Virtual Si User Guide
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1. Click the AUX PRE button so that it lights up then hold down the left control key and click on the encoder NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact To interrogate a function e g 48V Hold LEFT MOUSE 48V Note SEL buttons on all channels that have 48V set will light To enter interrogate mode e g 48V Press LEFT SHIFT LEFT MOUSE 48V Note Interrogate is only active whilst LEFT SHIFT is held down Note SEL buttons on all channels that have 48V set will light clicking on other channel SELs will toggle 48V on those channels To reset a function e g 48V Press LEFT SHIFT 48V CLEAR Note 48V on all channels is cleared NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact To copy a channel LEFT SHIFT ALT Note Press SEL on the source channel Press SEL on destination channels as required To rename a channel on an OLED Press ENTER or F2 or double click Press ENTER or F2 to finish editing NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact To pan the virtual console Press RIGHT CTRL RIGHT SHIFT LEFT MOUSE Note Moving the mouse will drag the panel performance will depend on system and zoom level To zoom the virtual console in or out Press RIGHT CTRL RIGHT SHIFT MOUSE WHEEL Note Performance will depend on system and zoom level To scroll across faders on Si Compact 24 amp 32 Click to the far left or far right fader strip Note This changes the view but not the SELected channel NOTE Not applicable2. added 10 Module Config OUTPUT RANGES 01 08 09 16 17 322 3 64 C IO Module Config The names of the card in green can be edited to help give meaning to the card or application These names will then be used on the console touch screen NOTE When a card is added the system will by default set all OUTPUT routing switches ON To enable the external inputs to the option card to be routed to the Si expansion bus one or more of the input ranges must be enabled this is achieved by clicking one of the four available input ranges this action simulates the setting of the physical DIP switches on the option card NOTE For detailed information regarding DIP switch settings please see Option Slot amp Option Card User Guide available from the Si web page NOTE Si Compact has only a single option card slot Adding Stageboxes If you are adding a MADI card a stagebox icon will appear beside the card prompting you that a stagebox may be connected to this card RH Click the grey stagebox icon to connect the stagebox and begin configuring the modules 01 08 09 16 B 17 2 C 3 64 l To configure the stagebox right click on any slot to remove a card or add a card For help in understanding the various configurations click on the icon to open a browser and download copy of the which describes the rules that govern legal card configurations INPUT R
3. to configure virtual remote stage boxes in order to create shows off line that may then be configured and patched prior to arriving on site in all other respects the Virtual Si operates as a real console and details of the operation can be found in the appropriate user guide NOTE It is important that any show created on the editor matches the hardware configuration of the system that you intend to use else a conflict will arise when the show is loaded and patch data may be lost or unusable The Toolbar Default Show Soundcraft Si3 irtual Left Bay Centre Right Menu Cuelist Store Recall Bay Bay Clipboard Zoom Panels Touchscreen TS Cue Control Config Virtual Soundcraft Si3 toolbar shown others similar Clipboard group Paste When editing a channel name on an OLED click Paste to insert the contents of the clipboard Cut Click Cut to cut the currently selected text of the channel name to the clipboard Copy The Copy button copies the currently selected text to the clipboard Zoom group Panel Click to automatically scale the virtual panel to fit the main window In Zooms in to the panel Out Zooms out from the panel Mode Toggle Zoom Mode When in zoom mode the cursor changes to a magnifying glass click on the virtual panel to zoom in at the cursor right click to zoom out Click Zoom Mode again to exit Zoom Mode Panels group Virtual Click Virtual to automatically scale the virtual p
4. ANGES CONSOLE CARD SLOTS E 01 08 BM 09 16 17 32 E 33 04 OUTPUT RANGES 01 08 09 16 17 32 33 64 Colour code identifies inputs blue or outputs Input MADI channel red positions amp range within the MADI stream similar for outputs IO Module Config ka Access Help document This configuration shows both cards receiving signals from all channels of the Si expansion bus but the AES card is routed to expansion bus inputs 1 8 whilst the MADI card is routed to inputs 17 to 64 It is possible to rename the stagebox short and long names in the same manner as for renaming option cards NOTE Some D21m cards including MADI and CobraNet provide the facility to shut down channels in order that they do not occupy all the MADI channels in the link back to the console In these cases a drop down is provided beside the MADI channel position indicator to allow this to be set it is important this matches the switch setting of the card in the stagebox else an I O conflict may result NOTE As MADI channels are allocated according to their position in a rack care must be taken when using multiple stageboxes to ensure a valid configuration Example 1 Stagebox 1 is a Vi stagebox with 8x 8 channel mic cards in slots A H and is using MADI card 1 with channels 1 32 enabled Stagebox 2 is a Compact Stagebox with 2x 16 channel mic cards in slots A B and C D and is using MADI card 2 wi
5. LICK amp DRAG the window to the TOP BOTTOM LEFT or RIGHT of the screen and the DOCK arrows appear drag the cursor onto an arrow to dock it Once docked the window may pinned to remain on the screen all the time or un pinned when it will Auto Hide once the cursor is moved off the window To un dock the window right click in the window title bar and select FLOATING Default Show Soundcraft Si3 gv Home f Cut In arma Si t F c hh E S Copy Q out a Paste anel a Virtual Left Bay Centre Right Menu Cuelist Store Recall Next Modules Q Mode Bay Bav pboard Zoom els creen I0 Module Config 10 Module Config p Q m S gt B HTHH HIR H H EE 5 s URIE R b TONE STEELE MAIALI 1 Malala Mel mw IAT Other Documentation For instructions on how to operate the console please refer to the appropriate console user guide For Virtual Si specific instructions please see the release notes installed with the application nominally located in START gt ALL PROGRAMS gt HARMAN PRO gt SOUNDCRAFT gt VIRTUAL SI Additional documents available for download include e Si Option Slot amp Option Card User Guide e Soundcraft Studer LO Racks e Studer D21m I O System Components Appendix A Operation Principles amp Special Keys To switch functions in or out use the mouse to click on the switches To adjust a rotary control click and drag on the control moving the mouse up
6. SOUNDCRAFT A Division of Harman International Industries Ltd CRANBORNE HOUSE CRANBORNE ROAD HARMAN POTTERS BAR HERTS EN6 3JN UK Virtual Si User Guide Contents B ete onin I NS o o a E E ae eee E T A A I I T E A 2 Related Sotware Veh eT 2 E eE TTT Z Minimum System Py CUI T ph st ese nets cendial Semeeemeiee owadalavsdexedeamcededcnmesaaey EAEE EEA EORR E Oaeei 2 Weiser TIE outage se sasdabeoraceaniatade ca E E 2 PRIN VMOU A ate ee erent sarasota besiege sad AOAO EEA A ctne er EE E T TE E A organs 3 ISSE Tee R E as ctotececsceeveceusesvseee speveceusonecscncnevoreuseaessenenerseeetoeascnccevareuseaeesecesereeectonveseeacevar ceeaeeseceserenneeonvenceenevesece once 3 Tae TO OUD TTT 3 TIO OA TOT ero erases xd carne ter secntad ce sioas iovassahades E E E 3 ZG OAR CON pet E E E edt E E E AAE doctors A E EET E 3 Panele TO E E EE E E E E 4 TUNG MSOC e E E A A E AE E A E aasiatetbidetes 4 ELE EE aD a asic eases E E E ET E E E E E EIET A OE A E E 4 Con E ET a ea E E E E 4 Si Compact CONTROL ZONU er ao E a Ta 4 Adding Modulis e Ae T 4 ST y TOA E E E NE E E E E E 4 LRS oane DORE THH 5 Important Notes re Stagebox Configurations esse eee e eee eee 7 MOC Hh N TOY e E teases cansiconnnsinescentoueissa antes asannannsenessonncententaaaaeehananaet 7 BKT E Te TH 8 Appendix A Operation Principles amp Special Keys sss 8 TG TOC STS AMC COCCI a teens e aunbecndeeracuoussiou tap ive nauaeseceieeevecsdesetdeatennses 8 To toggle an encoder bus sen
7. anel to fit the main window Left Click to zoom in to the left bay Centre Centre zooms in to the centre outputs bay Right In Si2 and Si3 virtual consoles clicking Right zooms into the right bay NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact Touchscreen group Menu Displays the touchscreen main menu panel Cue List Displays the touchscreen cuelist panel Cue Control group Store Stores a cue Recall Recalls the current cue in the cue list Next Recalls the next cue in the cue list Config Group See Adding Modules amp Stageboxes Si Compact CONTROL zone CONTROL or bus buses in turn Adding Modules amp Stageboxes Adding Modules The Virtual Si Compact features an additional CONTROL zone this replicates the fader ON and SOLO keys of the currently selected channel You may scroll through the channels on the surface sequentially by clicking the lit left or right arrows this has the effect of moving the active SELect and thereby the channel on the assignable channel section up or down by 1 allowing you to easily configure channels or Modules Displays the I O Module Configuration panel allowing addition editing and deleting of I O Modules The CONFIG window allows the user to add and set up virtual cards and stageboxes that may be used in a show Click on the MODULES button to open the window Right Click on an empty slot to bring up a context menu allowing an option card to be
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9. rements PC running Windows XP SP2 or later Windows Vista SP1 or later amp Windows 7 1 8GHz Pentium M or similar processor 1GB RAM minimum 2GB recommended 100MB free hard drive space for application installation USB port for transfer of Shows to from console Display Resolution 1280x800 Virtual Si should also run on newer Mac with Leopard OS running native Windows XP SP2 or later Please note we can t guarantee operation on every possible combination of PC hardware and Windows version but if you find one that doesn t work and you have satisfied the minimum requirements above please let us know Installing the Application To install the application once you have unpacked the ZIP file 1 Uninstall any previous versions of Virtual Si 2 Double click the application to start the installer and follow the on screen instructions 3 The installer will place a shortcut to Virtual Si on your desktop and in your start menu Starting Virtual Si When starting Virtual Si you are presented with a screen depicting all console types available in Virtual Si and the last console you used To begin using Virtual Si simply click on the console type you wish to use create S Select a Virtual Si Console ic ___ Recent Virtual Si Consoles Si Compact 24 All Soundcraft Virtual Si Consoles mo D i j i t Si1 Si2 Si Compact 16 Si Compact 24 Introduction to V4 0 The new Virtual Si Editor offers the user the facility
10. th channels 33 64 enabled In this example there would be no access to the audio from Stagebox 2 since the audio cards would be occupying MADI channels 1 32 but the MADI card in the console is enabled for channels 33 64 to avoid conflict To correct the situation swap the two stage boxes and use cards E H on the Vi stagebox Important Notes re Stagebox Configurations gt The Virtual Sil illustrates four slots although the actual console has only two physical positions accessible However owing to the way the option slot system works there is no need to choose which slots you use and there are no application issues should you create an Sil project with more than two cards other than the inability to create this in the real world gt The system will not allow two option cards to talk to the same range of inputs therefore if multiple cards are used connections will result in something similar to the above gt The system requires that the setting of the INPUT and OUTPUT routing switches on the virtual system match any physical cards installed in the console Refer to the Si Option Card User Guide for more information on this topic gt The editor cannot prevent setting of illegal configurations details of possible configurations are included in the Soundcraft Studer I O Racks manual Docking Window A new feature added to the Virtual Si is the ability to dock configuration windows to dock a window C
11. to Si 1 2 or 3 Support If these notes do not resolve any issues you may have please contact Soundcraft Customer Services Email soundcraft support harman com Web _ http www soundcraft com support uk_support aspx Tel Soundcraft Customer Services Manager 44 0 1707 668 298
12. to increase down to decrease It is possible to use the mouse within most touchscreen pages including pages displaying lists To select an item click on it once If it is editable click once again and a drop down list will appear Click on the desired item to select it and again to close the drop down list The item will be changed Some pages do not yet support use of the mouse in these cases please use the ADJUST and SELECT buttons on the touchscreen panel It is also possible to use the keyboard within most touchscreen pages On a page containing a list use the up and down cursor keys to move between items Then press F2 to edit that item Use the UP and DOWN cursor keys to move within the popup menu then F2 again to select In a freeform text box such as the channel rename page simply type a channel name then press ENTER to save Note In the following list virtual console keys are simply named e g 48V whereas physical PC keys and mouse buttons are denoted with square brackets e g LEFT CTRL To toggle an encoder Press LEFT CTRL LEFT MOUSE Note Encoder ON light will light or extinguish as appropriate NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact To toggle an encoder bus send level Press LEFT CTRL hold LEFT MOUSE Note When in Bus Send mode toggles bus send level between infinity and OdB NOTE Not applicable to Si Compact To change an encoder aux mode Press AUX PRE LEFT CTRL LEFT MOUSE Note
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