PreSonus StudioLive 16R Rack-Mount Digital Mixer

18-Input, 16 Channel Series III Stage Box and Rack Mixer

The Perfect Partner for a StudioLive Series III Console
The StudioLive 16R Series III rack mixer is a perfect partner for your StudioLive Series III console/recorder, serving as either a simple stage box or a combination stage box and monitor mixer. Since Series III rack mixers and consoles can network using AVB, you can connect your StudioLive 16R to a Series III front-of-house console with one lightweight CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cable, eliminating the need for a heavy, expensive copper snake-and the signal degradation that goes with long analog cable runs. You can even remote control the StudioLive 16R's preamps and phantom power from your networked Series III console. In stage box + monitor mixer mode, the StudioLive 16R not only serves as an excellent networked stage box, it is a full blown monitor mixer with far more processing and mixing power than any mixer in its class-all packed into just one rackspace. (1U).

The Most Powerful Rack Mixer in Its Class
When we say the StudioLive Series III stage boxes and rack mixers are by far the most powerful rackmount digital mixers in their class, that's no idle claim. The result of ten years of R&D, third-generation StudioLive Series III rack mixers are fully recallable, including remote-controlled XMAX preamps. Yet despite their extensive features, StudioLive Series III rack mixers actually improve upon PreSonus' legendary ease of use while letting you customize their workflow and operations in software to fit the way you work. The coveted StudioLive sound is better than ever, including third-generation Fat Channel processing, re-engineered from the ground up, and vintage-style EQs and compressors. Add built-in AVB networking, multitrack recording via USB 2.0 and AVB, onboard stereo recording to SD Card, and a complete suite of software, and you have a mixing and recording powerhouse that's equally formidable as a stage box/monitor mixer, as a rackmount front-of-house mixer controlled from a touchscreen computer or tablet, and as the heart of your studio.

Features:

• Local Inputs and Outputs
• 18 total inputs
• 16 mic/line channel inputs + 2 RCA inputs
• 6 1/4-inch TRS FlexMix outputs
• 2 XLR (L/R) Main outputs
• Stereo headphone output
• Channels and Buses
• 16 input channels
• 1 stereo digital return (SD Card, AVB, or USB)
• 10 buses:
• 6 FlexMixes (can be designated as aux, subgroup, or matrix mixes)
• 2 internal effects sends
• Stereo main bus
• 6 Filter DCAs for easily and flexibly controlling groups of channels
• Networking Connections
• 1 Ethernet control network port
• Dynamic, Self Assigned, and Manual IP address modes
• 1 Ethercon AVB audio network port
• Recording
• Onboard stereo SD recorder
• 18x18 USB recording interface
• 32x32 AVB recording interface
• Signal Processing
• Intuitive Fat Channel signal processing on every channel with:
• A/B settings comparison
• Highpass filter and polarity reverse
• Gate/expander with sidechain
• Compressor with sidechain
• 4-band parametric EQ on inputs
• 6-band parametric EQ on outputs
• Limiter
• Delay on every input
• Delay on every output
• Professionally programmed library of presets
• Vintage EQ and compressor models available on every input
• Passive EQ
• Vintage EQ
• Tube compressor
• FET compressor
• 8 31-band graphic EQs
• 2 internal effects buses: combination of reverbs and delays with modern and vintage options
• Built-in real-time analyzer
• Scenes and Presets
• Create, save, and edit up to 100 scenes
• Scene management with:
• Scene Safe-prevents a scene change from affecting designated "safe" channels
• Create, save, and edit channel settings and copy/paste between channels
• Advanced channel preset options can save and recall:
• Channel type and name
• Input settings (preamp, +48V phantom power, polarity, pan)
• Fat Channel A & B settings
• Bus assignments
• Aux and effects send levels and pan
• Select button color
• 8 Quick Scenes
• 8 Mute groups
• Digital
• Studio-quality converters with 115 dB dynamic range
• 48 kHz operation with 24-bit resolution (44.1 kHz option coming soon)
• Actively Integrated Software
• UC Surface touch control software for Mac, Windows, iPad, and Android
• Studio One Artist digital audio workstation software for Mac and Windows
• Capture multitrack recording software for Mac and Windows
• QMix-UC aux-control software for iOS and Android available free from Apple App Store and Google Play

Specifications:

• Microphone Preamplifier
• Input Type: Combo locking XLR mic-1/4" TRS line
• Frequency Response to Main Output (at unity gain): 20-20 kHz, ±0.5 dBu
• Input Impedance: 1 kΩ
• THD to Main Output: <0.005%, +4 dBu, 20-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd
• S/N Ratio to Main Output (Ref = +4 dB, 20 kHz BW, unity gain, A-wtd): 94 dB
• Common Mode Rejection Ratio (1 kHz at unity gain): 65 dB
• Gain Control Range (±1 dB): 0 dB to +60 dB
• Maximum Input Level (unity gain): +12 dBu
• Phantom Power (±2 VDC): 48 VDC, switchable per channel
• Unbalanced Inputs (Ch. 31-32)
• Type: RCA Female, unbalanced (stereo pair)
• Maximum Input Level: +12 dBu, ±0.5 dBu
• Main Outputs
• Type: XLR Male, balanced
• Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu, ±0.5 dBu
• Output Impedance: 100Ω
• Mix Outputs
• Type: 1/4" TRS Female, balanced
• Maximum Output Level: +18 dBu, ±0.5 dBu
• Output Impedance: 100Ω
• Headphone Output
• Type: 1/4" TRS Female, active stereo
• Maximum Output: 100 mW/ch. @ 60Ω load
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz (± 0.5 dB)
• THD+N: 0.01%, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 Hz BW, unwtd
• S/N Ratio: 96 dB, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 Hz BW, unwtd
• System Crosstalk
• Input to Output: -90 dB (Ref = +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd)
• Adjacent Channels: -87 dB (Ref = +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd)
• Digital Audio and Control
• ADC Dynamic Range: 115 dB (A-wtd, 48 kHz)
• DAC Dynamic Range: 115 dB (A-wtd, 48 kHz)
• USB Recording Port: USB 2.0, Type-B
• AES/EBU Output: XLR Male
• Network Control Port: RJ-45
• AVB Audio Network Port: Ethercon
• Internal Processing: 32-bit, floating point
• Sampling Rate: 48 kHz (44.1 kHz coming soon)
• A/D/A Bit Depth: 24
• Reference Level for 0 dBFS: +18 dBu
• Total System Latency: 1.9 ms (local routing, analog in-analog out, all processing active)
• Clock
• Jitter: <20 ps RMS (20 Hz - 20 kHz)
• Jitter Attenuation: >60 dB (1 ns in, 1 ps out)
• Power/Environmental
• Connector: IEC
• Input-Voltage Range: 90 to 230 VAC (±10%)
• Power Requirements (continuous): 85W
• Recommended Ambient Operating Temperature: 0° to 40° Celsius / 32° to 104° Fahrenheit
• Physical
• Height: 1.75" (45mm)
• Width: 19" (483mm)
• Depth: 12" (305mm)
• Weight: 8.6 lbs. (3.9 kg)