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PreSonus StudioLive 16R 18-Input 16-Channel Series III Stage Box and Rack Mixer

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Total Control - The PreSonus StudioLive 16R 18-Input 16-Channel Series III Stage Box and Rack Mixer

PreSonus's 16-channel Series III StudioLive 16R is both a versatile AVB stage box for StudioLive Series III consoles and the most powerful rack mixer in its class. It can operate as a simple stage box or as a combined stage box/monitor mixer, including remote control of the preamps and phantom power from the Series III console. As with Series III consoles, it's fully recallable and features a plug-in-style signal-processing workflow with vintage-style EQ and compression options on every channel; 6 FlexMixes that can be Aux, Subgroup, or Matrix mixes; 6-band fully parametric EQ on all mix outputs; and built-in AVB networking.


  • 16-channel AVB stage box for StudioLive Series III consoles
  • Simple stage box mode
  • Stage box + monitor mixer mode with control of preamps and phantom power from StudioLive Series III console
  • Fully recallable, 16-channel, Series III digital rack mixer
  • 18 total inputs
  • 16 locking combo mic/line channel inputs with recallable XMAX Class A mic preamps
  • 2 RCA line-level channel inputs (Ch. 15-16)
  • 6 1/4" TRS FlexMix outputs
  • 2 XLR main outputs (left/right)
  • Scene management with Scene Safe
  • 6 FlexMixes (Aux mixes, Subgroups, or Matrix mixes)
  • 2 internal effects buses (combination of reverbs and delays with modern and vintage options)
  • Fat Channel processing with vintage EQ and Compressor modes available on every channel and A/B compare
  • 18x18 USB 2.0 recording interface and 32x32 AVB recording interface
  • Onboard stereo recording to SD card
  • Complete solution: Includes UC Surface touch-control software for Mac, Windows, iPad, and Android; Capture live-recording software and Studio One® Artist DAW for Mac and Windows; compatible with free QMix-UC personal monitoring control for iPhone/iPod touch, and Android


The Perfect Partner for a Studiolive Series III Console

The StudioLive 16R Series III rack mixer is a perfect partner for your StudioLive Series III console/recorder, serving as either a simple stage box or a combination stage box and monitor mixer. Since Series III rack mixers and consoles can network using AVB, you can connect your StudioLive 16R to a Series III front-of-house console with one lightweight CAT5e or CAT6 Ethernet cable, eliminating the need for a heavy, expensive copper snake-and the signal degradation that goes with long analog cable runs. You can even remote control the StudioLive 16R's preamps and phantom power from your networked Series III console. In stage box + monitor mixer mode, the StudioLive 16R not only serves as an excellent networked stage box, it is a full blown monitor mixer with far more processing and mixing power than any mixer in its class-all packed into just two rackspaces (2U).

The Most Powerful Rack Mixer in Its Class

When Presonus says the StudioLive Series III stage boxes and rack mixers are by far the most powerful rackmount digital mixers in their class, that's no idle claim. The result of ten years of R & D, third-generation StudioLive Series III rack mixers are fully recallable, including remote-controlled XMAX preamps. Yet despite their extensive features, StudioLive Series III rack mixers actually improve upon PreSonus's legendary ease of use while letting you customize their workflow and operations in software to fit the way you work. The coveted StudioLive sound is better than ever, including third-generation Fat Channel processing, re-engineered from the ground up, and vintage-style EQs and compressors. Add built-in AVB networking, multitrack recording via USB 2.0 and AVB, onboard stereo recording to SD Card, and a complete suite of software, and you have a mixing and recording powerhouse that's equally formidable as a stage box/monitor mixer, as a rackmount front-of-house mixer controlled from a touchscreen computer or tablet, and as the heart of your studio.

A Third Generation Fat Channel

StudioLive Series III rack mixers boast the same third-generation Fat Channel processing found in StudioLive Series III consoles. Delivering digital precision with the heart and soul of analog, the Series III Fat Channel implements a plug-in-style workflow that features vintage-style EQ and compression options on every channel, from classic tube limiters to passive EQs. In addition to channel processing, all StudioLive Series III mixers offer 6-band, fully parametric EQ on all mix outputs. Enjoy extensive, studio-style processing when recording, mixing monitors, or even running the front-of-house system.

Customize Scenes and Presets in New and Powerful Ways

With StudioLive Series III, Presonus upped the ante and given you more flexibility when working with scenes and presets. Mixer scenes now include Scene Safe. Similarly, they've expanded the concept of Fat Channel presets so that presets have, for practical purposes, become like scenes for individual channels, not only saving inputs


SPECIFICATIONS

Microphone Preamplifier

  • Input Type: Combo locking XLR mic-1/4"TRS line
  • Frequency Response to Main Output (at unity gain): 20-20 kHz, +/-0.5 dBu
  • Input Impedance: 1 k Ohms
  • THD to Main Output: 0.005%, +4 dBu, 20-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd
  • S/N Ratio to Main Output (Ref = +4 dB, 20 kHz BW, unity gain, A-wtd): 94 dB
  • Common Mode Rejection Ratio (1 kHz at unity gain): 65 dB
  • Gain Control Range (+/-1 dB): 0 dB to +60 dB
  • Maximum Input Level (unity gain): +12 dBu
  • Phantom Power (+/-2 VDC): 48 VDC, switchable per channel

Unbalanced Inputs (CH. 15-16)

  • Type: RCA Female, unbalanced (stereo pair)
  • Maximum Input Level: +12 dBu, +/-0.5 dBu

Main Outputs

  • Type: XLR Male, balanced
  • Maximum Output Level: +24 dBu, +/-0.5 dBu
  • Output Impedance: 100 Ohms

Mix Outputs

  • Type: 1/4" TRS Female, balanced
  • Maximum Output Level: +18 dBu, +/- 0.5 dBu
  • Output Impedance: 100 Ohms

Headphone Output

  • Type: 1/4" TRS Female, active stereo
  • Maximum Output: 100 mW/ch. @ 60 Ohms load
  • Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 20 kHz (+/-0.5 dB)
  • THD+N: 0.01%, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 Hz BW, unwtd
  • S/N Ratio: 96 dB, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 Hz BW, unwtd

System Crosstalk

  • Input to Output: -90 dB (Ref = +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd)
  • Adjacent Channels: -87 dB (Ref = +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd)

Digital Audio And control

  • ADC Dynamic Range: 115 dB (A-wtd, 48 kHz)
  • DAC Dynamic Range: 115 dB (A-wtd, 48 kHz)
  • USB Recording Port: USB 2.0, Type-B
  • AES/EBU Output: XLR Male
  • Network Control Port: RJ-45
  • AVB Audio Network Port: Ethercon
  • Internal Processing: 32-bit, floating point
  • Sampling Rate: 48 kHz (44.1 kHz coming soon)
  • A/D/A Bit Depth: 24
  • Reference Level for 0 dBFS: +18 dBu
  • Total System Latency: 1.9 ms (local routing, analog in-analog out, all processing active)

Clock

  • Jitter Attenuation: 60 dB (1 ns in, 1 ps out)

PowerL

  • Connector: IEC
  • Input-Voltage Range: 90 to 230 VAC (+/-10%)
  • Power Requirements (continuous): 85W
  • Recommended Ambient Operating Temperature: 0 Degrees to 40 Degrees Celsius / 32 Degrees to 104 Degrees Fahrenheit


Manufacturer: PreSonus Audio
Model: STUDIOLIVE 16R
SKU: I492233-N-1-WHXX
UPC: 673454005817


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