New Virtual StudioLive™ lets you control StudioLive24.4.2 from a laptop, netbook, or tablet.
You’ll
never go back to an old-school analog mixer once you’ve used
StudioLive™. With its incredible signal-processing power on every
channel, easy store and recall of every setting, and the ability to
record it all with just two mouse clicks, you’ll get spoiled fast!
Easier to use, better sounding, and flawlessly integrated with
state-of-the-art software, it delivers the most creative environment
possible for both live performance and studio music production.
But
StudioLive is not simply a mixer, it’s a rapidly growing family of
state-of-the-art, integrated hardware-software mixing and recording
systems that deliver the features you need for live sound, live
recording, and studio recording.
The StudioLive 24.4.2 is a fine
choice for those who want to mix small to medium-sized shows and worship
services, and it’s a great choice for club systems, corporate
applications, and educational institutions. And it’s the perfect
hardware core for a project studio.
Here, in one device, are
high-headroom XMAX™ microphone preamplifiers, a built-in FireWire
recording and playback interface, more than 90 signal processors, a big
library of DSP effects, 10 aux buses, 4 subgroups, extensive LED
metering, mixer save and recall, channel-strip save/recall/copy/paste,
talkback, and more. Yet despite its many controls and features, it’s
compact and easy to transport.
Build live mixes that glisten with
clarity and detail—then record and enhance the performance with the
power of StudioLive 24.4.2. Get creative in the studio. Build 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 performance. StudioLive
24.4.2 revolutionizes music production, opening endless creative
possibilities.
See it. Touch it. Change it: the ease of analog
meets the power of digital.
When we designed StudioLive, one of
our primary goals was to provide a familiar interface that would keep
all critical controls visible and accessible—not buried inside multiple
menus.
Sit down at a StudioLive 24.4.2, and you see real hardware
Mute and Solo buttons, trim controls, and clearly labeled, individual
knobs for the parametric EQ and dynamics processing. The master
section—complete with Talkback, Monitor, Cue, and a choice of headphone
sources—looks just like the master section on an analog board but with
far more power and flexibility. Aux sends have their own controls. Every
channel has a big, bright meter display.
Bottom line: if you’ve
ever used an analog mixer, you’ll be right at home with a StudioLive
24.4.2. And even if you’ve never used a mixer before, you’ll quickly be
able to create quality mixes and recordings.
Which StudioLive is
Best for You?
Your mixing and recording needs aren’t necessarily
exactly the same as everyone else’s. That’s why we created a StudioLive
family of digital mixers, starting with the StudioLive 16.4.2 and the
StudioLive 24.4.2.
Why choose the StudioLive 24.4.2 rather than
the StudioLive 16.4.2? Let’s say you want more than 16 channels but want
to keep your system compact. Perhaps the acts and events you mix
require lots of monitor mixes, so you need more than the six auxiliary
buses in the 16.4.2, and you want fully parametric EQ, rather than
semi-parametric. You could use an enhanced gate with Key Listen and Key
Filter features, and a Threshold control on the limiter would be handy. A
stereo graphic EQ on the mains is mandatory but you also want graphic
EQ on the subgroups and auxes at times—four dual-mono, 31-band graphic
EQs would do the job nicely. No problem! You get all of these
enhancements and more with the 24-channel, 10-aux, StudioLive 24.4.2.
A
gigantic console in a small package thanks to the Fat Channel.
If StudioLive were an analog console,
it would have 4-foot-long channel strips packed with knobs and buttons
or it would require a massive outboard rack of expensive signal
processors! That’s because each channel has its own studio-grade
compressor, limiter, gate, 4-band parametric equalizer, and high-pass
filter. In all, we’ve packed 43 compressors, 43 limiters, 43 gates, 24
high-pass filters, and more, into one remarkable Fat Channel.
Engaged by pressing any Select button, the StudioLive 24.4.2’s Fat
Channel features extensive EQ and dynamics for every input channel,
every aux output (including the two internal FX buses), every subgroup
output, and the main outputs.
To let you get the most from all of
this processing power without descending into menu purgatory, we
designed the Fat Channel with clearly labeled physical knobs; an
ingenious, multi-function, 16-ladder LED display; an in-your-face
Selected Channel display; and even a separate horizontal pan display.
It’s easy to instantly access any function and get clear, visible
feedback.
Not just effects. Effects you’d expect from a $600
stand-alone processor.
You get two programmable, 32-bit, stereo
DSP effects engines, loaded with 50 reverbs, delays, and time-based
effects that you can really use. The reverbs are so rich and detailed
that you feel like you’re there. Delays are precise. Slap echo sounds
like old-school tape effects. All 50 effects have easy-to-use parameter
adjustment, tap tempo, store, recall, and Scene selection for ultimate
creative flexibility.
The StudioLive 24.4.2’s 4 dual, 31-band
graphic equalizers can be applied to the main, subgroup, and aux outputs
so you can compensate for room acoustics, speaker response, and much
more.
All of these features add up to a lot of settings to
remember and reset at every performance. That’s where the power of
digital comes in: StudioLive lets you save all of your digital settings
for quick setup and recall. Save Scenes that include every setting on
the mixer or save just the Fat Channel settings. Copy-and-paste settings
across multiple channels. Save individual DSP effects for ultimate
ease, speed, and control.
This means that for fixed applications
like clubs, churches, and auditoriums, you can always count on the same
sound and can fine-tune Scenes for different songs and call them up
instantly. And it lets rank amateur volunteers successfully operate the
StudioLive 24.4.2.
We’ve included a whole library of individual
channel settings as starting points for optimizing the sound of
instruments, vocals, and spoken word. An AutoStore feature regularly
saves your current settings in case the power fails.
Recording
made easy.
If you have a computer with 6-pin FireWire, you have a
26-track digital recorder instantly ready to capture your gig, church
service, or presentation. Just two mouse clicks engages Capture™
recording software. Studio One Artist™ digital audio workstation lets
you edit and enhance to your heart’s content.
StudioLive 24.4.2
features a tightly integrated FireWire interface that delivers up to 32
channels of recording and up to 26 channels of simultaneous playback.
Each FireWire recording channel can be set to record either pre- or
post-Fat Channel signal processing, delivering total flexibility and
power.
Because StudioLive 24.4.2 can so easily return FireWire
playback channels from your computer, you can pull off nifty tricks. You
can soundcheck your band and fine-tune the P.A. in a new venue, even
when the band’s not there yet. Or create backing tracks at your studio
and seamlessly blend them with live performances.
Inside, it’s
pure PreSonus.
Ease of use and powerful features only count if
the sound quality is equally impressive. After all, it really comes down
to how good those microphone preamps are, how clean the signal path is,
and how well the algorithms perform.
That’s why you should choose a
digital mixer made by PreSonus, a company already 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 richer 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. Synchronization
to your computer is stable and robust, thanks to JetPLL™ synchronization
technology, resulting in great stereo separation and clear, transparent
audio.
StudioLive expands with your input needs.
Need
more than 24 channels for mixing live shows and don’t need to record?
Daisy-chain two StudioLive 24.4.2s via their FireWire ports to get up to
48 input channels and 8 submix buses. If you need more than 24 channels
for recording, and you don’t need a full channel strip for the
additional inputs, you can daisy-chain a StudioLive 24.4.2 with a
PreSonus FireStudio Project, FireStudio Tube, or FireStudio Mobile
interface. It could not be simpler.
You’ve read the book. Now see
the movies.
We’ve provided plenty of written material about
StudioLive. In addition, our Web site hosts a whole series of
instructional videos showing StudioLive mixers in church, club, and
project-studio applications. Video blogs go into detail about various
powerful StudioLive features. And we regularly add new videos.
Reading about the StudioLive 24.4.2 is a good start but nothing beats
actually getting your hands on one, so visit your nearest PreSonus
dealer today. You’ll see what we mean about intuitive ease-of-use.
You’ll hear what we mean about Class A preamps, rich DSP effects, and
overall sound quality. And when you have seen and heard it for yourself,
you’ll understand why your new mixer should be a StudioLive.