PreSonus StudioLive 32.4.2AI Digital Mixer with FireWire Interface

With extensive DSP on all 32 channels and 4 buses, the 34.2.AI digital mixer represents the next generation in PreSonus' popular StudioLive console series.

Overall User Ratings (based on 3 ratings)
  • Overall:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted January 8, 2014 by a customer from gmail.com

"Amazing board, crazy depth to the features"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Verified Customer zZounds has verified that this reviewer made a purchase from us.
If you browse around online, you'll find various tech talk videos on Presonus boards that walk you through features. A two hour video will show you almost a third of the features that come included with this thing. There is no way to fully document all of its capabilities and included software features without making this a six page blog post.
Sound
Replacing a mediocre 20 year old analog board with the Presonus 32AI using basic channel presets brought the overall hiss/static/buzz to around 5% of what it was with the prior board thanks to preamps and noise gates. I've had multiple people ask if we replaced the speakers. We didn't. I only replaced the mixer. No amps, speakers, or mics were changed.
Features
Incredibly easy operation for general use, easy access to advanced settings, no shift paging to get to the other half of your channels, iPad remote control, musicians with iPhones can control their own monitor mix, scenes for quick save and load of all important settings, multitrack record all inputs individually pre processing and play the recording back later for training, EQing, or remastering.
Ease of Use
Intro user: Mute button, slider, solo button for headphone listen, ignore the rest, go nuts. -- Medium user: Here's your input meters on this button, here's your output meters on this button, press select on a channel and then your automatic volume smoothing is here and here and your EQ is here through here. -- Advanced user: Plug a laptop in, save each act of the play as a scene, drag them in later as needed. EQ curves can be adjusted by clicking this dot and moving it around on the screen.
Quality
For the main functionality of a mixer, the unit has been excellent. it is however a computer running software, so quirks show up. Most of the problems and gotchas have been with features that I wouldn't in a million years had on my old mixer, so I'm still ahead of the game. For further details I would check the Presonus forums and knowledge base.
Value
If you want clean quality audio with an interface that you could basically train anyone to use, this is an excellent option.
Manufacturer Support
Support has been quick to respond. The quality of their responses has been hit and miss at times over my limited experience of two support tickets.
The Wow Factor
After a month of using this board more than weekly and driving my wife nuts with extra time spent trying features out, I can say that I may have gotten to about half to 2/3rds of my options. To fully understand and realize all of the potential of this board will literally cause a jaw drop no less than five times.
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Submitted September 7, 2014 by DJ Supe in Sacramento, CA

"Took me to the next level"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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I have been deejaying for 20 years. On occasion, I have provided sound for small events with modest mixing boards. I hit the big leagues with the Studiolive. I was always intimidated by huge outboard racks and excessive components and never thought I would be ready for setting up FOH and several monitor mixes easily on a budget. Now I have an easy to use setup that is respected by other sound engineer peers. This is hands down the investment I have made in years.

Musical Background:

20 year professional DJ and producer

Musical Style:

Hip-Hop, R&B, EDM
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Submitted October 18, 2016 by Donnell Bailey in Stafford, VA

"PreSonus StudioLive 32.4.2AI Mixer"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent mixer and sound quality. Really easy to use and integrate with my software. One drawback is the included USB WiFi adapter. It never worked so I don’t get the full benefit of using the iPad wireless functions of the mixer. I was first told that I needed to update the firmware which I have the latest version after several attempts of doing so but I can only connect to the internet via a LAN cable.
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