Table Of Contents - PRESONUS AI-Series Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

1 Overview - 1
1.1 Introduction - 1
1.2 About This Manual - 2
1.3 Summary of StudioLive AI-series Mixer
Hardware Features - 2
1.4 What is in the Box - 3
2 Getting Started - 4
2.1 Level Setting Procedure - 4
3 Hookup - 9
3.1 Rear-Panel Connections - 9
3.1.1 Installed Option Card - 13
3.2 Front Panel Connections - 13
3.3 Typical Band Setup Diagrams - 14
3.4 Typical Church Setup Diagrams - 16
4 Controls - 18
4.1 The Fat Channel - 18
4.1.1 Select Buttons, Meters,
and the Fat Channel - 18
4.1.2 Fat Channel Processing Guide - 19
4.1.3 Fat Channel: Dynamics Processing
and EQ - 19
4.1.4 Sidechaining (32.4.2AI
and 24.4.2AI only) - 27
4.1.5 A/B Fat Channel Settings - 28
4.1.6 Fat Channel Panning, Stereo Link,
and Link Master - 29
4.1.7 Fat Channel: Subgroup
and Main Output Assignments - 29
4.1.8 Copying Fat Channel Settings - 30
4.1.9 Loading Fat Channel Presets - 31
4.1.10 Saving Fat Channel Presets - 32
4.1.11 Channel Presets Library - 34
Metering - 35
4.2
4.2.1
StudioLive Fat Channel Metering
Controls - 35
4.2.2 Subgroup and Main Meters - 36
4.2.3 A Quick Note About dBu and dBFS - 36
4.3 Input Channel Strip - 37
4.3.1 Input Channel Controls - 37
4.4 Aux and FX Buses - 38
Analog Aux Bus Controls - 38
4.4.1
4.4.2 Internal FX Bus Controls - 39
4.4.3 Aux and FX Bus Channel Sends - 39
4.4.4 Pre/Post Channel Sends - 40
4.4.5 Creating Monitor Mixes - 40
Creating Internal FX Mixes - 41
4.4.6
4.4.7 Using an External Effects Processor - 43
4.5 Subgroups - 45
4.5.1 Subgroup Controls - 45
4.5.2 Creating Instrument Subgroups - 46
Creating Effects Groups - 47
4.5.3
4.6 Main Output Bus - 49
4.7 Mute Groups (StudioLive 32.4.2AI only) - 50
4.7.1 Creating a Mute Group
(StudioLive 32.4.2AI only) - 51
4.8 Master Section - 51
Aux Inputs A and B - 51
4.8.1
4.8.2 Talkback System - 52
4.8.3 2 Track In - 52
4.9 Solo Bus - 53
4.9.1 Solo Bus Controls - 53
Solo Modes - 54
4.9.2
4.9.3 Solo Clear - 54
4.9.4 Using the Solo Bus for Monitoring - 54
4.9.5 Using Solo in Place (SIP)
to Set Up a Mix - 55
4.10 Monitor Bus - 57