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
4.2 Metering — 35
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
4.4.1 Analog Aux Bus Controls — 38
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
4.4.6 Creating Internal FX Mixes — 41
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
4.5.3 Creating Effects Groups — 47
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
4.8.1 Aux Inputs A and B — 51
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
4.9.2 Solo Modes — 54
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