I think the Si is a very good sounding desk.It is easy for people unfamiliar with to figure out in 10 minutes max.This summer I spent several weeks with one of the Si3’s had to mix very different styles it worked very well. We also had a lot of guys thrown on it with little or no notice out of 16 one could not work around it not being a digi design he mixed more with his eyes than ears.Even though as of now it is not plug in friendly the comps are DBX , the Gates and EQ’s are BSS and the effects are Lexicon In my opinion that is a better start point than any other desk at the same cost point. The desk is well finished runs cool also very easy to get around on I have spec’d one for our fourth theater on campus they also just added a Si1 to the list (more…)