This product has been discontinued.
24 input channels, each with:
- XLR mic and ¼” line inputs
- High-headroom Class A XMAX mic preamplifiers
- Analog ¼" inserts (rear panel)
- Trim control with –20 to +20 dBV line / -15 to +65 dBu mic gain range (80 dB!)
- +48V phantom power switch for condenser microphones
- Digital Audio Input Select
- 100 mm precision faders
- Phase reverse, highpass filter, noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter—all with A/B and Quick Null
- Cascade two StudioLive® AI mixers of any frame size to create custom-sized mixing consoles.
- 40 in x 26 out FireWire s800 direct digital recording interface (24-bit/44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz) compatible with Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
- Compatible with ASIO and Core Audio; works with Logic®, Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar™, Digital Performer™, Live, and others
- 20 dedicated mix buses for easy configuration
- 10 aux buses with analog outputs
- 4 internal FX buses
- 4 subgroups with analog outputs
- Stereo main bus with analog outputs
- Access to Fat Channel functions
Four subgroup buses, each with:
- Balanced TRS output
- Solo
- Mute
- Noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter — all with A/B and Quick Null
- 300 ms output delay
Ten aux buses, each with:
- Balanced TRS output
- Solo
- Mute
- Pre1/Pre2/post-fader send
- Output-level control
- Highpass filter, noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter — all with A/B and Quick Null
- 31-band graphic EQ with A/B and Quick Null
- Available sources: 24 input channels, Aux In A and B, Tape Input, Main digital-audio return, FXA, FXB, FXC, FXD, Talkback
Four internal effects sends (two reverbs, two delay effects), each with:
- Mute
- Pre1/Pre2/post-fader send
- Output-level control
- Highpass filter, noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter — all with A/B and Quick Null
Stereo main bus with:
- Balanced XLR outputs
- Balanced TRS outputs
- Mono sum XLR output
- Noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter — all with A/B and Quick Null
- 31-band graphic EQ with A/B and Quick Null
Master section
- Aux Input A and B
- Level Control and stereo pan
- Noise gate/expander, compressor, 4-band EQ, limiter with A/B and Quick Null
Talkback System
- Mic Level control
- Output Select (Auxes, Main)
- Talk button
- Rear-panel XLR mic input with trim control and continuous 48V phantom power
2-Track in
- Level control
- Tape Input to Mains button
- Main Digital Audio Return on/off
Solo bus
- Cue Mix volume control
- PFL/AFL and Solo In Place (SIP) buttons
- Latch, Radio, and CR Modes
- Solo Clear
Monitor bus
- Headphone-output level control
- Control-room monitor-level control
- Solo Bus to Monitor button
- Tape Input to Monitor button
- Main Digital Audio Return to Monitor button
- Main Mix to Monitor button
Fat Channel with rotary encoders:
- Pan with dedicated 15-LED display
- Stereo link for input channels, aux buses, and subgroups
- Phase reverse (input channels only)
- High-pass filter: -6 dB/oct., sweepable from Off to 1 kHz (main channels and aux's only)
- Gate: 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
- 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
- 4-band fully parametric equalizer
- 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 button
- Limiter: variable Threshold -28 dBfs to 0, ∞:1 Ratio
- Alt EQ & Dyn button for quick A/B comparisons of two complete sets of Fat Channel settings for each channel and bus
- Output Assign: 4 subgroups and main
- All settings can be copied among channels and buses and can be saved as user presets.
- 50 channel-strip presets for drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and vocals
- Quick Parameter Null easily zeroes out any Fat Channel parameter
Four internal digital effects-processors (two reverbs, two delays), each with 50 customizable presets
Twelve 31-band graphic equalizers
- 6 Quick Scene buttons 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 48 at a time, plus…
- 50 factory presets for instruments and vocal
- Copy and Paste between channels
- Can be browsed by category (DRM, VOX, HRN, GTR, BAS, MISC, SYS)
Lockout mode to keep inspired amateurs from changing your settings
Metering/Displays
Input/Output
- 24 x 16- LED Fat Channel matrix:
- Pre-dynamics/pre-fader input
- Post-dynamics/post-fader output
- Gain reduction
- Aux 1-14 and EFX A-D output
- Fader-position recall
- 8 x 15-LED main meter bank
- Selected channel level
- Selected channel gain reduction
- Sub buses 1 to 4
- Main stereo outputs
- 15-LED horizontal Pan/Balance display
- 64 x 194 LCD matrix
- Effects parameters
- Scene creation, storage, and recall
- System menus
- Channel Info page with custom naming
- GEQ Select
- 2-digit Channel Selected display
- 24 main inputs, each with XLR mic, ¼" line, and ¼" inserts
- 2 ¼" balanced stereo (L/R) aux inputs
- 1 XLR talkback-mic input with XMAX™ preamp, phantom power (always on), and level control
- Unbalanced RCA stereo (L/R) tape inputs and outputs
- XLR stereo (L/R) main outputs with level control
- ¼" balanced stereo (L/R) main outputs
- XLR mono output with level control
- ¼" balanced stereo (L/R) control-room outputs
- ¼" headphone output
- 4 ¼" balanced subgroup outputs
- 10 ¼" balanced aux outputs
- 24 pre-insert, balanced direct outputs, Ch. 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 on DB25 sockets
- Dedicated USB 2.0 port and included Wi-Fi LAN adapter for wireless communications
- Installed Option Card with:
- S/PDIF digital out
- 2 FireWire S800 ports (fully compatible with Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter)
- Optional Networking cards
- Dante™ (SL-Dante-Mix)
- AVB (SL-AVB-Mix)
Integrated software
- UC Surface Control Software with Smaart Measurement Technology™
- Studio One® Artist Digital Audio Workstation software for Mac® and Windows®
- Capture™ multitrack recording software for Mac and Windows
- QMix®-UC aux-control software for iOS® and Android™ available free from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon App Store
Digitalia
- 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 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz
Physical
- Rugged, non-flex steel chassis
- 100 mm long-throw faders
- Military-grade, quick-touch buttons
- BNC 12V lamp socket
- Optional dust covers available