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Presonus StudioLive 16.4.2

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yosefmc7

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May 18, 2013, 10:27:50 PM5/18/13
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Has anyone worked with one of these?

Mike Rivers

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May 19, 2013, 7:31:13 AM5/19/13
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On 5/18/2013 10:27 PM, yosefmc7 wrote:
> Has anyone worked with one of these?

Oh, only some 50,000 people. There's a review of it on my web page,
though there have been several updates and upgrades since then in the
current model.

There's a new model coming soon which will initally be somewhat obsolete
in its own right (it stlll uses Firewire to connect to a computer) but
will include enough new features to make you wish you'd waited to buy
one (and spent more than what a 16.4.2 will go for at the typical
"dumped" price.


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a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be
operated without a passing knowledge of audio" - John Watkinson

Drop by http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com now and then

Scott Dorsey

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May 19, 2013, 12:55:02 PM5/19/13
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In article <5da7a7a1-08ca-442d...@googlegroups.com>,
yosefmc7 <yose...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Has anyone worked with one of these?

A little.
--scott

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yosefmc7

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May 19, 2013, 10:45:18 PM5/19/13
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On Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:55:02 AM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <5da7a7a1-08ca-442d...@googlegroups.com>,
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> yosefmc7 wrote:
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> >Has anyone worked with one of these?
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> A little.
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> --scott
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> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I'm looking at investing in either this or the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40. Both look good, although I'm leaning toward the Focusrite.

Mike Rivers

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May 20, 2013, 8:27:58 AM5/20/13
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On 5/19/2013 10:45 PM, yosefmc7 wrote:

> I'm looking at investing in either this or the Focusrite Saffire Pro 40. Both look good, although I'm leaning toward the Focusrite.

They can be used for a couple of the same things, but they're really
totally different products. You might want to compare a PreSonus 1818VSL
with the Focusrite Pro 40, but I can't see comparing the StudioLive
console with it.

I wouldn't want to use a computer interface to mix a live show. There
are many reasons why I don't want a StudioLive as my studio recording
console (sound quality doesn't have anything to do with it). You should
first figure out what family of product you need in order to do the job
you have. Then decide among the family members.

yosefmc7

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May 21, 2013, 11:19:19 AM5/21/13
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We won't be recording live shows. We will be using whatever we get to do studio recording, albeit on a tight budget. Really, I think what we're looking for is not so much a console as an interface to record to software on a computer.

yosefmc7

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May 21, 2013, 11:55:01 AM5/21/13
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On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:19:19 AM UTC-7, yosefmc7 wrote:
> On Monday, May 20, 2013 5:27:58 AM UTC-7, Mike Rivers wrote:
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> > On 5/19/2013 10:45 PM, yosefmc7 wrote:
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> > Okay, one other question: USB or Firewire? Mac has come out with a new input "Thunderbolt" which the Focusrite can utilize, whereas it appears that the Presonus is strictly USB. So...is there enough difference between these formats to matter? In my experience so far, USB(2.0) has always been fast enough.

Scott Dorsey

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May 21, 2013, 12:24:18 PM5/21/13
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yosefmc7 <yose...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>We won't be recording live shows. We will be using whatever we get to do studio recording, albeit on a tight budget. Really, I think what we're looking for is not so much a console as an interface to record to software on a computer.


Okay, the Presonus is pretty much a PA console. You can use the front end
on it for recording, but it's not really for that. On the other hand, you
could also use it as a mixing console if you decide you want to mix a
recording live (although it's not really set up like a studio console).

The Focusrite is indeed an interface box. It's a good one, and it has pretty
stable driver. It has preamps that aren't horrible (although there is no
real way to bypass them if you decide you want eight line inputs).

It is supported by Pro Tools. I think the Focusrite DAW software is gone
now.

So... you need to decide how you want to work.... that means first
deciding what kind of DAW software you want to use, and then picking an
interface that will work with it.

There are millions of interfaces out there. The Focusrite is good, but
you could spend more and buy a Prism unit or less and buy an RME and you
would probably be happy with all three of them more or less.

If you're doing budget studio recording, my suggestion is to put all your
money into room treatment, microphones, and monitoring, and get whatever
interfaces and preamps you can pick up cheaply on the used market.
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