Presonus StudioLive 16R Series III Stage Box + Rack Mixer

About: Presonus StudioLive 16R Series III Stage Box + Rack Mixer

The perfect partner for a StudioLive Series III console.

The StudioLive 16R Series III rack mixer is a perfect partner for your StudioLive Series III console/recorder, serving as either a simple stage box or a combination stage box and monitor mixer. Since Series III rack mixers and consoles can network using AVB, you can connect your StudioLive 16R to a Series III front-of-house console with one lightweight CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cable, eliminating the need for a heavy, expensive copper snake—and the signal degradation that goes with long analog cable runs. You can even remote control the StudioLive 16R’s preamps and phantom power from your networked Series III console. In stage box + monitor mixer mode, the StudioLive 16R not only serves as an excellent networked stage box, it is a full blown monitor mixer with far more processing and mixing power than any mixer in its class—all packed into just one rackspace. (1U).

Features:

Local Inputs and Outputs

• 18 total inputs
  • 16 mic/line channel inputs + 2 RCA inputs
• 6 ¼-inch TRS FlexMix outputs
• 2 XLR (L/R) Main outputs
• Stereo headphone output

Channels and Buses

• 16 input channels
• 1 stereo digital return (SD Card, AVB, or USB)
• 10 buses:
  • 6 FlexMixes (can be designated as aux, subgroup, or matrix mixes)
  • 2 internal effects sends
  • Stereo main bus
• 6 Filter DCAs for easily and flexibly controlling groups of channels

Networking Connections

• 1 Ethernet control network port
  • Dynamic, Self Assigned, and Manual IP address modes
• 1 Ethercon AVB audio network port

Recording

• Onboard stereo SD recorder
• 18x18 USB recording interface
• 32x32 AVB recording interface

Signal Processing

• Intuitive Fat Channel signal processing on every channel with:
  • A/B settings comparison
  • Highpass filter and polarity reverse
  • Gate/expander with sidechain
  • Compressor with sidechain
  • 4-band parametric EQ on inputs
  • 6-band parametric EQ on outputs
  • Limiter
  • Delay on every input
  • Delay on every output
  • Professionally programmed library of presets
• Vintage EQ and compressor models available on every input
  • Passive EQ
  • Vintage EQ
  • Tube compressor
  • FET compressor
• 8 31-band graphic EQs
• 2 internal effects buses: combination of reverbs and delays with modern and vintage options
• Built-in real-time analyzer

Scenes and Presets

• Create, save, and edit up to 100 scenes
• Scene management with:
  • Scene Safe—prevents a scene change from affecting designated “safe” channels
• Create, save, and edit channel settings and copy/paste between channels
• Advanced channel preset options can save and recall:
  • Channel type and name
  • Input settings (preamp, +48V phantom power, polarity, pan)
  • Fat Channel A & B settings
  • Bus assignments
  • Aux and effects send levels and pan
  • Select button color
• 8 Quick Scenes
• 8 Mute groups

Digital

• Studio-quality converters with 115 dB dynamic range
• 48 kHz operation with 24-bit resolution (44.1 kHz option coming soon)

Actively Integrated Software

• UC Surface touch control software for Mac®, Windows®, iPad®, and Android ™
• Studio One® Artist digital audio workstation software for Mac and Windows
• Capture™ multitrack recording software for Mac and Windows
• QMix®-UC aux-control software for iOS® and Android™ available free from Apple App Store and Google Play

Computer system requirements:

Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for UC Surface, QMix®-UC, and Studio One®.

Mac

• Mac® OS X 10.11 64-bit or later
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Windows

• Windows® 7 x64/x86 SP1 + platform update, Windows 8.1 x64/x86, Windows 10 x64/x86
• Intel Core 2 Duo (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Mac and Windows Systems

• USB 2.0 port
• Internet connection
• Internal or external 7200 RPM storage drive highly recommended
• 34 GB hard disk space
• Monitor with 1366x768 resolution

iOS

• iOS 10 or later
• iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 4, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad (4th generation)

Android (QMix-UC)

• Android™ 5.0 (Lollipop) or later
• Android smartphone (QMix-UC)
• Android tablet (8-inch) with 1024x768 resolution (UC Surface)

Note: The minimum system requirements may differ for DAWs other than Studio One. Please check the requirements for your DAW of choice with its manufacturer.
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) than you might experience while monitoring audio signals.