Soundcraft Si Expression 1 Digital Console - 16 mic pres, 14 + 2 faders, rackmountable

Soundcraft Si Expression 1

The Soundcraft Si Expression 1 is 16 Channel Digital Live Console. The Soundcraft Si Expression 1 exploits some of the newest DSP, component technology and manufacturing techniques to deliver their most powerful and cost effective digital console ever!

Soundcraft Si Expression 1 Features

The Soundcraft Si Expression 1 features 16 recallable mic pre amps plus 4 line inputs, 4 internal stereo FX returns, AES in, and a 64x64 expansion slot offering more than enough scope to use every one of the input processing channels. Every input processing channel has dedicated processing for high pass filter, input delay, gate, compressor and four band EQ whilst keeping it under control is a comprehensive automation system augmented with four mute groups and FaderGlow™ to light the way so you are never lost.

All Si Expression consoles have busses, output processing and connectivity to match the versatility of the inputs. The 14 aux/group mixes can be configured as 14 mono mixes, 8 mono plus 6 stereo mixes or almost anything in between, whilst the 4 matrix mixes can be mono or stereo as needed. The bus and matrix mixes are complemented with four more mix busses dedicated to the internal Lexicon FX processors all in addition to the left, right and centre busses. Each bus mix features a compressor, 4 band EQ, BSS graphic EQ and delay always available all of the time. Output connectivity is comprehensive and features 16 balanced line outputs, headphone monitor out, AES out and of course the 64x64 option slot.

To complement the channel and bus processing, the Si Expression 1 console integrates four stereo Lexicon FX processors based on the MX400 providing a wealth of sounds, user adjustable parameters and dedicated tap-tempo keys. As the FX are hardware based, use of all the effects, even on the most demanding programmes, does not affect other processing in any way and all dynamics, EQs, filters, delays, and GEQs remain available regardless of what you are doing.

Flexible onboard and expansion I/O options ensure your Si Expression 1 integrates effortlessly with other system components utilising any of the Si series option cards including AES, Firewire/USB/ADAT*1, AVIOM™, CobraNet™, BSS Digital Audio Bus (BLU Link) 1, Dante™ 1 CAT5 or optical MADI. The MADI card, as well as being an interface to multi-track recording systems or plug-in systems like Waves, enables linking the Si Expression to any of the Soundcraft or Studer stageboxes to extend the I/O power and flexibility. Adding a stagebox to an Si Expression 1 actually increases the number of channels you can mix at once not just how many inputs you have available to choose from! It is said 'Power is nothing without control' and here the Si Expression 1 excels with a comprehensive but 'simple to use' control surface incorporating a dedicated control for every parameter, a row of global mode encoders and colour touch screen ensuring operation is quick and easy.

As you would expect from any Soundcraft digital mixer the facilities are extensive and include legendary audio quality courtesy of the latest generation EMMA™ DSP processor, the same DSP platform that has helped propel previous Soundcraft Si series consoles to fame. All this power united with reliability, flexibility and usability puts the Si Expression 1 in a class of its own.

Key Points

• 16 mono microphone inputs with 4 line inputs
• 4 line inputs
• Colour touch screen interface66 channels to mix possible
• Pre/Post selection per input per bus
• AES in and out
• Global mode encoders
• Soundcraft FaderGlow^™
• Dedicated rotary controls for major functions
• Dedicated dynamic and EQ on every channel
• 20 sub-group / aux busses
• GEQ on every bus
• 4 FX busses
• 8 Matrix busses
• LR and C Mix busses
• 4 Stereo Lexicon Effects engines
• Delay on inputs and outputs
• 4 Mute Groups
• Freely assignable insert loops
• Harman HiQnet integration
• 64x64 channel option card slot with a range of interfaces
• Rack-Mountable

Soundcraft Si Expression 1 Highlights

D.O.G.S. (Direct Out Gain Stabiliser)
Prevents manual change of a mic gain control affecting direct out levels, perfect when 2 consoles share a stagebox or when recording the channel direct outputs.

Security Lockout
Lock the whole console or just selected elements, manage the security with the users and profile settings.

Assignable Fader Layers
Customise each of the four fader layer pages to meet your needs or add/insert faders to accommodate that additional mic that was not in the patch list!

Copy & Paste
Copy whole channels, busses, mixes, Lexicon™ effects, a single part such as the EQ or multiple parts like the channel gate and compressor.

TOTEM™
The One Touch Easy Mix, press a single key to mix to an AUX, FX or Matrix bus, the surface and monitoring instantly reconfigure to allow instant mixing to your chosen bus on the faders.

1 Control = 1 Function
With each control dedicated to a given function there is never any 'layering' of controls or navigating through screens. This allows the Si Expression controls to be labelled on the surface just as they would have been on an analogue mixer.

Global Mode Controls
A row of rotary controls above each fader assignable at the touch of a button to be GAIN, PAN or HPF for all of the inputs allowing instant access to the core functions.

Soundcraft FaderGlow®
Illuminates the fader slots according to function with clearly defined colours for FX, Stereo, Linked Mono, GEQ, POST Fade Aux, PRE Fade Aux.

Instant Access Keys
Dedicated keys on the front panel for STORE, RECALL, NEXT, MUTE 1-4, TAP TEMPO and more negate the need to dive into screen & context menus.

Function Focus
Whenever a control is moved or SELect key pressed the screen displays information about the channel identifying the absolute value of the controls and the channel name, number etc.

Everything Everywhere
All channels and busses have a full complement of processing, nothing to assign or configure.