It's an excellent mixer. This generation of StudioLive boards have a logical layout and sound great. Thank you for the comment!

You're very welcome!

Did this video series over 8 years ago. I am happy people still find them useful.

I don't know the board but if you want to listen to it as L/R and not as M/S, you would have to hit a matrix before the input. Someone else would have to let you know if this has a built in Matrix.

Since I posted this I've had opportunity to explore. On this board it's not possible to duplicate the channels and then invert one as is typical for a side configuration. Excluding absolute phase**, the chief consideration is correctly matching the centre mic with the side mic. So, my fix has been to be physically split the signal into two upstream of the board, and invert one of them. These then become the side mics - an equal opposite of each other (remember how the side mic is positioned in the tracking room). The challenge with the mid mic is to determine how to align it with the side mic(s). It will be in phase with only one of the side channels *more on this following.Taking a look, and a listen to the frequency response of each microphones it becomes apparent, there is a main overlap, where the patterns become fuzzy in the lower midrange. So, having swept each of the side channels opposite (L-R with one inverted) the task now is to choose which polarity to assign the the centre mic. Empirically speaking, I do this through headphones. One polarity emphasizes spaciousness, the other focuses on the middle. *Mid-side is not quite Blumleine pair since it doesn't respond to the back field. But the point source amplitude imaging is the same. Most listeners want some time displacement as it occurs in naturally. Various dialects of ORTF can solve that though I find it very easy to just add some natural time lags with ambient orchestra and room mics. If you know what you are doing that's not cheating. Another thing to keep in mind is that dynamic mics and condenser mics are, by their nature 90 degrees out of phase with each other. Meaning it is not possible to correctly match phase if not using both side and mid mics the same. **Absolute phase is a whole other topic. Some would argue that it depends upon the listeners perspective, fair enough. I think physics show it otherwise. Our hearing is designed for self-preservation - acuteness and accurate perception of our environment. Commonly we as a species are able to perceive the difference between a push or a pull, what is before us and what is behind. This would be in addition to perceiving amplitude and phase differences between our two ears. @@TheChiInstitute

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There is now simple answer to this but usually adding mild compression and a bit of EQ is common. Experiment with the Fat channel presets and learn as much as you can about production and mixing!

The answer is no, you can't control a DAW from StudioLive mixers. It doesn't support HUI or MC protocols. For recording studio use these mixer are great for tracking because they have comprehensive monitor mixing. But for studio mixing they don't offer automation or a control layer for the DAW. Thanks for watching the video. It has only been up for a few minutes!

lilacwriter Did you do some video's for Groove 3 ? You are a great instructor never the less.

utubehound69 Yes, I have done lots of Groove 3 tutorials. Thanks for that!