Presonus StudioLive RML16AI

Inputs and Outputs

• 8 locking XLR mic inputs and 8 combo locking XLR mic-¼” TRS line inputs, each with:
  • Recallable XMAX Class A analog mic preamps
  • +48V phantom power
• Stereo tape input (RCA jacks)
• 8 XLR line-level Mix outputs
  • Four 300 ms alignment delays on the last four Mix outputs
• 1 DB25 jack mirrors 8 line-level Mix outputs
• 3 XLR main outputs (left, right, mono/center) with analog trim pots
• S/PDIF digital output on removable option card
• Headphone output with volume knob and selectable source
• 1x1 MIDI I/O (for future implementation)

Channels and Buses

• 32 internal channels
• 25 mix buses
  • 16 aux mix buses
  • 3 main mix buses (left, right, mono/center)
  • Stereo solo bus
  • 4 internal FX buses (2 reverb, 2 delay)
• Fully integrated, continuously bidirectional, 52-in/34-out, FireWire 800 direct recording interface (24-bit, 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz)

UC Surface Live Mixing and Control Software

• Designed specifically for live sound mixing
• Multiplatform support for Mac ^® , Windows ^® , and iPad ^®
  • Windows 8/10 multi-touch-compatible for large touchscreen mixing
  • Flexible and expandable computing options: Use a laptop with or without a touchscreen, an iPad, or any combination
• Contextual-based navigation for quick, intuitive access to all mixing functions
• 8 Mute Groups with All On and All Off
• Scene Store and Recall
  • Global Scene Storage: all current StudioLive RML settings
  • Up to 99 at a time
  • 8 Quick Scenes for instant scene save/recall—like “speed dial” for scenes
  • Automatic Global AutoStore
  • Customizable naming (for example, "Saturday Gig" or "Main Worship Service")
• Individual channel-strip setting storage
  • Up to 100 at a time, plus…
  • 50 channel-strip presets included for drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and vocals
  • Copy and paste among channels and buses
  • Can be saved as user presets
  • Can be browsed by category (Drums, Vocals, Horns, Guitar, Bass, and more)
• Contextual Presets System
  • Presets filtered by Channel Types
  • Quickly audition presets on the fly
  • Edit auditioned preset before loading
  • Exit Audition mode with out loading to return to previous settings
  • Save and load presets on all platforms including iOS
• Filter DCAs
  • Unlimited groups
  • Automatic group creation using Channel Types
  • Custom groups
• Security features to monitor and restrict access to the mixer’s controls

Other Actively Integrated Software

• Capture™ one-click recording software with true virtual soundcheck (Mac/Windows)
• Studio One ^® Artist full-featured digital audio workstation software (Mac/Windows)
• QMix®-UC aux-control software for iOS® and Android™ available free from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon App Store

Networking Connections

• 2 FireWire S800 ports and 1 Ethernet control port with AVB Networking on removable option card. FireWire ports fully compatible with Apple Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter.
• SL-Dante-Mix option card available separately
• Use AVB to cascade two RM/RML-series mixers to create a larger system (up to 64 channels) or connect the RML mixer to a StudioLive ^® AI-series front-of-house console

Signal Processing

• Dual Fat Channel signal processing on all channels and buses with:
• Variable highpass filter -6 dB/oct., sweepable from Off to 1 kHz (main channels and auxes only)
• Variable lowpass filter on the mono/center bus
• 4-band fully parametric EQ
  • Low EQ: sweepable from 36 Hz to 465 Hz, ±15 dB, switchable shelf or peaking
  • Low Mid EQ: sweepable from 90 Hz to 1.2 kHz, ±15 dB, variable Q 0.1 to 4.0
  • High Mid EQ: sweepable from 380 Hz to 5 kHz, ±15 dB, variable Q 0.1 to 4.0
  • High EQ: sweepable from 1.4 kHz to 18 kHz, ±15 dB, switchable shelf or peaking
  • Master EQ On/Off
• Compressor: Threshold -56 to 0 dB; Ratio 1:1 to 14:1, LIM=?:1; Attack 0.2 to 150 ms; Release 2.5 to 900 ms; Makeup Gain 0 to 28 dB; Soft Knee switch; Auto Mode with 10 ms Attack and 150 ms Release
• Gate with sidechain: Threshold: 0 to -84 dB; Attack: 0.02 to 500 ms; Release: 0.05 to 2 sec
• Bandpass Key Filter: 40 Hz to 16 kHz; second-order resonant bandpass filter Q (0.7) with Key Listen function
• Limiter: Variable Threshold -28 dBfs to 0, ?:1 Ratio
• Pan
• Stereo link for input channels and aux buses
• Polarity reverse (input channels only)
• Quick A/B comparisons of two complete sets of Fat Channel settings for each channel and bus
• 15 graphic EQs (for the first 12 aux buses plus the Main left, right, and mono/center buses)
• 4 32-bit floating point effects processors (2 reverb, 2 delay) on dedicated buses

Hardware Controls

• 32 LED meter grid
• Front-panel Mute All button temporarily mutes all inputs and outputs
• +48V Meters button to display phantom power assignment on the meter grid
• Headphone source selection between Main and Cue
• StudioLive CS18AI AVB control surface available separately

Digital

• High-definition Burr-Brown analog-to-digital converters (118 dB dynamic range)
• Unlimited-headroom, 32-bit floating point, digital mixing and effects processing
• Internal sample frequency 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz

Physical

• 3U rack-mount steel chassis

Computer system requirements:

Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for UC Surface, QMix-UC, and Studio One®.

Mac

• Mac® OS X 10.8.5 64-bit or later
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Windows

• Windows® 7 x64/x86 SP1 + platform update, Windows 8.1 x64/x86, Windows 10 x64/x86
• Intel Core 2 Duo (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Mac and Windows Systems

• FireWire S800 (IEEE 1394b) port or Thunderbolt port with FireWire S800 adapter
• Internet connection
• Internal or external 7200 RPM storage drive highly recommended
• 30 GB hard disk space
• Monitor with 1366x768 resolution

iOS

• iOS 9.3 or later
• iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 4, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, iPad (3rd generation), iPad 2?

Android

• Android™ 5.0 (Lollipop) or later
• Android smartphone (QMix-UC)
• Android tablet (8-inch) with 1024x768 resolution (UC Surface)

Note: The minimum system requirements may differ for DAWs other than Studio One. Please check the requirements for your DAW of choice with its manufacturer.

Note that the speed of your processor, amount of RAM and size and speed of your hard drive will greatly affect the overall performance of your recording system. Also, a more powerful system (faster processor with more RAM) will allow for lower latency (signal delay) than you might experience while monitoring audio signals.