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7.2

EQ Frequency Guides

StudioLive™ 16.0.2 USB

Owner’s Manual

7.2

EQ Frequency Guides

Table 1

Instrument

What to Cut

Why to Cut

What to Boost

Why to Boost

Human Voice

7 kHz

Sibilance

8 kHz

Big sound

2 kHz

Shrill

3 kHz and above

Clarity

1 kHz

Nasal

200-400 Hz

Body

80 Hz and below

Popping P’s

Piano

1-2 kHz

Tinny

5 kHz

More presence

300 Hz

Boomy

100 Hz

Bottom end

Electric Guitar

1-2 kHz

Shrill

3 kHz

Clarity

80 Hz and below

Muddy

125 Hz

Bottom end

Acoustic Guitar

2-3 kHz

Tinny

5 kHz and above

Sparkle

200 Hz

Boomy

125 Hz

Full

Electric Bass

1 kHz

Thin

600 Hz

Growl

125 Hz

Boomy

80 Hz and below

Bottom end

String Bass

600 Hz

Hollow

2-5 kHz

Sharp attack

200 Hz

Boomy

125 Hz and below

Bottom end

Snare Drum

1 kHz

Annoying

2 kHz

Crisp

150-200 Hz

Full

80 Hz

Deep

Kick Drum

400 Hz

Muddy

2-5 kHz

Sharp attack

80 Hz and below

Boomy

60-125 Hz

Bottom end

Toms

300 Hz

Boomy

2-5 kHz

Sharp attack

80-200 Hz

Bottom end

Cymbals

1 kHz

Annoying

7-8 kHz

Sizzle

8-12 kHz

Brilliance

15 kHz

Air

Horns

1 kHz

Honky

8-12 kHz

Big sound

120 Hz and below

Muddy

2 kHz

Clarity

String section

3 kHz

Shrill

2 kHz

Clarity

120 Hz and below

Muddy

400-600 Hz

Lush and full

Summary of Contents for StudioLive 16.0.2 USB

Page 1: ...StudioLive 16 0 2 USB Performance and Recording Digital Mixer Owner s Manual www presonus com English...

Page 2: ...Presets 23 4 4 4 Channel Presets Library 24 4 5 Metering 25 4 5 1 StudioLive Metering Controls 25 5 Basic Controls 26 5 1 Input Channel Controls 26 5 2 Aux and FX Buses 27 5 2 1 Analog Aux Bus Control...

Page 3: ...ng MIDI 54 6 5 2 Recalling Scenes and FX Presets Remotely 54 6 5 3 Using Control Change Messages to Control Volume and FX Assignments 54 6 5 4 Controlling the StudioLive 16 0 2 with a Behringer FCB101...

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Page 5: ...LED metering mixer save recall channel strip save recall copy paste talkback and more StudioLive breaks new boundaries for music performance and production All you need is a computer with a USB 2 0 c...

Page 6: ...e 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 16 0 2 Hardware Features 4 4 24 bit 48 kHz...

Page 7: ...lowing 4 4 PreSonus StudioLive 16 0 2 USB digital recording and performance mixer 4 4 1 5 foot 0 5m USB cable 4 4 IEC power cord 4 4 PreSonus Health Safety and Compliance Guide 1 5 What is in Your My...

Page 8: ...clip Watch the level meters when the LEDs near the Clip mark the top LED will illuminate indicating that the analog to digital converters are in danger of being overdriven Overdriving the converters w...

Page 9: ...n Channel 1 is all the way counter clockwise 5 Plug your StudioLive into a power outlet and turn it on 6 If your microphone requires phantom power engage the 48V button on Channel 1 of your StudioLive...

Page 10: ...ching the first meter in the Fat Channel 11 Adjust the Channel 1 trim knob until a little more than half of the green LEDs are lit The red LED at the top of the meter should never light up 12 Raise th...

Page 11: ...he manufacturer s recommended operating practices XLR connector wiring for phantom power Pin 1 GND Pin 2 48V Pin 3 48V Line level Input Each channel of the StudioLive has a balanced inch TRS connectio...

Page 12: ...uts XLR Stereo TRS Stereo and XLR Mono of the StudioLive are active all the time Because of this you can send your main mix to five speakers at the same time This can be especially useful when you nee...

Page 13: ...er for audio interfacing and control 2 Amp Fuse This is the StudioLive s fuse housing Your StudioLive uses a 5 mm x 20 mm 250 VAC fast acting fuse Power Input This is where you plug in the provided IE...

Page 14: ...ical Basic Band Hookup Diagram StudioLive 16 0 2 USB Owner s Manual 3 2 Typical Basic Band Hookup Diagram Bass DI Rhythm Guitar and Amp Drum Set LeadVocal Mic Keyboard Front of House Speakers Monitors...

Page 15: ...ss Conference Hookup Diagram StudioLive 16 0 2 USB Owner s Manual 3 3 Business Conference Hookup Diagram Powered Speakers Assisted Listening Transmitter Laptop Microphones Wireless Microphones and Rec...

Page 16: ...l for all four aux buses and the Main output 4 4 Copy save and load Fat Channel and GEQ presets 4 4 Recall your fader position for stored mixes 4 1 The Select Button Select Buttons Above each fader an...

Page 17: ...nput provides power for condenser microphones and other devices requiring continuous phantom power This power is supplied at a constant level to prevent any signal degradation Phantom power is only av...

Page 18: ...inputs are still sent to the USB bus and can be recorded by your DAW with or without Stereo Link engaged For more information on using your StudioLive as an audio interface please consult the StudioLi...

Page 19: ...High Pass Filter section consists of an encoder and a meter Frequency range is indicated to the left of the meter The filter s threshold can be set from 24 Hz to 1 3 kHz The High Pass Filter s slope...

Page 20: ...Limiter A compressor is a type of amplifier in which gain is dependent on the signal level passing through it You can set the maximum level a compressor allows to pass through thereby causing automati...

Page 21: ...ttack and release tapers for the Compressor simultaneously A tight response time triggers the compressor immediately and returns the gain reduction back to zero quickly when the signal drops below the...

Page 22: ...utput Bus This button actives control of the equalizer s Low band for the selected channel or bus The button will illuminate to indicate the band is active Low EQ Frequency Control Sets and Displays t...

Page 23: ...e equalizer s Mid band for the selected input or output The button will illuminate to indicate the band is active Mid EQ Frequency Control Sets and Displays the Center Frequency of the Mid EQ This enc...

Page 24: ...e High band is a semi parametric EQ Enabling the Shelf button turns the High band into a high shelving EQ that alters by a fixed amount a band of high frequencies at and above a user selected shelving...

Page 25: ...her channel or bus 1 Press the Copy button Every Select button on the StudioLive except the button for the currently selected channel will begin to flash The Select button for the selected channel wil...

Page 26: ...ired channel 2 From the Fat Channel press the Load button You will notice that the LCD now displays the Channel Preset Load menu 3 The Channel Preset Load menu always displays the selected channel ont...

Page 27: ...tion in the Channel Preset library 3 Press the Next button to navigate to the category location Create the category in which your preset would fit DRM VOX GTR etc 4 Press the Next button again to navi...

Page 28: ...ick Funk 2 30 KEY Piano Warm 05 DRM Kick Hip Hop 31 KEY Piano Jazz 06 DRM Kick Jazz 32 KEY Piano Electric 07 DRM Snare 1 33 KEY Piano Electric 2 08 DRM Fat Snare 34 KEY Vibes 09 DRM Snare Crackalak 35...

Page 29: ...while monitoring your entire mix Input Metering Button Turns PFL Input Metering On and Off Switches the meters to display the pre dynamics pre fader level of the input bus Meters are one to one Meter...

Page 30: ...essing and Routing Pressing the Select button brings the Fat Channel for its channel into focus allowing you to add dynamics processing EQ panning and more Input Channel MultiMode Button Engages USB R...

Page 31: ...determined by the MultiMode control switches Depending on which mode is engaged this button will function as the Solo or Mute button for its input channel For more information on the MultiMode buttons...

Page 32: ...to the left of the Fat Channel are used for this purpose Each of these buttons allows you to view and set the send level for each channel to that aux or FX mix FXA and FXB Encoder Mode Buttons Enables...

Page 33: ...n Aux 1 s mix 2 Use the encoders the same way that you use the faders to set the output level to your main mix Ask your musicians what they would like in their monitor mix and use their requests as a...

Page 34: ...press the Main assign button 2 Next press the FXA Encoder Mode button The Fat Channel meters will display the send level of each of the input channels to FXA The encoders below each meter control the...

Page 35: ...route that track in your audio software to StudioLive Output 3 This button can also be used to insert a plug in effect into the mix For more information on this feature please review the StudioLive 16...

Page 36: ...cannot be wiped off To clean the scribble strip use a lightly damp cloth to remove the writing Spit works pretty well too 5 5 Talkback System The StudioLive features a Talkback microphone input on th...

Page 37: ...fader This is the StudioLive s default setting SIP Solo In Place On Off Button Enables Solo In Place Mode SIP Solo In Place or destructive soloing mutes every unsoloed channel on the StudioLive The mu...

Page 38: ...the speakers to the Control Room outputs on the back of your StudioLive rather than to one of the main output pairs First decide whether you want to listen to your soloed channels before or after the...

Page 39: ...a feedback problem 5 6 2 Using Solo in Place SIP to Set Up a Mix We started this manual with a quick and easy way to set up the input levels for your StudioLive ensuring that you have the highest pos...

Page 40: ...can even monitor the World Series on your headphones while running sound at a show Phones Level Adjusts the Overall Level of the Headphone Output This knob adjusts the overall level for the headphone...

Page 41: ...s a summing amp you can listen to the solo and main buses at the same time By summing the main mix and the solo bus you can raise the volume of the channel you re tweaking without affecting the mix th...

Page 42: ...he StudioLive features two internal effects processors Each processor can access the StudioLive s selection of high quality reverbs and delays Each of these effect buses can be routed to the aux buses...

Page 43: ...ets Pages 2 and 3 provide access to the 13 FX types An FX preset is made by adjusting the default parameters of an FX type so one FX type can be the foundation for myriad different presets The StudioL...

Page 44: ...tural reverb is created by sound waves reflecting off of a surface or many surfaces For example when you walk across the wooden stage in a large hall thousands of reflections are generated almost inst...

Page 45: ...while longer delay times produce a more distant echo Delay times that are too short to hear as distinct echoes can be used to create thickening effects Whether these echoes are timed with the tempo i...

Page 46: ...om F35 M Long Slap F10 Concrete Floors F36 M Triplet F11 SMALL HALL Radio Booth F37 M Triplet F12 Small Club F38 FILTER DELAY Analog Slap F13 Big Club F39 Analog Trip F14 BRIGHT HALL Brick House F40 A...

Page 47: ...ult 50 0 Range 10 0 100 0 Early Reflec dB Default 30 0 Range 40 0 20 0 Gated Hall T7 Reverb Decay s Default 1 00 Range 0 59 1 79 Predelay ms Default 40 Range 5 00 80 0 Large Hall T8 Reverb Decay s Def...

Page 48: ...N A MONITOR BUS NULL N A N A N A N A N A The Fat Channel will be restored to the same setting for every input and output on your StudioLive Each of the dynamics processors and the three bands of the E...

Page 49: ...process until you are satisfied with your changes and then press the Store button It will illuminate while the Scene is being written to the StudioLive s internal memory Once the Scene is saved the S...

Page 50: ...n for each aux and FX bus 4 4 Faders All fader positions 4 4 GEQ Graphic EQ settings for the stereo graphic equalizer 4 4 Pots All digital knob positions 9 9 FXA and FXB levels 9 9 Solo bus level 9 9...

Page 51: ...to preserve its settings when you power it down Periodically you will notice the Store button flash once indicating that the current settings on your StudioLive have been saved to internal memory The...

Page 52: ...oost this frequency range the mix will be perceived as closer to the listener Attenuating around 5 kHz will make the mix sound further away but also more transparent Brilliance 6 kHz to 16 kHz While t...

Page 53: ...band is fixed When the GEQ is first launched bands 11 through 22 are controlled by encoders 1 through 15 16 respectively When Band 10 is selected in the Show Band field in the GEQ menu the meters wil...

Page 54: ...o an empty position in the GEQ Preset library 4 Press the Next button again to navigate to the first letter of the preset name Turn the Value encoder clockwise or counter clockwise to change the lette...

Page 55: ...imply press the Load button again 6 4 System Menu In most digital console manuals the phrase System menu inspires a sense of dread However with the StudioLive you have nothing to fear The System menu...

Page 56: ...x bus after all Fat Channel parameters polarity invert high pass filter gate compressor EQ and limiter and after the fader Power User Tip Use the Pre 2 position for headphone and in ear mixes to give...

Page 57: ...s feature 6 4 5 Firmware Version The last page of the System menu displays the firmware version currently loaded on your StudioLive You normally will only view this screen when performing a system upd...

Page 58: ...nnel The StudioLive 16 0 2 USB uses simple Program Change messages to recall Scenes and FX presets You can choose on which MIDI channel you would like your StudioLive to receive these messages You wil...

Page 59: ...igure your StudioLive 16 0 2 USB so that you can control it with a Behringer FCB1010 The setup configuration detailed here is just an example you can customize your own setup using these simple steps...

Page 60: ...pedal to meet your needs these instructions merely provide a guideline 1 Boot your FCB1010 into Global configuration mode by holding the Down pedal while powering on the FCB1010 PreSonus recommends t...

Page 61: ...dioLive bank of presets on Bank 00 If you have presets already saved to this bank you can use any of the other nine banks instead Scene Recall 1 Select Bank 00 by using the Up or Down pedals 2 Press P...

Page 62: ...we will create a patch that instantly recalls a Scene and we will assign to other pedals an FXA preset recall and the FXA assignment to the Main bus Finally one expression pedal will control the FXA...

Page 63: ...et each page up as shown in these images Creating a New Patch on the Roland FC 300 Now that your StudioLive is set up to communicate with the Roland FC 300 you will need to create a new patch Remember...

Page 64: ...10 Press the Exit button twice and continue to FXA Assign Unassign to Mains FXA Assign Unassign to Mains Next we will set CTL Pedal 2 to control the Main assignment mute for FXA 1 Press the right Par...

Page 65: ...plays Write to WRITE 01 5 In this example we will save to patch library position 01 but you can also use the Value buttons to scroll to an empty patch position Press the Write button again to store 6...

Page 66: ...for studio recording Grand Piano Place one microphone above the high strings and one microphone above the low strings Experiment with distance the farther back the more room you will capture This tec...

Page 67: ...hragm condenser microphones See drum overheads picture on the next page Bass Guitar Direct and Speaker Plug the electric bass guitar into a passive direct box Connect the instrument output from the pa...

Page 68: ...or 8 feet above the floor or drum riser Experiment with height This technique can be used in live applications as well Snare Drum top and bottom Point a dynamic microphone at the center of the snare...

Page 69: ...r 2 3 kHz Tinny 5 kHz and above Sparkle 200 Hz Boomy 125 Hz Full Electric Bass 1 kHz Thin 600 Hz Growl 125 Hz Boomy 80 Hz and below Bottom end String Bass 600 Hz Hollow 2 5 kHz Sharp attack 200 Hz Boo...

Page 70: ...oustic guitar attack brighter rock guitar kick tom attack percussion attack reduce vocal dullness more finger sound on bass sharpness to synths rock guitars acoustic guitars piano bass line clarity an...

Page 71: ...ower 2VDC 48VDC Line Inputs Balanced Type TRSFemale balancedmono FrequencyResponsetoDirectOutputs atunitygain 10Hz 20kHz 0 0 5dBu FrequencyResponsetoMainOutputs atunitygain 20Hz 20kHz 0 0 5dBu InputIm...

Page 72: ...eTypes hardandsoftknee EQ Type 2nd ordershelvingfilter Q 0 55 Low Low passorBandpass 36to465Hz 15dB Mid 260Hzto3 5kHz 15dB High High passorBandpass 1 4kHzto18kHz 15dB Digital Audio HostInterface USB2...

Page 73: ...3 Aux Out 4 D A Left Mono Right A D INPUT BUFFER A D Gain Mic 6 65 dB Line 20 20 dB Mic Pre Mic Input Input Channels 13 16 Left Right Aux Bus Output Pre1 Gate Aux Bus Output Pre2 Fat Ch U Post Pan Lin...

Page 74: ...OTES 1 Instrument Mic used Notes 2 Instrument Mic used Notes 3 Instrument Mic used Notes 4 Instrument Mic used Notes 5 Instrument Mic used Notes 6 Instrument Mic used Notes 7 Instrument Mic used Notes...

Page 75: ...in question Make sure that the channel is assigned to the main output in the Assign section of the Fat Channel Fader Movements Have No Effect on Audio Verify that your StudioLive is not locked by navi...

Page 76: ...PreSonus Cost of Coverage Provided at no additional cost Included at no additional cost Who to contact to make a claim The seller PreSonus technical support for your region What This Warranty Covers...

Page 77: ...zation number as well as shipping instructions shall be provided after your service request is reviewed and confirmed 4 The product should be returned for service in the original product packaging Pro...

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