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PreSonus StudioLive 16R

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ManufacturerPreSonus
TypeDigital Mixing Console

Connections

ConnectorCarriesDirection
XLR 3-pin femaleAnalog audio, microphone levelinput
XLR 3-pin female48V phantom poweroutput (switchable)
RCA / phonoAnalog audio, line levelinput
XLR 3-pin femaleAnalog audio, line leveloutput
USB (unspecified type)USB Audio Class 2.0 (class-compliant, driverless)output

What the PreSonus StudioLive 16R can feed

Devices whose inputs accept what this one puts out, directly or with the cable noted.

Recorder 27
AD/DA Converter 21
Audio Interface 21
Studio Monitor 16
Analog Mixer 14
Monitor Controller 10
Power Amplifier 10
Wireless System 7
Digital Mixing Console 7
Headphone Amp / Distribution 5
Hardware Effects 3
Subwoofer 3
Install Processor 3
Microphone 2
Stagebox / Expander 2
Preamp 2
Mobile Device 1
Cable 1
Clock 1
Headphones 1
PA Loudspeaker 1
Personal Monitoring 1

What can feed the PreSonus StudioLive 16R

Devices whose outputs this one accepts.

Microphone 353
Audio Interface 60
ART USB Dual Pre PS (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USB II (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USB IV (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Aphex IN 2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Arturia MiniFuse 2 OTG (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Arturia MiniFuse 4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Audient iD4 MkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Audient iD4 MkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UM2, Behringer UMC1820 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UMC204HD, Behringer UMC22 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer UMC404HD, ESI Audio Amber i1 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Amber i2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Amber i4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio GIGAPORT eX, ESI Audio MAYA22 USB (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio MAYA44 USB+, ESI Audio Neva Duo (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Neva OTG (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio Neva Uno, ESI Audio U22 XT (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ESI Audio planet 22c (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable) and 36 more
Preamp 23
ART TubeOpto 8 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Avalon Design V5 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Avalon Design V55 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Black Lion Audio Auteur DT (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio Auteur Quad² (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Black Lion Audio Auteur mkIII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio B12A Quad (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio B12A mkIII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio B173 Quad (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio B173 mkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1, Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-2, Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-4, Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z, Cranborne Audio Camden 500 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Daking Mic Pre II (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Daking Mic Pre IIT (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Focusrite ISA 428 MkII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Grace Design m101 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Great River Electronics ME-1NV (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Great River Electronics MP-2NV (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Knif Audio V804 Pre 2ch (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Knif Audio V804 Pre 4ch (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Analog Mixer 21
ART MX622, ART MX622BT, ART USBMIX4 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART USBMIX6, Alesis MultiMix 12R, Ashly LX-308B (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-206 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-406 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Ashly MX-508 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Behringer Xenyx 502S (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Crane Song Spider (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Mix Back (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Mackie Mix12FX, Mackie Mix8, Midas DM16, Soundcraft EPM12 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM6 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Soundcraft EPM8 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 16 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 24 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), TASCAM Model 2400 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Compressor / Limiter 13
ART SCL2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio B172A (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Black Lion Audio Bluey, Black Lion Audio Bluey 500, Black Lion Audio Seventeen, Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Chandler Limited RS124 Compressor (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Daking Comp II (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Daking Comp IIT (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), IGS Audio One Leveling Amplifier, Kush Audio Tweaker (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Manley Nu Mu (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Rupert Neve Designs Master Buss Processor (Portico II MBP) (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
DI / Reamp 11
AD/DA Converter 9
Black Lion Audio Revolution EXP (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Bricasti Design MC1, Ferrofish A32pro Dante (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 AE (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 DX (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse16 MX (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Ferrofish Pulse8 AE (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), NTP AX Center (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Headphone Amp / Distribution 8
Austrian Audio Full Score one (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People G101, Lake People G103-S MKII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People G105 MKII (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People Phone-Amp G108, Lake People Phone-Amp G118 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Manley Absolute Headphone Amp, beyerdynamic A 2
Monitor Controller 7
Benchmark LA4, ESI Audio MoCo (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Heritage Audio Baby R.A.M - Black Edition (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Heritage Audio Baby RAM (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Heritage Audio R.A.M 1000 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Kali Audio MV-BT (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Lake People MC10
Equalizer 6
ART CX311 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART EQ355, Elysia xfilter qube (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Kush Audio Clariphonic MS (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), dbx 1215 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), dbx 2231 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Subwoofer 6
Dynaudio 18S, KRK S10.4, KRK S12.4, KRK S8.4, PreSonus Temblor T10 (needs RCA to XLR male cable), PreSonus Temblor T8 (needs RCA to XLR male cable)
Personal Monitoring 6
Allen & Heath ME-500 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Digital Audio Labs Livemix Pro Solo (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Digital Audio Labs Livemix Pro Solo MD (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Hear Back OCTO Mixer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Hear Technologies Hear Back PRO Mixer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), PreSonus EarMix 16M (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Recorder 5
JoeCo BandMate (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Korg MR-2000S, Sound Devices MixPre-3 II (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), TASCAM FR-AV2 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), TASCAM FR-AV4 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable)
Wireless System 5
RØDE RØDELink Newsshooter Kit (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), RØDE Wireless ME (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Shure BLX (BLX24/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Shure GLX-D+ Dual Band (GLXD24+/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable), Shure QLX-D (QLXD24/SM58 handheld system) (needs RCA to XLR male cable)
Cable 4
Channel Strip 4
Aphex Channel (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Manley Core (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Rupert Neve Designs Newton Channel (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), dbx 286s (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Stagebox / Expander 4
ART P48 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), ART TPatch (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Aviom AN-16/i v.2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Radial Engineering J-Iso (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable)
Summing Mixer 4
Looptrotter SATUR 8/24 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Nicerizer 16 Mk2 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), Phoenix Audio Scion (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Studio Monitor 3
Install Processor 3
Studio Technologies Model 209 (needs 3.5 mm to dual RCA cable), dbx 223s (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable), dbx 234s (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Hardware Effects 2
Inline Preamp 1
Digital Mixing Console 1
Behringer XR12 (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Saturation / Character 1
Black Lion Audio Level-Loc (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)
Recording Console 1
Trident Audio Trident 88 Console (needs 1/4 inch to RCA cable)

Check a specific pairing

The lists above are one-step connections. To check a full chain, including adapters, gain and phantom power, ask about a specific pair on the main page.