Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer

Optional accessories available separately:
-SL1642 1x Cover for 1 Studio Live Mixer
-SL1642 2x Cover for 2 Studio Live Mixers
-SL1642 Adapter to connect 2 Studio Live Mixers

The Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer is the most powerful and flexible sixteen-channel digital mixer the world has seen. Loaded with sixteen high headroom XMAX microphone preamplifiers, built-in 22x18 FireWire recording and playback engine, “Fat-Channel” processing with 4-band EQ’s, compressors, limiters and gates, DSP effects, six aux buses, four sub-groups, extensive LED metering, mixer save and recall, channel-strip save/recall/copy/paste, talkback and more, breaking new boundaries for music performance and production.

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Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer Features:
-16 inputs, 6 auxiliary mixes, 4 subgroups
-16 class A XMAX microphone preamplifiers
-Hi-Definition analog to digital converters (118dB dynamic range)
-Unlimited headroom 32-bit floating point digital mixing and effects processing
-Internal sample frequency 44.1kHz and 48kHz
-22x18 FireWire digital recording interface (24-bit / 44.1kHz and 48kHz)
-Compact 19” rack-mountable rugged steel chassis
-Fat Channel Select
  -High Pass Filter
  -Compressor
  -Limiter
  -Gate
  -4-band semi parametric EQ
  -Pan
  -Load/Save/Copy/Paste
-2 Master DSP Effects (reverbs, delays, time-based effect, with load/save)
-Load/Save Mixer “Scenes” – all settings including fader levels with LED position matching
-100mm long throw faders
-Military grade quick touch push buttons
-Fast-acting LED meters
-Talkback communication system
-CAPTURE integrated live recording software included
-Mac and Windows compatible
-Direct recording interface compatible with Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, Sonar, Digital Performer and more

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Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer is loaded with everything needed for professional live sound production totaling 22 compressors, 22 limiters, 22 gates, 22 high pass filters, 2 stereo reverb/delay’s, 2 31-band equalizers, 2 master stereo limiters and more, saving you loads of money and trips from the trailer during load in/out. All StudioLive digital effects are created and processed with 32-bit floating point precision for maximum sonic performance and enhanced musicality.

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Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer seamlessly integrates a professional digital mixer with a complete multi-channel recording system delivering the most creative environment available for both live performance and studio music production. Take your recording studio to the gig, and have your soundman record and even enhance your shows with the power of StudioLive.

Get creative in the studio. Record with or without Fat Channel or DSP effects processing. Create mixes, loops, sound effects and more, then bring them out to your show and mix them with the live performance. Process channels using your favorite plug-ins, and completely automate your entire show using your favorite music recording and production software. StudioLive completely revolutionizes music production opening endless creative possibilities.

Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer features an innovative and intuitive “QuickTouch” design allowing fast access to every parameter, mix, effect, and aux, allowing quick and creative control during music production. Load and save functions are also included to create snapshots of channel settings, save effect settings, totally recalling a mix, and more. All digital mixing and effects processing is done with 32-bit floating point precision for unmatched musicality.

The heart of StudioLive is the “Fat Channel” engaged by pressing any “select” button, and features extensive equalization and dynamics available to every input channel, every aux output, every subgroup output, and main output. High pass filter, and four-band semi-parametric equalization algorithms are based on PreSonus’ custom-designed digital EyeQ™ equalizer, delivering extremely musical results. Also included in the Fat Channel are compressors, limiters and gates modeled after PreSonus’ award-winning ACP88 for complete dynamics control.

Two programmable 32-bit stereo DSP effects engines are loaded in StudioLive with a wide range of reverbs, delays, and time-based effects with easy to use parameter adjustment, tap tempo, store, recall, and scene selection for ultimate creative flexibility.

Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer allows you to save all of your digital settings for quick setup and recall. Save “scenes” (all settings), channel strips (Fat Channel), and individual DSP effects for ultimate ease, quickness and control.

StudioLive spares no expense when it comes to sound quality. All digital mixing is done with ultra high headroom 32-bit floating point processing for optimal sonic performance. Analog input and output is converted to digital audio with the highest-quality digital converters available delivering dynamic range of +118dB for spectacular sonic results and unmatched musicality.

Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer includes PreSonus’ award-winning FireWire technology with JetPLL™ synchronization delivering 22 channels of recording and 18 channels of simultaneous playback. Each FireWire recording channel can be set to record either pre or post Fat-Channel signal processing giving total flexibility and power. StudioLive can also return 18 FireWire playback channels from your recording and production software for remixing and live performance with pre-recorded tracks, as well as studio mixing using the mixer’s internal signal processing and summing algorithms.

StudioLive is compatible with Mac and Windows audio recording and production software including Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, Sonar, Digital Performer, Audition and more.

StudioLive 16.4.2 also ships complete with CAPTURE multi-track recording software so you can effortlessly record your shows right out of the box. CAPTURE software was designed to interface with StudioLive 16.4.2 perfectly to allow instant setup and recording of performances. With the look and feel of industry standard digital multi-track hard disk recorders, CAPTURE software is instantly familiar to every musician and engineer. StudioLive HDR software gives you full editing capability as well as export to wav file formats for compatibility with ProTools, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic, Sonar and all other recording and music production software. Or you can play back your recorded tracks into StudioLive 16.4.2 via FireWire and mix your tracks with the mixing power and capabilities of StudioLive 16.4.2, then record the final mix back to CAPTURE! Now that’s power!

Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer Specifications:
-Microphone Preamp 1-16 (XLR Balanced)
  -Type XLR Female, Balanced
 - Frequency Response to Direct Output 20 Hz to 40 kHz ±0.5dBu
 - Frequency Response to Main Output 20 Hz to 20 kHz ±0.5dBu
 - Input Impedance (Balanced) 1 Ohm
 - THD to Direct Output < 0.005%, +4dBu, 20-20kHz, unity gain, unwtd
 - THD to Main Output) <0.005%, +4 dBu, 20-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd
 - EIN to Direct Output  +125 dB unwtd,, +130 dB A-wtd
 - S/N Ratio to Direct Output  -97 dB
  -S/N Ratio to Main Output  -94 dB
  -Common Mode Rejection Ratio +65 dB
  -Gain Control Range  -16 dB to +67 dB (+/- 1 dB)
  -Maximum Input Level (unity gain)  +16 dBu
  -Phantom Power  +48 VDC
-Line Inputs 
  -Type 1/4" TRS Female, balanced mono
  -Frequency Response to Direct Outputs 10-40 kHz, 0 / -0.5 dBu
  -Frequency Response to Main Outputs  20-20 kHz, +/- 0.5 dBu
  -Input Impedance  10 kΩ
  -THD to Direct Output  <0.0007%, +4 dBu, 20-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd
  -THD to Main Output <0.005%, +4 dBu, 20-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd
  -S/N Ratio to Direct Output  -105 dB
  -S/N Ratio to Main Output -94 dB
  -Gain Control Range -20 dB to +20 dB (+/- 1 dB)
  -Maximum Input level (unity gain)  +22 dBu
-Tape Inputs
  -Type  1/4” TRS Female, balanced mono
  -Maximum Input Level  +22 dBu
-Auxiliary Inputs
  -Type  1/4” TRS Female, balanced (2 stereo pairs)
  -Maximum Input Level  +22 dBu
-Main Outputs
  -Type Male, balanced (stereo pair); 1/4” TRS Female, balanced (stereo pair); XLR Male, balanced (mono)
  -Rated Output Level  +24 dBu
  -Output Impedance  10 kΩ
-Aux Outputs
  -Type  1/4” TRS Female, balanced (mono)
  -Rated Output Level  +18 dBu
  -Output Impedance  51 Ω
-Subgroup Outputs
  -Type  1/4” TRS Female, balanced (mono)
  -Rated Output Level  +18 dBu
  -Output Impedance  51 Ω
-Tape Outputs
  -Type  RCA Female, unbalanced (stereo pair)
  -Rated Output Level  +18 dBu
  -Output Impedance  100 Ω
-Control Room Outputs
  -Type  1/4” TRS Female, balanced (stereo pair)
  -Rated Output Level  +18 dBu
  -Output Impedance  51 Ω
-System Cross Talk
  -Input to Output  -90 dBu
  -Adjacent Channels  -87 dBu
-Noise Gate / Expander
  -Threshold Range  -84 dB to 0 dB
  -Attack Time  0.5 ms
  -Release Time  0.05s to 2s
  -Expander Attenuation Range  2:1
  -Noise Gate Attenuation Range  ∞
-Compressor
   -Threshold Range  -56 dB to 0 dB
   -Ratio  1:1 to 14:1
   -Attack Time  0.2 ms to 150 ms
   -Release Time  40 ms to 1000 ms
   -Auto Attack and Release  Attack = 10 ms, Release = 150 ms
   -Curve Types  hard and soft knee
-EQ
   -Type  2nd order shelving filter (Q = 0.55)
   -Low (Lowpass or Bandpass)  36 to 465 Hz, ± 15 dB
   -Low Mid  90 Hz to 1.2 kHz, ±15 dB
   -High Mid  380 Hz to 5 kHz, ±15 dB
   -High (Highpass or Bandpass)  1.4 kHz to 18 kHz, ±15 dB
-Digital Audio
   -ADC Dynamic Range (A-wtd, 48 kHz)  118 dB
   -DAC Dynamic Range (A-wtd, 48 kHz)  118 dB
   -FireWire  S400, 400Mb/s
   -Internal Processing  32-bit, floating point
   -Sampling Rate  44.1, 48 kHz
   -A/D/A Bit Depth  24
   -Reference Level for 0 dBFS  -18 dBu
-Clock
   -Jitter  <20 ps RMS (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
   -Jitter Attenuation  >60 dB (1 ns in ≈ 1 ps out)
-Power
   -Connector  IEC
   -Input-Voltage Range  90 to 240 VAC (factory-configured for country of destination)
   -Power Requirements (continuous)  100 W
-Physical
   -Length  22.35 inches (568.06 mm)
   -Width (chassis only)  17.22 inches (437.40 mm)
   -Width (with rack ears)  19 inches (482.60 mm)
  -Maximum Height  6.90 inches (175.26 mm)

Presonus Studio Live 16.4.2 Digital Mixer System Requirements:
-Below are the minimum computer system requirements for your StudioLive.
-Windows
  -OS: Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista
  -CPU/Clock: or Athlon 900MHz (1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
  -Memory(RAM): 1 GB (more recommended)
  -IEEE 1394 FireWire 400 Port
  -Internet connection
  -DVD-ROM drive
  -Internal or external 7200RPM storage drive is highly recommended
-Macintosh
  -OS: MacOS X 10.4.x or later (10.5 supported with driver update)
  -CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/Dual 1 GHZ or faster, all Intel-based Mac models.
  -Memory(RAM): 1 GB (more recommended)
  -IEEE 1394 FireWire 400 Port
  -Internet connection
  -DVD-ROM drive
  -Internal or external 7200RPM storage drive is highly recommended

Note that the speed of your processor, amount of RAM and size and speed of your hard drive will greatly affect the overall performance of your recording system. Also, a more powerful system (faster processor with more RAM) will allow for lower latency (signal delay) that you might experience while monitoring audio or MIDI signals.

Monitor resolution for both PC and Macintosh should be no lower than 1024x768 pixels.

As a commitment to constant improvement, PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc.reserves the right to change any specification stated herein at anytime in the future without notification.