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4 Controls

4.1 The Fat Channel

StudioLive™ AI-series Mixers

Owner’s Manual

4 Controls

4.1 The Fat Channel

The revolutionary Fat Channel is the heart of the StudioLive. The Fat Channel

makes dynamics, routing, and panning for every input and output on the

StudioLive available at the touch of a Select button. The 32/24/16 multipurpose

knobs and meters located in the Fat Channel control nearly every adjustment

you will need to make on your StudioLive. From the Fat Channel, you can:

• Add dynamics processing and EQ to every input and output and A/B them

• Create sends and eﬀects mixes for every analog aux bus and internal eﬀects buses

• Assign subgroup and main routing

• Meter inputs, post-dynamics-processing outputs, and

gain reduction for every input channel

• Meter aux-send outputs

• Copy, save, and load mix scenes

• Recall your fader position for stored mixes

4.1.1 Select Buttons, Meters, and the Fat Channel

Select Buttons. All around the StudioLive, you will see Select buttons. There is a

Select button on each of the input channels, each of the analog aux buses, all of the

internal FX (eﬀects) buses, each of the subgroups, both auxiliary inputs, and the main

output bus. Each of these buttons serves exactly the same purpose: to access the

available Fat Channel parameters for its channel or bus.

It should be noted that while the noise gate, compressor, EQ, and

limiter are available on every input channel and bus, the high-pass

ﬁlter is only available on the input channels, aux buses, and internal FX

buses, and Polarity Invert is only available on the input channels.

Selected Channel Display. In the lower right corner of the Fat Channel, you will ﬁnd

an LED readout. The currently selected channel will always be displayed here.

• Input Channels: Channel number

• Subgroup: S1-S4

• Aux Outputs: A1-A9, AA-AE

• FX Buses A-D: FA-FD

• Auxiliary Input A and B: RA and RB

• Main Bus: MA

Selected Channel Meters. In addition, two meters—part of a set of eight meters

located in the top right section of the mixer—are dedicated to displaying

information about the currently selected channel. The meter on the far left of this

section displays the pre-fader input level for the selected channel. The meter to the

right of it displays the gain reduction applied to the selected channel. It is important

to mention that these meters are only active when one of the input channels or an

aux bus is selected.