Multiple Mixers; Getting Started; Configuring Multiple Units - PRESONUS STUDIOLIVE 16.4.2 - V1.12 User Manual

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Multiple Mixers

Getting Started

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Firmware version 1.10 and above enables you to use multiple StudioLives cascaded together by a
FireWire connection. Multiple units can be connected together with or without a computer connected.
Standalone, up to four units can be connected together. Two units can be connected to a computer
for 32 channels of recording and channel playback. This section will guide you through the syncing
process and explain some of the features

Configuring Multiple Units

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Firmware version 1.10 or higher is required in order to cascade multiple units. The latest firmware
is available at www.presonus.com/technical-support. StudioLive firmware is user updatable and it
is recommended that you check the PreSonus website periodically for driver and firmware updates.
The driver must be installed on your Mac or PC and your StudioLive must be connected and synced
before you can run the firmware updater. Once all of your units have been updated, connect a
FireWire cable from the computer to the first StudioLive. Using a standard 6-pin FireWire cable,
connect the remaining FireWire port on the first StudioLive to either FireWire port on the second
StudioLive. If you are combining multiple units to create a standalone system (without a computer),
simply connect a FireWire cable from the first unit to the second unit, another FireWire cable from the
second unit to the third unit and so on.
Press the System button on the first unit and page
down to Page 3: Digital. Use the Next button to
move to the Firewire Link ID field. Use the value
encoder to set the ID to 1. Any unit in the chain
can be designated as the Master. Since the entire
chain will function as one large console, sending
all channels to the Master unit's Main output, Aux
Sends, and Subgroups (optional), we suggest that the unit farthest on the right be designated as the
Master. The unit with the lowest Firewire Link ID greater than zero is automatically set as the Master.
Press the System button on each of the cascaded
units and page down to Page 3: Digital. Use the
Next button to move to Firewire Link ID field and
give each unit a unique ID. Any value larger than
that of the Master can be used for each of the
cascaded units. The unit with the lowest ID is the
Master, its channels will be the last bank of 16.
The unit with the next lowest ID will be the second to last and so on.
If you will be recording with two StudioLive 16.4.2 mixers, take a moment to look at the serial
numbers on the bottom of each mixer. The mixer with the lowest serial number will be designated
as Inputs and Outputs 1-16 in your recording application. Because of this, it is recommended that
the mixer with the lowest serial number be set as the Slave and the unit with the highest value serial
number be set as the Master.
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