Table of Contents
1 Overview
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1
1.1
Introduction
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1
1.2
About This Manual
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2
1.3
Summary of StudioLive AI-series Mixer
Hardware Features
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2
1.4
What is in the Box
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3
2
Getting Started
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4
2.1
Level Setting Procedure
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4
3 Hookup
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9
3.1
Rear-Panel Connections
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9
3.1.1
Installed Option Card
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13
3.2
Front Panel Connections
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13
3.3
Typical Band Setup Diagrams
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14
3.4
Typical Church Setup Diagrams
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16
4 Controls
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18
4.1
The Fat Channel
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18
4.1.1
Select Buttons, Meters,
and the Fat Channel
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18
4.1.2
Fat Channel Processing Guide
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19
4.1.3
Fat Channel: Dynamics Processing
and EQ
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19
4.1.4
Sidechaining (32.4.2AI
and 24.4.2AI only)
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27
4.1.5
A/B Fat Channel Settings
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28
4.1.6
Fat Channel Panning, Stereo Link,
and Link Master
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29
4.1.7
Fat Channel: Subgroup
and Main Output Assignments
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29
4.1.8
Copying Fat Channel Settings
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30
4.1.9
Loading Fat Channel Presets
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31
4.1.10
Saving Fat Channel Presets
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32
4.1.11
Channel Presets Library
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34
4.2
Metering
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35
4.2.1
StudioLive Fat Channel Metering
Controls
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35
4.2.2
Subgroup and Main Meters
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36
4.2.3
A Quick Note About dBu and dBFS
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36
4.3
Input Channel Strip
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37
4.3.1
Input Channel Controls
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37
4.4
Aux and FX Buses
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38
4.4.1
Analog Aux Bus Controls
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38
4.4.2
Internal FX Bus Controls
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39
4.4.3
Aux and FX Bus Channel Sends
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39
4.4.4
Pre/Post Channel Sends
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40
4.4.5
Creating Monitor Mixes
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40
4.4.6
Creating Internal FX Mixes
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41
4.4.7
Using an External Effects Processor
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43
4.5
Subgroups
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45
4.5.1
Subgroup Controls
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45
4.5.2
Creating Instrument Subgroups
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46
4.5.3
Creating Effects Groups
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47
4.6
Main Output Bus
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49
4.7
Mute Groups (StudioLive 32.4.2AI only)
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50
4.7.1
Creating a Mute Group
(StudioLive 32.4.2AI only)
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51
4.8
Master Section
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51
4.8.1
Aux Inputs A and B
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51
4.8.2
Talkback System
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52
4.8.3
2 Track In
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52
4.9
Solo Bus
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53
4.9.1
Solo Bus Controls
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53
4.9.2
Solo Modes
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54
4.9.3
Solo Clear
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54
4.9.4
Using the Solo Bus for Monitoring
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54
4.9.5
Using Solo in Place (SIP)
to Set Up a Mix
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55
4.10
Monitor Bus
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57