PRESONUS StudioLive 16.0.2 Owner's Manual page 8

1 Quick Start: Level Setting
1.1 Getting Started: IMPORTANT LEVEL SETTING
• Do not allow your inputs to clip. Watch the level meters; when the LEDs near
• Your P.A. and studio equipment should be powered on in the following order:
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the Clip mark, the top LED will illuminate, indicating that the analog-to-digital
converters are in danger of being overdriven. Overdriving the converters
will cause digital distortion, which sounds terrible. The XMAX™ preamps
in your StudioLive provide plenty of headroom; take advantage of it.
A. Sound sources (keyboards, direct boxes, microphones,
etc.) connected to the StudioLive inputs
B. StudioLive 16.0.2
C. Computer (if applicable)
D. Power amplifiers or powered monitors
When it's time to power down, your system should be turned off in the reverse order.
Now that you know what not to do, let's get some audio going!
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Grab a microphone and a mic cable and plug them
into the StudioLive's Channel 1 mic input.
Connect the Main Outs (TRS or XLR) of your Studio Live
to your power amplifier or powered monitors.
If you're using passive speakers, connect them to your
power amplifier using speaker cable.
Bring down all the faders on your StudioLive to the ∞ setting. Make sure
that the Trim knob on Channel 1 is all the way counter-clockwise.
Plug your StudioLive into a power outlet and turn it on.
If your microphone requires phantom power, press the Select button on Channel 1
of your StudioLive and engage the 48V button.
Turn on your amplifier or powered monitors.
Press the Input button in the Meter section.
Speak or sing into your microphone at about the same volume
as you will do during the upcoming performance.
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