Overview; Introduction - PRESONUS StudioLive 24.4.2 Owner's Manual

1 Quick Start: Level Setting
3. If you're using passive speakers, connect them to
your power amplifier using speaker cable.
4. Bring down all the faders on your StudioLive to the
Make sure that the Trim knob on Channel 1 is all the way counter-clockwise.
5. Plug your StudioLive into a power outlet and turn it on.
6. If your microphone requires phantom power, engage the 48V button on Channel
1 of your StudioLive.
7. Turn on your amplifier or powered monitors.
8. Press the Input button in the Meter section.
9. Speak or sing into your microphone at about the same
volume as during the upcoming performance.
Turn the trim knob on Channel 1 clockwise while watching the
first meter in the Fat Channel. Adjust the Channel 1 trim knob
until a little more than half of the green LEDs are lighting up. The
red LED at the top of the meter should never light up!
10. Press the Select button on Channel 1 and move the Channel 1 fader up until it
reaches "U" (unity gain).
11. Press the Main button in the Assign section of the Fat Channel so that it is
illuminated. This routes the channel to the main output bus.
12. Bring up the Main fader until you can comfortably listen
to your microphone through your speakers.
13. With Channel 1 selected, you can use the Fat Channel
to add dynamics processing and EQ.
For more detailed level-setting procedures and
techniques, refer to Section 8.7 on page 144.
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2.0 Overview

2.1

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the PreSonus StudioLive™ 24.4.2. PreSonus Audio
Electronics has designed the StudioLive utilizing high-grade components to
ensure optimum performance that will last a lifetime. Loaded with 24 high-
headroom, XMAX™ microphone preamplifiers; a built-in 32x26 FireWire recording
and playback engine; Fat Channel processing with 4-band EQs, compressors,
limiters, and expander/gates; DSP effects; 10 aux buses; 4 subgroups; extensive
LED metering; mix er save/recall; channel-strip save/recall/copy/paste;
talkback; and more, StudioLive breaks new boundaries for music performance
and production. All you need is a compatible computer with a FireWire
connection, a few microphones and cables, speakers, and your instruments,
and you are ready to record in the studio or in front of a live audience!
We encourage you to contact us at 1+225-216-7887 (in the U.S. Central
Time Zone) with any questions or comments you may have regarding the
PreSonus StudioLive. PreSonus Audio Electronics is committed to constant
product improvement, and we value your suggestions highly. We believe
the best way to achieve our goal of constant product improvement is by
listening to the real experts, our valued customers. We appreciate the
support you have shown us through the purchase of this product.
We suggest that you use this manual to familiarize yourself with
the features, applications, and correct connection procedures for
your StudioLive before trying to connect it to a computer. This will
help you avoid problems during installation and setup.
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