Steinert Studio 101

Welcome to Studio 101!

Table of Contents:

I. Map of the studio

II. Map of the Mixer / Mixer Diagram

III. Connecting a Microphone

IV. USB Connection

Equipment for MUSC 1200/1210

For students enrolled in MUSC1200/1210 for the Fall 2025 semester:

Microphones and MIDI controllers are available on the shelf immediately when you walk in. Please ensure they are returned in the right spot with all their peripheries.

I. Map of the Studio

The studio has a PreSonus StudioLive AR12c, 2 Mackie speakers.

The setup also has a way to interface with your laptop through a 1/8" stereo out, or through your own audio interface using the 1/4" pigtails, or by using the console itself as an audio interface via USB.

An 8-channel Behringer interface is available for Windows 11+ users.

Please don’t unplug things. It works as it is now. Changing the default layout only makes things more difficult for others.

You may use the unoccupied tracks in the mixer. The channels on the mixer are labeled beneath the faders.

II. Map of the Mixer / Mixer Diagram

OVERVIEW OF THE MIXER:

Stereo monitoring can be accessed through the Main fader. This is the master volume control for the monitors. Each track, like a digital track in Logic or Pro Tools, is independent, looks exactly like the other tracks, and has the same controls. They need to be assigned to a bus to be heard.

There are 3 sets of busses on this console: Main, the main stereo bus to which every channel is always routed; Aux 1 and Aux 2, which are individual mono busses that each channel can be routed to with the two Aux knobs, located below the set of EQ knobs on each channel. You can output from each of these channels by taking a quarter-inch cable out of the Aux Outputs section for whichever bus you wish.

Volume Faders for each bus (located in the bottom right corner of the mixing board).

Mixer Full Image

Send a channel to one of the Aux busses by turning up the knob representing that bus, as shown in the following image:

The console has dedicated outputs for each of these busses, with Main going out from the two YELLOW XLR cables, straight to the monitors, while Aux Outputs 1 and 2 can be patched to fit user needs.

III. PLUGGING IN A MICROPHONE

If required, use unreserved channels 1, 2, 3, 4, and ⅞ to plug in a microphone, through the XLR inputs, or an instrument cable via the 1/4 inch cable inputs. Channels with pre-plugged-in cables are reserved channels for students to use to connect to any hardware device they might bring. DO NOT REMOVE THESE!!!

IV. USB Connection

The mixer is capable of sending up to four return channels out from whatever is connected to its USB interface. Access this by plugging in your device to the USB cable that should extend from the back end of the mixer. 4 channels can be sent out of the USB interface into the mixer.

Digital output channels 1 and 2 correspond to analog channel ST 13/14, and digital output channels 3 and 4 can be engaged by pressing the button below the gain attenuator on channel 11/12, circled in red.

Beyond this, the mixer has the capability to receive audio through Bluetooth, also on channel ST 13/14, which can be done by holding the Bluetooth ‘pair’ button, circled in pink, till it lights up and simply connecting your device to it, as you would any other.

V. Recording

Recording Interface

This mixer is able to record the audio it processes. This is done through the Capture Stereo Recorder panel, where recording can be engaged by pressing the right most 'record' button, and started and stopped through the play and pause buttons. This recording can then be transferred to your computer through an SD card reader, where each file recorded will be labeled with with an "SL-ARc" prefix, followed by a number.

*If the record button starts flashing then the mixer hasn't recognized the SD card, so attempt to re-insert, or use a different card.*

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