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Rating And Reviews: PreSonus StudioLive 162

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"I love this board!" submitted August 29, 2011

By a customer from aol.com
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Musical Background: Recording Engineer, Musician
Music Style: All
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Sound: This thing sounds GREAT! The X-Max pres are pretty decent but when you add the Compressor, EQs, Reverbs, and Delays, this thing sings. Feature: The Fat Channel on every channel, aux, and the Main. That alone sold me, the lights on the gel buttons are a very nice extra. I can see everything in the dark. Ease of Use: Once i got on YouTube to figure how this thing works, I love it. It's the easiest board I've worked with. Quality: So far so good. Value: Great price for such a versatile piece of gear. It'll kick your home studio or live show up a few notches. Overall: I'll have it for years
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"Buyer Beware - But Also this Board is AWESOME" submitted March 6, 2012

By Tyler J in Salt Lake City, UT
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Musical Background: Professional Touring and Recording Musician.
Music Style: Professionally - All styles. Personal - Rock/Blues/Alternative
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Overall: This board sounds phenomenal! Forget outboard recording gear - (unless you own an LA-2A) this thing functions and sounds fantastic before the sound even gets to the DAW. Easy to use. so WHY "Buyer Beware?" CHECK YOUR FIREWIRE CHIPSETS BEFORE YOU BUY THE BOARD. I had a presonus firepod for 3 years before I bought this board and everything worked fine - this board did not work the same. I had to buy a different firewire interface card for the system to function correctly.
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"very nice" submitted October 25, 2012

By Steve W in FAIRPORT, NY
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Musical Background: been playing for 40 years, gig on a regular basis
Music Style: rock, blues
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Overall: I am very happy with the new mixes. As I am new to digital boards, I am going through a learning curve. So far so good. The sound quality is excellent and much cleaner than the Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro I have been using. This is not a knock on Mackie, but the Presonus is a newer design. I also like the fact that I can get rid of a rack of effects. My goal has been to have better, lighter and smaller equipment and this fits.
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"Presonus 16.0.4" submitted August 30, 2012

By Gary Platt in Berkekeley, CA
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Musical Background: Music Degree / MBA degree Play numerous instruments
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Overall: WOW, I've worked on BIG consoles all my life, and THIS console is every bit as good or better than ANY of them. AMAZING features, AMAZING price point. I have been giddy since I got this, and the people in our audiences say we sound incredible. I attribute that to the PreSonus 16.0.4 (and my Meyers speakers, what a combination) I could not be happier!!
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"Excellent product" submitted January 10, 2013

By Jason F in New Castle, PA
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Musical Background: Hobbyist and occasional professional
Music Style: rock and pop
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Overall: I love my studiolive 16.0.2. I useit as my I/O interface and amplification for jamming in my home studio. I love the features, it feels solid, the preamps are good (for me an upgrade), it's very easy to use, the fat channel effects and eq are perfect, and the connectivity with the computer works wonderfully. The only two issues I've had is when I turn off the computer or soundboard, to get it to reconnect I have to unplug and replug the firewire cable. The issue is that presonus' customer service has early hours and I tend to always need help later in the day. Overall this is wonderful and I would definitely recommend this.
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"Once you try it you will never go back to analog for recording." submitted October 20, 2011

By a customer from gmail.com
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Musical Background: Active Musician and Studio Owner
Music Style: rock and country
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Sound: The quality of this mixer is great. I am using it mainly in a home recording studio set up and it works great with all my recording software. As far as using it live to mix bands I will be willing to buy the 16.4.2 or the 24 channel Presonus mixers later on. Ease of Use: Navigating around is simply by the touch of a button. Quality: As far as I can tell the mixer is made great. Value: Of course I will rate it low cause no one wants to pay out any high price for anything. Then again for the most part this mixer is well worth it. Manufacturer Support: I am a big fan of Presonus, but I wish you could daisy chain it to another one or perhaps another Presonus interface to get more channels. This is the only fault I have with this mixer. The Wow Factor: Just looking at the Presonus mixers made me want one just by how it was designed. Overall: I plan on keeping it for a long time. However, if I do set it aside it will be to do an upgrade on one of the bigger mixers that Presonus has out.
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"1602 Roks" submitted March 25, 2012

By Victor Tarassov in Princeton, NJ
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Musical Background: 30+ Years
Music Style: Neuvo Flamenco, Jazz, Rock
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Overall: We just decided to go digital for out set ups for live and we had a pleasant experience using it to record as well. We play a lot of smooth jazz and nuevo flamenco rumba style music. Two guitars, bass, percussion into the board and we could not be happier with the sound. We run the board to two QSC K 8 Speakers.
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"Presonus studio Live 16.0.2" submitted August 21, 2012

By Pi b in Laurinburg, NC
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Musical Background: Internet DJ
Music Style: hip hop, old school R&B, Jazz fusion
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Sound: not sure yet Feature: seems sturdy, and looks great but not up & working full time yet Ease of Use: Don't know Quality: cosmetically it sure looks good Value: Typical selling price Manufacturer Support: Tough to get support...they sure know more about this than me. About (2) days for e-mail support.......Seems like, infinity, to get tech support over the phone, (not toll free, by the way) all I've been able to do is sit on hold, sure would like an opportunity to talk to someone from tech support, I'm trying to use this board The Wow Factor: Looks good Overall: Neat purchase, good Board....My learning curve is quite steep....not sure how I can use this ans an internet Broadcast host board. I'm still learning how to use the minimum features.
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