PreSonus Virtual StudioLive™ software for Mac^® and Windows^® provides bidirectional control of all StudioLive-series digital mixers. Accessed as the StudioLive's Device window in the free PreSonus Universal Control application, VSL provides a complete visual representation of the mixer, enabling you to see and control the most-used mixer parameters onscreen.

Controlling StudioLive channel, subgroup, aux send, and main levels; mutes and solos; and Fat Channel, effects, and graphic EQ settings with VSL is as easy as drag-and-drop!

Load Fat Channel settings by simply dragging them onto the channel or mixer overview, either as a complete channel strip, or as individual gate, compressor, and EQ presets.

Want to just load the EQ settings onto Channel 1? Just drag a preset to the visual representation of the EQ. You can mix and match settings to your heart's content.

Or apply a new Scene to the whole mixer by dragging it onto VSL's virtual mixing surface from a browser list that you can show or hide as you need it.

Through VSL, you can back up all of the Scenes and presets stored on your StudioLive. Save virtually unlimited Scenes and settings and name them and rearrange them in the browser.

These stored settings can be loaded from disk or sent to, and stored internally on, the StudioLive. You can even drag presets out of the browser and email, IM, or disk-swap them with other StudioLive owners.

Since the control is bidirectional, fader moves and parameter changes made on the StudioLive are reflected in VSL in real time. So, for example, you can set up the StudioLive the way you want it and then save your Scene or other presets in VSL.

We have also integrated Rational Acoustics’ highly regarded Smaart Measurement Technology™ directly into Virtual StudioLive, beginning with the Smaart Spectra™ RTA and time-frequency Spectrograph in Universal Control 1.6. With Smaart-enhanced VSL and the StudioLive mixer’s graphic EQs, it’s easier than ever to adjust your sound system to any room.

To top it off, VSL combines with StudioLive Remote to provide mixer control from an Apple iPad^® and combines with QMix™ to control StudioLive aux mixes from an iPhone^® or iPod touch^®.

Of course, to truly appreciate what VSL can do, you need to try it with your StudioLive mixer! Universal Control with VSL is bundled free with every StudioLive mixer, and if you bought a StudioLive 16.4.2 mixer before VSL was released, you can download the latest version of Universal Control with VSL here.

This is just the start of a beautiful relationship — PreSonus products are about to get much Smaarter!

• Easy drag-and-drop workflow
•       Drag presets directly to channels
•       Drag parts of presets directly to components in the Fat Channel
•       Adjust the Fat Channel gate, compressor, and EQ plus the graphic EQ and effects
•       Quickly drop entire Scenes to the mixer to instantly load all channel, effects, and graphic EQ settings
•       Load effects quickly by simply dragging presets into the GUI
•       Use the mouse to quickly assign channels to multiple buses, mute, solo, etc.
•       Control Talkback on/off, routing assignments, and Scene recall for hard-drive-based Scenes
•       Store and organize presets on your computer, then transfer them to your mixer for that night’s gig
•       Create presets on the road, store them to the mixer, then drag them to your preset pool the next time you’re connected to
        the computer
•       Reorder presets in mixer memory and in the software to best fit your workflow for each gig
•       Share presets with friends; drag presets out of the browser and email, IM, or disk-swap presets with other StudioLive owners
•       See all of the most-used parameters on the mixer at once
•       See the state of all Fat Channel settings at once
•       See all aux mixes at once
•       See the current effects and other parameter settings
•       View and graphically edit all parametric EQ and compression curves
•       View and graphically edit all graphic equalizer settings
•       Easily adjust the sound system to the room using Smaart™ Measurement Technology and the StudioLive graphic EQs
•       Do time-stamped backups of the entire mixer
•       Remote control the StudioLive mixer from an iPad using <StudioLive Remote> software.
•       Remote control StudioLive aux mixes using <QMix™> software.

Computer system requirements:

Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for Virtual StudioLive.

Windows

• Windows® XP SP3, Vista x64/x32 SP2, Windows 7 x64/x32 SP1
• Intel^® Core™ Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2 processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X4 or better recommended)
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

Mac

• Mac^® OS X 10.6.8 or later
• Intel Core Duo processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or Core i3 or better recommended)
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

Windows and Mac Systems

• PreSonus Universal Control 1.5.3
• IEEE 1394 FireWire 400 Port
• Internet connection recommended
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internal or external 7200 RPM storage drive highly recommended

• Monitor with 1024x768 resolution