Presonus RM32AI 32 Channel Software Controlled Rack-Mount Digital Mixer

Featuring a console-free 4U rackmount design, the StudioLive RM32AI from PreSonus is a 32-input digital mixing system that can be controlled using your Mac or PC, and offers full touchscreen integration when used with an iPad or a multi-touch Windows 8 computer. Designed for a wide array of live sound mixing and studio applications, the system is equipped with 32 recallable mic preamps, 16 XLR line-level mix outputs, and can act as FireWire 800 audio interface for recording directly to your computer. In addition to flexible control and connectivity, the StudioLive RM32AI allows you to capture audio in up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution using Burr-Brown converters, making it capable of providing professional-quality digital sound.

Made possible using the unit's UC Surface software, the StudioLive RM32AI gives you compression, limiting, gate/expander, and four-band parametric EQ on each channel and mix bus. To help speed up the mixing process, the software offers 50 preset starting points for optimizing the sound of guitars, basses, drums and vocals, plus you can store your own channel presets. You also get a high-pass filter on every channel and aux bus, a low-pass filter on the main mono/center bus, as well as polarity invert, routing, and pan on each channel. In addition to being able to save per channel presets, the StudioLive RM32AI allows you to store and label up to 99 global mixer scenes, great for quickly recalling mix settings for different bands, venues, recording applications and more.

Also featuring 32-bit floating point digital effects processing, the StudioLive RM32AI has 4 built-in FX buses, two with reverb, and two with delay. Designed with practicality and usability in mind, the system provides 50 high-quality preset reverb and delay effects that each that allow for parameter adjustments, and include tap tempo, store, and recall.

Highlights

• Designed specifically for live sound mixing
• Multiplatform support for Mac, Windows, and iPad
• Windows 8 multi-touch-compatible for large touchscreen mixing
• Flexible and expandable computing options: Use a laptop with or without a touchscreen, an iPad, or any combination
• Contextual-based navigation for quick, intuitive access to all mixing functions
• 8 Mute Groups with All On and All Off
• Scene Store and Recall
• Global Scene Storage: all current StudioLive RM settings
• Up to 99 at a time
• 8 Quick Scenes 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
• 50 factory channel-strip presets included for drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, and vocals
• 50 user channel presets for storing your own settings
• Copy and paste among channels and buses
• Can be saved as user presets
• Can be browsed by category (Drums, Vocals, Horns, Guitar, Bass, and more)
• Security features to monitor and restrict access to the mixer’s controls

Technical Specifications

• 32 locking XLR inputs, each with:
• Recallable XMAX Class A mic preamps
• +48V phantom power
• Stereo tape input (RCA jacks)
• 16 XLR line-level Mix outputs
• Four 300 ms alignment delays on the last four Mix outputs
• 2 DB25 jacks mirror 16 line-level Mix outputs
• 3 XLR main outputs (left, right, mono/center) with analog trim pots
• S/PDIF digital output on removable option card
• Headphone output with volume knob and selectable source
• 1x1 MIDI I/O (for future implementation)
• Channels and Buses
• 32 internal channels
• 25 mix buses
• 16 aux mix buses
• 3 main mix buses (left, right, mono/center)
• Stereo solo bus
• 4 internal FX buses (2 reverb, 2 delay)
• Fully integrated, continuously bidirectional, 52-in/34-out, FireWire 800 direct recording interface (24-bit, 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz)

System Requirements

PC

• Windows® 7 x64/x86 SP1, Windows 8 x64/x86
• Intel Core 2 Duo processor (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)

Mac

• Mac® OS X 10.8 64-bit or later
• Intel® Core 2 Duo processor (Intel Core i3 or faster recommended)
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)