PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 Digital Performance and Recording Mixer

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The PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 Digital Performance and Recording Mixer is a powerful and flexible sixteen-channel digital mixer.

The PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 is 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, talkback and more.

The PreSonus StudioLive seamlessly integrates a powerful and easy-to-use digital mixer with a complete multi-channel recording system delivering a creative environment available for both live performance and studio music production.

Sixteen award-winning class A, high-headroom, low-noise XMAX microphone preamplifiers are featured on StudioLive mixer for clarity, transparency and musicality. All channels of the PreSonus StudioLive Digital Mixer include line input, balanced inserts and balanced direct output.

StudioLive includes six balanced auxiliary sends and two dedicated auxiliary effects sends for flexible monitor mixes and aux effects. Four subgroups are also included for maximum flexibility. Two sets of balanced main outputs as well as control room outputs are located on the back panel.

Analogue 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 musicality.

StudioLive 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 equalisation 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 24-bit stereo DSP effects engines are loaded in StudioLive 1642 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.

StudioLive 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 ships with CAPTURE multi-track recording software for Macintosh and Windows based computers. CAPTURE software was specifically designed to interface with StudioLive perfectly and allow instant setup and recording of performances.

StudioLive software also gives the user full editing capability and export to wav file formats for complete compatibility with ProTools, Cubase, Logic, Sonar and others. With the look and feel of industry standard digital multi-track hard disk recorders, StudioLive software is instantly familiar to every musician and engineer.

PreSonus StudioLive main features include:

• 16 inputs, 6 auxiliary mixes, 4 subgroups
• 16 class A XMAX microphone preamplifiers
• Hi-Definition analogue to digital converters (118dB dynamic range)
• Unlimited headroom 32-bit floating point digital mixing and effects processing
• 22x18 FireWire digital recording interface
• 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
• 100mm long throw faders
• Military grade quick touch push buttons
• Fast-acting LED meters
• Talkback communication system
• StudioLive multi-track recording software