
PreSonus® StudioLive™ Mixer Handbook
The Official Guide to Getting the Most from Your Console
By Bobby Owsinski
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Unleash and maximize the power of your PreSonus® StudioLive™ console with this official guide. Renowned engineer, producer, and author Bobby Owsinski provides a detailed look at one of the best-selling mixers of all time, revealing the tips and tricks you need to unlock its hidden capabilities and make your mixes sound better than ever. All StudioLive models are covered including the new AI editions.
PreSonus® StudioLive™ Mixer Handbook is divided into three sections: Part 1 is a general overview that breaks down each challenging feature. Part 2 covers live sound, explaining feedback-free stage monitoring, tuning your sound system to any venue, and StudioLive's remote mixing capabilities. Part 3 focuses on studio recording, detailing the mixing techniques used by the pros, and includes a bonus chapter on mic placement that covers nearly every instrument.
After finishing this guide, you'll find recording and mixing so much easier with your StudioLive mixer that you'll think you just bought a new console! Bobby consulted directly with PreSonus to write PreSonus® StudioLive™ Mixer Handbook, so you're getting expert info directly from the source!
In this book you'll discover:
* How to configure your computer to unlock StudioLive's most powerful features
* The way to control your monitor or headphone mixes from your iPhone
* Secrets to great-sounding, feedback-free stage monitors
* How to remotely control your StudioLive Mixer from an iPad
* Ways to easily record your shows without any additional hardware or software
* Miking tips for nearly every instrument
* Studio mixing tips to take your recordings to the next level
PreSonus® StudioLive™ Mixer Handbook is divided into three sections: Part 1 is a general overview that breaks down each challenging feature. Part 2 covers live sound, explaining feedback-free stage monitoring, tuning your sound system to any venue, and StudioLive's remote mixing capabilities. Part 3 focuses on studio recording, detailing the mixing techniques used by the pros, and includes a bonus chapter on mic placement that covers nearly every instrument.
After finishing this guide, you'll find recording and mixing so much easier with your StudioLive mixer that you'll think you just bought a new console! Bobby consulted directly with PreSonus to write PreSonus® StudioLive™ Mixer Handbook, so you're getting expert info directly from the source!
In this book you'll discover:
* How to configure your computer to unlock StudioLive's most powerful features
* The way to control your monitor or headphone mixes from your iPhone
* Secrets to great-sounding, feedback-free stage monitors
* How to remotely control your StudioLive Mixer from an iPad
* Ways to easily record your shows without any additional hardware or software
* Miking tips for nearly every instrument
* Studio mixing tips to take your recordings to the next level
Contents
Title | |
Introduction | |
Part 1: StudioLive Mixer Overview | |
Chapter One--The Input Section | |
Mic/Line | |
Insert | |
Direct Out | |
48V (Phantom Power) | |
Channel Fader | |
Mute | |
Input Selection | |
Solo | |
Pan | |
Stereo Link | |
Assignments | |
Select | |
Chapter Two--The Fat Channel | |
The Phase Switch | |
The High-Pass Filter | |
The Gate | |
On | |
Threshold | |
Range | |
Attack and Release | |
Key Filter and Key Listen | |
Exp | |
The Compressor | |
Threshold | |
Ratio | |
Attack and Release | |
Auto | |
On | |
Soft | |
Gain | |
The Limiter | |
On | |
Threshold | |
The Equalizer | |
Frequency | |
Q | |
Shelf | |
Gain | |
On | |
A/B | |
Digital Output | |
Channel Memory | |
Copy and Load | |
Save | |
Presets | |
Chapter Three--Aux and FX Buses | |
Output | |
Control | |
Select | |
Solo | |
Post | |
Effects | |
Level | |
Select | |
Post | |
Mute | |
Mix | |
Chapter Four--Metering | |
The Fat Channel Meters | |
Input | |
Output | |
Gain Reduction | |
Aux | |
Fader Locate | |
The Main Meter Section | |
Selected Channel | |
Subs | |
Main | |
Chapter Five--The Master Section | |
The Monitor Section | |
Monitor | |
Main | |
Tape | |
FireWire or D)) | |
Solo | |
The Solo or Cue Section | |
SIP (Solo In Place) | |
PFL (Pre-Fader Listen) | |
Solo or Cue Level | |
Phones | |
2 Track In | |
Level Control | |
Tape | |
FireWire or D)) Button | |
The Talkback System | |
Talkback Mic | |
Talkback Routing | |
Talkback Button | |
Aux Inputs | |
Subgroups | |
Mute Groups | |
All On | |
All Off | |
Mute Groups 1-6 | |
Master Fader | |
Chapter Six--Master Control | |
Navigation | |
Value | |
Previous and Next | |
Page Up and Page Down | |
FX | |
Scene | |
Store | |
Recall | |
System | |
Digital Effects | |
Reverb | |
Delay | |
Setting Up the Effects | |
Graphic EQs | |
Assignment | |
Navigation | |
Storing and Recalling Settings | |
Using the Graphic EQ | |
System Menu Control Functions | |
Page 1: Global | |
Page 2: Network | |
Page 3: iOS Setup | |
Page 4: Aux Pre Position | |
Page 5: FX Pre Position | |
Page 6: Digital Info | |
Page 7: Sub Out Delay | |
Page 8: Lockout Mode | |
Page 9: System About | |
Chapter Seven--Unique Features | |
Virtual StudioLive | |
Sample Rate | |
Clock Source | |
Operation Mode: Buffer Size | |
Remote Control via VSL | |
Manage Presets | |
Lockout | |
Wireless Control via SL Remote | |
Smaart Integration | |
The Spectrograph | |
The Real-Time Analyzer (RTA) | |
Output Check | |
Smaart Room Analysis Wizard | |
QMix/QMix-AI iPhone Remote Control of Cue Mixes | |
Recording Software | |
Capture 2 | |
Studio One | |
Part 2: Using StudioLive for Live Sound | |
Chapter Eight--Tuning the Sound System to the Room | |
Why Each Venue Sounds Different | |
The Size | |
The Shape | |
The Building Materials Used | |
The Fixtures | |
The Audience | |
EQing the Room | |
Using Smaart to Analyze and Correct a Live Venue | |
A Word About Room EQ Curves | |
Suppressing Feedback | |
Ringing Out the System | |
Using Smaart to Suppress Feedback | |
GEQ Draw Mode | |
Storing and Recalling a Setup | |
Storing a Setup | |
Recalling a Scene | |
Chapter Nine--Stage Monitor Mixes | |
Analyzing and Correcting the Floor Monitors | |
Suppressing Feedback | |
Ringing Out the System | |
Using Smaart to Suppress Feedback | |
Setting Up Multiple Monitor Mixes | |
QMix iPhone Remote Control of Monitor Mixes | |
Setting Up Wireless Control | |
Connecting Your Computer to the Network (AI Series Consoles) | |
Connecting Your iPhone to the Network | |
The Different Views | |
QMix Options | |
Permissions | |
Chapter Ten--Live Mixing with StudioLive | |
Stage Setup | |
Line Check | |
Gain Staging | |
Bad Gain Staging Examples | |
Channel and Subgroup Gain Staging | |
Setting the Levels | |
Adding More Instruments | |
Using the Dynamics | |
Setting Up the Gate | |
Setting the Compressor | |
Using the Limiter | |
Using the EQ | |
Using the High-Pass Filter | |
Using the Equalizer | |
Creating a Balance | |
Dealing with Loud Amplifiers | |
Mixing Up to the Stage Volume | |
Mixing with Subgroups | |
Mixing in Stereo | |
Using Effects | |
Two-Delay Setup | |
Reverb and Delay Setup | |
Two-Reverb Setup | |
Two-Delay Two-Reverb Setup (AI Series Only) | |
Storing Presets and Scenes | |
Chapter Eleven--Controlling StudioLive Remotely | |
Setting Up Wireless Control | |
On a Mac Running OS X 10.6 to 10.8 | |
On a PC Running Windows 7 | |
Connecting Your iPad to the Network | |
Using SL Remote | |
The Start Page | |
The Different Views | |
Scenarios for Remote Control | |
Chapter Twelve--Additional Features | |
Console Linking | |
Lockout Mode | |
Output Check | |
System Delay | |
Chapter Thirteen--Recording Your Performance | |
Recording with Capture 2 | |
Using Capture 2 | |
Virtual Soundcheck | |
Session Lock | |
File Management | |
Big Meter Mode | |
Markers | |
Using an Outboard Recorder | |
Setting the Record Level | |
Two-Track Recording | |
Part 3: Using StudioLive In the Studio | |
Chapter Fourteen--Treating Your Room Acoustics | |
Acoustic Quick Fixes | |
Tuning Your Speakers to the Room | |
The Type of Curve to Look For | |
Chapter Fifteen--Mic Placement | |
Basic Miking Technique | |
Step 1: Choose the Best Place in the Room | |
Step 2: Choose the Right Mic | |
Step 3: Choose the Mic Placement | |
Step 4: Avoid Phase Cancellation | |
Basic Mic Placement | |
The Secret to Good Sounds | |
The Drum Kit | |
Bass Guitar | |
Electric Guitar | |
Acoustic Guitar | |
Electric Keyboards | |
Acoustic Grand Piano | |
Acoustic Upright Piano | |
Hand Percussion | |
Drum Percussion | |
Individual String Instruments | |
String Ensembles | |
Brass | |
Saxophone | |
Lead Vocals | |
Background Vocals | |
Stereo Miking Techniques | |
X/Y | |
ORTF | |
Spaced Pair | |
Stereo Mic | |
Chapter Sixteen--Recording with StudioLive | |
Setting Record Levels | |
Headroom | |
How to Set the Recording Level | |
Recording with or without Signal Processing | |
Setting the Recording Level with Signal Processing | |
DI Setup | |
Saving Your Settings | |
If Something Is Noisy or Distorting | |
Cue Mixes | |
Setting Up a Cue Mix | |
The Players Control Their Own Cue Mixes with QMix | |
Studio One | |
Versions | |
Uploading to Soundcloud | |
Uploading to Nimbit | |
Chapter Seventeen--Studio Mixing with StudioLive | |
The Difference between Live and Studio Mixing | |
How Long Should a Mix Take? | |
Configuring StudioLive for Mixing | |
Setting Up Solo In Place | |
Building the Mix | |
Creating a Balance | |
The Rhythm Section | |
The Lead Element | |
The Rest of the Mix | |
Panning | |
Panning the Drums | |
Stereo Instruments | |
Background Vocals | |
Using the Equalizer | |
Frequency Areas to Look At | |
The Principles of Equalization | |
Using the Dynamics | |
Using the Gate | |
Using the Compressor | |
Using the Limiter | |
Using Effects | |
Recalling FX Presets | |
Using Reverb | |
Using Delay | |
Add an Artificial Double | |
EQing Effects | |
Storing Presets | |
Watch the Meters | |
Storing and Recalling Scenes | |
Chapter Eighteen--Nimbit | |
Nimbit Features | |
Free Plan | |
Plus Plan | |
Premium Plan | |
Accessing Nimbit | |
Uploading a Song to Nimbit | |
Index |
Additional Information
Author: | Bobby Owsinski |
Format: | Book |
Page Count: | 220 |
Item Number: | 00-42462 |
ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1128-7 |
ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1128-6 |
UPC: | 038081475431 |
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