Presonus StudioLive AR16c

18-channel USB-C™ compatible audio interface / analog mixer / stereo SD recorder

With its classic analog mixer design and connectivity options via USB-C™ and Bluetooth®, the intuitive 18-channel StudioLive® AR12c mixer makes it easy to create studio recordings and live mixes.

High-resolution 18x4 USB 2.0 24-bit/96 kHz audio interface with intuitive analog mixer design; USB_C™ port; 12 XMAX mic preamps with overload protection; built-in stereophonic SD digital recorder; stereophonic Super Channel for simultaneous wireless connection of four devices via Bluetooth® 5.0 as well as RCA and 3.5 mm stereo line inputs and playback from computer/SD card; complete recording solution including Studio One Artist and Capture multitrack recording software

Don't let yourself be fooled: The StudioLive® AR16c may look like an ordinary analog mixer, but it was designed specifically for recording. With its flawless analog input section featuring twelve XMAX mic preamps with overload protection; and the 18x4 USB_C™ 24-bit/96 kHz USB 2.0 audio interface, the StudioLive AR16c hybrid mixer makes mixing and recording easy. With additional features such as a 3-band analog musical EQ, mic/line boost for low-level input sources such as classic synthesizers, a brand new digital effects section with rich reverbs and lush delays, Bluetooth® technology, a stereophonic SD recorder, etc., it is a powerful, state-of-the-art recording system for producing music from digital content. 

Features:

• 18X4 USB 2.0 (via USB_C™ socket) audio interface with 24 Bit/96 kHz; recording of all channels and the main mix;

• 2x2 SD recorders (recording of the main mix); compatible with SD and SDHC memory cards up to 32 G;

• 18-channel analog mixer with the following features: 

• twelve balanced microphone inputs with Class A microphone preamps

• two instrument/line inputs

• six balanced TRS line inputs

• four stereo line input pairs

• two insert ways (channel 1 and 2)

• stereophonic Super Channel (can. 17/18) with Bluetooth® 5.0 connection, cinch inputs, 3.5 mm stereo jack input and stereo playback from SD card/USB

• eight mono and four stereo channels with level control and controls for panning, PFL soloing, high-pass filter and a 3-band semi-parametric EQ

• Stereo effects processor with 16 presets, dedicated sends and returns and bypass footswitch connector

• two monitor busses with dedicated channel sends, AFL solo switching and balanced TRS output

• Mic/Line Boost for low level input sources and Hi-Fi equipment

• XLR main outputs

• L/R control room outputs and headphone output with dedicated volume controls

• Global +48V phantom power

• Complete audio recording solution including Capture™ live recording software, Studio One® Artist DAW for Mac® and Windows

• Internal power supply unit

• Rack mounting kit included; backpack optional