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Author Topic: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc  (Read 54720 times)

Samuel Rees

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http://g-forceproaudio.com/2013/01/23/soundcraft-si-expression/

More info on the 'Soundcraft mixing consoles' Facebook. It looks to me like they took the Si Compact, improved it, and slashed the price by 60%, and released it as a "new" console, along with a few new option cards and cheap stage boxes. Seems like this is going to clearly destroy all resale value of Si Compacts down to the at least <$1800 range. My Apple products hold resale price better than that... disappointing.
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Re: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 12:33:56 PM »

http://g-forceproaudio.com/2013/01/23/soundcraft-si-expression/

More info on the 'Soundcraft mixing consoles' Facebook. It looks to me like they took the Si Compact, improved it, and slashed the price by 60%, and released it as a "new" console, along with a few new option cards and cheap stage boxes. Seems like this is going to clearly destroy all resale value of Si Compacts down to the at least <$1800 range. My Apple products hold resale price better than that... disappointing.

and it has turnarounds for use as a monitor split
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Re: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 12:39:11 PM »

thats mighty interesting, unless there is a major software difference... thats a bad move for Soundcraft for its customers.
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Re: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 12:41:56 PM »

http://g-forceproaudio.com/2013/01/23/soundcraft-si-expression/

More info on the 'Soundcraft mixing consoles' Facebook. It looks to me like they took the Si Compact, improved it, and slashed the price by 60%, and released it as a "new" console, along with a few new option cards and cheap stage boxes. Seems like this is going to clearly destroy all resale value of Si Compacts down to the at least <$1800 range. My Apple products hold resale price better than that... disappointing.

Very disappointing - I like the new cards for recording, but my Compact Stage Box with MADI and a few of my SI-compacts just became redundant.
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Samuel Rees

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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 12:52:10 PM »

My biggest reason for purchasing the Si Compact, when I likely could have accomplished my business goals with a lesser desk, was to provide a platform for learning on higher end digital desks. I figured that after 1-2 years I'd asses were I am in terms of business needs, skills, and etc and decide I either keep or resell the desk and get something else based on what I've learned. Surprise - what I really learned is never to depend on resale when buying a product. It's still a good desk, but Soundcraft obviously is willing to ankle bite their own customers!
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 12:57:09 PM »

PS - Presonus must be lonely at NAMM.
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2013, 01:11:37 PM »

"Starting at $2500 US MAP"
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Re: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 01:41:15 PM »

"Starting at $2500 US MAP"

Any ideas/guesses to what the digital snake will run?
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2013, 02:41:39 PM »

Your guess is as good as mine, I got that MAP from their Facebook page.
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Re: Soundcraft Si Expression - Desk to compete with Behringer, Presonus, etc
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2013, 04:19:03 PM »

It does look nice. Room on the left for an Ipad type device. Built in wifi or ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlU7Stq__c8

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