PreSonus StudioLive Remote

Apr 13, 2011 12:00 PM

PreSonus StudioLive Remote

PreSonus has released what it claims is the first dedicated wireless control software for a small-format digital console: StudioLive Remote software for the Apple iPad. The app allows wireless remote control of any PreSonus StudioLive-series digital mixer’s channels, auxes, effects, subs, Fat Channel processors, and more. Not only can these functions be controlled from anywhere in a venue by the front-of-house sound person, but custom aux mixes can be simultaneously adjusted by any performer with an iPad.

StudioLive Remote, available free from the iPad Apps store, provides direct wireless control over PreSonus Virtual StudioLive software for Mac and Windows, which in turn controls the StudioLive mixer.

“While there are iPad apps for digital mixers costing tens of thousands of dollars, StudioLive Remote is the only iPad solution for affordably priced mixers,” says PreSonus CEO Jim Mack. “It’s a free app and is part of the free Virtual StudioLive computer-control system that also ships free with both our 24- and 16-channel digital mixers.”

StudioLive Remote is a true iPad app, not a port. It provides multiple views of the key StudioLive mixer controls. The Overview displays most-used parameters, such as channel levels, mutes, panning, EQ curves, and more for multiple channels at once. Users can click for a close-up view of Fat Channel processing, and navigate among gate, compressor, EQ, and so on with the flick of a fingertip. The Aux view shows the levels, panning, and Fat Channel processing for the Aux sends and internal FX buses. Price: Free www.presonus.com