SoundCraft Si Series Bedienungsanleitung

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Quick Start Guide

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INTRODUCTION

Firstly, thanks for choosing the Soundcraft Si Series!

This Quick Start Guide will give you a good overview of the main features

of the console and will allow you to get up and running in the minimum

amount of time.

This guide will show you how to:

1. Power Up the console

2. Create a new SHOW

3. Get familiar with the OLED displays

4. Connect an Input Source

5. Use GLOBAL MODE to adjust Gains and Pans

6. Apply EQ and Dynamics

7. Add Lexicon Effects

8. Create Aux and Sub-Group Mixes

9. Create a Matrix Mix

10. Create VCA and Mute Groups

11. Store and name Snapshots

IMPORTANT

Please read this manual carefully before using

your mixer for the rst time.

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OK, let’s get started!

For this tutorial section we will assume that you have the Left/Right Master Outputs

of the console connected to an amp/speaker combination of some kind.

POWERING UP

Press the SYSTEM ON/OFF button on the console. Wait for the console to power up.

CREATE A NEW SHOW

Press the MENU button and then

select the SHOW tab on the touch

screen.

Now press the NEW SHOW tab.

Note! Pressing the NEW SHOW tab will clear the existing Show and Cue

List. All current console settings will be lost and the console returned to its

default state.

NAMING THE NEW SHOW

Press the EDIT SHOW button and scroll to the Show Name eld. Press the ADJUST

knob to call up the Alpha/Numeric keypad display. Enter the new show name.

Press the APPLY button to store the name of your new SHOW.

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Upper OLED Zone

A + sign indicated a

second function is

available by pressing

the encoder

Channel Name or ID see page 2-7

Displays LR_, __C, LRC or LCR depending on

channel type and routing/pan mode selected

THE OLED DISPLAY

The OLED display (Organic LED) is central to the operation of the console and gives

you a lot of very useful information about the input channels and the encoders

located above them.

The OLED display is divided into three

sections with the top section (the

ORANGE part) always describing the

function of the encoder situated directly

above it.

The bottom section (the GREEN part)

gives the name of the channel located

below it.

Note! If you press the ‘i’ button the name of the physical connector that

the input channel is connected to will appear. This is very useful if you

have renamed your channels and need to nd out where the input is

derived from.

The area in the middle (the YELLOW part) gives information specic to the channel

below it. This includes metering for Input Levels, Noise Gate activity and Com-

pressor Gain Reduction. There are also status icons for VCA assignments and any

switches associated with the input channel (48v active, Phase active, EQ In etc.)

The OLED displays allow the user to see

at a glance exactly what is happening on

any of the input channels.

The diagram explains

what is displayed

on the OLED.

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Soundcraft Si2

Selected Layer Faders 1-16 Faders 17-24

AInputs 1-16 STE Inputs 1-4, Lexicon FX Returns 1-4

BInputs 17-32 STE Inputs 1-4, Lexicon FX Returns 1-4

CInputs 33-48 STE Inputs 1-4, Lexicon FX Returns 1-4

DInputs 49-64 STE Inputs 1-4, Lexicon FX Returns 1-4

CONNECT AN INPUT SOURCE Mic/Line Inputs (Soundcraft Si3 shown)

The Mic/Line Inputs on the rear of the console are arranged in 3 or 4 identical blocks with

16 Inputs and 8 Outputs on each giving a total of 64 (48 on Si2, 32 on Si1) Mic inputs.

Each block of I/O is labelled either A, B, C or D and these blocks of inputs are mapped to

the faders as follows:

Soundcraft Si3

Selected Layer Faders 1-16 Faders 17-32

AInputs 1-16 Inputs 1-16

BInputs 17-32 Inputs 17-32

CInputs 33-48 Inputs 33-48

DInputs 49-64 Inputs 49-56, STE Inputs 1-4, Lexicon

FX Returns 1-4

Soundcraft Si1

Selected Layer Faders 1-16

AInputs 1-16

BInputs 17-32

CInputs 33-48 (option)

DInputs 49-56 (option), STE Inputs 1-4

Lexicon FX Returns 1-4

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Before we go on, here’s a quick word about GLOBAL MODES

In GLOBAL MODE the encoder above each channel fader can be used to simulate

the facilities found in the horizontal plane of a traditional analogue console

e.g. Gains, Filters, EQ, Aux Sends and Pans.

Pressing the appropriate GLOBAL MODE button will assign that function to the

encoders and the top section of the OLED display will let you know what the en-

coder is about to do.

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ADJUSTING THE GAIN AND PAN OF THE INPUT SIGNAL

Connect an audio source to Mic/Line Input A1.

Press the GAIN button in the Left hand section.

You can now adjust the GAIN control (encoder) just as you would on an analogue

console and monitor the amount of input level on the Input Level Meter in the

associated OLED display.

If the input level is too high the CLIP arrow symbol will appear next to the

Input Meter. If this happens back off the input gain a little until it extinguishes.

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The following functions are available for selection via dedicated buttons:

• GAIN

• FILTERS/DELAY

• GATE

• COMPRESSOR

• EQ

• PAN

• BUS 1-8

• BUS 9-16

• BUS 17-24

In the example below the GAINS button has been selected and therefore the

encoders are adjusting the input gains for the associated channels.

ADJUSTING THE PAN POSITION OF THE CHANNEL

Press the PAN button in the GLOBAL MODE area. This will cause the row of

encoders to function as PAN controls for their associated input channels

You may now adjust the PAN position by rotating the encoder. The top section of

the OLED display will conrm the actual numeric value for the chosen position.

Now experiment with other GLOBAL functions. Note that for functions with more

than 1 parameter, the SCROLL keys illuminate, allowing you to control those

parameters.

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DO YOU NEED 48V PHANTOM POWER?

Press and hold the 48V button in the CHANNEL MODE section (this will put the

control surface into INTERROGATE mode – see below for further details) and then

press the SEL button above the channel (or channels) that you want to turn that

function on for. You will see that the SEL buttons will illuminate ORANGE and the

48V icon will appear in the OLED display for the relevant channels.

INTERROGATE MODE

This mode is very useful for making multiple switch assignments for the input

channels just as you would on an analogue console. For example, on an analogue

console you might want to switch 48V power on for several channels, or you might

want to switch on the EQ IN buttons for a number of channels and this would be

achieved using dedicated switches on each input channel strip. On the Si Series

the INTERROGATE mode allows you to do the same thing.

Press and hold the button you want to switch on for a number of channels (for

example 48V), and then press the SEL buttons on the relevant channels. The OLED

display will conrm the selections you have made.

INTERROGATE mode is only relevant for the currently displayed input fader bank

and you cannot switch between banks while making selections. This mode is also

useful for checking assignments for input channels. By pressing the relevant but-

ton (e.g. EQ IN) the SEL buttons will illuminate for any input channel that has that

button assigned to it allowing you to see at a glance what assignments have been

made. Any of the buttons in the CHANNEL MODE area can be used to

INTERROGATE the control surface.

Note! When you are using Interrogate mode you can also press the

CLEAR button to clear any current selections. This should be used

carefully though!

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APPLYING EQ AND DYNAMICS

There are a couple of different ways to control the EQ and Dynamics for the input

channel you are working on. In this example we are going to use the encoders in

the Centre Section of the console.

The 24 encoders are used in three modes:

• UPPER ROW (these are the ones at the top!)

• LOWER ROW (the ones at the bottom!)

• BOTH ROWS (This is where both Upper and Lower rows are used together)

UPPER ROW Section for EQ

Select INPUT EQ and OUTPUT EQ in the UPPER ROW section. You will notice that

one of the buttons will illuminate GREEN and the other ORANGE. This is because

the GREEN button is the active one and the ORANGE one is in standby or ‘primed’

mode. See below.

Select an input, and its EQ will be displayed and may be controlled from here.

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