PreSonus Studio Live Series iii Overview

When you're getting started with a new console, or considering buying one, it's nice to have someone show you around.
CORRECTION: In the video I said AVB was proprietary to PreSonus, but I was incorrect. There are a few other companies using it, specifically MOTU and RME. Thanks to Jordan Clark for pointing that out in the comments.
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[@dannycobra9339]

Dude! This is a life saver! I've been learning this board. A church I've been helping lead worship for bought a new sound system and picked this board, but they don't have a set sound guy, and the guys they paid from guitar center to set everything up basically ripped them off by doing a poor setup job. On top of that I'm the only one there that has a beginner level of understanding of digital live sound. This will help me clean up the channels to make connecting everything to the snakes simple and easy for when guest bands come through. But your videos are a gift from God in helping make digital sound digestible. It's a whole different complexity compared to analog sound.

[@NateDK]

Thanks for all the help!! I just placed an order for your book. And our church is finally upgrading to the 32S!! We are ordering it this week.

[@sword10song]

Awesome 👏🏻 I been waiting for this! Please do moreeee I have a small team that desperately need this.

[@AttawayAudio]

coming soon!

[@Thomas.Hoermann71]

Your hint at the end „don‘t ring that little bell“ is a gold nugget. I have also reduced all notifications on all of my devices.

[@michaeltablet8577]

Your videos are always helpful ! Thank you so very much!

[@collabworship]

We've only had experience with 1 PreSonus board, but didn't get a chance to use it long enough to decide if we liked it or not. This looks like a really cool mixer though. Great video!

[@thinktank13]

Love your channel, saving me a lot of headaches!!!!!

[@johnjohnson2642]

love to see the new board very utilitarian.

[@RandyHanley]

Your videos are amazing. Do you ever offer any type of Zoom class on this mixer? I'd be interested in taking a lesson or two from you. I have an audio background, but have trouble with some of the operations of this particular mixer. I have the 16-channel version, Series iii.

[@xray111xxx]

I am at church and they use the StudioLive64. I want to get more confidence with this mixer. I am even looking to get the smaller 16 channel version for my home creation channel too. Very impressed with the Presonus product. Thanks for the video.

[@Shadow-qn2hk]

Awesome and i can tell ur genuine because of the no little bell. Just seems odd a tech guy is saying to turn off the techs notifacations.

[@charlespowell9169]

I am the sound tech at my church. They are deep into their Yamaha QL5 board. I am not familiar with that board (I am new on the staff.) I am learning it and it does work well, but it seems like the Presonus StudioLive Series III is so much easier and logical, especially when it comes to sending and returnng FX. I am very familiar with StudioLive Series III, in fact I own the very same model you just demnstrated in this video. I love it! It truly seems purpose built for church applications. I wish I could convince my church to make the switch. It saves money and nails down what we actually need way better than the Yamaha.

[@Mattmaclock]

Although there are some difference in terms of user interface between Yamaha series and Other console, but still yamaha did add some unquie feature that other console don't

[@AttawayAudio]

Sometimes making a change to reduce confusion with volunteers is worth the work of implementing the change. On the other side is putting effort into training and understanding with the current team.

[@liamhuxley1389]

A QL serious console is far too complex for a church I would say unless your church is massive. If it were up to me every church would have an A&H SQ console, and the larger churches possibly a dLive

[@InMission]

Hey Charles, would you be able to help me out? We have the 32SX in our Church, but I'm the only one that "know" how to operate it, and I really need help.

[@DavinPetersen]

The Phantom Power rap. This was all worth it for that!

[@AttawayAudio]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BarnabY07]

And it was for free, so generous :-). Olso I d' like a second verse for the active DI 😀

[@probilmusic3396]

Hello am using PreSonus studio live 32s and connected it to my iMac 27 inch of 2017 but i get usb connection Errors, it looses connections every 5 to 10 minutes. please tell me whats with my studio live mixer or its the computer not matching up with the mixer?

[@Revo5308]

Another great video with good content. I do fully agree with you on the notification part ( dont ring that bell, it stresses you up).

[@AttawayAudio]

Thanks Kasper!

[@randyyates8068]

Good video that helps a lot thanks.

[@calvingudu9237]

I am using SL64S connected to a MacBook for UC surface and reaper for broadcast mix. The problem is that I get random recurring drop outs on FOH and clll mixes. What could going on here? Please help.

[@danrozzco]

Great video more of it, and how to routing all the input channels into the computer

[@johnwilson7809]

We have a StudioLive 32S and wondered if there is a way to use a footswitch to turn the effects on/off. This board does NOT have channel inserts.

[@kingsleyigwe952]

can you make an educative video..on powering up equipments, size of power cables, power of generator and many more in regards to electricty. Thank you

[@edwardbannor8857]

Thank you for the info, I have a Presonus studiolive 32 at church but two channels have locked symbols on them, how do I reset or unlock them. How do I use audio for live streaming? Looking forward to your response

[@danielgrenda38]

Just for the End everyone should leave a like, but the rest of the video was really good, too. Thanks for the nice review. 😉

[@ProducersVault]

please do a video on using the Studio Live with External Preamps, EQs or compressors. or using it with a Patchbay, there is no videos like this on the web.

[@markwinslow1423]

Thak you very much for all your videoes. Starting to outgrow my current mixer, a Yamaha TF Rack. Seriously thinking of recommending the Presonus to the Church Board. Are the Presonus stage boxes rack mountable?

[@DaleChristenson]

Yes they are.

[@rafahaddad4803]

Can i use last update of the software universal control with Presonus FireStudio project

[@KansasPrepper]

I currently have an X32 in the studio, do you think the Studiolive series lll 32 would be better for the recording studio then the X32 or maybe Wing? Or would you recommend something else. Hard to get help on these questions. I appreciate your opinion. Thank you.

[@AttawayAudio]

Depends on a lot of factors. What are you wanting to do that the X32 isn't doing for you? I haven't done a head-to-head comparison of the preamps from one to the other, but that'd be my guess on the biggest difference between them for that purpose.

[@KansasPrepper]

@@AttawayAudio well, the x32 is made in Germany and support is a pain. I had seen your buddies review at Churchfront on the WING and was major impress, and then he had to send it back to Behringer in Germany just a couple weeks later. So I am apprehensive with Behringer. Whatever board I end up with will be for a recording studio not live sound. I heard the XMax mic pre's on a Quantum by PreSonus and they sounded better by far then the X32. I know that PreSonus is in Louisiana. I guess I was just looking to upgrade after 8 yrs with the X32 and wanted other opinions.

[@kevinoverton515]

What brand name SD card do you use my board is not reading my S card it recognizes it but it doesn't read it I can't do a speed test I formatted it class 10 i

[@MrScumbag1010]

I had the older version of PreSonus, me and the repair shop fought over who kept it more. it was finally junked, I never went back, maybe they have greatly improved their boards, but for me i am staying with analog, I now use a Allen & Heath Mix wiz version 4, freaking love it. No more wondering about will it freeze up, or something else not going to function. Also it sounds much richer in sound, imho.

[@AttawayAudio]

Yes, the previous version of the SL consoles left much to be desired. Glad you're enjoying your analog board!

[@danielavery7034]

Yeah. I learned the hard lesson also. If any gear is software/firmware dependent. You shouldn't buy it. Maybe years down the line digital consoles will become great. But for me, personally, it's strictly analog for me.

[@Bobby_Uterus]

Are you guys being serious? Too funny.

[@jorgeguido9502]

Is the Presonus StudioLive 32 compatible with the new NSB 32.16 stage box?? Or is this mixing console to old for the stage box?

[@MLochMusic]

Brilliant. Many thanks

[@DisInfoWars]

I really need some help with this mixer. I use the 32s and it's connected to a Mac via USB and network. But I also need to connect a MPC X to the mixer via USB but there is only one port on the 32s. I tried a basis USB to to connect both the Mac and MPC to the mixer but the hub only recognises one at a time. Do you know of any work around to this because it's very important that I'm able to connect both to the mixer and use it as an interface to transfer audio over USB. Please advise if you can!

[@AttawayAudio]

I don't think your MPC will connect multichannel to the console via USB, but I could be wrong.

[@InMission]

Awesome. I purchased the 32SX for our Church. However, I'm the only one that "knows" how to operate this board, bud I really need help to use all the features that the board have and to do a better job with it. Would you be able to some zoom conference to help me out? How much would be?

[@AttawayAudio]

shoot me an email! james at attawayaudio dot com

[@doublempro583]

Hi. I love your videos. Just wanted to know is there a possibility of soloing a mic input with the fx on it. So let's say I have a mic going to a reverb and I want to listen to it in solo in my headphones but with the reverb how would I do that?

[@AttawayAudio]

You would need to solo the input channel and the FX return, but if not using Solo In Place, the other input channels going to that reverb will still go there.

[@doublempro583]

@@AttawayAudio are you sure that you can solo the fx return on the console?

[@moondrums]

New Subscriber. I have a question about the SD card with this mixer.I just got the 32scversion. I can't seem to hear what I record on the SD card from the mixer. The tracks record and are available on my DAW but they do not play back on the mixer. Any suggestions?

[@AttawayAudio]

Have you set your channels' inputs to SD?

[@moondrums]

@@AttawayAudio yes. So I know I'm recording to the card . I can play the tracks back on my computer and not in the mixer itself.

[@johnsukhdeo8369]

Phantom Power Activate!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You're amazing dude... Thanks for all the great videos! ...jokes and all ✌🏾

[@stevemwangi8620]

I replayed that

[@AttawayAudio]

You get a small glimpse into what goes on in my mind...

[@ritchelllim2571]

Hello! :) I've been scrolling through videos on how to use the PreSonus StudioLive console and came across this video. I'm a vision impaired audio engineer who will soon be mixing on this console for the first time at a friend's church. I'm wondering if you might know of a way to encode the rotary encoders so that I can apply EQ/compression on my own? It would help if I could see what I'm doing, but I can't so I need to find work-arounds. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for all you do to help worship leaders and sound techs have a smooth experience! :)

[@AttawayAudio]

I'm not sure I know how to help you with that. Even though you can assign the 8 rotary encoders in the fatchannel section to EQ, there's still a toggle between freq. and bandwidth on each EQ band, so you could be on the wrong one without knowing it. For the compressor, it'd be a little easier, just have your buddy verify that it's "on"

[@ritchelllim2571]

@@AttawayAudio Ah I see That’s ok If the button is to toggle between freq and Q then I think I can work around it, just need to take mental note of each time I toggle With the compressor, I should be able to turn it on/off myself, but my friend was hoping there’d be a way for me to manipulate parameters should I feel the need to🤔 Thanks for your help and reply. :)

[@uptownphotography]

I am new to using the 32S console with the Studio One 5. PROBLEM: When I play back tracks (from imported WAV files), I am getting these random clicks. They don't always happen in the same place. (All the levels are good and way below clipping). I tried recording a guitar track as a test and upon playback, I am getting the same click artifacts. If I play those same WAV files direct from my computer (without using the 32S and Studio One), the tracks sound fine with no problems. Only when I am using the software and mixer there are these clicks type noise. Any ideas as it's frustrating. Thanks. Phil NYC Area

[@AttawayAudio]

Try increasing your buffer in StudioOne.

[@uptownphotography]

@@AttawayAudio Yes, I believe you are correct and will try this as soon as I am back in the studio shortly. You're the second person who thinks it's a buffer size issue. Right now, if I remember correctly, it is set to 128. I will follow up and keep you posted. Thanks. Phil

[@uptownphotography]

@@AttawayAudio Update: The buffer size worked! No more weird clicks. Thanks for the info. Greatly appreciated. It's always hard when learning new software and compounded when learning the 32S model at the same time. Be well. Phil NYC Are

[@Iron_Sharpens_Iron]

Hey brother! Can I connect 3 16.8 stageboxes? Can’t find anything in the maze that is presonus help.

[@AttawayAudio]

I don't see why not. In the digital routing section, you can choose which unit shows up in which bank AFAIK.

[@viara...]

Hello. I am pastor of a church, and we are looking to buy new digital mixer and we are looking for advice and help. The church is about 350 people, 2 main speakers JBL SRX835P, 8 microphones, drums, guitar, bass guitar, piano etc. We have YAMAHA S9 32 and is working well. If we buy new mixer will be till $5000 We are thinking for: - Behringer WING - Presonus StudioLive 32S - Allen & Heath SQ6 - or something else… The mixer should be volunteer friendly (easy to use), good as quality and abilities and in the price range. Do we need to change the S9 32, or not worthy to change it? Please for advice. Thank you.

[@doublempro583]

Also how would you connect a sub to the board? Does it have a low pass filter on any of the outputs in the back?

[@AttawayAudio]

Unfortunately there's no LPF on the board aside from inside FX units. External system processor is recommended unless they include HPF and LPF on output EQs in a future update.

[@doublempro583]

@@AttawayAudio so there is really no way to connect a sub to the 32s console without an external processor Though the behringer x32 does have a lp filter on all eq's and the x32 is cheaper then the presonus, why would someone wanna buy the presonus console?

[@RaymanuelMuzik]

If you had to choose between the wing and the studio live which one would you go for?

[@AttawayAudio]

depends on a lot of other factors, like monitoring systems, broadcast mix needs, etc.

[@YannickRoy76]

Sorry maybe I’m to much of a newbie but What’s "The Sound Tech Solo" and "Nobody Leaves Humming the Kick Drum 🥁" mean!

[@AttawayAudio]

When you make a mistake and everyone cranes their neck to stare at you and get your attention (as if you didn't already know and weren't sweating enough), that's a sound tech solo. Some sound techs tend to mix like the kick drum will be more memorable than the melody sung/played at the event. But they're wrong. It's about the melody.

[@dougbedke3264]

Can you explain in more detail scene/project. I’d to learn how to save our current setup so I don’t lose it if someone else comes in and messes with the board.

[@AttawayAudio]

Sure thing! Backing up the console with Universal Control on a computer will save all that as well. Another video on that is coming soon.

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

The scene recall system of this console is kinda sh*tty... 1. Fundamental settings like patching and gains are saved in projects, while other things are saved in scenes. This mean if someone messed up with patching and gains and saved it as another scene in the current project, then the project is ruined. 2. Only up to 20 scenes can be added to a project... For churches or band shows this might be enough, but for theatrical shows this could mean a disaster - There's no way I'm able to store 150+ audio cues for a musical into this console!

[@DannyGuitar]

Would this work as a daw controller for logic x??

[@AttawayAudio]

Yup kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTTYZygjrR7rLs&ab_channel=PreSonusAudioElectronics

[@musicfanaticos827]

Hi I'm new using the presonus console and I would like to conect the console to my macbook. I conect to usb. And I don't see the computer connect. Con you please help me I would like to know if do I need a different type of cable to connect the computer.

[@morbidmanmusic]

Plug in USB goto your computer and select it as your audio input device. Open daw, do the same, .. inputs should show up

[@musicfanaticos827]

@@morbidmanmusic thank you so much For you help. Is working now 👍

[@jacobphilip1942]

thanks bro

[@mangoman3038]

Studiolive 3 has same issue with network card...suddenly computer cannot recognize the hardware...then need to replace network card...but it will happen again and again...

[@NateDK]

See my comment above. One of the main things our team wants is in-ear monitors. I assured them we can set them up with this board. Can you do a video on the Qmix app, and is it possible to run sound through their cell phones over the network? Or is it just for control. I know that Presonus makes a Earmix ($500 per musician).

[@gatewaysolo104]

qmix is control only. I don't know of any IEM systems that run over a wireless network. That seems like it would cause severe delay in the transmission.

[@peterkirdan]

Thank You!!!!!!

[@AttawayAudio]

You're welcome Peter!

[@bradfordsoundman]

A video that would be extremely helpful for me would be about output routing on the x32.

[@AttawayAudio]

Looks like there's a bunch of those already. What exactly do you need help with?

[@bradfordsoundman]

@@AttawayAudio I have an x32 compact and an s32. I get confused looking at the output routing when wanting to route to an output not on the s32. For instance, if I needed to run front of house outputs from the outputs on the console and monitor outputs from the s32.

[@pascalfrigge1278]

You can simply route your outputs to both your s32 outputs (probably AES A) and local XLR outputs (this tab is called XLR in the routing, if I remember correctly). If you then route your mix busses 1-6 to your outputs 1-6 and your Main LR to outputs 7-8, you can plug your monitors into 1-6 out in your s32 and your front of house into 7-8 in your console. Does that help? As James said there are plenty of videos if you search for X32 output routing.

[@jijothibok840]

Which digital console is best for live mixing sir

[@AttawayAudio]

So many factors. Not an easy answer.

[@uzik1987]

New Presonus are very nice looking consoles. Unfortunately they have a bed reputation after the previous series. Any way would be interesting to play with them and compare the sound quality with M32.

[@AttawayAudio]

A/B testing is on the wishlist for me too 😀

[@deanbaumanjr2855]

How do I turn off the mute all channels when I solo a channel?

[@AttawayAudio]

That setting is called "Solo in Place" which is great in the studio, but terrible in live sound. If you hit the Edit button over the Solo section, you can toggle that on/off with the touchscreen.

[@deanbaumanjr2855]

Thank you!

[@spacejoe2950]

Soundcheck list link is broken

[@AttawayAudio]

worked for me... ?

[@JordanAllenClark]

AVB isn’t proprietary it’s actually open source and why Presonus chose it. There is a group of companies committed to helping grow avb.

[@AttawayAudio]

Thanks for that correction! I made a note in the description.

[@justiceappiah4779]

Please am try and do more videos of this console for me sir

[@loveaboveall2382]

This or the Wing?

[@AttawayAudio]

Depends if you have P16s and/or S16s or S32 digital snakes already. If you already have the Behringer/Midas preamps or monitor mixers, the Wing makes a lot of sense. If not, the price is pretty far away, and that needs to be considered too.

[@loveaboveall2382]

@@AttawayAudio thanks for the quick response. My church is looking to upgrade from the zoom L20 to ... Everyone is recommending the X32 as the next step up, but my mind set is to do one big upgrade and call it a day. I've dabbled with the X32 a few times for other churches. My biggest thing is effects and vocal tuning... I think the X32 effect set up is complicated for no reason.

[@DavinPetersen]

Turned off my notifications years ago....except for your channel.

[@AttawayAudio]

lol thanks, I think 🤣

[@grandagitator]

you look like that guy from succession lol