Right off the bat, I want you to know that I’m a big fan of PreSonus. They are a cool company that makes quality, affordable, and much needed products for the studio owner. In recent years they have created a much needed solution, the digital mixer with audio interface built in. Enter the StudioLive!
An All In One Stage To Studio Solution
I’ve been using the StudioLive for almost two years now week in and week out to run live sound, monitors, and record full bands. It sounds great, takes up almost no space, and is easy to use. Check out the video below for my full review, but first here are my brief thoughts:
The Good Stuff
- Excellent mic pres and converters, giving you great sound quality live and to “tape.”
- Easy to use “hands on” interface. No fumbling through silly menus on tiny screens.
- Tons of built in effects. EQ, compression, gates, limiters, on every channel!
- Great all in one Front Of House and Monitor World solution.
- Instant audio interface connects to any mac or PC with one single firewire cable.
- Ships with Studio One Artist, a full featured DAW.
- Total recall of all settings.
The Not So Good Stuff
- Only 16 channels. Granted there is a bigger brother with 24 channels, but in the price range some competitors have more channels.
- Faders aren’t automated. Not too much of a biggie since you can still recall their location.
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Great hi level overview… I’ve had my eye on this board for a while. Any drawbacks? I’ve heard or read online (I think) that some of the FX (or EQ?) can not be applied to the Aux channels … but I could be wrong. Not nit picking, just curious if there are any major drawbacks about it you would cite.
The Aux channels can get both EQ and FX. Just not compression I think.
Graham,
I really appreciate how you explained all the aspects of the Presonus board. I purchased mine to replace some Tascam boards I had. Would you be open to conversation and questions if and when I run into problems for my particular use of the board as I apply it to my recording situation?
Again, thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to share your understanding of this particular board.
Jim Covington
Any time my friend. Glad you liked the review.
I’ve also had this board for two years. I absolutely love it. My only con is that I cannot figure out how to get the tape to run through the monitor mix. Good review of this incredible mixer. It changed my live sound world.