Presonus SL-AVB-MIX Owner’s Manual

STUDIOLIVE™ AI

■■ Replace heavy,

noisy analog
copper snake with
a single Ethernet
cable

■■ Adds a complete

monitor mixer
on stage

■■ 16 more aux mixes

■■ Separate Fat

Channel process­ing and reverb/
delay FX from FOH

■■ Control from UC

■■ Individual artist

■■ FOH can source

■■ Stage RM mixer

■■ Control RM AI

■■ Linked Talkback,

■■ Simple one-step

™

Surface
Windows® 8
touch computer,
Mac® or PC laptop,
or iPad

mix control with
QMix-AI for iPhone

inputs from the
local analog,
FireWire, or re­mote RM mixer

can source inputs
from the local
analog or remote
FOH mixer

mixer preamps
from StudioLive AI
console mixer FOH

Scene save and
recall

connection takes
care of all default
routing and
setup

on a

®

SL-AVB-MIX Option Card

for StudioLive 16.4.2AI, 24.4.2AI & 32.4.2AI mixers.

Turn an RM32AI or RM16AI into a stage box
and monitor mixer for any StudioLive AI FOH
console. Use a single CAT5 cable as a snake.

ntroducing the next phase of

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Active Integration. The new
SL-AVB-MIX AVB option card
for StudioLive AI mixers lets
you connect your AI Console
mixer to an RM AI mixer for
reliable, low latency audio net­working and control. You can
even adjust the on-stage RM

mixer’s XMAX™ mic preamps
directly from your front of
house console.

All StudioLive RM mixers
ship with the AVB card already
installed and will only need a

firmware update to turn on this
functionality!

Audio networking provides

new, simpler ways to connect
your audio gear and save the
time, money and weight that
comes with reels of copper
audio snakes.

Unlike other networked
stage boxes, using the RM
mixer actually expands your
mix system with a dedicated

monitor mixer complete with
its own Fat Channel processing
and eects independent of
what’s being used at FOH.

SL-AVB-MIX option card for StudioLive

™

consoles

STAGE

Your

snake is

Stage

Analog

inputs

1-32

now one

single

CAT5

cable.

FOH main mix L/R

FOH Talkback

FOH

Analog

or

FireWire

inputs

1-32

Option 1: AVB Switch between RM Stage Box and StudioLive FOH Console

Monitor Mix
Touch Screen

RM16AI
or
RM32AI

SL-AVB-MIX
option card

(included!)

Control
Computer

UC Surface™

AVB Switch

WAP

iPhones running QMix-AI

SL-AVB-MIX
option card

iPad running
SL-Remote-AI

Five simple steps for using a StudioLive RM mixer as a stage box for your StudioLive AI Console mixer.

1.

Connect mixers — direct peer to
peer or through an AVB switch.

2. Turn on Stage Box option — from

the FOH AI Console mixer Master
Control screen, page down to digital
option, select stage box option and

change to “on” (this automati­cally configures the default system
configuration and routing).

3. Select the channels you want to

source remotely.

FOH inputs can be sourced from
local inputs or stage. Stage inputs

can be sourced from local input or
from front of house.

4. Set up your mix— Main mix at FOH

sent to both FOH outputs and Stage
main L/R outputs plus you have up
to 14 aux mixes and 4 subgroups at
FOH and an additional 16 aux mixes
at stage.

5. Save and recall your scene set-ups

Saving and recalling at FOH saves
settings for both mixers, saving and
recalling at Stage is local to the stage
making it easy to manage dierent
monitor mixes independent of FOH.

instead of

a heavy,

expensive,

bulky copper

hose monster

that people

always trip

on.

StudioLive

16.4.2AI,

24.4.2AI
or 32.4.2AI

FRONT OF HOUSE

Stage

Analog

inputs

1-32

FOH main mix L/R

FOH Talkback

FOH

Analog

or

FireWire

inputs

1-32

FOH Playback

and Recording

Computer

running
Capture
Studio One

SL-AVB-MIX
option card

™

or

®

iPad running
SL-Remote-AI

mic

MP3

player

CD player/DVD audio

Wireless

microphone

receiver

Talk­back

Option 2: No switch between RM Stage Box and StudioLive FOH Console

Wireless control connected via USB “dongle” on each StudioLive mixer

Monitor Mix Touch Screen Control

UC Surface™)

Computer (

RM16AI
or
RM32AI

SL-AVB-MIX
option card

(included!)

iPhones running QMix-AI

WAP

StudioLive 16.4.2AI,

24.4.2AI, or 32.4.2AI

With PreSonus AVB networking,
we take the complexity out of the
setup. You can take advantage of
a networked audio system without
needing an IT degree.

While we have lots of plans for
expanding the capabilities of the
PreSonus AVB network system,
we’ve kept this first launch phase
simple and focused on use as a
remote stage box with monitor
mixing system. The following Q&A
details what the system can and
can’t do at this time.

ow many mixers can I
connect together?

H

At this time two mixers can be connected
via PreSonus AVB. One AI Console mixer
at FOH and one AI RM mixer at stage.

an I connect any AI Console
mixer with any RM mixer?

C

Yes, any of the three models of AI
Console mixers (32.4.2AI, 24.4.2AI,

16.4.2AI) can connect with any of the
two AI RM mixers (RM32AI, RM16AI).

an I connect the two mixers
directly (without a switch)?

C

Yes, a single Ethernet cable from the FOH
AI Console mixer to the Stage RM mixer is
all that’s needed to establish a PreSonus
AVB connection. When connected
without an AVB switch, wireless control
is accomplished by using the included
Wi-Fi dongle to connect the mixers to a
wireless router (see diagram below).

o I need a special switch/router
to use PreSonus AVB?

D

Yes, if you plan on using a switch in your
setup the switch must be a qualified AVB
switch. At this time we’ve qualified the
following AVB switches to work with the
PreSonus AVB network.

Brand Model

MOTU AVB Switch

Extreme
Networks

Summit X440-8t /
Software: ExtremeXOS

15.4.1.2 / Hardware:
Rev 11.0

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