric motors air condi tioning units thyristor light dimmers etc Unless the earth system is clean all attempts to improve hum noise levels will be futile In extreme cases there will be no alternative but to provide a completely sepa rate and independent technical earth to replace the incoming noisy earth However always consult your local electricity supply authority to ensure that safety regulations are not being infringed WORKING SAFELY WITH SOUND Although your new console will not make any noise until you feed it signals it has the capability to pro duce sounds which when monitored through a PA system or headphones can damag
36. 4 8 are available Page 5 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 As with Direct outputs you may steal an output that is currently in use system will provide a warning and a chance to confirm or cancel NOTE The system will only show option cards where fitted NOTE Bus outputs offer two possible output patches available the screen will display OUTPUT PATCH 1 or OUTPUT PATCH 2 depending upon which was chosen first With the PATCH window open you can change the patching of other buses simply by SELecting another bus on the console To have the system automatically patch multiple channels press the AUTO COMPLETE button This will increment the input by 1 and patch by 1 until a group of 8 is complete The system will display a warning requiring confirmation before the AUTO re patch happens To leave the PATCH set up press MENU CUE LIST or LEX Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 9 Setting or Changing the MASTER BUS Output Patches The system allows re patching of the main L C amp R bus outputs in a similar manner to that used for Group Aux and Matrix buses however in the case of the main LC amp R buses the default outputs on the back of the console can not be changed therefore only one option is shown and illustrated below NOTE the L amp R will patch in PAIRS MAIN 1 SETUP Main LRC Name Main Patch Output L R output patched in pairs JPATCHING Setting or Changing Ancilla
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38. F LEXICON Button Shortcut Processor Efedi Small Pressing the LEXICONS button the UPPER rocessor Two Effec Small Hall Processor Three Effect 1 Small Hall ROW section of the Output master causes the Processor Four Effect 1 Small Hall following screen to appear Each of the four inbuilt effects processors can be configured for type via this page Use the ADJUST encoder to position the cursor over the required processor Then press the en coder to select it A drop down menu of effects types will appear Use the encoder to scroll and press to select Note pressing one of the EXPAND buttons on the top row will automatically select the required processor CUE LIST Button The cue list can be accessed by pressing the CUE LIST button which is also to the left of the touchscreen Note that the CUE LIST button is not enabled until at least one Cue has been generated by pressing the STORE button on the CUE CONTROL panel see page 6 3 UPDATE TE DELETE Use the ADJUST to through the list UPDATE Pressing this overwrites the selected cue with the console s current settings A confirmation dialogue box appears giving you the option to respond YES or NO to the update being saved EDIT This allows the cue name to be edited via an on screen QWERTY keyboard amp HiQnet parameters settings may be added edited see page 7 11 for more detail MOVE Thi
39. IN 0 2 onow 9105 V 0441S ONON H3QVJ SLAW NVd OV OL 8uluojed uesu 9 geugissy 01 4H 4H PIN b PIN 03 9 47 16 _ baly 47 uondo 210000 JH JH ured WH WH W7 41 J T uondo 510110 XIN 79 xny OV OL uesu a qeusissy 01 Page 9 7 ogey aauy sng i uoi 10jeoipu uononpay ule Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MONITOR OL 104410 MOVE TL lt e S3NOHd OL 4 9 S3NOHd YOLINOW NO S3NOHd Iva 01 4 9 YOLINOW 01 ET YOLINOW NO YOLINOW TAI YOLINOW SNG 0141 lt e 194145 3904105 MOVE VL MOVE TL 16 1H914 yc 1431 indino XIN 1H9I8 XIN 1431 n8 0108 19918 sng 0105 ONIHZIHIN 0105 sng 0105 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 9 8 TOP TIPS 24 Monitor Mixes Even though the FX are normally patched to buses 21 to 24 they can be used as monitor sends just like any other gt gt Flip the bus PRE fade as d
40. L CHANNEL Page 4 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 OUTPUT STATUS WINDOWS Each output channel strip has two Status Windows the Upper Row window and the Lower Row window The information displayed in these windows is determined by the settings of the UPPER ROW BOTH ROWS and LOWER ROW switches The illustrations below each show an example of the data that may be displayed UPPER ROW STATUS WINDOW The information in this gena depends upon the BOTH ROWS or UPPER ROW buttons Parameter Name amp Value The selected Input ee 5 The information in this section is context sensitive Indicates the function of the button below Note that each upper window has a function button below it Its function when applicable is indicated at the bottom of the window LOWER ROW STATUS WINDOW Parameter Name The information in this amp section depends upon the BOTH ROWS or LOWER ROW Value buttons The selected input pit annel s Phase reverse IN Delay IN Compressor IN EQ IN Routed to the Mix buses An Insert Point is mapped to this Output Channel The information in this section depends upon the OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons Compressor s Gain Reduction Meter amp Scale Output Channel s ID Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 9 UPPER ROW Buttons There are 4 buttons in the Upper Row
41. LIST an icon is displayed beside the Cue Name to indicate the cue includes a HiQnet message CUE LIST 001 Snapshot 1 002 Snapshot 2 AQ 003 Snapshot 3 UPDATE CUE DELETE NOTE DHCP is enabled on the SI series consoles negating the need to set an IP address To learn more about the Harman HiQnet system visit http hiqnet harmanpro com Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 11 Page 7 12 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Response Mic input to Line output 0 1dB 20Hz 20kHz Stereo input to master output 0 5 0 5dB 20Hz 20kHz T H D amp Noise 10Hz 22kHz Mic In min gain to Bus output 0 006 1kHz Mic In max gain to Bus output 0 00896 1kHz Stereo input to master output 0 00596 1kHz Mic Input 1 22Hz 22kHz bandwidth unweighted 126dBu 150 Ohm source Residual Noise Master output no inputs routed Mix fader OdB 88dBu CMRR 80dB 1kHz Mic input Sampling Frequency 48kHz Convertor Resolution 24 bit Latency Mic Input to Bus output lt 1ms 48kHz DSP Resolution 40 bit floating point Internal Clock Accuracy lt 50ppm Jitter lt 5ns Input amp Output Levels Mic Inputs 26dBu max Stereo Inputs Returns 28dBu max Bus Outputs 22dBu max Nominal Operating Level OdBu 22dBFS Input amp Output Impedances Mic Inputs 6 8 kOhms All other analogue Inputs gt 10 kOhms Line Ouptuts lt 75 Ohms Oscillator 20H
42. LO buttons can operate PFL Solo When the SOLO button on a single channel is selected in isolation the monitored signal will sourced Pre Fade The SOLO button will illuminate orange to Indicate that it is the only active Input SOLO button and that it is therefore a PFL solo Activating another input SOLO button will automatically put the desk into AFL solo mode AFL Solo In AFL mode the channel signals are sourced after the fader This mode is automatically entered when more than one input solo is active The active SOLO buttons will illuminate blue when in AFL Solo mode Highlighted AFL If several inputs are soloed and then one of them is pressed and held the others will be dimmed by 20dB the default value this can be adjusted via the SOLO touchscreen and will be illuminated pink Release the held solo to revert to standard AFL mode Solo in place SIP This is destructive solo mode When SIP mode is selected via the SOLO touchscreen see Chapter 6 activating a SOLO button will create a destructive Solo where all other channel contributions to the Main Mix outputs will be muted The SOLO button will illuminate red when in SIP Solo mode Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 6 3 OUTPUT BAY The output channels SOLO buttons are used to solo the selected channel The output Solo is always AFL The output Solo is mono unless output busses have been stereo linked in which case the Solo is stereo The a
43. LO system Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 6 7 Page 6 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MENU TOUCHSCREEN and CONTROLS Note In this manual the word button refers to hardware buttons on the console the word pad refers to touchscreen areas which are touch sensitive Associated with the touchscreen are some controls as shown below m SCROLL CUE LIST ADJUST The default display after the power up is completed is the Menu as shown below The touch screen may be used to select items on list views like FX parameters or Cues A double touch on the screen selects or activates the mode MENU Button The menu can be returned to at any time by pressing the MENU button to the left of the touchscreen MAIN MENU E SHOW SYSTEM INSERT TB OSC INPUTS SOLO MONITOR BACK Button The Back button will be illuminated when it is available for use It allows the user to return through a menu structure one level at a time It is also used to cancel an open dialogue screen APPLY Button The Apply button will be illuminated when it is available for use It allows the user to confirm a change without leaving the current screen Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 1 SCROLL Encoder The ADJUST encoder is used to scroll through lists It has a press function which is used to select a menu item or confirm an entry from a drop down or selection list LEXICON S
44. Monitor and Headphones each has its own ON button Whenever one or more SOLO buttons is active the CLEAR SOLO button illuminates Pressing this will clear all the active solos on all layers TALKBACK MONITOR PHONES CLEAR SOLO Other control functions are accessed via the touchscreen These are discussed in the text where appropriate CLEAR BUTTON The CLEAR button is used to reset a large range of parameters to default conditions The lists are shown below Input bays VCS CHANNEL MODE GLOBAL MODE This uses interrogate clear mode i e press and hold one of the VCS CM GM buttons in the three lists be low all of the input channels in that bay and selected bank which have the selected parameter set will be revealed by illuminating their SEL buttons Pressing the CLEAR button will result in the described action VCS Buttons Action A8v Switches 48v button selections OFF for all channels Phase Switches PHASE button selections OFF for all channels Delay Switches DELAY button selections OFF for all channels Filters Switches FILTER button selections OFF for all channels Gate In Switches GATE IN button selections OFF for all channels Comp In Switches COMP IN button selections OFF for all channels EQ In Switches EQ button selections OFF for all channels LR Switches LR button selections OFF for all channels Switches button selections OFF for all channels LCR Switches all LCR button
45. NG button or press SCROLL ADJUST encoder to access the patch options Note From V3 2 software the PATCHING button is removed and patching is accessed by pressing the SCROLL ADJUST encoder when on a patch item INPUT PATCH TO CHANNEL 01 1 lt MIC A 02222299 LIIIJIJIJIJIA AUTO COMPLETE The screen will open as above on the correct page to show the current patch highlighted as filled yellow To select a different source simply touch another input patch To navigate to a different set of inputs use the ADJUST buttons to move through all the available options NOTE If NO patch is active on the SELected channel the screen will open on the MIC A page Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 3 NOTE The system will only show option cards if fitted if the show was created a consoles with cards or if a virtual card has been added via the offline editor Virtiual Si Once the PATCH window opens you can quicklychange the patching of other channels simply by SELecting another input on the console the screen will refresh to show the patching of the newly SELected input To have the system automatically patch multiple channels press the AUTO button This will increment the input by 1 and patch by 1 until a group of 16 is complete The system will display a warning requiring confirmation before the AUTO re patch happens INPUT PATCH TO CHANNEL 01 CH01 lt AutoComplete confirmation
46. NPUTS menu on the touch screen if not already on the main menu press the MENU key then the INPUTS button this will open the INPUTS SETUP screen for the current active SELected channel INPUT 1 SETUP Input Name CH01 Type DirectOut Pre Post Pre filter Input Patch MIC CO03 DirectOut Patch MADI13 PATCHING The screen shows the current input patch in this case MADI 13 MADI option card channel 13 to change this simply press the PATCHING button or press SCROLL ADJUST encoder to access the patch options DIR OUT PATCH FOR CHANNEL 01 CH01 lt MADI MADI IN OUT CARD Range 9 16 present in slot 4 m UTO COMPLETE The screen will open to show the current patch in yellow any other patches that are in use are shown in grey To change the patching select any output destination from the touch screen using the arrow buttons to scroll through the bays of available outputs NOTE If a show is created with a card that is not present in the console or the cards in the console do not match the settings in the show the card titles will be greyed out Page 5 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 The system will provide a warning similar to that shown below if you attempt to use a patch that is already in use allowing you to either continue or abort the action DIR OUT PATCH FOR CHANNEL 07 lt Overwrite confirmation 5 Patch link from DirectOut Outpu
47. Soundcraft Si SERIES DIGITAL LIVE SOUND CONSOLES USER GUIDE V3 0 Soundcraft by HARMAN Soundcraft Si SERIES DIGITAL LIVE SOUND CONSOLES User Guide V3 Software Soundcraft by HARMAN Page ii IMPORTANT Please read this manual carefully before using your mixer for the first time This equipment complies with the EMC directive 2004 108 EC and LVD 2006 95 EC This product is approved to safety standards IEC 60065 2001 Seventh Edition A1 2005 EN60065 2002 A1 2006 UK60065 07 CAN CSA E60065 03 AMD1 2006 And EMC standards EN55103 1 2009 E2 EN55103 2 2009 E2 Warning Any modification or changes made to this device unless explicitly approved by Harman will invalidate the authorisation of this device Operation of an unauthorised device is prohibited under Section 302 of the Communications act of 1934 as amended and Subpart 1 of Part 2 of Chapter 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will no
48. Switches Phase Reverse In Out DELAY Switches Channel Delay In Out FILTERS Switches High and Low Pass filters In Out GATE IN Switches Gate In Out COMP IN Switches Compressor In Out EQ IN Switches Equaliser section In Out INSERT IN Switches an Insert Point in out provided that an insert point has already been patched to the channel in question LR Routes the channel signal to the Mix L amp R buses via a Pan control C Routes the channel signal to the Mix C bus Note that LR and C can be selected separately or together Neither can be used with LCR LCR Routes the channel signal to the Mix L C and R busses via Pan and Width controls The Pan Width laws give constant power across the bus outputs LCR cannot be selected with LR or with C ISOLATE Isolates the channel from automation recall INFO Changes the lower OLED display between Channel Bus name and input output patch point Note has no effect on the audio Note Is linked to Centre amp RH on Si3 INFO swicthes Note that these function buttons can be used even if the input bay is in Global Mode INTERROGATE MODE Press and hold any one of the Channel Function buttons to enable interrogate mode In this mode the Input Channel SEL buttons will illuminate to show which channels have the selected func tion active e g Phantom Power Additional SEL buttons may be pressed at this time to toggle the function in question Release the held Channel Function butt
49. US 9 16 BUS 17 24 li or trim 1 1 1 HI CUT RATIO HIFREQ BUS 2 BUS 10 BUS 18 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 DELAY THRES ATT BUS 3 BUS 11 BUS 19 1 i r r 1 1 1 ATT REL BUS 4 BUS 12 BUS 20 T HM GAIN Band On Off T T 1 T HOLD KNEE 1 BUS 5 BUS 13 BUS 21 HM FREQ T T T 1 1 i 1 1 1 REL GAIN BUS 6 BUS 14 BUS 22 T HMQ I 1 I Y 1 1 1 BUS 7 BUS 15 BUS 23 LM GANN Band On Off T BUS 8 BUS 16 BUS 24 1 LM FREQ j LMQ 1 1 x LO GAIN Band On Off LOFREQ 1 1 LOQ Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 10 CHANNEL FUNCTION BUTTONS Pressing any of the following Function buttons whilst an input Channel has it SEL button lit will activate the function for the selected channel It does not matter if the input bay is in Channel Mode or Global Mode 48V ISOLATE PHASE DELAY FILTERS GATE IN COMP IN INFO EQIN INSERT IN LR LCR These Function buttons are as follows 48V Switches 48v Phantom Power On Off for Mic inputs only PHASE
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51. ack the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 16 24 on Si2 channels in the currently selected fader bay OUTPUT PROCESSING button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected output channel to place another channel onto the encoders in both the Upper and Lower rows The SEL buttons in the associated output fader bay will illuminate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 12 master faders currently selected in the centre section BUS TO MATRIX button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected matrix output in order to place another matrix output onto the encoders in both the Upper and Lower rows If the MTX MAST button is selected the SEL buttons in the associated output fader bay will illuminate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons Note When in Both Rows mode the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons next to the upper and lower row of encoders are linked in their operation Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 17 CONFIGURING THE OUTPUT CHANNELS The output bus channels 1 20 can be individually configured as Auxes or as Groups busses 21 24 are always Aux busses and may be configured as mono busses or as stereo pairs If they are configured as st
52. amp DYN Resets EQ amp DYN settings for selected Output channel BUS TO MATRIX Resets BUS TO MATRIX levels for selected Output Ch BUS MASTERS Resets BUS MASTER levels to default LOWER ROW Buttons Action INPUT DYN Resets DYN parameters for selected channel OUTPUT DYN Resets DYN parameters for selected channel MTX SENDS Resets MTX SEND levels for selected channel Page 6 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 SOLO SYSTEM Input Priority Mode The factory default setting is for the input priority mode to be ON Thus if one or more input Solos is active any output bay Solos are not acted on Note than any output bay solo buttons which are pushed will illu minate yellow this indicates that they are not currently active but if all of the Input soloes are de selected then these Output soloes will become active and the buttons will illuminate blue If input priority is off then an output bus solo will cancel any input solos and vice versa NOTE To change the operation of the SOLO system select the SOLO page from the main menu see section 6 Momentary Press Press and Hold If a SOLO button is momentarily pressed the Solo function will latch and remain active until pressed again Pressing and holding a SOLO button will cause it to be active until the SOLO button is released INPUT BAY Pressing a SOLO button routes its channel s signal to the solo bus for monitoring purposes There are three different modes under which input SO
53. card type for full details Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 11 3 Si Series Optical MADI Card The MADI 1 0 card can establish a 64 channel MADI input and output a remote device such as stage box or other equipped device Optical inputs and outputs are provided on SC connectors available in multi mode versions only The auxiliary interface can be used as a redundant link lt Max cable length multi mode fibre 1300 nm 2 km Input frequencies 48 kHz 100 ppm Current consumption 3 3 V 0 4A b V 64CH O 56CH Operating temperature 0 45 C Switch Settings Input Switches CH IN 8 MADI channels 1 8 feed expansion bus inputs 1 8 CH IN 9 16 MADI channels 9 16 feed expansion bus inputs 9 16 CH IN 17 32 MADI channels 17 32 feed expansion bus inputs 17 32 CH IN 33 64 MADI channels 33 64 feed expansion bus inputs 33 64 Output Switches The switches have no function all expansion bus outputs feed MADI channels 1 64 Page 11 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Soundcraft by HARMAN SOUNDCRAFT SOUNDCRAFT USA Harman International Industries Ltd 8500 Balboa Blvd Cranborne House Cranborne Road Northridge Potters Bar Herts EN6 3JN U K CA 91329 Tel 44 0 1707 665000 Tel 1 818 920 3212 Fax 44 0 1707 6 Fax 1 818 920 3208 EMAIL soundcraft harman com Toll Free 888 251 8352 EMAIL soundcraft usa harman com www soundcraft com
54. ctivated SOLO button will illuminate Blue Note The R 8 busses cannot be soloed Individual cannot be soloed if no inputs have been as signed to them Highlighted AFL If several outputs are soloed and then one of them is pressed and held the others will be dimmed by 20dB the default value this can be adjusted via the SOLO touchscreen and will be illuminated pink Release the held solo to revert to standard AFL mode Solo Trim This allows the user to adjust the overall level of the solo bus The default is OdB Adjustment is via the Solo page of the touchscreen see Chapter 6 Blend Level When a SOLO button is pressed the soloed signal is routed to the monitor system at the same time the monitor system s other signal sources are reduced to the level set by this parameter The default is minus infinity Adjustment is via the Solo page of the touchscreen see Chapter 6 Page 6 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 AUDIO MONITORS Monitor Outputs The L R amp C outputs are via 3 XLRs on the rear connector panel Headphones Outputs The Soundcraft Si3 has three headphones sockets one on the rearcon and two below the arm rest The Soundcraft Si2 has two headphones sockets one on the rearcon and one below the arm rest Signal Routing The main mix LRC signals are routed to the monitor and phones outputs as shown below in the simplified extract from the block diagram This routing ensures that t
55. ctrical mechanical optical chemical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Soundcraft Harman International Industries Limited Cranborne House Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3JN UK Tel 44 0 1707 665000 Fax 44 0 1707 660742 Soundcraft wAnMAN ittp www soundcraft com Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0910 Contents INSTALLATION sis ER Au ku ak Saka k ES kula SA a k NS E A KRA W n UR Ub DE A KURAN SA 1 1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS kinik sirke kak kak keke kara dasa van keran kasa ka 1 2 SAFETY SYMBOL GUIDE 2 22 02 ser irak cu ce Ge ox ete aa ree e cesa EE ce sc Ra cu HE KAN 1 4 INSTALLATION KEWKA 1 5 MAINS INSTALLATION ALL nere 1 5 WORKING SAFELY WITH SOUND 1 6 AUDIO CONNECTOR 5 22 1 8 WARRANTY 52555544255525542 354044645154 41 42 142044446442242411
56. d This unit is capable of operating over a range of mains voltages as marked on the rear panel NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipmentis operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense This Class A digital apparatus meets the requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la Classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 1 3 SAFETY SYMBOL GUIDE For your own safety and to avoid invalidation of the warranty all text marked with these symbols should be read carefully WARNINGS h The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of un insulated dangerous voltage within the prod uct s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons CAUTIONS
57. d with a variety of input and output configurations which must be taken into consideration when deciding where the screen connections should be made There are three sources of unwanted signal being impressed on the screen which are as follows Extraneous electrostatic or electromagnetic fields Noise and interference on the earth line Capacitive coupling between the screen and signal wires To minimise the adverse affects of the unwanted coupling to the signal wires it is important that the screen is connected at one end only i e the screen must not carry any signal current Any signal on the wires within the screen will be capacitively coupled to the screen This current will ultimately be returned to the source of the signal either directly if the screen is connected at the signal source end or indirectly via the earthing system if the signal is connected at the signal destination end The indirect connection will cause an increase in high frequency cross talk and should be avoided wherever possible Therefore in general always connect the shield only at the signal source end In high RF areas the screen can also be connected to earth via a 0 01 mF capacitor This will present a short circuit at RF frequencies thus lowering the effective shield impedance to ground However at low audio frequencies the reactance of the capacitor will be sufficiently high not to cause an earth loop problem Page 1 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V
58. de V3 0410 CHANNEL AND BUS NAMES An out of the box console will have the following channel names and bus names described below If they are subsequently edited the user may return to these default names by performing a factory reset Note pressing the i button will display the ident of the physical rear panel connector associated with the channels or busses this label cannot be deleted Channel Names The default channel names tell the user which mic line input connector is patched to each fader number The names are in the format CHnn cmm where is the channel fader number 01 to 64 is the connector bay A D on the rear connector panel and mm is the mic line input connector number 1 16 on that connector bay Examples 1 1 shows that the Channel 1 fader is patched to mic line number 1 on bay A CH16 A16 shows that the Channel 16 fader is patched to mic line number 16 on rearcon bay A 17 1 shows that the Channel 17 fader is patched to mic line number 1 bay B Output Bus Names The default bus names tell the user which output connector is patched to each output bus The names are in the format BSnn where nn is the bus number 01 to 24 Matrix Output Names The default matrix output names tell the user which output connector is patched to each matrix output bus The names are in the format MXnn where nn is the bus number 01 to 08 Soundcraft Si Series Us
59. e structures within DSP hardware Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 9 1 INPUT 8umes sng 11010 ayy Aq SI 93JnOS 3U 9330N apo xny OUOW HESEN snq o pa no 51 ued snq pasaquunu ppo 0 pajnoi s ued ya 09 91 SLAW apo dnoJ5 snq o pa no s ued 1481 snq paiequinu ppo s ued 391 dnoiy 0919 JH pow 9 15 4H 4H JH ule WH WH WT W7 adeys 41 edo S Q 41 41 J xnvy dno o XIN 03 0105 E 0105 10 05 E E yoeny 19114 3914 6860 01 860 ody 9160 OVd OL 1991 ules 4 0 SULAAN a qeusissy Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 9 2 There are 4 Stereo Line inputs The inputs are via 4 pairs of TRS jacks which are located the master rear connector panel By default these channels are mapped to faders 25 to 28 on bank D The controls and routing available are similar to those of the Mono Input Channels STEREO LINE INPUTS uooie rj Page 9 3 3 Jano xny
60. e V3 0910 INSTALLATION For your own safety and to avoid invalidation of the warranty please read this section carefully Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 1 1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with a dry cloth Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of a polarised or grounding type plug A polarised plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult only a Qualified and Approved Electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Batteries battery pack or batteries installed shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the like This apparatus may not be used as a Television set Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket
61. e bus Note if the bus is configured as a Group the BUS PRE button has no effect Note selecting a button in either the Upper or Lower Row section will extinguish any of the BOTH ROWS buttons Note Remember individual channels may have their pre post settings changed in the CHANNEL or GLOBAL modes if a mix of pre and post sends to the same bus is required Page 4 14 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 BUS SENDS Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Bus 10 Bus 11 Bus 12 Send to Send to Bus 5 Bus 6 Bus 7 Bus 8 Bus 9 Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3 Bus 4 Sending Input Channel s ID AUX PRE Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Send to Bus 20 Lex 1 Lex 2 Lex 3 Lex 4 Bus 13 Bus 14 Bus 15 Bus 16 Bus 17 18 Bus 19 Sending Input Channel s ID Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons OUTPUT PROCESSING LF LF LF LM LM LM HM HM HM HF HF HF Gain Freq Q Shelf Gain Freq Q Gain Freq Q Gain Freq Q Selected Output Channel s ID BUS 1 12 13 24 only EQ IN ISOLATE INFO PHASE COMP IN INSERT DELAY LR LCR comp Comp Comp Comp Comp Delay AFL PAN RMS Pk Ratio Attack Release Knee Gain Trim BALANCE Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons BUS TO MATRIX MTX MAST must also be
62. e case of aux busses which have been stereo paired the left hand one of an encoder pair is used as a send level control the right hand one is a balance control The push on push off functionality is duplicated between both encoders For stereo paired group busses the push on push off functionality is duplicated between both encoders The balance is controlled by the channel s balance control Note for fast set up a bus can be set to unity OdB by pressing and holding the encoder This works only if the bus was off previously Note As with all other modes if more than 1 function is available to any en coder the name is suffexed with a Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 9 GLOBAL SCROLL BUTTONS 7 should be noted that in most of these modes more than one row of controls is present For example in EQ Mode there are 14 parameters to be controlled In order to access these the GLOBAL SCROLL buttons are used GLOBAL SCROLL The diagram below shows the different parameters that are available for each GLOBAL MODE button Selection is made by using the GLOBAL SCROLL UP and DOWN buttons The BUS 1 8 BUS 9 16 and BUS 17 24 menus wrap around to each other as shown This allows for fast access to a specific bus number Note The Global Scroll buttons are only available for use when they are illuminated GLOBAL MODE GAIN FILT DLY GATE COMP EQ PAN BUS 1 8 B
63. e controls Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 13 COPY amp PASTE Once you have set up a channel with gains EQ dynamics etc it is now very simple to copy the entire channel settings to any other channel or number of channels To do this hold down the ALT key and while holding it press the SEL button of the source channel ie the one you want to copy then still holding down the ALT key press the SEL buttons of the channels you wish to copy to This copies all the channel parameter settings across to the selected channels SAVING THE SETTINGS Once you have made your basic desk setup you should save the current configuration in a CUE Usually you would use CUE 001 to do this In the CUE CONTROL section down near the center section masters press the STORE button If no cues have been stored your settings will be saved in CUE 001 labelled Snapshot 1 which you can re name at any time RECALL For more information on using CUE s see Chapter 6 Page 3 14 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 15 Page 3 16 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 OUTPUT BAY OVERVIEW APPLY MENU SYSTEM ON OFF CUE LIST MUTE ALL OUTPUTS UPPER ROW BOTH ROWS BUS OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT EQ LEXICONS CONTROLLERS SENDS PROCESSING INPUT DYN SCROLL ADJUST
64. e hearing over time The table below is taken from the Occupational Safety amp Health Administration directive on Occupational noise exposure 1926 52 PERMISSABLE NOISE EXPOSURE DURATION PER DAY HOURS SOUND LEVEL dBA SLOW RESPONSE 8 90 6 92 4 95 3 97 2 100 1 5 102 1 105 0 5 110 A lt 0 25 115 Conforming to this directive will minimise the risk of hearing damage caused by long listening periods A simple rule to follow is the longer you listen the lower the average volume should be Please take care when working with your audio if you are manipulating controls which you don t under stand which we all do when we are learning make sure your monitors are turned down Remember that your ears are the most important tool of your trade look after them and they will look after you Most importantly don t be afraid to experiment to find out how each parameter affects the sound this will extend your creativity and help you to get the best results Recommended headphone impedance is 50 600 ohms Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 1 7 AUDIO PINOUTS INPUTS OUTPUTS 3 pole XLR GROUND SCREEN SIGNAL COLD Socket female Plug male SIGNAL HOT 1 4 Stereo Jack Plug used as balanced Input Output Ring SIGNAL COLD 211 Sleeve GROUND SCREEN 14 Stereo Jack Plug used for Headphones Ring RIGHT SIGNAL Sleeve GROUND SCREEN Page 1 8 Soundcraft Si Series User G
65. e of the output fader bay and are used to define what functions are assigned to the output faders There are four buttons 1 12 This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for bus outputs 1 12 13 24 This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for bus outputs 13 24 MAST This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for Matrix Outputs 1 8 and the Left Right and Centre busses VCA This button selects the output faders to be master level controls for the VCA groups 1 12 OUTPUT BUS FADERS The function of these 12 faders is determined by the selection of the Output Faders Select buttons see above ON BUTTON The function of the ON button depends upon which Output Faders Select button is active Output Fader 1 12 13 24 and Matrix Master mode The output channel ON button is used to switch the selected output channel On or Off When it is switched off unlit no signal will be routed from the output channel to its designated output VCA mode The output channel ON button is used to toggle the VCA group master On or Off When it is switched off the VCA group is muted and the ON button illuminates Red Any VCA slaves assigned to master will be muted when the master mute is active in this situation any slaves 1o that were on have their ON switch changed to red ms In VCA mode the SOLO button
66. elected bus output On or Off SOLO button Pressing the SOLO button routes the channel to the solo bus for monitoring purposes There are three different conditions under which the SOLO button may operate PFL Solo When the 5010 button on a single channel is selected in isolation the signal will sourced Pre Fade and Pre PAN A momentary press will latch the function a long press will cancel the selection when the button is released The SOLO button will illuminate orange when in PFL Solo mode AFL Solo An AFL Solo group is created by pressing more than one SOLO button or SOLO d from a VCA Active SOLO buttons will illuminate blue when in AFL mode AFL Solo Highlight Any single member of an AFL Solo group may be highlighted by a preset value see Page 6 8 by pressing and holding the relevant solo button The held solo will illuminate blue and the other group members will illuminate pink When the held solo button is released the solo group buttons return to their prior states Solo In Place SIP When SIP mode is selected see page 6 8 activating a SOLO button will create destructive Solo where all other channels are muted The SOLO button will illuminate Red when in SIP Solo mode Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 3 FADERS 30 SELect Button The SEL button
67. ens above each fader indicate the GEQ Frequencies and gain setting of the band the range of control is 12 NOTE when a fader is moved away from its default OdB position the ON key above the fader glows red Pressing a red ON key will reset the fader to the OdB position NOTE The Si system re creates the feel of a mechanical center detent when a fader is moved to through the Odb setting Page 4 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 ENCODER FUNCTIONS FOR GRAPHIC EQ Encoders 1 12 amp 16 have no function however 13 14 amp 15 provide additional control over the GEQ Encoder 13 Q Rotating the encoder changes the Q of all bands in the GEQ Encoder 14 FLAT ALL Pressing the encoder shall set the Gains of all 30 bands to O dB Encoder 15 GEQ BYPASS Pressing the encoder toggles the GEQ IN OUT To navigate between the GEQ of different busses simply SELect a different bus If changing fader pages between 1 12 13 24 or MTX MSTES the GEQ displayed follows the active SELect in the new fader bank To exit GEQ mode press the GEQ button or change the master fader bank to VCA MUTE SETUP The GEQ may be excluded from the automation playback from the SHOW EDIT SHOW menu on the touch screen DISPLAY OF EQ CURVES To display the settings of the 4 band parameteric output EQ select EQ 8 from the buttons under the MAIN MENU screen The EQ drawn will follow the last output SELect button
68. er Guide V3 0410 Page 2 7 TOUCHSCREEN Above the centre section of the console is a 480 x 272 pixel LCD display which has a resistive touch overlay The Touchscreen is used for accessing a number of different configuration patching and set up menus To the left of the Touchscreen are two illuminated short cut buttons which navigate to either the CUE LIST or the main MENU To the right of the Touchscreen are two context illuminated navigation buttons BACK and APPLY and the SCROLL ADJUST control The SCROLL ADJUST has a push function for entering or confirming changes CJ 0 SCROLL ADJUST To aid navigation only those buttons that are active i e will do something are lit E g if MENU is active on the screen only CUE LIST will be illuminated changes to CUE LIST will set the screen to CUE LIST extinguish the CUE LIST button and illuminate MENU Page 2 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 METERING Input and Dynamics Metering Signal level metering for the input channels is displayed on the OLED screens found above each channel fader Parameter Name amp Value for Encoder above A sign indicated a second function is available by pressing the encoder Upper OLED Zone Phantom Power ON Phase reverse IN Delay IN Hi cut and or Lo cut Filter IN Gate IN Compressor IN EQ IN Routed to at least one Aux bus Active Insert Displays LR_
69. er row section are used for controlling and processing a selected bus matrix or master output This is very similar to the facilities available on the VCS fir input channels Any selected bus may have the following facilities appled 4 band parametric EQ Compressor Delay AFL trim not for Matrix 1 8 L R C Phase reverse not for L R C Isolate Insert BUS TO MTX Both the upper and lower rows of encoders in the output master section function as individual sends from buses 1 24 and the Left Right Centre buses to a selected matrix output Selecting the BUS TO MIX button will prime the button illuminated orange the user must then select the MTX MAST button found in the Output Fader select section The chosen Matrix output is then selected by pressing an output fader SEL button The encoders will normally control the sends from buses 1 24 To access sends from the L R and C buses press the button below the top row right hand display window the encoders used for buses 22 24 will now control the L R and C buses BUS MASTERS Both the upper and lower rows of encoders in the output master section function as Master level controls for bus outputs 1 24 The BUS PRE button at the left of the upper row can be used to globally switch an entire bus input channel feeds to be either pre or post fader When the BUS PRE button is active the encoder for the chosen bus can be used to toggle between pre and post fade feeds for the entir
70. ereo pairs the pairs are always consecutive busses and the left channel is always an odd numbered channel and its right twin is the next bus up The attributes of the Aux busses are The sends from the input channels to the auxes have ON OFF switches and a level control Stereo pair auxes have a level control and a pan control The aux bus outputs can be routed to the LR amp C busses the send may be selected pre or post EQ The FaderGlow colour for Auxes is yellow The attributes of the Group busses are The sends from the input channels to the groups have On OFF switches but no level control Stereo groups use the channel s pan control to route the channel s signal to the Group pair The group bus outputs can be routed to the LR amp C busses The FaderGlow colour for Groups is green Configuration is done via the touch screen Proceed as follows 1 If the main menu screen isn t already on press MENU then the OUTPUTS amp pad on the screen 2 Using a combination of the 1 12 or the 13 24 button and the appropriate SEL button on the output bay the required bus parameters will be displayed on the touch screen 3 Rotate the ADJUST encoder until the required parameter is highlighted then press the encoder to select the parameter The parameters available are bus type Aux or Group bus name bus width Mono or Stereo and PRE FADER SOURCE Pre or Post EQ See chapter 6 for further information 4 Rotate the e
71. es User Guide V3 0410 Page 2 5 REAR PANEL The console has modular rear connector panels the Analogue to Digital and Digital to Analogue converters are contained in the rearcon modules Each console has one master section rearcon panel and four channel section modules Si3 three in the case of the Si2 and two in an Si1 The master section rearcon module has the following connectors Master Outputs Right Left amp Centre Monitor Outputs Right Left amp Centre 4 pairs of Stereo Line inputs 8 Insert Points separate send amp return XLRs XLRs 3 pole Jacks 3 pole Jacks Headphones Socket 3 pole Jack Talkback Mic with 48V Phantom Power Talkback External input XLR Oscillator output XLR MIDI IN OUT amp THRU connectors HiQnet connector XLR each a 5 pin DIN connector XLR housed EtherCon All inputs and outputs are balanced Each channel section rearcon module has the following connectors 16 Mic Line Input connectors and 8 Bus Output connectors all on XLRs INPUTS OUTPUTS 3 pole XLR GROUND SCREEN SIGNAL COLD Socket female Plug male SIGNAL HOT 14 Stereo Jack Plug used as balanced Input Output SIGNAL Ring SIGNAL COLD Sleeve GROUND SCREEN 14 Stereo Jack Plug used for Headphones Ring RIGHT SIGNAL 2 Sleeve GROUND SCREEN Page 2 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Gui
72. escribed above then un select the INSERT for these four buses 8th button in on the top row in OUTPUT PROCESSING and now you have a clean mix AFL Highlight When listening to grop of channels all SOLO d together giving you a Stereo AFL it can be helpful to hear one channel above the rest No Problem gt gt Press and Hold the SOLO button on any in the group and the other channels are DIMMED to the monitors letting you hear that channel more clearly The DIM of the other channels can be set from the touch screen menu Clear Resetting the console is easy with CLEAR Want to switch all the 48v OFF Hold 48 then CLEAR and they are well cleared How about a factory reset on the EQ Hold CLEAR amp EQ Factory reset of a whole chan nel CLEAR amp SEL It couldn t be clearer Copy amp Paste It s quick amp easy to copy one channel or bus to another gt gt Hold the ALT key SELect the source channel then SELect your destination Direct Name Editing Virtual Si Save even more time entering names by just CLICKING on a channel bus name on the OLED display Direct Out Want to record a live performance the optional dual mode 64ch 56ch MADI card lets you record directly from each mono input The Input Menu lets you choose the output to be either PRE or POST the channel High amp Low pass filters as you wish Flatten GEQ Want to flatten the EQ Press the FLAT ALL encoder switch when in GEQ mode that s easy b
73. ets the delay time from 0 to 1 second The units frames msec sec are auto selected Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 9 BS01 Aux Bus Mono Post EQ O P A01 MADIO8 Select the required channel by pressing its SEL button Bus Name The factory default name can be edited Bus Type Aux or Group The FaderGlow color for Aux buses is yellow for Group buses it is green Bus Width Mono or Stereo If Stereo is selected then an odd numbered and the next even numbered bus are linked Note This feature is not available on even numbered busses Bus Send The Bus Send parameter globally sets for the output bus in question the signal send from the input strips to the bus to be either Post EQ or Pre EQ Patch 01 Patch 02 These display the output patches used by the bus See Chapter 5 for information regarding the patching system Page 7 10 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MIDI amp HiQNet In addition to MIDI program changes that may be sent with cues it is possible to send HiQnet Venue Recall messages when replaying The HiQnet settings reside with the EDIT CUE page under the CUE LIST menu To enable the messages set HiQnet Venue Recall to ON and enter the HiQnet Venue Number in the next field EDIT CUE Cue Name Snapshot 2 MIDI Program Change MIDI Transmit Channel 2 MIDI Program Number 1 HiQnet Venue Recall On HiQnet Venue Number 63 Returning to the CUE
74. from an input bay Select the output bus required by pressing the BUS 1 8 BUS 9 16 or BUS 17 24 button on the Global Mode section of the input bay then use the SCROLL Up or Down button to get to the required bus The bus name is shown it the top of every input channel display window in the bay Each input channel encoder is now a send from its input channel to the chosen output bus ON OFF and PRE POST switching is as described above for method 1 Method 3 Select an input channel and adjust its send levels to the aux buses as required Proceed as follows Press the BUS SENDS button in the BOTH ROWS set on the Output section The Output section encoders are now level controls which route the signal from a selected input channel to the Aux buses Note that if any of the Auxes are configured as stereo pairs the two encoders associated with the pair will be a level control and a pan control The ON OFF function is implemented by pressing the encoder The ON legend built in to the encoder ring is used as the ON OFF indicator Select the input channel by selecting the appropriate INPUT FADER SELECT button A D and then the SEL button of the required channel Method 4 Select an Aux output bus and adjust the sends to it from individual input channel faders often called Follow or sends on faders Proceed as follows Using either the 1 12 or 13 24 button on the Output section and then the appropriate SEL button from the output sect
75. gated The successful hum free installation of a system requires forethought and the establishment of a set of ground rules which must be consistently adhered to at all stages of installation Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 1 5 Initial Wiring Considerations For optimum performance it is essential for the earthing system to be clean and noise free as all signals are referenced to this earth A central point should be decided on for the main earth point system and all earths should be star fed from this point It is common electrical practice to daisy chain the earths to all electrical outlets but this method is unsuitable for audio installations The preferred method is to run an individual earth wire from each outlet back to the system star point to provide a safety earth screen refer ence for each piece of equipment A separate earth wire should also be run from each equipment rack and area to the star point This may or may not be used depending on circumstances but it is easier to install in the first place than later when problems arise The location of the star point should be a convenient easily accessible place preferably at the rear of the console or in the main equipment rack Install separate clean and dirty mains outlets wired individually back to the incoming mains distribution box Use the clean supply for all audio equipment and the dirty supply for all lighting etc Never mix
76. h be disconnected from the mains lead Warning Damage may be caused to the OLED displays on the console if switching off is not carried out correctly Do not turn the PSU switch off or disconnect it from the mains supply until the following procedure has been followed Press and hold the illuminated POWER ON button on the front of the console for 2 seconds This will start the power down sequence When the POWER ON button is flashing green the mains may be disconnected See Page 2 1 for more information If any part of the mains cord set is damaged the complete cord set should be replaced The following information is for reference only The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code Earth Ground Green and Yellow US Green Yellow Neutral Blue US White Live Hot Brown US Black As the colours of the wires in the mains lead may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the termi nals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured Green and Yellow must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or by the earth symbol QD The wire which is coloured Blue must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter N The wire which is coloured Brown must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter L Ensure that these colour codes are followed carefully in the event of the plug being change
77. he C signal can be heard when using the headphones It also allows the user to have only one wedge connected to the C monitor output and still be able to hear the L and R signals MONITOR L LE MONITOR 2 2 MONITOR PHONES LE PHONES RIGHT ESE Delay The user can insert a time delay into the monitor path via the MONITOR screen Monitor Dimming The monitor signal can be enabled to dim by default when the internal talkback button and an output bus solo button are selected The dimming level and the enable can be changed via the MONITOR screen This prevents for example the engineers wedge signal being picked up by the internal talkback mic Mono Check This is enabled via the Monitor page of the touchscreen It routes the monitor system s left signal and the right signal to both left and right monitor outputs NOTE Setup of the monitors is accessed from the MONITORS menu in the touch screen Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 6 5 TALKBACK External Talkback The External Talkback XLR socket on the rearcon is a line level input Its gain can be trimmed via the Level parameter on the External Talkback screen on the touchscreen The signal can be routed to the headphones by selecting the Route to headphones parameter on the Ex ternal Talkback screen The signal can be routed to the monitor outputs by selecting the Route to monitors parameter on the Ex
78. however only one card may be set to speak to any one bus at any one time For example if you require 64 inputs from a MADI card then no other input cards may be active at the same time see DIP SWITCH SETTINGS for your option cards for details on how to activate de activate routing An example of a valid configuration EAU lt Card 1 AES INPUTS 1 8 active Input lt Card 2 AES INPUTS 9 16 active Expansion lt Card 3 MADI INPUTS 17 32 active Bus lt Card 4 MADI INPUTS 33 64 active This configuration used all four slots found in Si3 Si2 but no two cards were trying to speak to the same bus NOTE Si1 has only two option slots but the same principles apply Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 11 1 An example of an invalid configuration 64 Channel Input lt Card 1 AES INPUTS 1 8 active Expansion lt Card 2 MADI INPUTS 1 64 active Bus In this example there is a clash between the two cards as both are trying to speak to buses 1 8 and the conflict must be resolved by resetting of the routing dip switches on one or other of the cards to remove the conflict Outputs The operation of the outputs is slightly easier to understand in this case whilst only one audio source on the console may feed any one channel of the output bus any or all of the cards may listen to what is being routed to the output bus The DIP switches may still be used to limit or choose which signals the
79. hreshold Ratio Attack Release Knee Gain Pan Gain Hold ES RMS PK EQ Displays the adjustment parameters for the 4 Band parametric EQ onto the VCS The LF and HF bands can be switched between shelving and bell filters by pressing their Q shelf encoders Each band can be switched on off by pressing the gain encoder Channel EQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mic Lo Hi LF LF LF LM LM LM HM HM HM HF HF HF Pan Gain Cut Cut Gain Q Shelf Gain Freq Q Gain Freq Q Gain Q Shelf BUS 1 12 Displays the sends from the SELected input channel to Group Aux buses 1 12 onto the VCS Pressing an encoder turns the feed ON or OFF The ON light in the encoder indicates when the feed is switched on Turning the encoder adjusts the send level Aux Sends Only In the case of stereo paired Aux busses the left hand encoder of a pair is used as a send level control the right hand encoder is a pan control The push on push off functionality is duplicated between both encoders Note for fast set up a bus can be set to unity OdB by pressing and holding the encoder This works only if the bus was off previously Channel Sends to Aux Busses Channel 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 Mic Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3 Bus 4 Bus 5 Bus 6 Bus 7 Bus 8 Bus 9 Bus 10 Bus 11 Bus 12 Pan Gain BUS 13 24 Displays sends from the SELected input channel to Gr
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81. inate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 12 master faders currently selected in the centre section Lower Row mode Input Dyn button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected input fader channel to place another channel onto the encoders in the Lower Row The SEL buttons in the associated input fader bay will illuminate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 16 24 on Si2 channels in the currently selected fader bay Output Dyn button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected output channel to place another channel onto the encoders in the Lower Row The SEL buttons in the associated output fader bay will illuminate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 12 master faders currently selected in the centre section Page 4 16 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Rows mode BUS SENDS button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected input fader channel to place another channel onto the encoders in both the Upper and Lower rows The SEL buttons in the associated input fader bay will illuminate and will tr
82. ion select the required output bus Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 19 The input channels faders or their associated encoders can be used as send level controls Press FADERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL on one or both input bays Si2 has only one bay Note that as soon as you engage this the FADERS in the follow bay in question become the Aux sends from the channels to the SELected bus The FaderGlow element will turn yellow to confirm this Use the INPUT FADERS SELECT buttons A D as required to access all of the input channels To exit this mode press ENCODERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL or FADERS FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL again to deselect it NOTE In Faders Follow mode the ON button above the fader is now the bus send ON OFF function CREATING A GROUP MIX There are four methods of creating group mixes from the input channels to the up to 24 group buses Method 1 Channel Mode Select an input channel and route its sends to the group buses as required the user sets up the mix from an input bay Proceed as follows Press the 1 12 or 13 14 Channel Mode button on the input bay The 12 centre encoders on the input bay are now acting as routing switches press ON press OFF to Groups 1 12 or 13 24 Select the input channel by selecting the appropriate INPUT FADER SELECT button A D and then the SEL button of the required channel Pressing the encoder toggles the send on and off the green ON lamp below the
83. is used mainly for selecting the channel for editing The SEL button is also used for other functions such as selecting channels to a VCA or MUTE Group COPY amp PASTE and is described fully in the relevant chapter INPUT CHANNEL STATUS WINDOW Each input channel has an Input Channel Status Window which shows the following information The displays for the stereo channels and the FX Returns have stereo input meters A sign indicated a second function is available by pressing the encoder lt Upper OLED Zone Parameter Name amp Value for Encoder above Gate Indicators Phantom Power ON X Closed Phase reverse IN Delay IN Hi cut and or Lo cut Filter IN Gate IN VCA 1 12 Compressor IN Indicators EQ IN Routed to at least one Aux bus Active Insert Displays LR_ __C LRC or LCR depending on channel type and routing pan mode selected Compiessors Gain Reduction Channel Meter amp Scale Meter amp Scale Channel Name or ID see page 2 7 ENCODER Each input channel has an encoder as shown here The top part of the Channel Status Window see above is used in conjunction with the encoder to display data appropri ate to the encoder s function at any given time 7 The encoder is used in two modes The first is GLOBAL MODE where each encoder within its bank of 16 channels 24 for Si2 displays and controls the same item of data for each respective channel e g each e
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85. ll be illuminated OUTPUTS Pressing the POWER ON button while it is slowly flashing green will activate the boot up procedure of the console The POWER button will then stop flashing and remain illuminated green The touchscreen will display the progress of the boot up If a second PSU is fitted and one of them malfunctions or is switched off the POWER button will illuminate red instead of green This applies only to the steady state illumination when the console is powered up SWITCHING OFF A Warning Damage may be caused to the OLED displays on the console if switching off is not carried out correctly Do not turn the PSU switch off or disconnect it from the mains supply until the following procedure has been followed Press and hold the illuminated POWER ON button for greater than 2 seconds This will start the power down sequence When the POWER ON button is flashing the mains may be disconnected Note If your console has two PSUs for redundant operation it is permitted to switch one of the supplies off and disconnect from the mains in order to hot swap in a replacement PSU SUMMARY OF SWITCH ACTIONS CONSOLE STATE ACTION RESULT OFF SHORT PRESS START CONSOLE OFF LONG PRESS gt 5S START CONSOLE IN LOADER MODE ON LONG PRESS gt 2S SHUTDOWN INCLUDING AUDIO Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 2 1 FEATURES 64 48 32 mono microphone line inputs 80 80 72 inputs to mix 4 stereo line level in
86. los is active any output bay Solos are not acted on Note than any output bay solo buttons which are pushed will illu minate yellow this indicates that they are not currently active but if all of the Input soloes are de selected then these Output soloes will become active and the buttons will illuminate blue If input priority is off then an output bus solo will cancel any input solos and vice versa Solo Trim Refer to the block diagram on page 5 2 This allows the user to adjust the overall level of the solo bus The default is OdB Page 7 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MONITOR MONITORS Centre Speaker Mono check Dim Monitors for Talkback Monitor C Output Patch Unused This page has the following fields L R Monitor Speakers Turns L R monitor speakers on off C Monitor Speaker Turns C monitor speaker on off Monitor Source Playback For future funtionality Mono Check It routes the monitor system s left signal and the right signal to both left and right monitor outputs Dim Monitors The monitor signal can be enabled to dim by the value set in this field below when the internal talkback button and an output bus solo button are selected This prevents for example the engineers wedge signal being picked up by the int talkback mic Dim Level This sets the dimming level see field above Delay This field enables the delay which may be set in the field below Delay Time This s
87. monitors Route to headphones Level INTERNAL Route to monitors Enables the routing of the External Talkback signal from the External Talkback Line Input XLR on the rear con to the monitors Route to headphones Enables the routing of the External Talkback signal from the External Talkback Line Input XLR on the rear con to the headphones Level Adjusts the gain of the External Talkback input Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 7 This page has the following fields Solo in Place When SIP mode is selected activating a SOLO button will create a destructive Solo where all other channel contributions to the Main Mix outputs will be muted Any active SOLO button s will illuminate red when in SIP Solo mode This is a destructive solo mode which should not be used during a live performance Note a red SIP flag is displayed at the top right of the screen when SIP is enabled Highlight Level If several channels or outputs are soloed and then one of them is pressed and held the others will be dimmed by the value set in this field Blend Level Refer to the block diagram on page 5 2 When a SOLO button is pressed the soloed signal is routed to the monitor system at the same time the monitor system s other signal sources are reduced to the level set by this parameter The default is minus infinity Input Priority The factory default setting is for the input priority mode to be ON Thus if one or more input So
88. ncoder could display and change the gain setting of its own channel The second mode is CHANNEL MODE In this mode all of the encoders and upper OLED zones are used together to display and change settings for one selected channel This collective Input Gain function is called the Virtual Channel Strip VCS This mode is 33dB activated when Input Channel s SEL button is pressed NOTE Channel mode is available independently for faders on the right amp left hand sides of the Si3 The Si2 not having a right hand VCS always uses the left hand side encoders and OLEDs in CHANNEL mode Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 4 DIRECT OUTPUT There is a DIRECT OUT from each mono channel to the 64x64 1 0 expansion slot The feed is always PRE fader but may be selected PRE POST input filters amp trim from INPUTS menu as shown See Chapter 5 for information on the patching system INPUT 4 SETUP Input Name CH04 DirectOut Pre Post Pre filter Input Patch 1 04 DirectOut Patch MADIO4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 5 CHANNEL MODE VCS In this mode all of the encoders and upper OLED zones are used together to display and change settings for one selected channel This collective function is called the Virtual Channel Strip VCS The VCS concept is best understood when compared with a typical analogue channel strip as shown below In this example the EQ controls of channel 6 a
89. ncoder to change the selected parameter Press the encoder to register the change 5 Repeat steps 3 amp 4 to change another parameter 6 Repeat step 2 to select another bus T Press MENU to exit the configuration process Note it is possible to set up a combination of aux and group outputs each with a mixture of mono singles and stereo pairs Page 4 18 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 CREATING AUXILIARY MIXES There are four methods of creating auxiliary mixes from the input channels to the up to 24 aux buses Method 1 Channel Mode Select an input channel and adjust its send levels to the aux buses as required the user sets up the mix from an input bay Proceed as follows Press the 1 12 or 13 14 Channel Mode button on the input bay The 12 centre encoders on the input bay are now acting as sends to Auxes 1 12 or 13 24 Select the input channel by selecting the appropriate INPUT FADER SELECT button A D and then the SEL button of the required channel Pressing the encoder toggles the send on and off the green ON lamp below the encoder shows the status To make the send pre fade press the AUX PRE button in the Channel Mode section pressing the send encoders will now toggle the sends between pre and post fade The PRE lamp to the top right of the encoder displays the status Method 2 Global Mode Select an output bus and adjust the feeds to it from a bank of input channels the user sets up the mix
90. nd then press the SEL button above the appropriate L R or C fader Note none of the Matrix outputs can be selected in this mode to avoid routing matrix outputs to matrix inputs The levels of the Matrix outputs can be controlled via the 8 left hand Output faders after pressing the MTX MASTER button Remember to switch each required Matrix bus ON Method 2 Sending multiple buses to a single Matrix Output Proceed as follows To select the required Matrix bus press the MTX MASTER button and then press the appropriate SEL button one of the 8 left hand SEL buttons Press the BUS TO MATRIX button in the BOTH ROWS set The 24 encoders are now level controls which route the signal from the 24 buses to one of the Matrix buses To route the L R amp C buses to the matrix outputs press the button below the top row right hand display window the encoders used for buses 22 24 will now control the L R and C buses NOTE As with most send functions using encoders the Press amp hold function can be used to toggle sends Q unity gain or off infinity COPY amp PASTE Once you have set up a channel with gains EQ dynamics etc it is now very simple to copy the entire channel settings to any other channel or number of channels To do this hold down the ALT key and while holding it press the SEL button of the source channel ie the one you want to copy then still holding down the ALT key press the SEL buttons of the channels yo
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92. nnel bus INSERTS The physical insert sends and returns are located on the rear connector panel These can be patched to any of the input channels pre EQ to any of the output buses pre EQ post EQ or Post fade the matrix outputs or the LCR buses LEXICONS By default the Lexicon FX processors are inserted into buses 21 to 24 These buses are named LEX1 to LEX4 The last four channels on bank D are hard coded to the stereo outputs of the 4 FX processors as Stereo FX Returns These Returns can be routed to any of the output buses or main mix Care should be taken not to send signal to their own LEX send bus otherwise feedback will occur Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 5 CHANNEL INPUT 1 SETUP Input Name init Type Mono DirectOut Pre Post Pre filter Input Patch MIC A01 DirectOut Patch MADI13 p PATCHING Select the required channel by pressing its SEL button The 5 name and type mono or linked can be edited set When a channel is linked it is automatically linked with an adjacent channel such that the left most channel is an odd numbered one and its right hand twin is an even numbered one The FaderGlow bars are illuminated white for linked channels Direct Out Pre Post sets the point of the Direct Out as either PRE or POST the high pass and low pass filters Input Patch displays the current input patched to the channel Direct Out Patch displays the current direct out patch used by the channel
93. nsole what it is that you want to do Pressing one of the USER DEFINED Mute Group Master buttons 1 8 will enter Mute Group assign mode The selected Mute Group master button will illuminate red to confirm that it is in assign mode Pressing the SEL button on any input fader channel will assign it to the selected Mute Group The SEL buttons on the assigned input fader channels will illuminate red to confirm their selection to the Mute Group Pressing the SEL button on an input channel that is already assigned to that Mute Group will remove it from the group Input faders on other layers can be added by selecting the relevant layer using the INPUT FADERS SELECT A B C amp D buttons Pressing the SETUP button again will exit this mode USER DEFINED 1 8 Note it is possible to select another Mute group button to assign input channels to whilst still in Mute group assign mode Note the VCA SEL buttons and the Mute Group master buttons are interlocking and the type of Setup mode Mute Group assign or VCA group assign will be governed by the last button pressed Note an input channel can be assigned to more than one Mute Group if required Using Mute groups The eight user definable buttons are configured as Mute Group masters 1 8 These can be used at any time except when in Mute Group Assign mode see above Any Mute Group Master that has inputs assigned to it will be
94. ntrol Note Linking only works for odd numbered channels CHANNEL amp BUS NAMES The Channel Name has a default setting for example CHO1 A01 To change this setting rotate the ADJUST encoder to the right of the screen until the Channel Name parameter is highlighted then press the ADJUST encoder The QWERTY keyboard screen is displayed and the name can be edited When the editing is com plete press the encoder or press the APPLY button also to the right of the screen The editing process can be aborted by pressing the BACK button The Type has a default setting of Mono but it may be changed to Linked To change this setting rotate the ADJUST encoder to the right of the screen until the Type parameter is highlighted then press the ADJUST encoder Rotate until the required setting is displayed and press the encoder again or press APPLY STEREO LINE INPUTS There are 4 Stereo Line inputs the FaderGlow colour is CYAN The inputs are via 4 pairs of TRS jacks which are located on the master rear connector panel The controls and routing available are similar to those of the Mono Input Channels LEXICON FX RETURNS There are 4 Lexicon FX Return Channels The FaderGlow colour is light blue These Channels each take their input from one of the four inbuilt LEXICON FX modules Note that the parameter controls for the Lexicon FX modules are located in the master section press the LEXICONS button in the UPPER ROW group to access th
95. o the contracted view press the button below the CLOSE legend When an expand button is pressed the touchscreen will automatically select the relevantFX Processor preset list for selection The FX types are selected via the Touchscreen The LEXICON button when activated has priority over previous selections Any previously selected button s will be de selected CONTROLLERS This is reserved for future use Note selecting a button in the Both Rows section will make the selected buttons in the Upper and Lower Row sections extinguish Page 4 10 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 INPUT 10 10 10 LM LM LM HM HM HM HI HI HI qal Freq Q Shelf sain Freq Q ws Gail Freq Q Freq Q Shelf Selected Input Channel s ID EQ IN OUTPUT EQ LO 10 10 LM LM LM HM HM HM HI HI HI PUSH EC TUNE Freq Q Shelf daln Freq Q ws ail Freq Q Freq Q Shelf Selected Output Channel s ID EQ IN LEXICONS 3 X 4 Mode FX 1 FX 2 FX 3 FX 4 Parameters depend on Parameters depend on E depend on Parameters depend on the FX type the FX type he FX type he FX type LEX 1 LEX 2 LEX 3 LEX 4 FX Type FX Type FX Type FX Type EXPAND EXPAND EXPAND EXPAND LEXICONS 1X 12 Mode Parameters depend on the FX type LEX FX Type
96. of Soundcraft or the Dealer have effected any replacement of parts maintenance adjustments or repairs to the Equipment and d the End User has used the Equipment only for such purposes as Soundcraft recommends with only such operating supplies as meet Soundcraft s specifications and otherwise in all respects in accordance Soundcraft s recommendations 5 Defects arising as a result of the following are not covered by this Warranty faulty or negligent handling chemical or electro chemical or electrical influences accidental damage Acts of God neglect defi ciency in electrical power air conditioning or humidity control 6 The benefit of this Warranty may not be assigned by the End User Users who should note their rights under this ranty are in addition to and do not affect any other rights to which they may be entitled against the seller of the Equipment Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 1 9 Page 1 10 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 CONSOLE OVERVIEW POWER SUPPLY The console is equipped as standard with one power supply unit A second PSU may optionally be fitted SWITCHING ON The POWER ON button on the front of the console is used to turn the console ON and OFF 9 When mains power is connected to the PSU and its switch is set to on POWER ON button will slowly flash green and the blue logos on the sides of the wureAu 015016 wi
97. on selects the output faders to be master level controls for the VCA groups 1 12 Page 2 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MONITORING The Monitor System on the Si3 is more sophisticated than would usually be found on an equivalent ana logue desk with features that suit many applications Control Room LR LCR Headphones FOH and Stage monitors Features Three Monitor Speaker Outputs Configurable for LCR or LR amp Mono Adjustable Output Delay Talkback Microphone Input Talkback Line Input Talkback Line Output Adjustable DIM function SOLO Blend function SOLO Highlight function Oscillator Pink Noise generator FADERGLOW Each fader on the console except for the Master LRC fader has a FaderGlow light pipe below the front panel and next to the fader slot The FaderGlow illuminates in various colours to help distinguish the function or mode of the faders The colours used are Aux LRC buses yellow Group buses green Lexicon effects sends returns light blue Linked channels white Stereo channels pink Matrix masters orange VCA masters dark blue Input Faders FaderGlow illuminates the fader slot to indicate when the channel fader has moved away from its standard mixing function to another mode Output Faders FaderGlow illuminates the fader slot in conjunction with the OUTPUT FADERS SELECT buttons to confirm which mode the output faders are in at any given time Soundcraft Si Seri
98. on to exit this mode Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 11 PANNING amp WIDTH CONTROL As well as normal LR Panning control which is common to all input channels a Width control is available for mono inputs when they are routed to LCR Channel Mode The right hand encoder on an input bay is reserved for Pan regardless of DYN EQ BUS1 12 BUS13 24 selection Press the SEL button on the required input channel Global Mode Select the Global Mode s PAN button Each encoder on the input bay is now the Pan control for its own channel Selecting The Width Control Press and hold the Pan encoder wheel until the Pan mode toggles into Width mode To return the encoder to Pan mode press and hold until it toggles Note that this is only available for mono inputs which are routed to LCR The width is variable between 0 and 100 FOLLOW OUTPUT SELect BUTTONS The FOLLOW OUTPUT SELect buttons are used for creating fast sub mixes to any selected bus output Con tributions can be made by using the channel faders or the encoders in the VCS There are two buttons ENCODERS Follow Output Select and FADERS Follow Output Select When either button is pressed the mode will become active with the buttons illuminating white to indicate that its mode is engaged To switch follow mode off press the button s again Note If the currently selected Master Fader Mode does not have a valid FOLLOW OUTPUT SEL the button will illuminate
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100. orange to indicate that the button is in Primed mode ENCODERS FADERS Note the Si3 has two sets of these buttons one for each bank of input channels They are independ ent of each other Faders Follow Output Select The Input Channels Faders are used to control contributions from their associated channels to the selected Output bus The input channels FaderGlow colours will show the colour of the selected output bus Page 3 12 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 LINKING MONO INPUTS Adjacent pairs of mono input channels may be linked together if required The left channel is always an odd numbered channel and the right channel is the next channel up To link a pair of channels proceed as follows Press the MENU button it s next to the touch screen This will bring the Menu page up if it isn t already there Touch the INPUT pad on the screen This will open the SETUP page this has two parameters the Input Name and the Type Use the SCROLL to select TYPE then change to LINKED When a channel has been assigned as linked it and its twin are identifiable as a linked pair because their FaderGlow lights are illuminated white The faders are also linked together In addition the following settings of the left channel are copied to the right channel Gain Phantom Power Bus Routing Compressor and Gate The Delay and Phase settings remain unlinked The PAN control becomes a balance co
101. oup Aux buses 1 12 onto the VCS See 1 12 above By default buses 21 to 24 are used as sends to the LEXICON processors Channel Sends to Aux Busses Channel 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 Mic Bus 13 Bus 14 Bus 15 Bus 16 Bus 17 Bus 18 Bus 19 Bus 20 LEX1 LEX2 LEX3 LEX4 Pan Gain SND SND SND SND AUX PRE Works in conjunction with the 1 12 and 13 24 buttons it allows individual Aux sends to be switched either Pre Post fade Pressing an encoder while the AUX PRE button is illuminated switches the feed between Pre and Post fade The PRE light in the encoder assembly indicates when pre fade is se lected Note that Group sends are always post fade Note when the AUX PRE button is selected a bus cannot be switched on or off by pressing the encoder Note buses can be configured as Auxes or as Groups see page 4 16 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 3 7 GLOBAL MODE In this mode the channel encoders are used to emulate the controls as found in the horizontal plane of a traditional analogue console e g the row of PAN controls is shown highlighted in the picture below of a typical analogue mixer Page 3 8 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 The following nine Global Mode buttons are available See also the Global Scroll buttons
102. outputs from the OSC TB MENU however as with the main LC amp R buses the default outputs on the back of the console can not be changed therefore only one option is shown and illustrated below INTERNAL TALKBACK Route to headphones TB headphone level Route to external Off Talk to bus Off Talk to all buses Talkback Out Patch Unused INTERNAL i EXTERNALE ji CS Sc Note From V3 2 software the PATCHING button is removed and patching is accessed by pressing the SCROLL ADJUST encoder when on a patch item Restoring Defaults To restore the patching to the factory defaults use the RESET PATCHING button in the SYSTEM MENU SYSTEM WINDOW Console type Software version PATCHING Page 5 12 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Replay Filtering Global Replay Isolate filters may be applied to the patching in the categories shown The filters are set in the EDIT SHOW menu and will prevent the automation making changes to patches within a show EDIT SHOW Graphic EQ Channel Inputs Channel Direct Outputs Bus Master Outputs Matrix Outputs Master Outputs All Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 13 Page 5 14 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 SYSTEM The monitors system encompass the following four sub systems Soloing Audio Monitors Talkback CONTROLS There are three volume controls for Talkback
103. pressed confirmation is supplied via the name ofthe channel being displayed in the to left of the EQ Curve screen Each band is drawn in a different colour Blue LO EQ Band 1 Red LM EQ Band 2 Green HM EQ Band 3 Magenta HI EQ Band 4 NOTE The white line represents the overall composite of all the bands together so if only one band is in use the coloured line and white line will be identical Note If an individual band is bypassed it is shown as a dotted line If the main EQ is bypassed the white 4nnHz 4nnHz 1KHz 1 7 line changes from BOLD to FINE Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 7 CENTRE BAY DISPLAYS amp ENCODERS The centre bay provides a similar interface to the VCS on the input bays except that this section has two rows of encoders and displays Thesettings displayed by the output bay are selected via the UPPER ROW LOWER ROW or BOTH ROWS banks of switches The ability of the Centre Section to display and control 24 parameters simultaneously related to inputs outputs or a combination is a tool that makes the Si Series so powerful UPPER ROW BOTH Rows LOWER ROW BUS OUTPUT BUSTO BUS MATRIX INPUTEQ OUTPUTEQ LEXICONS CONTROLLERS SENDS PROCESSING MATRIX MASTERS NPUTDYN OUTPUTDYN MASTER O OU LJ LJ LJ LJ CHANNEL SCROL
104. puts 24 output buses that can be configured as auxiliary sends or sub groups Left right and centre mix buses 8 matrix outputs 8 assignable insert points 32 24 16 input channel faders 12 output channel faders Individual high quality OLED displays for each channel 56 48 40 encoders Central touch screen 4 Lexicon effects processors Option cards slots supporting 64 inputs and 64 outputs digital Fader Glow Full metering of Aux amp Main output busses Numbers in brackets refer to the Soundcraft Si2 Numbers in brackets refer to the Soundcraft Si1 Page 2 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 INPUT FADER LAYERS The 64 48 32 Mic Line Inputs 4 Stereo Line Inputs and 4 Lexicon Effects Returns are assigned to Input Faders according to the tables below Soundcraft Si1 The following assignments can be made Selected Layer Faersii mws ______ STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 Soundcraft Si2 The following assignments can be made Selected Layer Faders 1 16 Faders 17 24 Inputs 1 16 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 appear on right hand faders Inputs 17 32 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 appear on right hand faders Inputs 49 64 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 appear on right hand faders Inputs 33 48 STE Inputs 1 4 Lexicon FX Returns 1 4 appear on right
105. re highlighted This corresponds to the SEL button of channel 6 being active and the EQ button from the Channel Mode options being selected The highlighted controls in the analogue equivalent above represent what will be displayed on the VCS which is displayed to the right of it the VCS has been rotated through 90 to make the comparison more complete Page 3 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Pressing any of the Channel Mode buttons see below will activate the 5 if it isn t active already and pressing a particlar channel s SEL button will point the VCS to that channel The CHANNEL MODE buttons define what will be displayed on the VCS CHANNEL MODE SEL EQ BUS 1 12 BUS 13 24 The options are as follows DYN Displays the adjustment parameters for the Gate and Compressor on the VCS as shown below Note that the Lo and Hi Cut filters refer to filters in the gate s side chain not the input channel these side chain filters do not appear until the GATE IN button is activated Note the threshold on encoder 10 can be displayed as PK or RMS press the encoder to toggle be tween the two Channel Gate Compressor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mic Gt Lo CutGt Hi CutThreshold Attack Gate Release Depth T
106. ry Patches It is possible to change other output patches in the system from within the appropriate MENU items 05 OUT Oscillator re patching is initiated from the OSC TB menu The Oscillator Out may route to only one destination if it is changed from the default OSC OUT socket this output becomes inactive OSCILLATOR Route to bus Off Route to all buses Off 0 0 dB 1 0 KHz Sine Oscillator Out Patch O P A04 INTERNAL E OSC EXTERNAL 5 Page 5 10 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 To return the Oscillator to the default patching selection navigates to the Oscillator Patch list item and de select the current patch OSCILLATOR Route to bus Route to all buses EXTERNAL MONITOR OUT Off Off 0 0 dB 1 0 kHz Sine Default PATCHING 5 5 Sa The system allows re patching of the main L C amp R monitor outputs from the MONITOR MENU however as with the main LC amp R buses the default outputs on the back of the console can not be changed therefore only one option is shown and illustrated below MONITORS Centre Monitor Speaker Mono check Dim Monitors for Talkback Dim Level Monitor L R Out Patch Monitor C Output Patch ij PATCHING She Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Off Off On 30 0 dB Off 0 smp Unused Unused Page 5 11 TALKBACK OUT The system allows re patching of the main TALKBACK OUT monitor
107. s moves the currently selected cue up one place in the list MOVE v This moves the currently selected cue down one place in the list DELETE Deletes the currently selected cue A confirmation dialogue box appears giving you the option to respond YES or NO to the cue being deleted Page 7 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 CUE CONTROL BUTTONS STORE Pressing this button will create a snapshot at the end of the Cue list CUE CONTROL INSERT A CUE To insert a new cue into the system press ALT amp STORE to insert a new cue just after the currently selected cue RECALL En Pressing this will cause the console s controls to be set according to the infor mation recalled from the highlighted cue in the cue list The highlighted cue is adjusted using the ADJUST encoder NEXT Pressing this will recall the information from the next cue in the cue list RECALL PREVIOUS CUE If you ve pressed the NEXT key too quickly you can restore the previous cue quickly by pressing ALT NEXT to recall the previous Cue in an instant PREVIEW MODE This function is not yet implemented SPECIAL CUE FUNCTIONS ISOLATE VCA s from CUE REPLAY To keep manual control of VCA masters but retain the ability to change names go to the EDIT SHOW menu and you can isolate only the VCA faders from the replay automation REPLAY CUES OUT OF SEQUENCE To navigate quickly around the cue list scroll to yo
108. selected Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send from from from from from from from from from from from from Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3 Bus 4 Bus 5 Bus 6 Bus 7 Bus 8 Bus 9 Bus 10 Bus 11 Bus 12 Destination Matrix Bus ID LRC Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send Send from from from from from from from from from from from from Bus 13 Bus 14 Bus 15 Bus 16 Bus 17 Bus 18 Bus 19 Bus 20 Lex1 Lex 2 Lex 3 Lex 4 1 001 2 002 MTX3 DO3 MTX4 DO4 5 005 6 006 7 007 MTX8 D08 Shifted Function LCR button below top right status window Send Send Send from from from LEFT RIGHT CENTRE BUS MASTERS Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Bus 7 Bus 8 Bus 9 Bus 10 Bus 11 Bus 12 Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3 Bus 4 Bus 5 Bus 6 BUS PRE Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Output Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Level of Bus 13 Bus 14 Bus 15 Bus 16 Bus 17 Bus 18 Bus 19 Bus 20 B21 Lex1 B22 Lex2 B23 Lex3 B24 Lex4 Content Depends On OUTPUT FADERS SELECT bu
109. selections OFF for all channels Isolate Switches ISOLATE button selections OFF for all channels Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 6 1 GLOBAL Buttons Action GAIN Resets GAIN settings for all Input channels FILT DLY Resets FILT DLY settings for all Input channels GATE Resets GATE parameters for all Input channels COMP Resets COMP parameters for all Input channels EQ Resets EQ parameters for all Input channels PAN Resets PAN settings for all Input channels BUS 1 8 Resets BUS Send 1 8 levels for all Input channels BUS 9 16 Resets BUS Send 9 16 levels for all Input channels BUS 17 24 Resets BUS Send 17 24 levels for all Input channels CHAN Mode Buttons Action DYN Resets Dynamics parameters for the SELected channel EQ Resets EQ parameters for the SELected channel 1 12 Resets BUS Send levels for the SELected channel 13 24 Resets BUS Send levels for the SELected channel NOTE CLEAR operates only on channels on the active layer A B C D etc Output bays The use of the CLEAR button works slightly differently to that descibed above for the Input bays Select one if the buttons in the three lists below Then press and hold the CLEAR key Pressing the required SEL button will result in the described action UPPER ROW Buttons Action INPUT EQ Resets EQ parameters for selected channel OUTPUT EQ Resets EQ parameters for selected channel BOTH ROWS Buttons Action BUS SENDS Resets BUS Send levels for selected channel OUTPUT EQ
110. t 7 will replace patch link from DirectOut Output 8 Do you wish to proceed YES COMPLETE To have the system automatically patch multiple channels press the AUTO COMPLETE button This will increment the input by 1 and patch by 1 until a group of 16 is complete To leave the PATCH set up press MENU CUE LIST or LEX Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 5 7 Setting or Changing the Bus Out Patch The Bus Out Patching on Si is accessed from the OUTPUTS amp VCA menu on the touch screen If not already on the main menu press the MENU key then the OUTPUTS amp VCA button this will open the OUTPUT SETUP screen for the current active SELected bus BUS 1 SETUP Bus Name 501 Aux Bus Post EQ O P A01 MADIOS PATCHIN 8 The screen shows the current output patches in this case A 01 Output Block A output 1 and MADI 08 to change either of the patches scroll to the appropriate line and press the PATCHING button or the SCROLL ADJUST encoder OUTPUT PATCH 1 FROM BUS 01 BS01 lt O P A eee COMPLETE The screen will open as above on the correct page to show the current patch highlighted yellow To select a different source simply touch another output patch To navigate to a different set of inputs use the arrow buttons to move through all the available options In this example OUTPUT A1 is the current patch used by BUS 01 outputs 2 3 are in use by another output and outputs
111. t occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help For further details contact Harman International Industries Ltd Cranborne House Cranborne Road Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 3JN UK Telephone 44 0 1707 665000 Fax 44 0 1707 660742 email soundcraft harman com Harman International Industries Ltd 2010 All rights reserved Parts of the design of this product may be protected by worldwide patents Part No BD10 520000 Rev2 Issue 0910 E amp OE September 2010 Soundcraft is a trading division of Harman International Industries Ltd Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor Soundcraft shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual No part of this manual may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic ele
112. ternal Talkback screen Internal Talkback The signal feed is via the mic level XLR on the rearcon It has a phantom power switch next to the XLR The switch is accessible via a small hole The signal level can be adjusted using the TALKBACK LEVEL control on the front panel and the signal is enabled via the TALKBACK ON button on the front panel The signal can be routed to the TALKBACK OUT socket on the rearcon by selecting the Route to external parameter on the Internal Talkback screen The signal can be routed to the headphones by selecting the Route to headphones parameter on the Internal Talkback screen The level of the talkback mic signal routed to the headphones can be controlled by the TB headphone level parameter on the Internal Talkback screen Talkback To Busses If the Talkback On button is active and an output bus solo is pressed the internal talkback signal will be routed to the soloed output bus NOTE Setup of the talkback is accessed from the OSC TALKBACK menu in the touch screen Page 6 6 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 METERS The overbridge hosts the following meters Bus Outputs 1 24 located at the top of the left hand input bay BUS OUTPUTS and Master Outputs LRC Solo LR and Matrix Outputs M1 M8 located at the top of the right hand input bay MASTER OUTPUTS Li MATRIX OUTPUTS Note There are no dedicated Matrix meters on the Si1 Matrix mixes may be monitored using the SO
113. that individual channels can be easily reversed by using the AUX PRE function on the channel VCS if you need some sends to be different from others Stereo Channels Any odd even channels can be paired to make them Stereo All the processing will be linked but phase gain and pan remain un linked And best of all the Fader Glow shows indicates them by illuminating them white Touch The Screen From V2 you can use the touch screen to select items on list views like FX parameters or Cues then dou ble touch the screen to activate VCA Replay Filters Need to keep manual control of those VCA masters but still work with name changes Go to the EDIT SHOW menu and you re free to isolate only the faders from the replay automation Page 10 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 OPTION SLOT amp OPTION CARDS Si Series Option Card amp User Guide Supported Cards OPTICAL MADI Introduction The Si series of consoles feature a versatile 128 channel expansion bus offering 64 discrete additional input sources and 64 additional output patches that may be used in parallel to fan out to multiple destinations Routing from the cards to the processing channels and from channels or buses to the option card buses is achieved via the Patching functionality see Chapter 5 for details Theory of Operation Inputs All of the 64 expansion bus inputs are present at all expansion slot positions and any card may talk to any bus
114. the two systems If necessary to provide sufficient isolation from mains borne interference install an isolating transformer This should be provided with a Faraday Shield which must be connected with earth Never locate the incoming mains distribution box near audio equipment especially tape recorders which are very sensitive to electro magnetic fields Ensure that all equipment racks are connected to earth via a separate wire back to the star point Equipment which has unbalanced inputs and outputs may need to be isolated from the rack to prevent earth loops Audio Wiring Having provided all equipment with power and earthing connections consideration must be given to the method of providing audio interconnection and adequate screening of those interconnections This must be done in a logical sequence to avoid problems and assist in the localisation of problem equipment Connect the FOH or Monitor system to the console and check for any hum buzz or Only when you are satisfied with the quietness of the console and the PA system should you proceed with the next step Connect stereo or multitracktape recorders FX and foldback sends one at a time checking and isolating any connection which degrades performance Connect all other peripheral devices Connect all microphone lines By following this sequence much time and future trouble will be saved and the result will be a quiet stable system Shielding Audio equipment is supplie
115. ttons Soundcraft Si Series User Guide 0410 Page 4 15 CHANNEL SCROLL BUTTONS These buttons are located to the right hand side of both the Upper and Lower rows of encoders in the output fader section They are associated with selections in the Upper Row Lower Row and Both Rows areas When a mode is selected that has a Channel Scroll function associated with it both of the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons will illuminate white to indicate that they are active The user may now scroll with a single button press of the LEFT and RIGHT scroll buttons to select a different channel The SEL button on the associated input or output fader channels will illuminate to show the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons Upper Row mode INPUT EQ button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to move the currently selected input fader channel to place another channel onto the encoders in the Upper Row The SEL buttons in the associated input fader bay will illuminate and will track the selection made using the CHANNEL SCROLL buttons NOTE The range of the Left Right scroll buttons are the 16 24 on Si2 channels in the currently selected fader bay Output EQ button selected The CHANNEL SCROLL buttons allow the user to navigate away from the currently selected output channel to place another channel onto the encoders in the Upper Row The SEL buttons in the associated output fader bay will illum
116. u wish to copy to This copies all the channel parameter settings across to the selected channels Page 4 22 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 MASTER FADER The Si Series consoles feature a manual non motorised master fader to allow overall control the Left Right and Centre buses This system offers a number of benefits 1 It allows a single fader control of multiple outputs 2 The level balance between the LEFT RIGHT amp CENTRE buses is maintained as you fade up down 3 With this fader down the main is guaranteed to be quiet or safe as the console automation has no way of changing this setting NOTE Automated level control and balance of the LEFT RIGHT and CENTRE buses faders is still possible using the automated masters found in the MTX MAST Output Fader Pages NOTE As the individual bus master faders are in series with the manual master fader they must be above inf co for any audio out Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 23 Page 4 24 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 PATCHING Introduction The patching system on the Si console allows almost any source to feed any channel and any bus to feed any output The default patching for the Si Series consoles is as follows Si3 Inputs Physical Inputs Logical Channel Bank Si3 Outputs Physical Outputs ____ Logical Bank Si2 Inputs Physical Inputs Logical Channel
117. uide V3 0410 1 Soundcraft is a trading division of Harman International Industries Ltd End User means the person who first puts the equipment into regular operation Dealer means the person other than Soundcraft if any from whom the End User purchased the Equipment provided such a person is author ised for this purpose by Soundcraft or its accredited Distributor Equipment means the equipment supplied with this manual 2 If within the period of twelve months from the date of delivery of the Equipment to the End User it shall prove defective by reason only of faulty materials and or workmanship to such an extent that the ef fectiveness and or usability thereof is materially affected the Equip ment or the defective component should be returned to the Dealer or to Soundcraft and subject to the following conditions the Dealer or Soundcraft will repair or replace the defective components Any com ponents replaced will become the property of Soundcraft 3 Any Equipment or component returned will be at the risk of the End User whilst in transit both to and from the Dealer or Soundcraft and postage must be prepaid 4 This warranty shall only be available if a the Equipment has been properly installed in accordance with instructions contained in Soundcraft s manual and b the End User has notified Soundcraft or the Dealer within 14 days of the defect appearing and no persons other than authorised representatives
118. ur desired cue then just press the ADJUST encoder to recall ISOLATING INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS AND BUSES FROM RECALL Individual Channels and Buses can be stopped from receiving recalled data by using the ISOLATE function For channels the isolate button is located in the channel function buttons group Pressing this button will isolate the channel whose SEL button is active It doesn t matter if the input bay is in Channel Mode or Global Mode For output buses the isolate control is located via the OUTPUT PROCESSING button in the BOTH ROWS sec tion The isolate button is below the fourth soft button from the left of the top row of encoders Pressing this will isolate the bus whose SEL button is active Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 7 3 SHOW EXPORT and IMPORT Only one Show can be stored on the console itself this one being the currently loaded show If the console is powered off and then powered on again the show which was loaded at power off will automatically be re loaded when the console is powered on again In order to save more than one show a USB memory device must be inserted The EXPORT and IMPORT pads are only availale if a USB memory device is plugged into the socket on the left of the touchscreen The EXPORT PAD copies the currently loaded show to the USB device When it is pressed the user is presented with an on screen keyboard in order to enter the name which will be given to the exported show The same
119. ut what about individual bands this is easy too just tap the ON key above the fader while in GEQ mode and the band is set to Odb Insert A Cue Need to squeeze an extra cue into the system press ALT amp STORE to insert a new cue just after the current one Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 10 1 Interrogate Want to know what is switched on or assigned amp where gt gt Press and hold any channel button such as 48v and the SEL buttons light up on all channels with phantom enabled Recall Previous Too keen to press the NEXT key Press NEXT to recall the previous cue in an instant Replay Cues Out Of Sequence Want to jump quickly around the cue list Scroll to your cue then just press the ADJUST encoder to recall Scroll Around Virtual Si If you re zoomed in on Virtual Si you can scroll around the console by holding SHIFT CTRL amp LEFT CLICK to scroll Send ON OFF UNITY Want a quick way to set a bus send to to UNITY or OFF gt gt Press and Hold a bus send encoder and in a moment the console will set this ON Unity to turn it OFF and to minimum press amp hold again This works on almost any send type such as sends to buses or buses to matrix Setting Buses Pre or Post To flip a bus between PRE or POST fade gt gt Call up the BUS MASTERS to BOTH ROWS then hit the BUS PRE button now pressing the Bus Master encoders will toggle the bus sends Pre Post fade from all channels and remember
120. will force any slaves to SOLO 50105 are always AFL even o if there is only a single mono channel as a slave Page 4 2 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 SOLO BUTTON The output channel SOLO button is used to solo the selected channel The output Solo is always AFL 0 The output Solo is mono unless output busses have been stereo linked in which case the Solo is stereo SEL BUTTON One of the 12 output channel SEL buttons will be illuminated at all times Depending upon other factors a newly pressed SEL button has one of three possible functions 02 e Selecting the output channel to edit parameters Depending on whether a relevant mode in the Upper Row Both Rows o Lower Row section is selected the settings for that output channel will be displayed and the selected output settings may then be viewed edited See pages 4 3 to 4 7 for more information Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 4 3 VCA GROUPS Creating VCA Groups Pressing the VCA MUTES SETUP button will enter setup mode and the SETUP button will be illuminated white The OUTPUT FADERS SELECT VCA button will automatically be selected and will be illuminated blue Press the SEL button of the VCA master 1 12 on the output fader bay that you want to configure channel faders may now be added to the VCA group by pressing their SEL buttons which will also turn blue An
121. y to the mix outputs post master fader The block diagram is shown below The configuration is done via the touch screen a 9 72 ES o N ga ac oF Main Mix L Threshold Ratio Time Gain Comp High Pass Filter Metering Pre HF Freq HF Gain HF Q Slope HF Shape From ADC L Channel From ADC R Channel Page 9 4 Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 LEXICON FX RETURNS There are 4 Lexicon FX Return Channels By default these channels are mapped to faders 29 to 32 on bank D of the Si3 and faders 17 24 of banks C amp D on the Si2 These Channels each take their input from one of the four inbuilt LEXICON FX modules Note that the parameter controls for the Lexicon FX modules are located in the master section press the LEXICONS button in the UPPER ROW group to access the controls snq snq pasaquinu uara 0 U091X91 9 i ED ejeq 391 9po N u031x9 0919446 091915 1 5 lt snq xo dnoJ5 palaquinu ppo dnoJt 09 91 d8U JH 015 0 3H i bay WH lt lt uavi UNN belu WT adeys 11 V6 6 73 4 9 xny dnoiy XIN HY
122. z to 20kHz Sine Pink Noise variable level Filters Channel HP Filter 22Hz 1kHz 18dB per octave Channel LP Filter 500Hz 20kHz 18dB per octave Soundcraft Si Series User Guide V3 0410 Page 8 1 EQ Inputs and Bus Outputs HF 22Hz 20kHz 15dB Q 0 3 6 0 or Shelving Hi Mid 22Hz 20kHz 15dB Q 0 3 6 0 Lo Mid 22Hz 20kHz 15dB Q 0 3 6 0 LF 22Hz 20kHz 15dB Q 0 3 6 0 or Shelving Metering Internal 14 segment LED bargraphs for busses 12 section plus 9 section gain reduction OLED meters for all Inputs Mains Voltage Operating Range 90 264V 47 63Hz autoranging Mains Power Consumption 400W Temperature Humidity Range Operating Temperature Range 0 C 45 C 32 F 113 F Relative Humidity 0 90 non condensing Ta 40 C 104 F Storage Temperature Range 20 C 60 C 4 F 140 F Weights amp Dimensions Soundcraft 53 Weight Console only 340mm 13 4 1685mm 66 4 817mm 32 2 61Kgs 134lbs In Shipping Carton 500mm 19 7 1830mm 72 1010mm 39 8 93Kgs 205lbs In Flight Case 530mm 20 9 1780mm 70 1 1250mm 49 2 185 65 407105 SoundcraftSi2 Depth Weight 5 In Shiiping Carton 500mm 19 7 1560mm 61 5 1010mm 39 8 87Kgs 192 In Flight Case 530mm 20 9 1520 59 9 1250mm 49 2 158Kgs 348lbs Soundcraft Sit Width Depth Console only In Shiping Carton In Flight Case 1305mm 51 4 21 W

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