PreSonus StudioLive Series III 32SC Digital Console Mixer with Studio One Pro Software

I am actually a frequent customer of Personus products, and I recently purchased the Personus StudioLive 64S hardware system in June 2023. I am very pleased with the performance and functionality of the hardware as a stand-alone mixing unit. It has exceeded my expectations and allowed me to create amazing sounds. However, I have encountered some issues with the software that came with the system, StudioOne 6 Artist. I found it hard to set up and test, especially when connecting it to external devices and MIDI. I also noticed that the software lacks a couple of important basic features that I need for my work, such as video import for scoring and music notation software. I have been using Cakewalk by Band lab as my main DAW before buying your system. I compared the software StudioOne 6 Artist and Cakewalk software and found that Cakewalk offers more features and ease of use out of the box. For example, Cakewalk has built-in video import functionality and a score editor that are not available in StudioOne 6 Artist. On the other hand, Cakewalk does not integrate as well with the StudioLive 64S mixer hardware as StudioOne and I have difficulty controlling operations between the deck and the Cakewalk DAW. I was disappointed to learn after some testing, that the video and notation features are available in StudioOne 6 Pro, which is a more expensive version of the software. I feel that this is unfair to customers who buy one of your top-line hardware systems and expect to get the best software at the time of purchase as well. I do not want to spend more money on upgrading the software or use two different DAWs for different tasks. But for now, I may be stuck simply switching between the two DAWs to get the total compliment of tools that I need to get the most of the 64S mixing system. I hope that you will consider this feedback and improve the software that you provide initially with your hardware system. I appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to customer satisfaction.

I love this mixer so far.. Well built in my mind as a musician..

So I purchased Presonus 16.4.2 in 2010. It was FireWire and performed outstandingly for 12 years. When I could no longer update my OS and FireWire was no longer supported by windows it seemed this was the logical next step in my journey. So I previously said that the network connectivity was a little difficult to figure out. But with a little patience, I did figure it out and it is amazing. I can be in the vocal booth and run my own sessions via my iPad or my laptop shamelessly through Studio One 7. I already tracked a single with the console and it sounds amazing. The new preamps have a little more warmth and color than the 16.4.2 did, not as digitally pristine. Comes with a nice suite of vintage plugins. Mixer is extremely versatile and the Io is really easy to understand. I love this mixer. One wish would be for integrated Bluetooth. But it’s a solid 10 from me!.

The mixer was received in a timely manner and in great condition. Everything works as advertised but I ran into a snag trying to register the product with the company. I got the message that the item is already registered and that I would have to have the previous owner unregister the device from their account before I could proceed. I have no way of getting in contact with them to do so so I may have problems in the future when I need technical support from Presonus.

Buen producto

It’s worth every penny. Very easy to use.

Product have connection issues and I send it back only for them to charge me $800 to return it. Even after stating that they offer full refund!

This is amazing

Brilliant