Calling on the same technology as the larger StudioLive models, StudioLive 16.0.2 is intended for use by small bands, personal studios, clubs, churches and rehearsal spaces. It has high-headroom, 32-bit floating-point processing; XMAX mic preamps and 48kHz 24-bit digital converters with 118dB dynamic range. The mixer also sports a pair of programmable, stereo, 32-bit floating-point effects processors, loaded with reverb and delay presets and assigned to dedicated FX buses.
Like the 16.4.2, the StudioLive 16.0.2 provides 16 input channels and an integrated FireWire interface for studio recording and live sound, and comes with a software suite. Unlike the StudioLive 16.4.2 and 24.4.2, however, has Midi input and output, providing control over key mixer parameters.
Input Channels 1-8 have quarter-inch TRS line inputs and XLR microphone inputs with class-A mic preamplifiers. Channels 9-16 are configured as odd-even stereo pairs; odd-numbered channels have quarter-inch TRS line inputs and XMAX-equipped XLR mic inputs, while even-numbered channels offer quarter-inch TRS line ins but no mic inputs. Channels 13-16 also have unbalanced RCA line inputs. Individually defeatable phantom power is provided on the 12 channels with mic preamps. The talkback section also features an XMAX mic preamp and phantom power. Four aux sends can handle monitors for a small band or event, and adjacent channels and aux buses can be stereo linked. A stereo, 31-band graphic EQ serves the main bus.
The 16.0.2’s Fat Channel processing section provides panning, phase reverse, high-pass filter, compressor, limiter, downward expander, and three-band semi-parametric EQ to every channel, every aux, the two onboard effects outputs, and the main bus. The Fat Channel also offers extensive LED metering; mixer save/recall; and channel-strip save/recall/copy/paste.
Recording
StudioLive 16.0.2’s built-in 16x16 FireWire computer interface enables computer recording and playback, and works with any Mac or Windows audio software that supports Core Audio or ASIO, including all of the major DAWs.
Like all StudioLive mixers, the 16.0.2 comes bundled with PreSonus Capture 1.1 recording software for Mac OS-X (including OS-X 10.6) and Windows (including Windows 7). Designed primarily for live recording, Capture is preconfigured to record with the StudioLive, so all mixer channels are correctly routed to Capture tracks.
StudioLive mixers also come with a ree copy of PreSonus’ Studio One Artist digital audio workstation software for Mac and Windows, which features unlimited track count, a full complement of PreSonus Native Effects plug-ins, a new audio engine, and more than 4Gb of third-party resources. PreSonus offers an upgrade path from Studio One Artist to the even more-powerful Studio One Pro.
Every StudioLive mixer is bundled with PreSonus Universal Control, which includes Virtual StudioLive (VSL) bidirectional mixer-control software for Mac and Windows. VSL provides bidirectional control of channel and main-bus levels; Fat Channel parameters; aux mixes; effects; and the graphic EQ.
Wireless control of the StudioLive 16.0.2 is possible from an Apple iPad running PreSonus’ SL Remote, available free from Apple’s App Store.
More: www.presonus.com
