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1 Overview
1.2 About This Manual
StudioLive™ AI-series Mixers
Owner’s Manual
1.2 About This Manual
We suggest that you use this manual to familiarize yourself with the features,
applications, and connection procedures for your StudioLive before trying
to connect it to your computer. This will help you avoid problems during
installation and setup. This manual covers hardware functions for all three
StudioLive AI-series mixers. When functional differences are called out,
the 32.4.2AI will be mentioned first, followed by the 24.4.2AI and then
the 16.4.2AI. Note: All illustrated examples use images of the 32.4.2AI.
A separate manual, also included with your StudioLive mixer,
covers the StudioLive AI Software Library, as well as instructions
for connecting and using your StudioLive with a computer.
Throughout this manual you will find Power User Tips. These tips provide mixing
tricks, some of which are unique to the StudioLive, as well as explanations
of various audio terms. In addition, you will find an assortment of audio
tutorials at the back of this manual. These tutorials cover everything from
microphone placement to equalizer and compression-setting suggestions
and are included to help you get the most from your StudioLive mixer.
Thank you, once again, for buying our product. We are
confident that you will enjoy your StudioLive!
1.3 Summary of StudioLive AI-series Mixer Hardware Features
• 24-bit resolution, up to 48 kHz sampling rate
• 32/24/16 Class A XMAX microphone preamplifiers with individual phantom power
• 32/24/16 line-level inputs
• 32/24/16 analog inserts
• 32/24/16 direct outputs
• 2 balanced stereo auxiliary inputs
• Analog stereo tape I/O
• 4 subgroups
• 14/10/6 auxiliary buses
• High-definition AD/DA converters (118 dB dynamic range)
• 32-bit floating point digital mixing and effects processing
• 48x34/40x26/32x18 digital recording interface with
two FireWire s800 (IEEE 1394b) ports
• S/PDIF output
• Optional Thunderbolt and Dante I/O cards
• Scene automation with load/save/recall of all settings
• Fat Channel with: high-pass filter, gate, compressor, limiter, 4-band parametric EQ
• Alt EQ & Dynamics button lets you A/B two different Fat Channel settings
• USB 2.0 control port supports included USB wireless LAN adapter
• 4 master DSP effects with Load and Save
• 2 with reverb
• 2 with delay
• 6 mute groups with All On/All Off (32.4.2AI only)
• 6 user-assignable Quick Scene Recall buttons (32.4.2 only)
• 31-band graphic EQ on each analog aux and the main bus
• 100 mm faders
• Fast-acting LED meters