Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 - 3 Things I Like

[masterstroggo]

Turn on english auto transcribe and play from 2:10 for a laugh =)

[CyberZdk]

1. Thank you for this video!

2. You need to do something about the sound of that room.

[HomeStudioCorner]

@CyberZdk 1. You're welcome!

2. Have you ever recorded in my room? ;)

[MrMusic95]

great demonstration of the desk: /watch?v=adxvLifTuuQ

[slimmivy]

I have a digi 003 rack, Im thinking about getting this, to connect my MPC 4000 , MPC 60 and yamaha Motif to, I wounder is the sound quality any better than the digi 003 rack, as far as the A to D conversion. What is your Opinion. Thanks!

[HomeStudioCorner]

@slimmivy I would say the preamps and converters are better on the StudioLive, but again, it's NOT a control surface.

[slimmivy]

@HomeStudioCorner Yes I understand its not a control surface, Im so use to the mouse anyway,lol " I had a digi 003 console, I was so use to the mouse, that I sold it and bought the digi003 rack. Thanks for the reply.

[semmysylvia]

Hi Joe,tx for the video...have you tried this mixer to create music using MIDI (midi controler, VSt, etc)... is it support ASIO and how about the latency?

[HomeStudioCorner]

@semmysylvia It's not a control surface, so it doesn't do any of that. As far as latency, as I said in the video, since it's just a mixer, there is no latency, because you can listen straight off the board.

[BluKolaBtz]

Hello Joe ,I apologize if someone has asked this already, but digi 03 comes with protools...for near the same price, is there that big of a difference between the presonus and the digi? thanks in advance

[HomeStudioCorner]

@BluKolaBtz Yeah, check a few comments down. The 003 and the StudioLive are completely different things entirely. One is a control surface; one is a digital mixer.

[BMUSIK101]

Great review

[BrunoBaudewyns]

Hi Joe.

Nice review. I’m considering to trade my soundcraft mfxi and my tc studio konnekt 48 for this little studiolive. It seems to be the ideal piece of gear to use both live and in the studio..

About the monitoring I suppose you do need a headphone amp?Or the aux are “amplified”?

Just one more think. I love your website but it’s great to actually SEE you talking to us

Don’t misunderstand me, I love your writing but having the visual is a real “plus”.

Thank you for sharing

Bruno from belgium

[HomeStudioCorner]

@BrunoBaudewyns Thanks Bruno! The Aux outputs are just like any other mixer. They're line outputs. You'll need a headphone amp.

[BrunoBaudewyns]

@HomeStudioCorner Thank you for the reply :)

[monk103]

How about ADAT ? Is it possible to connect more inputs somehow ?

[HomeStudioCorner]

@monk103 I believe you can daisy chain this with another Presonus interface or mixer for more inputs, but I might be mistaken. I know you can do that with the two bigger mixers. You might not be able to with the little guy. If you need more inputs get the bigger mixers.

[zlmorrow24]

hot



[drkeyzcarter]

Hi Joe. What brand and model are those monitors? Don't believe i have ever seen those...

[HomeStudioCorner]

@drkeyzcarter M-Audio EX66's. They're discontinued.

[JudgeFredd]

nice review

[marleybutler]

Great video! i would love to get one of these, do you know any other similar digital mixers audio interfaces? that are cheaper? with mic inputs? also do the faders correspond with faders in the daw?ie can you assign functions , or is it just an interface in the classic sense in that department

Thank you

Marley

[HomeStudioCorner]

@marleybutler I know of no digital mixer cheaper than this. It really is the best thing in this price range. There's not really anything else like it.

[jamjam92189]

i use this sometimes i really like this mixer studio one is a decent daw to great review

[juca2929]

But do you still use Pro Tools? Now that's not hardware based. Does it works well? Thanks

[HomeStudioCorner]

@juca2929 Yep. It works fine with Pro Tools. PT just sees it as a 16-channel interface.

[juca2929]

@HomeStudioCorner That's great!!! Thanks :)

[scissorkicks]

@HomeStudioCorner Although the downside is that Pro Tools (9 certainly) doesn't allow you to turn off software monitoring, so you have to fudge a solution either by muting the channel manually every time you go into record, or use a third party plugin like MuteTone.

If you're using Pro Tools 10, I'd be interested to know if the StudioLive works with Low Latency Monitoring (apparently it's limited only to interfaces with DSP mixers on board).

[ultramouse]

nice review, thanks, regarding the latency thing though: don't most interfaces come with the ability to direct-monitor these days? For instance, I use Presonus's own Universal Control app to route audio to the headphones of my band as I record, without latency. Might be easier with this little guy though, I like the looks of it.

[HomeStudioCorner]

@ultramouse Yeah, a lot of interfaces have the ability to do no-latency routing, but it's a software interface. This let's you simply grab faders and go. Makes sessions go really quickly.

[klaasjanouwens]

@HomeStudioCorner Thanks for the review. As for the latency: a lot of interfaces nowadays do indeed have hardware monitoring (a relatively cheap emu 0204 does this, for instance). No software needed, you don't even have to have your computer turned on.

...and to be a bit nitpicky, even when using hardware monitoring, you will always have some (negligible) latency. I guess "near-zero latency" would be the appropriate term.

[HomeStudioCorner]

@klaasjanouwens You're right. What I mean is since this is a live mixer, just like an analog mixer, there's no real latency. The singer can sing on stage and hear himself in the monitor...just like an analog board. There's technically "latency" in a single mic cable. :)