User manual SOUNDCRAFT SI EXPRESSION

[. . . ] User Guide V1. 0 ® by HARMAN IMPORTANT Please read this manual carefully before using your mixer for the first time. ThisThis equipment complies with the EMC directive equipment complies withand LVD 2006/95/EC the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC and LVD 2006/95/EC This product is approved to safety standards 2004/108/EC IEC 60065:2005 +A1:2005 EN60065:2006 +A1:2006 + A1:2008 UL60065 7th Edition CAN/CSA-E60065-03 +A1:2006 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. soundcraft@harman. com 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. [. . . ] TTo edit a profile, scroll to the Profile line item and ‘click’ for a list of all available profiles. Use the scroll-adjust encoder to select a profile then choose the items to be Locked or Unlocked accordingly. NEW PROFILE allows creation of new profiles in addition to the default Administrator, Guest and House. NOTE: Editing of users and profiles are only available when logged-on as the administrator. NOTE: Attempting to change any locked function causes the function focus to display the locked icon. NOTE: Passwords cannot be easily recovered if lost or forgotten. Soundcraft Si Expression User Guide V1. 0 0413 37 PREFS (USER PREFERENCES) This menu allows certain ‘operational characteristics’ of the console to be edited. Parameters that may be adjusted are: • LED brightness – brightness of meters and encoder roundels • BUTON brightness – brightness of LEDs behind rubber key buttons • FaderGlow™ brightness – brightness of FaderGlow™ bars • Screen brightness – brightness of LCD backlight • D. O. G. S. (Direct Out Gain Stabiliser) is a tool to help maintain stored gain structure between channel input and direct output when multiple devices are sharing a single source. adjusts the direct output level from each channel inversely to any manual change of a mic gain control (across a change of +16/-10dB) on that channel. This allows the channel direct outputs to feed to a second console, recording system or similar device with the feed to the 2nd device effectively isolated from a user changing the gain control. facility is turned ON/OFF globally from the PREFS menu with the offset cleared each time a cue is recalled or the D. O. G. S. For more information refer to the White Paper section of the Soundcraft web site NOTE: DOGS operates on a cue-by-cue basis against any manual adjustment to mic amp gain, it is not an offset that offset that ripples through to subsequent uses. CAUTION: When disabling DOGS any offsets are reset which may result in an increase/ decrease in level on any systems fed from the Si EXPRESSION direct outputs. NOTE: DOGS is intended for use live, DOGS offsets are NOT stored with any cue or cue update. 38 Soundcraft Si Expression User Guide V1. 0 0413 FADER SETUP The fader setup provides a mean to define which channels (or buses) appear on which faders of which layers. This feature allows almost any channel or mix master controller fader to be placed on any layer, it is accessed from the FADER SETUP menu; there are essentially two elements to this, making new assignments and moving assignments. Making a new assignment or changing a current assignment in the SELected slot. The FADER SETUP page displays two fixed data fields of: • Fader Bank – Current active fader bank • Slot Number – which slot (position) has the SELect active The following fields group the available processing channels, buses and controllers allowing easy selection of the channel bus or controller you wish to assign to the SELected slot, selecting any field will offer a drop-down list as follows: • Assign Mono Input – All 54 mono processing channels • Assign Stereo Inputs - All 6 stereo processing channels • Assign Mixes – All 14 mix bus masters • Assign MTX – All 4 matrix bus masters NOTE: Once a drop-down list is open a selection must be made. NOTE: With the fader assign page open you may use change fader layers and SELect to rapidly reassign other faders. Soundcraft Si Expression User Guide V1. 0 0413 39 Moving assignments on the active layer. There are two types of functions that assist in re-ordering faders on a layer INSERT BLANK and SHIFT each with a << (left) or >> (right) option, these functions are similar but subtly different. • INSERT BLANK will insert a blank (unassigned) fader in the SELected slot and move all other assignments left (right). • SHIFT allows an assigned fader to be moved up (down) provided the adjacent slot is unassigned. The current active fader layer may be reset to the factory default using the RESET LAYER button. NOTE: Fader assignments are stored per show. NOTE: The assignments of the L&R and MONO/SEL faders may not be changed. NOTE: It is possible for the surface to appear to ‘blank’ if a mix follow key is activated and there are no contribution channel types to that mix type on that active layer – this is correct and normal behavior. [. . . ] The point in the signal path after a fader and therefore affected by the fader position. The point in the signal path before a fader, and therefore unaffected by the fader position. The amount by which a compressor squashes a signal when compressing expressed as a ratio. 1:1 means no compression (1db input level increase to the compressor = 1db ouput level increase from the compressor) 12:1 (12dB input level increase to the compressor = 1db ouput level increase from the compressor) A fall in gain at the extremes of the frequency response. [. . . ]