125th AES Convention 2008

[LatencyLover?]

I haven't heard that much since its initial announcement. Whats going on with it? Also how well is Capture integrated with it? What does it compare to?

Should I purchase it or Steinbergs MR816 csx or the TC konnekt 48??

[Anderton]

They were showing it at AES, and I guess it's pretty close to shipping. Capture is extremely well integrated with it - it's a very simple program designed specifically for the StudioLive. The video from Frankfurt 2008 in the Theater has a lot of info about the StudioLive.

[LatencyLover?]

Oh man! I just checked out the video. This seems like what i'm looking for. I think Presonus has a major winner on their hands!

[MikeRivers]

I'm still waiting for my review unit. I think that it will probably really be available by January, about a year after they first showed it at NAMM.

The Capture program is essentially a one-button recorder that will bring your mic signals home, and feed them back into the console so you can take another shot at mixing when the pressure of the show is off. It's not intended to be a studio program (like Cubase or Sonar) for the person who writes, arranges, and plays all the parts himself.

Compare it to the Allen & Health Zed R16. It, too, is a 16-channel mixer with multi-channel Firewire I/O. The difference is that the Presonus is a digital mixer with all of its advantages and disadvantages, while the A&H is an analog mixer with all its advantages and disadvantages.

This would be a good side-by-side shootout for a magazine with an editor who has enough clout to get both at the same time and has some suitable test cases (live shows, mostly) to get a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of each one.

If the A&H came in a 24-channel version and had a meter bridge, I'd probably go for that one because I like having all the knobs in front of me and I don't have much need to recall a mix. But since it doesn't, for me there isn't a clear winner. If they both sound good (and I see no reason why they shouldn't) it would be a matter of workflow preference.

[Anderton]

bump because I got tired of seeing "Thanks to Craig" as the top topic!

[felix]

I'm hearing it's still due to be released in January (yes, 2009)

[ricknaqvi]

Hi Folks,

We went into production this week. We are hoping to ship the first units within the next several weeks. :thu:

I've started a weekly video blog on the StudioLive1642 if anyone is interested: http://presonusaudio.blogspot.com/

Here is where I'm taking it out into the field and showing how it functions in the real world.

Kind Regards,

[Anderton]

Rick, the blog is cool...I checked it out. :thu:

[Ryan Freer]

I'm still waiting for my review unit. I think that it will probably really be available by January, about a year after they first showed it at NAMM.

The Capture program is essentially a one-button recorder that will bring your mic signals home, and feed them back into the console so you can take another shot at mixing when the pressure of the show is off. It's not intended to be a studio program (like Cubase or Sonar) for the person who writes, arranges, and plays all the parts himself.

Compare it to the Allen & Health Zed R16. It, too, is a 16-channel mixer with multi-channel Firewire I/O. The difference is that the Presonus is a digital mixer with all of its advantages and disadvantages, while the A&H is an analog mixer with all its advantages and disadvantages.

This would be a good side-by-side shootout for a magazine with an editor who has enough clout to get both at the same time and has some suitable test cases (live shows, mostly) to get a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of each one.

If the A&H came in a 24-channel version and had a meter bridge, I'd probably go for that one because I like having all the knobs in front of me and I don't have much need to recall a mix. But since it doesn't, for me there isn't a clear winner. If they both sound good (and I see no reason why they shouldn't) it would be a matter of workflow preference.

Mike Rivers is correct. Apart from being an analog mixer, the Allen & Heath ZED-R16 would probably be the closest comparison to the Presonus StudioLive for many reasons. -They both have built-in JetPLL multi-channel firewire interfaces, allowing you to route each channel into your DAW so they can be recorded on seperate tracks. Then with the press of a button, each track can be re-routed back into the mix channels again for mixing down & mastering; (Which is excellent). Yet neither of the two consoles feature Word Clock in/out, (Which is not-so-excellent).

There's quite a few other digital & analog consoles that are similar to these two, and also within the same price bracket. I've got my eyes still upon Tascam's DM-3200; which currently appears to be more than twice the console that the StudioLive is, at less than twice the price. And this includes the price of the optional firewire card for the DM-3200, which must be installed.

Otherwise, there are no other consoles I've seen that appear to have as many in/outs & aux sends/returns.

It's definitely gonna take some more time before I make a final decission.