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    ww w .presonus.c om ® English StudioLiv e ™ AI-S eries A c tiv e Int egr ation P A Speak ers Digital P A S ystem with A c tive Integ ration ™ O wner ’ s Manual[...]

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    T able of Contents 1 Over view — 1 1.1 Introduction — 1 1.2 About This Manual — 1 1.3 Summar y of StudioLive AI-Series Loudspeak er Fea tures — 2 1.3.1 Full-range Models (312AI, 315AI, and 328AI) — 2 1.3.2 18sAI Subwoofer — 2 1.3.3 SL Room Con trol — 3 1.4 What is in the Bo x — 4 2 Getting Star ted — 5 2.1 Lev el Setting Procedure[...]

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    1 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction Thank y ou for purchasing a Pr eSonus® StudioLive™ AI-series Active Loudspeaker . Pr eSonus Audio Electronics has designed StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers utilizing high-grade components to ensure optimum performance throughout the[...]

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    2 1 Overview 1.3 Summary of StudioLive AI-Series Loudspeaker F eatures StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 1.3 Summar y of StudioLiv e AI-Series Loudspeaker F eatures 1.3.1 F ull-range Models (312AI, 315AI, and 328AI) • Unique coaxial design integ rates a custom-designed, 8-inch, ferrite midrange driver and 1.75-inch titanium [...]

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    3 1 Overview 1.3 Summary of StudioLive AI-Series Loudspeaker F eatures StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual • Ships with USB Wi-F i module for wireless remot e control • Optional Dante card • Optional Sub Dolly and pull-tested Sub P ole to mount a full-range system a top the 18sAI 1.3.3 SL Room Con trol Pr eSonus StudioLive[...]

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    4 1 Overview 1.4 What is in the Bo x StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 1.4 What is in the Bo x In addition to this manual, your StudioLiv e pack age contains the f ollowing: • The loudspeaker product • Locking IEC power cable • USB Wireless LAN A dapter • SL Room Control do wnload instruc tions • Pr eSonus Health S a[...]

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    5 2 Getting Star ted 2.1 Lev el Setting Procedure (F ull-R ange) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 2 Getting Started Before y ou begin, here are a few gener al rules of thumb: • Always make sur e your loudspeakers are power ed o when mak ing connections. • Do not allow your inputs to clip . W atch the Clip LED on the ba[...]

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    6 2 Getting Star ted 2.1 Lev el Setting Procedure (F ull-R ange) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3. If you’ re using the StudioLive full-range loudspeaker as a mix er , connect a microphone to the Mic input with a standard XLR cable . 4. Connect your line-level source (such as a Pr eSonus StudioLive digital mixer) to the L[...]

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    7 2 Getting Star ted 2.1 Lev el Setting Procedure (F ull-R ange) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 6. Po wer on your StudioLive loudspeaker . 7. T urn the Speaker level knob to the 12 o ’ clock position. 8. While speaking into the microphone, use the Mic level knob to adjust the microphone level . Be sure that you are not st[...]

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    8 2 Getting Star ted 2.2 Lev el Setting Procedure (18sAI) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 10. Both the Microphone and Line inputs should be set so that the green Signal LED is illuminated most of the time, but the r ed Clip LED illuminates only with the highest transient peaks or not at all. 11. If more output level is requi[...]

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    9 2 Getting Star ted 2.2 Lev el Setting Procedure (18sAI) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3. T urn the Sub level knob on your 18sAI counter clock wise to the lowest position. 4. Connect your line-level source (e.g ., a StudioLive mixer) to the Line inputs . This is a combo jack that acc epts a balanced ¼” TRS or XLR plug [...]

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    10 2 Getting Star ted 2.2 Lev el Setting Procedure (18sAI) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 6. Po wer on your line-level source. 7. Po wer on your 18sAI. 8. Po wer on your StudioLive AI full-r ange loudspeakers. 9. T urn the Speaker level knob on your full-range loudspeakers to the 12 o ’ clock position. 10. T urn the Sub l[...]

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    11 2 Getting Star ted 2.2 Lev el Setting Procedure (18sAI) StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 11. T urn the Line level knob on your full-range loudspeakers to the fully clockwise position. 12. The line-level inputs should be set so that the green Signal LED is illuminated most of the time, but the r ed Clip LED illuminates only[...]

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    12 3 Hookup 3.1 Rear-Panel C onnections and Controls StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3 Hookup 3.1 Rear-P anel Connections and Controls 3.1.1 F ull-Range Models: 312AI, 315AI, and 328AI Microphone Input. Y our AI-series full-range loudspeaker is equipped with a Pr eSonus XMAX™ microphone preamplier f or use with most mic[...]

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    13 3 Hookup 3.1 Rear-Panel C onnections and Controls StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual Speaker Le vel. This contr ol attenuates the output level of y our StudioLive full-range loudspeaker ’ s internal amplier . As with the Line Input level control , in most situations, y ou can set this k nob fully clockwise to the 0 dB s[...]

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    14 3 Hookup 3.1 Rear-Panel C onnections and Controls StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3.1.2 18sAI Subw oofer Line Inputs. The 18sAI fea tures two line -level inputs. These balanced combo connections are pro vided to connect your subwoofer t o a StudioLive digital mix er or other mixing console. The line inputs will accept up [...]

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    15 3 Hookup 3.2 Onboard P er formance Monitoring StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual Alignment. A dds delay time to the subwoof er . Pr ess the recessed button under the Alignment LEDs to step thr ough the three settings. 0M. Select this setting when the full-range system is directly over the subwoof er . No delay is added to th[...]

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    16 3 Hookup 3.3 Networking Connections and Contr ols StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3.2.1 A Note About the Limiter All StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers pro vide reliable operation at high sound- pressure lev els by incorporating an innovativ e new multi-band-limiting architecture. This system evalua tes both the excursion [...]

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    17 3 Hookup 3.4 P ower StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3.4 P ower AC Line C onnection. StudioLive -series loudspeakers have a univ ersal power supply that accepts A C power input between 100 and 250V AC at 50/60 Hz. Each loudspeaker is supplied with a locking IEC cord appropriate f or the countr y of sale. W ARNING: Do not r[...]

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    18 3 Hookup 3.5 Basic Hookup Diagram StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3.5 Basic Hookup Diagram StudioLive ™ 312AI speakers microphone 3.6 T ypical Band S etup Diagram StudioLive ™ 328AI speakers StudioLive ™ 18sAI sub StudioLive ™ 312AI monitors[...]

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    19 3 Hookup 3.7 T ypical V enue Setup Diagram StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 3.7 T ypical V enue Setup Diagram StudioLive ™ 315AI speakers StudioLive ™ 328AI speakers StudioLive ™ 18sAI subs StudioLive ™ 312AI monitors 3.8 T ypical Corporat e Confer ence Setup Diagram StudioLive ™ 312AI speakers StudioLive ™ 328[...]

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    20 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.1 Recognizing P roblem Rooms StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4 S ystem C onguration StudioLive AI-series full-range loudspeakers are desig ned to reproduce an input signal with extreme delity , maintaining near-at frequency and phase response at all levels up to the thr eshold of clippi[...]

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    21 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.1 Recognizing P roblem Rooms StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.1.1 V er tical C overage It is impor tant to keep in mind that vertical coverage is just as important as horizontal cov erage. If you are using a gr ound-stack approach with pole mounts, make sure y our coverage mat ches the listenin[...]

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    22 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.1.3 Maintain a High Direct-to-Reverberant Ratio Another way a room in teracts with sound waves is through r eec tivity . Like most room anomalies, r eec tions can be good and bad. C onsider the eect of a cathedral’ s reections on a[...]

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    23 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.2.1 Delay Basics Delay speakers allow you t o run the main speakers at a lower volume , as they relieve the mains of handling high- and mid-fr equenc y content f or par t of the space. As a speaker is pushed har der , the edges of its frequency [...]

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    24 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual Outside. Outdoors , you are trying to maintain level as the noise oor of the crow d begins to be at equal level to the P A in the intelligibility range. When working outside, the delay syst em is used to overcome out door noise, including (but [...]

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    25 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 2M. Select this setting when the subwoofer is about two meters from the full-range loudspeaker —t ypical when the full-range system is on the stage and the subw oofer is on the oor . A delay of about 5.9 ms is introduced to the signal that is[...]

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    26 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.2.3 Real-W orld Delay Sy stem Example The goal in a complicated sy stem with loudspeakers distributed throughout the venue is to delay each sa tellite system to its count erpar t in the main system (e.g ., the left front ll to the left FOH lo[...]

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    27 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual help determine the best nal location for y our loudspeaker system. If your speakers are sitting on the oor , you can expect a cer tain amount of half- space loading. If you ar e using your speakers as oor wedges, y ou might want to experi[...]

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    28 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.2 Delay Sy stems StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.2.7 L CR Sy stems An L CR system is a ster eo system with a center speaker added. This conguration allow s panning and adds depth to the acoustic image. This t ype of system will pro vide more control than a basic ster eo system and is ideal [...]

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    29 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.3 Rigging and Safety StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.3 Rigging and Safety This section has been created as a ref erence for saf e rigging and mounting practices. It is not an installation tutorial. Pr eSonus StudioLive AI-Series loudspeakers are prof essional products and are not intended for [...]

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    30 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.3 Rigging and Safety StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.3.2 Ground Stacking StudioLive AI-series full-range loudspeakers hav e four nonskid rubber feet on the bottom for upright fr ont-of-house use and four nonsk id rubber feet on one side f or stage -monitor applications . If your application is[...]

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    31 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.3 Rigging and Safety StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.3.4 Suspending the Loudspeaker A minimum of three suspension points must be used per speaker to saf ely suspend StudioLive AI loudspeakers. T wo wires xed symmetrically t o the front of the cabinet to hold the weight and one wir e attache[...]

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    32 4 Sy stem Configuration 4.3 Rigging and Safety StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 4.3.4 Pr ecautions StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers, like all electrical devices, must be pr otected from liquids or ex cessive moisture. They are not designed f or outdoor use during inclement weather . If you are using your StudioLiv e AI-s[...]

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    33 5 T echnical Information 5.1 Specifications StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5 T echnical Information 5.1 Specifications SLS312AI SLS315AI SLS328AI SLS18sAI Acoustic P er formance Configuration 3-W ay , Tri-amplified Loud - speaker System 3-W ay , Tri-amplified Loud - speaker System 3-W ay , Quad-amplified Loudspeaker S[...]

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    34 5 T echnical Information 5.1 Specifications StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual Continued from the previous page ... SLS312AI SLS315AI SLS328AI SLS18sAI DSP Contour Presets Normal, LBR Source, F loor Monitor Normal, LBR Source, F loor Monitor Normal, LBR Source, F loor Monitor Normal, Extended LF HPF 100 Hz 4th Order Linkwit[...]

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    35 5 T echnical Information 5.2 Sy stem Block Diagrams StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5.2 Sy stem Block Diagrams 5.2.1 F ull-range Models 328AI MIC PREAMP ADC Input Buffer LINE INPUT CH1 CH2 ADC CLIP LED SIGNAL LED DAC 24-bit /96 kHz Floating-Point DSP HF AMP MIX OUT OPTION 10/100 PHY RJ45 OPTION SLOT User Layer DSP Proces[...]

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    36 5 T echnical Information 5.2 Sy stem Block Diagrams StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 312-315AI MIC PREAMP ADC Input Buffer LINE INPUT CH1 CH2 ADC CLIP LED SIGNAL LED DAC 24-bit/96 kHz Floating-Point DSP HF AMP MIX OUT OPTION 10/100 PHY RJ45 OPTION SLOT User Layer DSP Processing Block 8-band Parametric EQ • Speaker Group[...]

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    37 5 T echnical Information 5.2 Sy stem Block Diagrams StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5.2.2 18sAI Subw oofer INPUT 2 INPUT 1 OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 ADC ADC Mono Sum Switch Σ Mono LED ø 180˚ LED Fixed (Stand-alone) CLIP LED SIGNAL LED 24-bit 96 kHz Floating- P oint DSP 10/100 PHY RJ45 OPTION SLOT User Layer DSP Processing Bloc[...]

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    38 5 T echnical Information 5.3 Mechanical Drawings StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5.3 Mechanical Drawings 5.3.1 StudioLive 312AI 24.8" 630 mm 19.5" 496 mm 16.4" 417 mm 5.3.2 StudioLive 315AI 27.9" 709 mm 21.5" 547 mm 18.6" 473 mm[...]

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    39 5 T echnical Information 5.3 Mechanical Drawings StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5.3.3 StudioLive 328AI 30.1" 765 mm 15.7" 399 mm 13.3" 338 mm 5.3.4 StudioLive 18sAI 23" 858 mm 24" 610 mm 26" 661 mm[...]

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    40 5 T echnical Information 5.4 Optional Acc essories StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 5.4 Optional Ac cessories The follo wing optional accessories are available through y our PreSonus dealer . Flying Kit (M10AI-KIT) The M10 Flying Kit is intended f or use with all StudioLive AI-series full-range loudspeakers and includes fo[...]

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    41 6 T roubleshooting and W arranty 6.1 Suppor t and T roubleshooting StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual 6 T roubleshooting and W arranty 6.1 Suppor t and T roubleshooting Please check the Pr eSonus W eb site (w ww .presonus.com) r egularly for software information and updat es, rmware updat es, and suppor t documentation, i[...]

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    42 6 T roubleshooting and W arranty 6.2 W arranty StudioLive ™ AI-Series Loudspeaker Owner ’ s Manual Loudspeaker has hum or buzz. Nearly all hum and buzz problems are r elated to cable grounding . W ith the loudspeaker at low volume , remove input and output cables , one at a time, until the noise disappears . T r y replacing the suspect cable[...]

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    5. Damage caused by repair or service per formed by persons not authorized by P reSonus. 6. Pr oduc ts on which the serial number has been altered , defaced, or remov ed. 7. Pr oduc ts purchased from an un-authoriz ed PreSonus dealer (products that have tr ansferable warranties are ex cluded from this provision provided the customer and the pr oduc[...]

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    packaging. The return shipping bo x may be a generic box that has been tted for that model t ested if the original gift box is not available . How to Get W arranty Service (outside of USA): 1. Y ou must have an active user account with Pr eSonus and your hardware must be on le with your accoun t. If you do not have an account, please go t o: [...]

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    Added bonus: P reSonus’ previously T op S ecret r ecipe for … Jambala ya Ingredients: • 5 lbs link andouille sausage • 3 lbs boneless chicken • 2 lbs gr ound beef • 3 lbs onions (yello w or purple) • 2 stalks of celery • 1 lb bell peppers (gr een or red) • 1 batch g reen onions • 3 lbs rice • T ony Chachere’ s Cajun Seasonin[...]

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