PRESONUS StudioLive 16R User manual

StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
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Table of Contents
1 Overview — 1
1.1 About AVB Networking — 1
2 Getting Started — 2
2.1 Channel Routing Grid — 5
2.2 Preamp Control — 6
2.3 Stagebox Modes — 6
2.4 Recording in Stagebox Mode — 8

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1 Overview
1.1 About AVB Networking
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
1Overview
There are two types of potential data flowing to and from your StudioLive Series
III mixer: control and audio. Control connections can be made over standard
Ethernet networks, including WiFi networks. Sending and receiving audio
requires an AVB network. Unlike control, AVB audio cannot be sent wirelessly.
•Control: This is the primary communication between your StudioLive Series III
rackmount mixer and your computer, iPad, or Android device. When networked
to your StudioLive, any device running UC Surface controls the mixers’functions.
•Audio: An AVB network connection enables routing audio to and
from the StudioLive Series III rackmount mixer’s audio inputs and
outputs with a StudioLive Series III console mixer in stagebox mode;
to a Mac for playback and recording; or to any 1722.1 AVB device.
Power User Tip: Network connections occasionally require troubleshooting, especially
when a lot of wireless networks are in use. Because of this, it is always a good idea to get
your networked devices happily communicating before the pressure is on and you have a
singer trying to dial in a monitor mix while you’re trying to mic the drum kit.
1.1 About AVB Networking
AVB (Audio Video Bridging) is an extension to the Ethernet standard designed to
provide“guaranteed quality of service,”which simply means that audio samples
will reach their destinations on time. AVB has been adopted by numerous audio
companies, and more companies are adding it all the time. AVB networking
offers a number of features that make it ideal for audio applications:
•Long, light cable runs. A single lightweight CAT5e or CAT6 cable can
be run up to 100 meters (300 feet). This makes it easy to have audio
I/O located in different rooms (or even different venues in the same
building) and run multichannel audio between them in real time.
•Low, predictable latency. The AVB specification states latency
of no longer than 2 ms sending an audio stream point-to-
point over up to seven“hops” (trips through switches or other
devices) at 1x (less than or equal to 48 kHz) sample rates.
•Scalable, with high channel counts. AVB’s bandwidth is sufficient to carry
hundreds of real-time channels using a single Ethernet cable. This offers the
future possibility of expanding your system with additional devices that contain
different kinds of audio I/O, multiple controllers, and other useful functions.
•Integrated clock signal. In a digital audio system with multiple devices,
having a master clock is absolutely critical. The AVB specification defines
such a clock to be accurately distributed to all devices in the system.
Power User Tip: The most important rule to keep in mind when setting up an AVB
network is that the talker (device sending audio) and listener (device receiving audio)
must be connected to an AVB-compatible switch.

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2 Getting Started
1.1 About AVB Networking
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
2Getting Started
StudioLive Series III rackmount mixers can be used as digital stageboxes for any
StudioLive Series III console mixer. This guide will get you up and running.
Important: Both StudioLive Series III mixers must be updated with the latest firmware
before configuring stagebox mode. Firmware updates and instructions are available from
within your My PreSonus user account. Please verify that the latest firmware is loaded on
both mixers before proceeding.
What you will need:
•StudioLive Series III console (StudioLive 32, StudioLive 24,
StudioLive 16) with the latest firmware update
•StudioLive Series III rackmount mixer (StudioLive 32R, StudioLive
24R, StudioLive 16R) with the latest firmware update
•Ethernet cable
•AVB switch (optional)
Direct connection
StudioLive 16
StudioLive 32R
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iPad running UC Surface

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2 Getting Started
1.1 About AVB Networking
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
Connect using an AVB switch
After you have made all the physical connections, you’ll
need to make the digital network connections.
1. Press the Home button on your StudioLive Series III console.
2. Press Audio Routing on the Home Screen.
StudioLive 16
StudioLive 32R
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SW5E AVB Switch
iPad running UC Surface
Link PoE
Blue= PoE On
(Holdto toggle)
White= PoE Off
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2 Getting Started
1.1 About AVB Networking
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
3. Press the Stagebox Setup button on the screen.
4. Tap on the “Select Rack Mixer” menu and choose your rack mixer from the list.
If you have more than one rack mixer connected on the network and are unsure
which mixer is which, you can press the Identify button. This will flash the front panel
LEDs on whichever mixer is currently selected in the dropdown menu.
5. Tap Apply to connect to your mixer.
6. Once your rack mixer is successfully connected, you
will see it in “Connected” field on the screen.
7. Select the Stagebox Mode you would like to use. See
Section 2.3 for information on the different modes.
FX CFX D
FX AFX B
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MonitorFX CFX D
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2 Getting Started
2.1 Channel Routing Grid
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
8. Tap Apply to save the mode.
Power User Tip: Connecting to your mixer and selecting the mode can be one or two
steps. When Apply is pressed, both the selected mixer and the selected Stagebox Mode are
saved simultaneously.
2.1 Channel Routing Grid
StudioLive Series III mixers route channels in banks of 8. From the Channel Routing
page, you can change the default routing:
Note: Once channels have been patched between your StudioLive Series III rackmount
mixer to your StudioLive Series III console mixer, they can be accessed by selecting the
Network input as the source on either mixer. For example, if you would like Channel 1 on
your console mixer to be sourced from Channel 1 on your rack mixer, you must select
Network as the input source on your console mixer. In this way, you can access local
analog, network, USB, or SD input sources for each channel as needed.
Select Network on Console
If you would like the input source for any channel on your StudioLive Series III
console mixer to come from your StudioLive Series III rack mixer, select that channel
on your console mixer and enable Network as the Input Source. For example, if you
would like to use the guitar connected to Input 3 on your StudioLive 16R in any mix
on your StudioLive 24, you would select Channel 3 on your StudioLive 24 and enable
Network as the input source.
Select Network in UC Surface
If you would like the input source for any channel on your StudioLive Series III rack
mixer to come from your StudioLive Series III console mixer, select that channel
on your rack mixer in UC Surface and enable Network as the Input Source. For
example, if you would like to use the microphone connected to Input 30 on your
StudioLive 32 in any mix on your StudioLive 32R, you would select Channel 30 in
UC Surface for your StudioLive 32R and enable Network as the input source.
MonitorFX CFX D
FX AFX B
MonitorFX D
FX B
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2 Getting Started
2.2 Preamp Control
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
2.2 Preamp Control
Once the Network input has been selected on the StudioLive Series III console mixer,
you can remote control the preamp level and phantom power for your rackmount
mixer from the top panel of your console mixer.
Note: When “Off” is selected for Stagebox mode, preamp and phantom power control
will not be active.
2.3 Stagebox Modes
StudioLive Series III rack mixers have three different modes of operation
when connected as a stagebox to a StudioLive Series III console mixer.
Whichever mode is selected, preset and scene store and recall is independent
on each mixer. In other words, saving a scene or a preset on the console
mixer will not save the settings on the rack mixer and vice versa.
Stagebox
This is a more traditional Stagebox function, where the StudioLive
Series III rackmount mixer simply serves as a remote I/O box for the
StudioLive Series III console at FOH. All mixing, both FOH and Aux
mixing, is done on the StudioLive Series III console at FOH.
When this mode is active, the mixer DSP on the StudioLive Series III rackmount
mixer is bypassed and all StudioLive Series III rackmount Main Left/Right outputs
are sourced from the console mixer’s Main Left / Right signals. The StudioLive Series
III console mixer’s FlexMixes are sourced from the rack mixer as described below:
StudioLive 16R StudioLive 24R StudioLive 32R
StudioLive 16,
StudioLive 24,
StudioLive 32
FlexMix 1-6 FlexMix 1-12 FlexMix 1-16
It should be noted that even though the StudioLive 16 console mixer only
has 10 outputs, it still has a full 16 Flex Mixes. Using a StudioLive Series III
rackmixer of a larger frame size will provide physical outputs for those mixes.
When Network is select as the Input Source for any channel on
the console mixer, you can remotely control the preamp gain and
phantom power for the respective channel on the rack mixer.
Input
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2 Getting Started
2.3 Stagebox Modes
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
Monitor Mix
While this mode is active, the StudioLive Series III rackmount mixer retains
all its mixing functionality for every FlexMix, allowing you to create monitor
mixes and more using the FlexMix outputs. The Main Mix in this mode will not
be accessible or have any effect on the sound as this mix is sourced from the
Main Left/Right mix of the console mixer and must be controlled from there.
Power User Tip: The FlexMix outputs on your console mixer will remain active as well,
allowing you to use both sets of FlexMix outputs and, in effect, doubling your mixing
capability.
When Monitor Mix mode is active, preamp gain and phantom power control
cannot be controlled locally on the rack mixer. Your rack mixer preamps
will be controlled remotely via the Input section on the Fat Channel of
the console mixer when Network is selected as the Input Source.
Monitor Mix + Preamps
This mode functions the same as Monitor Mix mode, but adds remote preamp
control for either mixer from the rack mixer in addition to the console mixer. In
other words, when Network is selected as the Input Source for any channel on
either mixer, you can remotely control the preamp gain and phantom power.
Off
When“Off”is selected, the console and rack mixers will retain their AVB
input connectivity (i.e. all the inputs from the rack mixer will be available
on the console mixer and vice versa), but each mixer will source its
Main Left/Right and FlexMixes locally and preamp control will not be
available for the rack mixer from the top panel of the console mixer.

2 Getting Started
2.4 Recording in Stagebox Mode
StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum
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2.4 Recording in Stagebox Mode
When any Stagebox Mode is active, recording is only supported from the
console mixer (USB or SD). Because of this, you will want to configure the
channels on your StudioLive Series III console mixer for your recording.
Note: Because of how macOS connects to an AVB device as an audio interface, it is not
possible to have a Mac connected to either mixer over AVB while using Stagebox mode.
Do not connect your Mac to your AVB network while using Stagebox mode.
The illustration below, shows channels being sourced locally and over the
network. Channels 1-12 and 19-24 are sourced from the rack mixer. Channels
13-16 are sourced from the local analog inputs on the console mixer:
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lead and backup vocal mics
bass/DI
electric guitar
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wireless in-ear
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floor wedges
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wireless in-ear
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Ch 2
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Ch 5
Ch 9 Ch 10
Ch 6
Ch 8
Ch 7
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Aux Inputs 3-4
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Aux Inputs 1-2
wireless mic
wireless mic
wireless mic
wireless mic

For every channel that you want to source from the Network and record from the
console mixer (either USB or SD), you need to set the Digital Send Source to“Digital”.
To do this, navigate to the channel settings on the console mixer and enable the
Digital Send Source.
For every channel that you want to source from the local analog inputs and record
from the console mixer (either USB or SD), you need to set the Digital Send Source to
“Analog”. To do this, navigate to the channel settings on the console mixer and
enable the Analog Send Source.
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Assign Stereo Preset
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•¼ C. chopped fresh parsley
•3 C. chicken stock
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StudioLive™ Series III
Stagebox Mode Addendum