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<blockquote data-quote="Erik Schramm" data-source="post: 88567" data-attributes="member: 4328">Re: Soundcraft SI ExpressionHi Guys, jumping in on this discussion. I have an Expressions 1 at home right now on loan from a store and I&#039;m gonna put it through its paces.&nbsp; Just to make note of the differences of this board compared to others in it&#039;s $$$$ range, the Presonus ( which I&#039;ve used for 9 months trouble free on over 50 gigs and yes the pre&#039;s are lacking) is single layer, so is the Behringer X32. The big advantage of the Expression series is that you can have 64 mic pre&#039;d inputs into 66 assignable channels. And that goes for all three models. This is what I&#039;m trying to do. Reduce my footprint by running FOH and 5 stereo in ear mixes from one desk. I&#039;m going to set it up with two layers of 32 inputs, so the only thing that is shared is input gain. Also buying the 32 input stage snake and I will also use it for recording via the dual MADI card which is not out as of yet. NOW, my buddy who has been working on this board for a week says he has found some bugs, talked to Soundcraft and they are aware of it. They seem to be super fast at bug fix updates, which is really strange for Harmon (I personally am reticent to crawl back in bed with this company on any level).like I said I&#039;ve been running the Presonus trouble free for a while, it would be a huge competitor IF they had redone the pre&#039;s. it&#039;s feature set and recording software is stupid easy to use and really USEFUL. None of the other desks offer 32 channel recording without a card (which may or may not be relevant to your application). Blah blah blah, anyhow I&#039;ll let you know what I find out. Also I know that Soundcraft reps will be at Bananas At Large in San Rafael on This Weds.1-4 pm&nbsp; to answer questions and show it off. BTW I was going to buy a Midas Pro1 and be done with it, but it&#039;s foolish not to see what&#039;s in this price point! ;-)-e</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erik Schramm, post: 88567, member: 4328"] Re: Soundcraft SI Expression Hi Guys, jumping in on this discussion. I have an Expressions 1 at home right now on loan from a store and I'm gonna put it through its paces. Just to make note of the differences of this board compared to others in it's $$$$ range, the Presonus ( which I've used for 9 months trouble free on over 50 gigs and yes the pre's are lacking) is single layer, so is the Behringer X32. The big advantage of the Expression series is that you can have 64 mic pre'd inputs into 66 assignable channels. And that goes for all three models. This is what I'm trying to do. Reduce my footprint by running FOH and 5 stereo in ear mixes from one desk. I'm going to set it up with two layers of 32 inputs, so the only thing that is shared is input gain. Also buying the 32 input stage snake and I will also use it for recording via the dual MADI card which is not out as of yet. NOW, my buddy who has been working on this board for a week says he has found some bugs, talked to Soundcraft and they are aware of it. They seem to be super fast at bug fix updates, which is really strange for Harmon (I personally am reticent to crawl back in bed with this company on any level). like I said I've been running the Presonus trouble free for a while, it would be a huge competitor IF they had redone the pre's. it's feature set and recording software is stupid easy to use and really USEFUL. None of the other desks offer 32 channel recording without a card (which may or may not be relevant to your application). Blah blah blah, anyhow I'll let you know what I find out. Also I know that Soundcraft reps will be at Bananas At Large in San Rafael on This Weds.1-4 pm to answer questions and show it off. BTW I was going to buy a Midas Pro1 and be done with it, but it's foolish not to see what's in this price point! ;-)-e [/QUOTE]

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