The 19" rack mountable Soundcraft Si Performer 1 Digital Live Consoleis designed as a live sound reinforcement system for houses of worship, music venues, musicians, bands, theaters, touring companies, corporate events, and more. It is especially useful for applications wherein one operator will control both the sound and the lighting for a performance because of its integrated DMX controller and support for Soundcraft's ViSi Remote App for Apple iPad.

The mixer features 16 recallable mono microphone preamplifiers over balanced XLR connections, 8 line inputs, AES digital I/O, 80 total mix channels, 20-sub group/aux busses, 4 FX busses, 8 matrix busses, 8 mute groups, 8 VCA groups, assignable insert loops, selectable delay on all I/O, Harman HiQnet integration, headphone monitoring, LCR panning, motorized faders with backlit LED Faderglow visual feedback to denote fader function, and a color touch screen interface.

The mixer utilizes EMMA DSP processors to provide the equivalent of 448 rack units worth of DSP including 4-band fully parametric EQ, four MX4000-based Lexicon stereo effects engines, and extensive dynamic processing. For customization it includes assignable faders, assignable patching, and flexible routing. The four mix busses utilize internal Lexicon FX processors for left/center/right micing, and each features a compressor, 4-band fully parametric EQ, graphic EQs, and delay.

An innovative feature of the mixer is the integrated DMX 512 control interface with full automation for simultaneously controlling a simple lighting display (spots and can color mixing with fader level) while mixing live sound.

The I/O of the mixer can be expanded with an additional 128x96 input/output paths through two ViSi Connect option cards (one 64x64 expansion slot and one 64x32 expansion slot). The cards accept a range of formats including the MultiDigital Card (Firewire/USB/ADAT), BSS Digital Audio Bus (BLU link), Dante, CAT5 or optical MADI, AVIOM, and CobraNet among others for integration with other live mixing and multi-track recording environments.

The available ViSi Remote iPad control application allows for the use of an iPad to adjust individual channel strip settings such as the EQ, compressor, Gate, Pan, LR/MONO, and phase invert switches to optimize the front of house mix.

80 Mix Channels    16 Mono Microphone I/O    Backlit LCD Screens per Fader    GEQ per Bus    Four FX Busses and Lexicon FX Engine    LCR Mix Busses    Integrated DMX Control    AES In and Out    Two ViSi Connect Card Slots    Color Touch Screen Interface

Enables control over multiple channels using a single fader which sends a DC control voltage to the VCA, which in turn controls the assigned channels

Expands functionality of the mixer by installing two Optical MADI, CobraNet, AES/EBU, BLU link, Multi Digital Card, Dual Cat5 MADI, Aviom A-Net, AES/EBU D-Type, Rocknet, or Dante interface cards

Provides simultaneous control over DMX-capable lighting installations

Allows remote control of channel strip settings from anywhere in the room using an Apple iPad and connecting the mixer's HiQnet Ethernet output to a wireless router

Customizes the four fader layer page functions for the user's needs

Illuminates fader slots according to function with defined colors for FX, Stereo, Linked Mono, GEQ, Post Fade Aux, and PRE Fade Aux

Expands upon the Soundcraft Expression's 2-Band Parametric EQ with an additional 2 bands of control

Connects 1 control with 1 function on the mixer to avoid complicated nested navigation of menus

Enables mixing to an AUX, FX, or matrix bus with the press of a single key

Provides dedicated graphic equalizer on each channel to ensure you will not run out of processing resources

Locks entire console or selected elements from unauthorized users and maintains user profile settings

Connects to the dbx PMC16 Personal Monitoring System through the Si BLU link option card and Cat5 cable

Prevents accidental manual change of a microphone gain control that would influence direct out levels such as when using a common stagebox or recording the direct outputs

Provides rotary controls that can be assigned to be GAIN, PAN, or High Pass Filter for all inputs

Copies whole channels, busses, mixes, Lexicon effects, a single part such as an EQ, or multiple parts of a channel strip such as the gate and compressor

Provide dedicated front panel keys for STORE, RECALL, NEXT, MUTE 1-8, TAP TEMPO, and more

Displays information about the absolute value of the controls, channel name, and number for a channel whenever a control is moved or the select key is pressed

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Which driver software need for PC when I use Madi USB combo card.

A: To use the Soundcraft MADI-USB Combo Option Card for Si Series Consoles on a Windows PC additional drivers are needed. Soundcraft's MADI-USB Combo card audio drivers can be found on the Soundcraft website (www.soundcraft.com).

Q: 2. Can this provide phantom power for microphones?

A: Phantom power would come from the mixer, not the stage box.

Q: 3. let me know the weight ?

A: The Soundcraft GB2 24 channel unit weight is listed as 25kg (55.1lbs).

Q: 4. When moving a dial for premiere pros lumetri color, does this automatically apply the effect as well? As in, turn a dual set for exposure, and it raises the exposure as well as of course applying the effect? Or do I need to be in the color or effects panel.

A: The loupedeck will open the effect for you. for example if you press the button to open up the lumetri controls it will open up the lumetri effects panel.

Q: 5. Does Loupedeck Live change the keys between app focus, or can it persist no matter what app is in focus like the Elgato Streamdeck?

A: The buttons do not change automatically based on the application that is open however you can create presets (workspaces) for each application and swap between the presets very easily.

Q: 6. I want to get the Soundcraft Notepad-12FX. I have an BBE 482i. Soundcraft Notepad-12FX has Male XLR outputs only. The BBE 482i has 1/4 inch inputs only.Do I simply need a female xlr to male trs cable to connect the mixer to the BBE? Or do I need some sort of D.I. Box to convert the XLR out from the mixer to Line Level? Thanks for your help.

A: The XLR outputs of the mixer are Line level, so you would simply need need a cable, such as a Hosa Technology Balanced 1/4 TRS Male to 3-Pin XLR Male Audio Cable (5'), B&H # HOHSX005.

Q: 7. Can you use both the RCA in and USB connection to record at the same time? They are on the same channel, so it does not look obvious to me.

A: You can record the RCA input while connected to a computer via USB.

Q: 8. Is this compatible with Davinci Resolve?

A: According to Loupedeck, the Live is not natively compatible with Resolve, but can work with any software through custom profiles within the Loupedeck software. Natively supported software: Adobe Lightroom Classic Adobe Photoshop CC Adobe Premiere Pro CC Adobe After Effects CC Adobe Audition CC Final Cut Pro X Adobe Illustrator CC OBS Studio Streamlabs OBS Spotify Twitch

Q: 9. Has the SI Impact a headphone jack on the monitor section or in general?

A: The headphone jack in the bottom left front is used for main monitoring and solo of any channel(s) - fro Soundcraft: normally the LR signal but may be PFL/AFL, or other signal as set in the MONITOR system menus. Also you may patch a pair of outputs to the monitor bus for use with studio monitors.

Q: 10. Does this Madi card need a driver installed in computer to run with windows 10 and my studio one 5 daw

A: Yes, to use the MADI-USB Combo Card on a Windows PC additional drivers are needed. However, no additional drivers are required for Mac since the MADI-USB uses Apple's Core Audio drivers. Soundcraft’s MADI-USB Combo card audio drivers can be found on the Soundcraft website (www.soundcraft.com).