StudioLive RML32AI

Features

Inputs and Outputs

• 24 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