Soundcraft Si Impact — user Manual: Safety Guidelines for Audio Equipment Usage [7/132]

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• For soundcraft si impact console p.1
• User guide p.1
• User manual p.2
• Important please read this manual carefully before using your mixer for the first time p.2
• Information p.2
• User manual p.3
• Contents p.3
• Welcome to impact p.4
• The soundcraft si impact is a compact digital console optimised for live sound it s powerful yet simple to use with intuitive controls consistent colour coded feedback and rapid parameter access features such as analogue madi and usb i o as standard motorised faders the assignable channel strip acs totem fast mix access buttons and vcas mean that any aspect of the performance can be served to the surface in an instant with analogue style control of its comprehensive feature set p.4
• Introduction p.4
• User manual p.4
• Introduction to impact p.4
• User manual p.5
• Safety notices p.5
• Safety p.5
• Important symbols p.5
• For your own safety and to avoid invalidation of the warranty please read this section carefully p.5
• Warnings p.6
• User manual p.6
• Safety p.6
• Warnings p.7
• User manual p.7
• Safety p.7
• Warranty p.8
• User manual p.8
• User manual p.9
• Specifications p.9
• Getting started p.10
• User manual p.10
• Starting off an introduction to this manual p.10
• User manual p.11
• Overview p.11
• Parts of the console p.12
• User manual p.12
• User manual p.13
• Parts of the console p.13
• User manual p.14
• The si impact faderglow colours are p.14
• Faderglow p.14
• Assignable controls p.15
• User manual p.15
• At the heart of the si impact is a group of assignable controls that make the console easier and faster to navigate and operate assignable controls work by changing the function of sections of the console surface in this way a single control can do several jobs depending on the mode the console is working in it is important that you understand the assignable controls on the console in order to use it effectively especially the way in which the faders and totem buttons together determine the functionality of the control channels and faders p.15
• The are four main fader layers on the impact console selected by the faders button group a b c and d to the right of the control channels the additional buttons in this group assign graphic eq bands across the faders for convenient control p.16
• Fader layers p.16
• User manual p.16
• Control channels p.17
• User manual p.17
• User manual p.18
• Control channel assignment p.18
• User manual p.19
• Control channel assignment p.19
• Control channel assignment p.20
• User manual p.20
• Shift the currently selected channel allocation to the left or the right as long as there is an unassigned slot available p.20
• Insert blank p.20
• Insert a blank control channel into the currently selected control channel slot and shift the others to the left or right p.20
• Assignment p.20
• User manual p.21
• Assignable channel strip p.21
• Totem fader follow p.22
• User manual p.22
• User manual p.23
• Touch screen p.23
• Security p.24
• User manual p.24
• The touch screen main menu can be accessed at any time by pressing the menu button next to the touch screen from here you can navigate to any of the settings menus p.24
• Main menu p.24
• Copy paste p.24
• System p.25
• Solo system settings p.25
• Setup and patching of the four available insert sends and returns p.25
• Main menu p.25
• Insert p.25
• Fader setup p.25
• Brightness settings and d o g s system direct out gain stabiliser on off p.25
• Assign dsp channels to control channel slots p.25
• User manual p.25
• System information hiqnet and ip addressing selective console reset functions and the event log p.25
• Outputs p.26
• User manual p.26
• Settings for the monitoring systems p.26
• Settings and operations for the built in oscillator p.26
• Outputchannel specificsettings p.26
• Monitor p.26
• Main menu p.26
• Inputs vca p.26
• Inputchannelorvcamaster specificsettings p.26
• Graphic representation of the eq for the selected channel p.26
• User manual p.27
• Inputs outputs p.27
• Inputs and outputs p.27
• Patching p.28
• User manual p.28
• User manual p.29
• Patching p.29
• User manual p.30
• Soundweb control p.30
• Soundweb p.30
• Input card p.31
• Soundweb control p.31
• Soundweb p.31
• Set the soundweb london devices node address to send and receive hiqnet values to your si console p.31
• Select an input channel on the selected card and device p.31
• Select an input card on the soundweb london device p.31
• Node address p.31
• Input channel p.31
• External control status p.31
• Disable enable soundweb london preamp control for this patch p.31
• User manual p.31
• User manual p.32
• Default patching p.32
• Visi connect p.33
• User manual p.33
• Visi connect cards p.34
• User manual p.34
• Visi connect cards p.35
• User manual p.35
• User manual p.36
• Stageboxes p.36
• User manual p.37
• Madi usb card p.37
• User manual p.38
• Madi usb set up p.38
• Madi usb p.39
• User manual p.39
• Usb pc driver p.39
• Pc driver p.39
• User manual p.40
• Channels busses p.40
• User manual p.41
• Input channels receive either external input from instruments microphones and so on or they receive input from the internal lexicon fx units fx return stereo input channels 1 4 p.41
• Input channels p.41
• User manual p.42
• Input channels p.42
• Name the selected input channel p.43
• Pan mode p.43
• Isolate this channel from automation playback p.43
• Isolate p.43
• Input setup p.43
• An input channel can either be mono linked or stereo p.43
• User manual p.43
• Therearevariousinput specificoptions foundviathetouchscreenmainmenuinputsbutton theseoffer channel naming linking lr or lcr panning routing pre post routing options for mix busses and direct outputs and physical input and direct output patching p.43
• Set pan mode for this channel to lr left right or lcr left centre right p.43
• Set the proportion of centre channel signal sent to left and right p.44
• Set individual pre or post fade routing to mix busses 1 14 p.44
• Set global post pre p.44
• Set a global routing for all mix bus contributions from the input channel p.44
• Mix 1 14 pre post p.44
• Lcr pan width p.44
• Input setup p.44
• Input patch p.44
• Directout pre post p.44
• Directout patch p.44
• Choose whether the direct output patch is sourced pre filter or post filter p.44
• Choose an analogue or digital output for this channel s direct output p.44
• Choose an analogue or digital input for this input channel p.44
• User manual p.44
• User manual p.45
• Mix outputs p.45
• All contributions to a mix bus are summed into mix bus master dsp channels mix 1 14 they have various uses including feeding auxiliary effects as monitoring mixes or creating unique mixes for zoned areas contribution to the main mix and more all output channels include a graphic eq p.45
• User manual p.46
• Mix outputs p.46
• User manual p.47
• Pan mode p.47
• Outputs setup p.47
• Mix width p.47
• Mix outputs setup p.47
• Isolate p.47
• Lcr pan width p.48
• Contribution pan mode p.48
• Choosespecificanalogueordigitaloutputsforthisdspchannel p.48
• Choose a pan mode for all contributions to this bus p.48
• User manual p.48
• Set the proportion of centre channel signal sent to left and right p.48
• Set the pre post routing for all contributions to this mix bus p.48
• Set mix sends pre post p.48
• Outputs setup p.48
• Output patching p.48
• Mix outputs setup p.48
• User manual p.49
• The matrix busses feed the matrix master channels matrix busses can be used for many things includingaconvenientwaytosendthesamemixtoseveralmonitordestinationsatdifferinglevels or to use as an alternative main mix of mix groups to feed additional front of house zones p.49
• Matrix outputs p.49
• User manual p.50
• Matrix outputs p.50
• Isolate the matrix master dsp channel from automation playback p.51
• Isolate p.51
• Choosespecificanalogueordigitaloutputsforthemasteroutputchannel p.51
• Choose mono or stereo type for the matrix master output p.51
• User manual p.51
• Therearevariousmatrixoutput specificoptions foundviathetouchscreenmainmenuoutputsbutton these offer naming isolate width and physical output patching p.51
• Patching p.51
• Name the selected matrix bus p.51
• Matrix width p.51
• Matrix outputs setup p.51
• User manual p.52
• The main left right and mono centre busses and master channels are used for the main mix output and receive their inputs from the input channels and mix bus master channels the mono bus is the centre bus when the panning mode of contributing channels is set to lcr and mono routing is enabled p.52
• Main mix outputs p.52
• Main mix out p.52
• Patching p.53
• Name the selected main output bus p.53
• Main mix outputs setup p.53
• Isolate the main output master dsp channel from automation playback p.53
• Isolate p.53
• Choosespecificanalogueanddigitaloutputsforthisdspchannel p.53
• User manual p.53
• Therearevariousmainlrandm specificoptions foundviathetouchscreenmainmenuoutputsbutton these offer naming isolate and physical output patching p.53
• User manual p.54
• Fx busses p.54
• User manual p.55
• Dsp elements p.55
• Channel elements p.55
• User manual p.56
• Function focus p.56
• User manual p.57
• The assignable channel strip acs follows the currently selected dsp channel and provides almost all of the controls relating to that it is broken down into logical sections making it easy to identify control groups and functions at a glance p.57
• Acs elements p.57
• User manual p.58
• The input section mainly provides the features required for input channels such as phantom power and mic line level metering is applicable to all dsp channel types and hpf high pass filter is available in mix bus master channels p.58
• Metering p.58
• Acs input section p.58
• V phantom power p.58
• User manual p.59
• Switches the high pass filter on and off p.59
• Phase invert p.59
• Invert signal phase 180 degrees p.59
• Hpf on off p.59
• Hpf frequency p.59
• Gain trim p.59
• Adjust the cut off 3db frequency of the high pass filter p.59
• Adjust mic gain or line trim for input channels p.59
• Acs input section p.59
• User manual p.60
• Release p.60
• Attack p.60
• Acs gate section p.60
• Acs gate section p.61
• User manual p.61
• User manual p.62
• Release p.62
• Compressor p.62
• Attack p.62
• Acs compressor section p.62
• Threshold p.63
• Switch the compression process on or off p.63
• Indicates amount of gain reduction currently being applied by the compression process p.63
• Gain reduction meter p.63
• Compressor p.63
• Comp on off p.63
• Adjust the threshold level of the compressor p.63
• Adjust the ratio value for the compressor p.63
• Adjust the make up gain of the compressor p.63
• Acs compressor section p.63
• User manual p.63
• User manual p.64
• Hf level p.64
• Hf freq p.64
• Equaliser p.64
• Acs equaliser section p.64
• Lo mid freq p.65
• Hi mid q p.65
• Hi mid level p.65
• Hi mid freq p.65
• Equaliser p.65
• Adjustthecentrefrequencyofthehimidfilter p.65
• Adjusttheboost attenuationofthelomidfilter p.65
• Adjusttheboost attenuationofthehimidfilter p.65
• Adjust the q of the hi mid filter p.65
• Acs equaliser section p.65
• User manual p.65
• Lo mid level p.65
• User manual p.66
• Switch the eq process for this channel on and off p.66
• Lo mid q p.66
• Lf level p.66
• Lf freq p.66
• Equaliser p.66
• Eq on off p.66
• Adjustthecut offfrequencyofthelf bell filter p.66
• Adjusttheboost attenuationofthelf bell filter p.66
• Adjust the q of the lo mid filter p.66
• Adjust the q of the hi mid filter and switch bell shelf mode p.66
• Acs equaliser section p.66
• Output p.67
• Acs output section p.67
• User manual p.67
• User manual p.68
• Acs output section p.68
• User manual p.69
• Gate closed x p.69
• Control channel p.69
• Channel name function p.69
• User manual p.70
• Select this control channel p.70
• On key function is dependant on the channel type and selected fader layer a long press of this button will use momentary behaviour p.70
• Level meter p.70
• Indicates gain reduction for the selected channel p.70
• Indicates audio level for the selected channel dbfs p.70
• Gain reduction meter p.70
• Control channel p.70
• Adjust signal level p.71
• User manual p.71
• Press to solo this dsp channel input channel mix bus master matrix master p.71
• Control channel p.71
• User manual p.72
• Graphic eq geq p.72
• Zero all bands in the active geq p.73
• User manual p.73
• Press to assign the 14 low geq bands 31hz 630hz to the control channel faders p.73
• Press to assign the 14 high geq bands 800hz 16khz to the control channel faders p.73
• On red p.73
• Lighted red to indicate an active non zero geq band press to zero that band p.73
• Graphic eq geq p.73
• Geq lo p.73
• Geq hi p.73
• Clr geq p.73
• Adjust the level of the assigned geq band p.73
• User manual p.74
• Mute groups p.74
• Mix features p.74
• User manual p.75
• Mute mute group setup p.75
• Mute groups enable group muting of selected channels at any time create up to eight mute groups operated from the mute vca group masters button group 1 8 mute groups can be cumulative while not in vca or mute setup modes the buttons are always mute group masters p.75
• Mute groups p.75
• Mute group master p.75
• User manual p.76
• Select control channels p.76
• Mute status indication p.76
• Mute groups p.76
• Clear selection p.76
• Clear all p.76
• Alt clr p.76
• Mute groups p.77
• Vca groups p.77
• User manual p.77
• Vca vca group setup p.78
• Vca groups p.78
• Vca group master p.78
• User manual p.78
• Vca master fader p.79
• Vca groups p.79
• Vca group mute status indication p.79
• User manual p.79
• Offset the level of vca group member channels p.79
• Clear selection p.79
• Clear all p.79
• Alt clr p.79
• Copy paste p.80
• Copy and paste p.80
• User manual p.80
• This facility allows almost any processing section to be copied easily and quickly from a channel or bus and pasted to another channel or bus you can also copy and paste the internal lexicon fx settings and aux fx send and matrix mixes p.80
• Paste hold p.80
• User manual p.81
• Copy and paste p.81
• User manual p.82
• Interrogate p.82
• Audio interrogate is a powerful method of checking and changing a particular switch status across all channels on the currently selected fader layer for example you can check at a glance which channels are routed to the main lr mix bus and change that status rapidly for all visible channels p.82
• Audio interrogate p.82
• User manual p.83
• Solo system p.83
• Solo provides a way of monitoring and checking individual channels and groups of channels quickly by routing only the soloed channels either to the monitoring system normal operation or to the main mix outputs solo in place sip p.83
• Press to clear any active solos p.84
• Indicators light to show solo mode status p.84
• Highlight level p.84
• Access solo settings menu p.84
• User manual p.84
• The attenuation level of the unhighlighted soloed channels while highlight is active p.84
• Switch solo in place sip mode on or off p.84
• Solo touch screen p.84
• Solo system p.84
• Solo status indicators p.84
• Solo in place p.84
• Solo clr p.84
• Press to solo the assigned channel p.84
• Input solo mode p.85
• Input priority p.85
• Enable or disable the solo auto cancel mode p.85
• Enable or disable select follows solo mode p.85
• Blend level p.85
• Allow input solos to temporarily override an output afl p.85
• 10db of trim to the level of the solo bus to the monitor system p.85
• User manual p.85
• The attenuation level of the primary monitor source while a pfl or afl is active p.85
• Solo trim p.85
• Solo system p.85
• Solo auto cancel mode p.85
• Set the input solo mode to auto afl or pfl p.85
• Select follows solo p.85
• User manual p.86
• The si impact monitoring system is comprehensive yet simple the monitoring source active monitor signal will normally be the main lr mix though will switch to any selection made in the solo system afl or pfl busses p.86
• Monitors p.86
• Monitoring p.86
• Mon level p.86
• Enable or disable the lr mon level swap function p.87
• Enable disable the monitor output patch p.87
• Enable disable the monitor output delay p.87
• Delay time samples milliseconds p.87
• You access the monitor settings menu by touching the monitor touch screen button from the main menu p.87
• User manual p.87
• Set the physical patching for the monitor output signal p.87
• Set the monitor output delay time p.87
• Outputs a mono sum of the stereo monitor signal p.87
• Mono check p.87
• Monitoring settings menu p.87
• Monitoring p.87
• Monitor l r out patch p.87
• Lr mon level swap p.87
• L r monitor speaker p.87
• User manual p.88
• The clr clear button located to the right of the channel faders area is used in conjunction with individual input channels output channels channel parameters and mutes to clear or reset to default p.88
• The alt button above right of lrm mix faders can be used in conjunction with the clr button to clear or reset parameters channels and bus mixes across the whole of the console p.88
• Clr functions p.88
• Clr alt clr p.88
• User manual p.89
• Clr alt clr p.89
• Alt clr functions p.89
• User manual p.90
• Other alt button functions p.90
• Clr alt clr p.90
• User manual p.91
• Shows cuelist snapshots p.91
• Shows cuelist and snapshots p.91
• User manual p.92
• New show p.92
• Delete p.92
• Name the current show p.93
• Initiate the process of saving the current show p.93
• Initiate the load show process p.93
• Global isolate filters p.93
• User manual p.93
• Show name p.93
• Select and isolate parameters from recall by the automation system p.93
• Save as p.93
• Reset config p.93
• Re establishthesystemconfiguration p.93
• User manual p.94
• Cuelist snapshots p.94
• Recall p.95
• Load the previous cue p.95
• Load the next cue p.95
• Load the currently highlighted cue p.95
• Cuelist snapshots p.95
• Cue list p.95
• Bring up the cuelist screen in the console touch screen p.95
• Alt next p.95
• User manual p.95
• Store the current snapshot in the cuelist p.95
• User manual p.96
• Update the currently active cue with the current snapshot p.96
• Update p.96
• Move up p.96
• Move the currently highlighted cue up one in the cue list p.96
• Move the currently highlighted cue down one in the cue list p.96
• Move down p.96
• Edit the cue details in the touch screen p.96
• Edit cue p.96
• Delete the currently highlighted cue p.96
• Delete p.96
• Cuelist snapshots p.96
• User manual p.97
• Cuelist snapshots p.97
• User manual p.98
• Edit cue p.98
• User manual p.99
• The console comes with four lexicon fx processors each with 29 available algorithms each fx unit has its own dedicated fx send bus and stereo return path p.99
• Lexicon fx p.99
• User manual p.100
• Lexicon fx p.100
• Adjust scroll touch screen control p.100
• User manual p.101
• Reverbs p.101
• Plate reverbs p.101
• Chamber reverb p.101
• Room reverb p.102
• Reverse reverb p.102
• Reverbs p.102
• Ambience reverb p.102
• User manual p.102
• Spring reverb p.102
• User manual p.103
• Rthcsetsthefrequencyabovewhicha6db octavelow passfilterattenuatesthereverberated signal p.103
• Rt high cut p.103
• Reverb parameters p.103
• Pre dly pre delay p.103
• Mid rt mid range reverb time p.103
• Er time early reflections time p.103
• Er level early reflections level p.103
• Build up rate of diffusion after the initial period which is controlled by diffusion p.103
• Adjustthelevelofearlyreflectionswithinthereverb p.103
• Adjusttheamountoftimebeforereverbearlyreflectionsoccur p.103
• Adjust time delay between the source signal and the onset of reverberation p.103
• Adjust the amount of time the mid range reverb can be heard p.103
• Adjust reverb onset and sustain p.104
• User manual p.104
• Spread p.104
• Setthefrequencyofa6db octavelow passfilteronthereverberatedsignal p.104
• Rt hi cut reverb time high cut p.104
• Reverb parameters p.104
• Initial echo density p.104
• Hi cut p.104
• Diff diffusion p.104
• Boost or cut frequencies below the bass boost frequency the transition point from mid rt to low rt p.104
• Bass bst bass boost p.104
• Adjust the contour of the reverberation envelope p.104
• Adjust the amount of high frequency content in the reverberation tails p.104
• Pong delay p.105
• Mono delay p.105
• Modulated delay p.105
• Delays p.105
• User manual p.105
• Tape delay p.105
• Tap delay p.105
• Studio delay p.105
• Reverse delay p.105
• Hi pass p.106
• Frequenciesbelowthisarefiltered removed p.106
• Frequenciesabovethisarefiltered removed p.106
• Feedback p.106
• Ducking attenuation amount p.106
• Duck thr duck threshold p.106
• Duck lvl duck level p.106
• Dly time delay time p.106
• Delay parameters p.106
• Controls the number of delay repeats by feeding the delay output signal back into the delay input p.106
• Controls the length of the delay time relative to tempo p.106
• User manual p.106
• Set the input signal level at which ducking occurs p.106
• Lo pass p.106
• User manual p.107
• Swaps the delay time tap offset set by the tap ratio p.107
• Swap tap swap p.107
• Ratio tap ratio p.107
• Ratio of wet to dry signal p.107
• Pan tap pan p.107
• Ducking attenuation amount p.107
• Depth modulation depth p.107
• Delay parameters p.107
• Controls the tap ratio of left and right outputs relative to the delay time p.107
• Control the intensity of modulation or depth in the modulated delay p.107
• Adjustthepanpositionsinthestereofieldoftap1andtap2 p.107
• Chorus p.108
• Vibrato p.108
• User manual p.108
• Tremolo p.108
• Rotary p.108
• Pitch shift p.108
• Phaser p.108
• Misc fx p.108
• Flanger p.108
• Detune p.108
• User manual p.109
• Misc fx parameters p.109
• User manual p.110
• Misc fx parameters p.110
• User manual p.111
• Misc fx parameters p.111
• Misc fx parameters p.112
• User manual p.112
• User manual p.113
• System settings p.113
• Settings software reset p.113
• User manual p.114
• Preferences p.114
• User manual p.115
• Preferences p.115
• User manual p.116
• System menu p.116
• System menu p.117
• User manual p.117
• Mac address p.118
• Ip address resolution p.118
• Ip address p.118
• Choose an internal external or option card wordclock reference p.118
• Wordclock p.118
• User manual p.118
• Used to specify the subnet for this device p.118
• The media access control address read only p.118
• The ip address of this console on the network p.118
• System time p.118
• System menu p.118
• Subnet mask p.118
• Set ip resolution to dhcp dynamic or manual p.118
• User manual p.119
• System menu p.119
• User manual p.120
• Security menu p.120
• Edit user p.120
• Add user p.120
• Security menu p.121
• User manual p.121
• User manual p.122
• Add edit user p.122
• User manual p.123
• Add edit user p.123
• User manual p.124
• Profiles p.124
• New profile p.124
• Delete profile p.124
• User manual p.125
• Profiles p.125
• User manual p.126
• Software update p.126
• User manual p.127
• The following procedure will restore the console back to the factory defaults and re format the internal sd card do not do this is you wish to keep saved data shows p.127
• Reset console p.127
• User manual p.128
• Route to mix mtx p.128
• Route to all p.128
• Oscillator p.128
• User manual p.129
• Oscillator p.129
• You can check the exact audio path of any signal by referring to the signal path diagrams in chapter 6 p.130
• User manual p.130
• No sound p.130
• Is there anything on the meters p.130
• Are they in phase p.130
• Are the control channel input channel and input patch correct p.130
• Are solos inactive p.130
• Appendix 01 no sound p.130
• A troubleshooting guide oneofthemostcommonproblemsexperiencedwithmixingconsolesisfindingthataninputisn tap pearing at an output there are many possible reasons for this but the best way to troubleshoot it is to firstmakesurethecontrolchannelissetupcorrectly thentogothroughthesignalpathandworkout where the break is p.130
• Appendix 01 no sound p.131
• User manual p.131
• No sound p.131
• Is the gate shut p.131
• Is the fader up p.131
• Is the channel panned to a valid output p.131
• Is the channel on and unmuted p.131
• If there is an insert point assigned is the signal returned p.131
• User manual p.132
• To check the physical output patch select the relevant bus master channel and then go to the outputs menu in the touch screen p.132
• Routing can cover lr and mono routing as well as mix bus routing p.132
• No sound p.132
• Is the signal routed to a valid output bus or channel p.132
• Is the output patch valid p.132
• Is the output master channel path valid p.132
• Appendix 01 no sound p.132
• Almost exactly the same checks as above can be done on the output master channel whether it s a mix matrix or lr m master p.132