| Features |
Complete Mix Control
PreSonus® StudioLive™ mixers redefined affordable compact mixing, forever changing the world and setting the standard for what digital mixers could be. Built from this award-winning legacy, the StudioLive CS18AI is a compact, intuitive mixing solution for the StudioLive RM16AI and RM32AI rack-mount digital mixers and Studio One® digital audio workstation. All StudioLive products are at home both live and in the studio, are easy to learn, and incorporate uniquely PreSonus workflows and features.
- 18 100 mm, touch-sensitive motorized faders: 16 Channel, 1 Flex, 1 Master
- Navigate using traditional layers or with intuitive PreSonus Filter DCA groups
The power of Active Integration™.
Your needs are unique. PreSonus AI systems are designed to address your individual requirements. With several control options and exclusive software integration features, you can accomplish more and have exactly the control and capabilities you need.
The StudioLive CS18AI connects to RM mixers with a single CAT 5 Ethernet cable. That enables Active Integration with PreSonus software including UC Surface control software for iPad, Windows 8 touchscreen, and Mac computers; iPhone and iPod management of personal monitor mixes with QMix-AI; and direct Capture™ control for live recording and virtual soundchecks.
↓ Click for more about StudioLive CS18AI Active Integration functionality.
Filter DCAs are better than layers.
We’ve never liked the complexity that comes with navigating your mix using channel layers. That’s why StudioLive mixers have traditionally featured a one-to-one channel configuration, with no layers. While the StudioLive CS18AI does support classic layer navigation, it also features our unique Filter DCAs for controlling and navigating your mix.
The StudioLive CS18AI is the first live mix system that lets you control 64 channels from a 19-inch, rack-mountable control surface. Filter DCA groups bring the elements of the mix to you. Rather than trying to remember which layer the lead guitar is on, simply select your guitar DCA Filter, and you'll have access to your guitar channels. Filter DCAs take concepts of DCAs and view groups and combine them into an intuitive workflow designed to make your life easier when you’re in the heat of a live mix. No other mixing system can offer such compact and affordable mixing system that’s so easy to use.
↓ The power of Filter DCAs
Mix in touch-sensitive
techno-color.
Every aspect of the CS18AI was designed to help you mix with ease and reliability. RGB Select buttons make it easier to identify channels, layers, and mixes based on color. True touch-sensitive faders know when your finger makes contact so the fader will never fight you, and you can experience real automation functionality in the studio. The CS18AI lights your way through mixing with 146 illuminated buttons; 16 high-res, 64x96 pixel scribble strips; a touch-sensitive, 4.3-inch (109 mm) LCD display; and 16 11-segment LED level ladders. If you need to control it, it lights up.
↓ What does "touch-sensitive faders" mean?
The perfect DAW controller
for Studio One.
With a simple Ethernet connection, the StudioLive CS18AI becomes the control for Studio One, giving you an instant studio upgrade and closing the loop between studio and stage. Now you can get the performance of a big mixing console in a compact controller with a natural feel. Other DAW controllers give you some faders and generic controls that try to do too much with too little. The CS18AI is a complete mix controller that doesn’t skimp on functionality. You get all the classic mixer controls and workflows while still keeping the footprint compact.
↓ What's the current Studio One functionality?
Built-in 4x2 networked AVB audio.
Through the power and flexibility of audio networking, the StudioLive CS18AI can send and receive audio channels across long distances with just a single Ethernet cable. Use the two mic and two line inputs as sources for the talkback, digital return, or networked sources for Channels 31 and 32 on StudioLive RM mixers. The two returns are shared with the monitor line outputs and headphone output and can be sourced from any output of the RM mixers, including the Solo bus, main mix, or any aux mixes.
↓ What’s AVB all about?
Fly first class at your PreSonus dealer.
A StudioLive CS18AI and a StudioLive RM Active Integration rack mixer are an unbeatable combination in terms of value and sheer mixing power.
Touch one soon at your PreSonus dealer.
- 18 100mm, touch-sensitive motorized faders: 16 Channel, 1 Flex, 1 Master
- Control StudioLive RM AI mix systems of up to 64-channels
- Full PreSonus Fat Channel DSP control with individual encoders and 12-LED displays for
- Gate Threshold, Range, Attack, Release
- Compressor Ratio, Attach, Release, Gain
- Limiter Threshold
- EQ Low, Low-Mid, High-Mid, High
- Metering
- Sixteen 12-LED channel ladder level and Fat Channel displays
- Three 11-LED Select Channel Level/Compressor/Gate displays
- 11-LED displays for Main Center/Mono, Left and Right
- Variable-color (RGB) Select buttons for easy channel and Filter DCA group identification
- 16-channels of high resolution 64 x 96 scribble strip display with Pan indicators
- 4.3” / 109 mm color touch-sensitive display
- Compressor
- EQ
- Gate
- Compressor
- Effects, Scenes, Markers Edit
- Audio Routing
- Channel Presets and settings
- Talkback Assign
- 4 Effects Mute/Mix button with TAP
- Navigate using traditional layers or with intuitive PreSonus Filter DCA groups
- Active Integration™ with PreSonus software includes UC Surface™ software
- Studio One control surface functionality including: touch-sensitive motorized fader control over channel faders and automation, plug-in cotnrol for PreSonus and third-party plug-ins, Channel Mute, Channel Solo and Solo clear, Channel Select, Channel Pan control, Scribble strip names, pan indication, and current automation mode, channel layer navigation, Aux mix and transport control, Automation mode selection, metering
- 4x2 AVB audio transport control with Marker Shift, REW/FF options
- Analog I/O
- 2 remote XMAX™ mic preamps for talkback, room mic or other local inputs
- 2 balanced 1/4” TRS line inputs
- 2 XLR line outputs
- stereo headphone output with level control
- Monitor control level control
- 4-pin XLR lamp connection
- Footswitch input
- Silent internal PSU with no fans
- Same footprint as StudioLive 16.4.2AI for integration in 19” rack mounts and 3rd-party studio desks
- Optional iPad mount accessory
Computer system requirements:
Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for the StudioLive CS18AI:
General
- Internet connection
- AVB compatible Ethernet connection
- Internet connection for registration and software download
Mac®
- OS X 10.8 64-bit or later
- Hardware: Intel® Core™ i3 processor or better, 4 GB or more RAM (8 GB recommended)
Windows® PC
- Windows 7x 64/x86 SP1 or Windows 8/8.1 x64/x86 or Windows 10 x64/x86
- Intel® Core™ 2 processor (Intel® Core™ i3 processor or better recommended)
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
iOS
- Operating System: iOS 7.03 or later
- Hardware: iPad Air, iPad mini with Retina display, iPad (3rd or 4th generation), iPad mini
See elsewhere on this site for Studio One and UC Surface computer requirements.
Network
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| Type |
Ethernet / AVB |
Microphone Inputs
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| Type |
XLR Female (via Combo), Balanced Remote |
| Maximum Input Level |
+12 dBu, ±0.5 dB, Unity Gain |
| Gain Control Range |
65 dB, ±1 dB |
| Gain |
0 to +65 dB, ±1 dB |
| Frequency Response to Main Output |
20 Hz-20 kHz, ±0.5 dBu |
| Frequency Response (A-D) |
10 Hz to 40 kHz, ±0.2 dB |
| Input Impedance |
1 kΩ |
| THD to Main Output |
<0.005% max, +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd |
| THD+N (min. gain, a-wtd) |
< 0.005% |
| Dynamic Range (min. gain, a-wtd) |
> 114 dB |
| Dynamic Range (mid. gain, unwtd) |
> 105 dB |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio to Main Output |
94 dB |
| Common Mode Rejection |
65 dB (1 kHz, unity gain) |
| EIN (+55 dB gain, 150Ω input, 20 Hz-22 kHz, a-wtd) |
< 128 dBu |
| Phantom Power |
+48 V (±2 V, > 8 mA per channel) |
Line Inputs
|
| Type |
¼” TRS Female (via Combo), Balanced |
| Maximum Input Level |
+18 dBu |
| Frequency Response (A-D) |
20 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.2 dB |
| Frequency Response to Main Out |
20 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.5 dBu |
| THD to Main Output |
<0.005% max, +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unity gain, unwtd |
| THD+N (1 kHz, -1 dBFS, a-wtd) |
< 0.005% |
| Input Impedance |
10 kΩ |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio to Main Output |
94 dB |
| Max Input Level |
+18 dBu |
| Dynamic Range (min. gain, a-wtd) |
> 114 dB |
| Dynamic Range (mid. gain, unwtd) |
> 105 dB |
| Crosstalk (1 kHz, channel-to-channel) |
< -80 dB |
Monitor Line Outputs
|
| Type |
XLR Male, Electrically Balanced |
| Maximum Output Level |
+24 dBu, ±0.5 |
| Frequency Response |
20 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.2 dB |
| Dynamic Range (a-wtd) |
> 112 dB |
| THD+N (1 kHz, -1 dBFS, un-wtd) |
< 0.005% |
| Output Impedance |
100Ω |
| Crosstalk (1 kHz, channel-to-channel) |
< -80 dB |
Headphone Outputs
|
| Type |
¼” TRS Female, Stereo, Unbalanced |
| Maximum Output Level |
120 mW/channel @ 60 Ω |
| Frequency Response |
20 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.5 dB |
| Dynamic Range (a-wtd) |
> 103 dB |
| THD+N |
0.01%, 1 kHz, max gain, 20 Hz BW, unwt |
| Crosstalk (1 kHz, channel-to-channel) |
< -80 dB |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
96 dB 1kHz, max gain, 20 kHz BW, unwtd |
System Crosstalk
|
| Input to Output |
-90 dBu +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd |
| Adjacent Channels |
-87 dBu +4 dBu, 20 Hz-20 kHz, unwtd |
Digital Audio
|
| ADC Dynamic Range |
118 dB min (A-wtd, 48 kHz) |
| DAC Dynamic Range |
118 dB min (A-wtd, 48 kHz) |
| Sample Rate |
44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz |
| Reference Level for 0 dBFS |
+18 dBu |
Clock
|
| Clock Jitter |
<20 Ps RMS, 20 Hz-20 kHz |
| Jitter Attenuation |
>60 dB 1 ns in ~1 ps out |
Power / Environmental
|
| Connector |
IEC |
| Input-Voltage Range |
100 to 230V, 50-60 Hz |
| Power Requirements |
200W |
| Temperature Range |
0˚ to 40˚ Celsius / 32˚ to 104˚ Fahrenheit |
Physical
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| Length |
22.35" (58.6 cm) |
| Width (chassis only) |
17.22" (43.74 cm) |
| Maximum Height |
6.9" (17.53 cm) |
| Weight |
23 lbs. (10.43 kg) |
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