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Key Features
StudioLive is the most powerful and flexible 16-channel digital mixer the world has seen. Loaded with 16 high headroom XMAX microphone preamps, built-in 22x18 FireWire recording and playback engine, Fat-Channel processing with 4-band EQs, compressors, limiters and gates, DSP effects, 6 aux buses, 4 sub-groups, extensive LED metering, mixer save and recall and more, the StudioLive 16.4.2 breaks new boundaries for music performance and production.
Included are the Shure SRH240 headphones providing excellent sound reproduction and comfort.
Product Ref: 39348
StudioLive 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 favourite plug-ins, and completely automate your entire show using your favourite music recording and production software. StudioLive completely revolutionizes music production opening endless creative possibilities.
Loaded with Racks of Effects
Loaded with two programmable 32-bit stereo DSP effects engines with 50 reverbs, delays and time-based effects that you can really use. All 50 effects have easy-to-use parameter adjustment, tap tempo, store, recall and scene selection for ultimate creative flexibility.
Load and Save Your Settings
StudioLive lets you to save all of your digital settings for quick setup and recall. Save scenes that include every setting on the mixer or just the Fat Channel settings. Save individual DSP effects for ultimate ease, quickness and control.
"StudioLive is a strong and innovative product that successfully services live and studio requirements without presenting an intimidating learning curve." - Sound on Sound
"The 'little desk that could' will make quite an impact in studios and venues alike" - Audio Technology
"... an extremely versatiloe feature-packed piece of gear that can slot into a host of situations - studio and live." - Future Music
Professional Sound Quality
PreSonus is famous for its analog mic preamps, pristine digital interfaces and well-regarded signal processors. XMAX Class A preamplifiers deliver more headroom, deeper lows, smoother highs and a rich overall sound than the preamps found in competing mixers. Ultra-high headroom, 32-bit floating-point processing is used for all digital mixing. All analog inputs and outputs use the highest quality digital converters available.
Built-in 22X18 FireWire Recording
StudioLive includes PreSonus' award-winning FireWire technology with JetPLL synchronization technology, resulting in great stereo separation and clear, transparent audio. If you need more than 16 channels for recording, and you don't need a full channel strip for the additional inputs, you can daisy-chain a StudioLive 16.4.2 with any PreSonus FireStudio-series interface.
Integrated Multi-Track Recording Software
StudioLive 16.4.2 also includes 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 is instantly familiar to every musician and engineer. 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!
To view detailed specifications for the Presonus StudioLive 16.4.2 Mixer please download the PDF from the link below