PRESONUS SL Room Control User guide

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction — 1

1.1 About this Manual — 1

1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features — 1

2 Networking Your Loudspeaker — 3

2.1 Step 1: Install SL Room Control — 3

2.1.1 Mac OS X — 3

2.1.2 Windows — 3

2.1.3 iPad — 3

2.2 Step 2: Update Your Loudspeaker Firmware — 3

2.3 Step 3: Connecting your Network — 4

3 The Venue Page — 9

3.1 Creating a New Venue Preset — 9

3.2 Loading, Editing, and Deleting

Venue Presets — 10

4 Speaker Groups — 12

4.1 Speaker Net Browser — 12

4.2 Creating Speaker Groups — 12

4.3 Speaker Mapping — 14

4.4 Group Monitor Page — 15

4.4.1 Performance Monitoring — 15

4.5 Group Edit Page — 16

4.5.1 Saving and Loading

Graphic EQ Presets — 17

4.6 Speaker Edit Page — 18

4.6.1 Eight-Band Parametric EQ

(full-range only) — 20

4.6.2 Notch Filters

(full-range only) — 21

4.6.3 Saving and Loading a Speaker

Preset — 21

5 The User Layer — 22

6 Troubleshooting — 23

1 Introduction

1.1 About this Manual

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1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing a PreSonus® StudioLive™ AI-series Active Integration™

Loudspeaker. PreSonus StudioLive AI-series PA speakers oﬀer a wealth of

system-control and performance-monitoring features. The key to accessing

these features is SL Room Control, a speaker-management system and remote-

control/monitoring software for Mac® OS X, Windows®, and Apple iPad®.

To use SL Room Control, you simply create a local area network using a

wireless router and connect your StudioLive AI speakers with the included

USB 2.0 Wi-Fi LAN adapter or onboard Ethercon connection. Connect your

Mac, PC, or iPad to the same Wi-Fi network and launch SL Room Control to

unlock your StudioLive AI speaker system’s full power. SL Room Control’s

Network Setup wizard makes it easy to network your entire system.

We encourage you to contact us with questions or comments regarding

this product. PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc., is committed to constant

product improvement, and we value your suggestions highly. We believe

the best way to achieve our goal of constant product improvement is by

listening to the real experts: our valued customers. We appreciate the

support you have shown us through the purchase of this product.

For technical support, please see Section 6: Troubleshooting.

1.1 About this Manual

This manual covers the functions and features of SL Room Control with all three

full-range StudioLive AI loudspeakers (312AI, 315AI, and 328AI), as well as the

companion StudioLive 18sAI subwoofer. We suggest that you use the manual to

familiarize yourself with the features, applications, and connection procedures for

your StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers before trying to set up and operate them.

SL Room Control’s features and functions are the same for all three full-range

models and, in most respects, for the 18sAI. Whenever possible, these features

and functions will be described for the entire line. Unless preceded by “full-range,”

the term “loudspeaker” will refer to the full-range models and the subwoofer.

Throughout this manual you will ﬁnd Power User Tips highlighting

distinctive aspects of SL Room Control, oﬀering tips, and explaining

terms. In addition, you will ﬁnd an assortment of tutorials that

cover the basics of room acoustics and speaker placement.

Thank you, once again, for buying our product. We are conﬁdent that

you will enjoy your StudioLive AI speakers and SL Room Control!

1 Introduction

1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features

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1.2 Summary of SL Room Control Features

• Remote Control over:

• DSP contours

• 100 Hz highpass ﬁlter (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)

• Polarity invert (18sAI)

• Network Setup wizard:

• Network scanning automatically detects connected speakers

• Network browser to switch speakers to a new wireless network

• Performance monitoring over:

• Excursion limiter

• Real-time temperature

• ADC clip detection

• Power-amp soft limiting

• Individual speaker DSP settings:

• 8-band parametric EQ (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)

• 8 notch ﬁlters (312AI, 315AI, 328AI)

• Variable limiter

• Alignment delay, up to 500 ms in 0.1 ms increments

• Output-level control

• Solo

• Mute

• Store/load complete speaker setups

• Copy/paste settings to other speakers

• Custom labels and comments

• Group Speaker Management

• Group level control

• Speaker mapping

• 31-band graphic EQ

• Store/load graphic EQ presets

• Speaker-group browser

• Store multiple speaker groups together

• Settings are automatically stored in the User Layer onboard

each loudspeaker for use away from SL Room Control

2 Networking Your Loudspeaker

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2 Networking Your Loudspeaker

Your StudioLive AI-series loudspeaker can connect directly to a wireless

router using an Ethernet cable, or it can connect to the router wirelessly using

the USB Wi-Fi adapter that is included in the box with your loudspeaker. It

is important to mention that the StudioLive loudspeaker does not support

hot-swapping the Wi-Fi adapter; the adapter must be connected when

you power on your loudspeaker. Note that the included adapter is the

only LAN adapter supported for use with StudioLive AI loudspeakers.

Power User Tip: The use of more than one instance of SL Room

Control on the speaker network is not supported.

2.1 Step 1: Install SL Room Control

2.1.1 Mac OS X

Installing SL Room Control on Mac OS X machines is a simple as drag-and-drop.

1. Double-click on the SL Room Control .dmg ﬁle.

2. Drag the SL Room Control icon to the Applications folder on your computer.

3. Once SL Room Control has been copied to your hard drive, it is ready

to use. Simply double-click on its icon in your Applications folder.

2.1.2 Windows

The Windows installer for SL Room Control provides easy-to-follow onscreen

instructions to make the installation process quick and simple.

1. When you launch the SL Room Control .exe ﬁle, a Welcome screen will launch. By

default, SL Room Control will install in the Program Files folder on your computer.

We highly recommend that you do not change this default location. Click “Install.”

2. Once SL Room Control has been successfully installed on

your computer, click “Finish” to exit the install wizard.

2.1.3 iPad

SL Room Control for Apple iPad is available free from Apple’s

App Store and must be downloaded from there.

2.2 Step 2: Update Your Loudspeaker Firmware

To use SL Room Control, you must update the ﬁrmware for your

StudioLive AI loudspeaker. The ﬁrmware is available from your

My PreSonus account at https://my.presonus.com.

1. Log into your My PreSonus account.

2. Download the ﬁrmware-update ﬁle for your loudspeaker.

3. Open your Downloads folder and locate the StudioLive ﬁrmware folder. The

folder will be named with your StudioLive AI loudspeaker model name.

4. Depending on your system preferences, the ﬁrmware folder may not

automatically uncompress from the .zip ﬁle. To expand it, simply double-click it.

5. Open the ﬁrmware folder; you will ﬁnd a ﬁle inside named “upgrade.bin.”

6. Connect a FAT32-formatted USB thumb drive to your computer.

Power User Tip: Most small USB drives (16 GB or less) are already

formatted correctly, so no formatting is required. If your loudspeaker does

not detect your thumb drive, verify that it is formatted correctly.

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7. Select the upgrade.bin ﬁrmware ﬁle and copy/paste or drag it to the root level of

your thumb drive. Eject your thumb drive and disconnect it from your computer.

IMPORTANT: Always label the thumbdrive with the StudioLive AI loudspeaker model

ﬁrmware loaded on it. Loading the wrong model ﬁrmware on your loudspeaker will

result in poor performance and may require a recovery to reload the correct ﬁrmware.

If you are unsure of the model ﬁrmware you have copied to your drive, it is highly

recommended that you verify by overwriting the ﬁle with the conﬁrmed correct ﬁrmware

before proceeding. In other words: only load the ﬁrmware ﬁle for a 315AI on a 315AI.

8. Power oﬀ your StudioLive AI loudspeaker.

9. Remove the Wi-Fi LAN adapter from your loudspeaker (if connected).

10. Connect the USB thumb drive to the USB port on your StudioLive AI loudspeaker.

11. Hold down any button on the back of your StudioLive AI loudspeaker while

powering it on. Continue holding the button for 10 full seconds before releasing it.

12. The lights on the back panel of your StudioLive loudspeaker will cycle until

the ﬁrmware update is complete. The ﬁrmware update takes approximately

60 seconds. When the update is complete, your loudspeaker will reboot.

Note: You must update the ﬁrmware on every loudspeaker with which you intend

to use SL Room Control. Each StudioLive AI loudspeaker model has its own ﬁrmware

upgrade ﬁle. Do not use the ﬁrmware update for one model on another model!

2.3 Step 3: Connecting your Network

Connecting via Ethernet

If you are hardwiring your loudspeakers to your wireless router with Ethernet cables,

simply connect the speakers to your wireless router and then wirelessly join the

same network with your computer or iPad. No other network setup is required.

Power User Tip: In the event that you require more ports than your wireless router

provides, you will need to purchase an Ethernet switch and connect it to your router

to provide the additional ports. PreSonus recommends using an unmanaged

switch, rather than a managed switch, as this type requires no additional setup or

conﬁguration. Whenever hardwiring your computer, it is recommended that it be

connected to a port on an Ethernet switch rather than using the local ports on a

router as some routers require additional set-up to support this conﬁguration.

wireless

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Connecting wirelessly (auto-setup)

Your StudioLive AI loudspeakers have been preprogrammed to join a speciﬁc wireless

network. Simply conﬁgure your wireless router network with the name “StudioLive”

and secure it with the password “StudioLive.” Your loudspeakers will automatically

join when they are powered on with their USB LAN adapters connected.

iPad running

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wireless router

“StudioLive”

password: StudioLive

Joining a new network

To connect the loudspeakers wirelessly to a new network for the ﬁrst time, you need

to hardwire your loudspeakers to your router and use SL Room Control to save the

intended network’s information. The instructions below can be used to give any

number of StudioLive AI loudspeakers the ability to connect wirelessly to a new

network. StudioLive AI loudspeakers only support WPA and WPA2 wireless networks.

Power User Tip: If you are connecting some speakers wirelessly, while

others will be hardwired to the same network, temporarily disconnect

the speakers you wish to hardwire while you provision the speakers

that will connect to the network using a USB Wi-Fi LAN adapter.

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1. To begin, connect your loudspeakers to your wireless router using Ethernet cables.

wireless

router

2. Connect the USB LAN adapters to your loudspeakers.

3. Power on your loudspeakers.

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4. Connect your device wirelessly to the wireless router’s

network and launch SL Room Control.

wireless

router

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5. Press or click the Wireless icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Venue

page in SL Room Control. This will launch the Wireless Setup wizard.

6. Across the top of the screen you will see every loudspeaker

connected to your wireless router. At the bottom of the page,

you will see every wireless network within range.

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7. If any of the loudspeakers have the “No WiFi Installed” warning, you will be

prevented from joining a new network. Verify that your USB LAN adapter is

connected and power-cycle your loudspeaker. Note: StudioLive loudspeakers do not

support hot swapping. The USB LAN adapter must be connected when you power on

your loudspeaker.

8. From the network browser, select the wireless network to which

you’d like to connect your loudspeakers. Only networks that can

be joined by every speaker in the browser will be selectable.

9. Enter the password for your wireless network. Once the network

information has been stored in your loudspeakers, you can

disconnect the Ethernet cables from your router.

10. Click or tap the Rescan button to verify that your speakers have successfully

joined wirelessly to your network. If your speakers do not appear within

10-30 seconds, power cycle them, reboot SL Room Control and click or tap

the Rescan button again. If they are still not detected, repeat steps 1-9 and

verify that you are entering the correct password for your wireless network.

Power User Tip: Once your loudspeakers are wirelessly connected to one

network, you can connect them to another network wirelessly, as well, as long

as both networks are within range of the loudspeaker and your device.

3 The Venue Page

3.1 Creating a New Venue Preset

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3 The Venue Page

When you ﬁrst launch SL Room Control, you will be taken to the Venue page.

This page allows you to manage multiple loudspeaker systems with a single

Venue preset. For example, your front-of-house (FOH) system might be

one speaker group, your stage setup may be a second group, the balcony

delays may be a third, and so on. Every group can be easily navigated

between and monitored by storing them in the same Venue preset.

You can access the Venue page at any time by clicking or pressing the “Home” button

from any page in SL Room Control.

3.1 Creating a New Venue Preset

1. Tap or click the “Add New Venue” button.

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2. Name your Venue preset by tapping or clicking on

the default name (“My New Venue”).

3. Click on the Add button to begin conﬁguring your new Venue preset.

3.2 Loading, Editing, and Deleting Venue Presets

As you create Venue presets, SL Room Control will automatically store

them, and they will be displayed across the bottom of the Venue page.

Each preset thumbnail will display the number of groups and the number

of speakers inside. To load a preset, simply click or tap the thumbnail.

OS X/Windows only: To scroll through your preset history use a horizontal

swipe on your trackpad or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

To edit or delete a stored Venue preset, click or tap on the gear inside its thumbnail.

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This will take you to Venue Edit page:

• To edit the name, tap or click it.

• To load a preset, tap or click the Load button.

• To delete a preset, tap or click the Delete button.

• To return to the Venue page, click the Close button.

4 Speaker Groups

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4 Speaker Groups

SL Room Control allows you to create multiple speaker groups within

any Venue preset. Each speaker group has its own level control and 31-

band graphic EQ and can be designed in SL Room Control to mimic

each loudspeaker’s physical placement within the room.

4.1 Speaker Net Browser

Once you’ve created a new Venue preset, you will be taken to the Speaker

Net browser. From this page you can view all speakers on your network,

give them custom names, and begin designing your group.

OS X/Windows only: To scroll through your preset history use a horizontal

swipe on your trackpad or use the scroll wheel on your mouse.

If you do not see all the speakers on your network, tap or click the Rescan button.

Power User Tip: You do not have to create a speaker group to access the custom

settings for each individual loudspeaker. Any loudspeaker in the Speaker Net

browser can be edited, monitored, and controlled from the browser.

4.2 Creating Speaker Groups

Adding Speakers

To add a loudspeaker to a group, simply select the speaker by clicking or tapping

on its icon in the Speaker Net browser and dragging it into the Group Design ﬁeld.

As you select loudspeakers, the LED on the front of the currently selected

loudspeaker will change from blue to white to help you quickly identify it.

Not Selected Selected

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Customizing Speaker Names

To give any loudspeaker a custom name, simply click or tap on

the default name and rename it (FOH Left, Vocal Monitor, etc.).

Use this as an easy way to quickly identify speakers.

Speaker Arrangement

Loudspeakers can be arranged in the Group Design ﬁeld to mimic their

physical placement in the room. This provides you with visual cues indicating

which loudspeaker you are monitoring or controlling at any given time.

Power User Tip: Use the Group Design ﬁeld to create rough speaker diagrams

for mobile applications in which you will be tearing down and setting up the

same loudspeaker system in a venue at various times. This will help to minimize

setup time and will allow you to use previous EQ and alignment settings.

Opening/Closing the Speaker Net Browser

To open or close the Speaker Net browser, click or tap on the button in the upper left

corner.

You can also tap or click on the arrow in the middle of the Group Design ﬁeld to open

and close the Speaker Net Browser.

Adding/Removing Speaker Groups

The Speaker Group Manager functions much like a Web browser.

• To continue creating speaker groups, click or tap on the

“+” button to the right of the Speaker Group tab.

• To delete a group, tap or click on the “x” in its tab.

• You can navigate between Speaker Groups by clicking or tapping each tab.

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4.3 Speaker Mapping

A map is created after any loudspeaker is added to a speaker group. Each

loudspeaker’s settings are stored in its position in the speaker group map.

Any changes to a loudspeaker’s settings are also stored in this map.

If a loudspeaker is not detected on the network, its mapped

position is still saved with the group. In this way, you can use a

diﬀerent loudspeaker to ﬁll this position in the map.

Simply open the Speaker Net browser and drag it the map position you want it to

use. All the stored settings will be loaded into the new loudspeaker automatically.

Speaker mapping can also be useful when loudspeakers are accidentally placed

in a diﬀerent position in the room than their stored location in the speaker group.

For example, if you’ve set up your FOH system so that the 312AI that was on the

left when you created the speaker group is now on the right, SL Room Control

can easily resolve this: Simply drag the left-side 312AI’s icon over the right-side

312AI’s icon. This will exchange the settings between the two loudspeakers.

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4.4 Group Monitor Page

When you close the Speaker Net browser, your speaker group will

enter the Group Monitor page. From this page, you can monitor the

performance of every loudspeaker in the group, edit each speaker’s

individual parameters, and edit the group parameters.

If you need to make placement adjustments or delete a loudspeaker from a group

at any time, simply tap or click the Unlock Group button in the upper left corner.

When you are done, be sure to relock your group by tapping or clicking on the

same button.

4.4.1 Performance Monitoring

Each loudspeaker icon features several performance-monitoring indicators:

• Input Metering. This meter displays the level of the incoming signal to your

loudspeaker.

• Clip. This indicator will illuminate red when the signal going to the analog-to-

digital converter (ADC) on the loudspeaker exceeds 0 dB. At this level, the signal

will begin to overload the converter and exhibit signs of clipping, an undesirable

type of distortion. Use the physical input level controls on the back of your

StudioLive AI loudspeakers and the outputs of your mixer to keep the signal

below 0 dBFS.

• Limit. This indicator will illuminate yellow when your loudspeaker’s protection

limiter has been engaged. All StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers provide reliable

operation at high sound-pressure levels by incorporating an innovative new

multiband-limiting architecture. This system evaluates both the excursion and

voice-coil temperature of every driver and uses that information to maximize the

output of the loudspeaker, while preserving the integrity of audio sources that

span more than one band. This means that even when exceeding the threshold of

the limiter, StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers continue to provide clean and

powerful sound, without the harsh edginess that is characteristic of conventional

protection schemes. Because of this, you may need to use the Limit indicator to

verify that your loudspeakers are not being driven into the danger zone.

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• Thermal. This indicator monitors the temperature of the onboard ampliﬁers. It

will not illuminate while the temperature is within normal operating limits (less

than 147˚ F/63.9° C). It will illuminate yellow when the temperature rises to

dangerous level (147 – 152˚ F/63.9 – 66.7° C). It will illuminate red when the

temperature rises to a level where your loudspeaker will be severely damaged

(over 153˚ F/67.2° C). Note: If this indicator turns yellow or red, power oﬀ your

loudspeaker immediately and let it cool down. Your loudspeaker should not exceed

thermal limits during normal operation. If it does, you may need to contact PreSonus

to arrange for a repair.

• Excursion Limit. The movements of the low- and mid-frequency drivers are

monitored to make sure an over-excursion will not occur, as this can signiﬁcantly

damage your loudspeaker. If any of the drivers in the loudspeaker icon illuminate

red, the excursion limiter has been engaged to protect the speaker. This indicates

that you are driving your loudspeaker too hard and should lower the volume.

4.5 Group Edit Page

The Group Edit page allows you to raise and lower the relative level of an

entire speaker group and apply a 31-band graphic EQ to the entire group.

To open the Group Edit page, click on the “gears” in the upper right corner of the

Group Monitor page.

Naming Speaker Groups. To give your speaker group a

custom name, tap on the default name in its icon.

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Group Level Control. Tap or click the “+” or “-“ buttons to raise or lower the

level by 1 dB. The overall level of the group is reﬂected by the indicator to

the left of these buttons and displayed in dB in the read-out above.

Comments. To add comments about any speaker group, tap or

click in the Comments ﬁeld. Press Enter when ﬁnished.

GEQ On/Oﬀ Button. Turns the graphic EQ on or oﬀ.

By default, each graphic EQ is turned oﬀ. To enable the

graphic EQ, click or tap this button to turn it on.

Power User Tip: You cannot adjust the graphic EQ unless it is enabled.

GEQ Reset Button. Sets all graphic EQ band levels to 0 dB.

To reset the graphic EQ to 0 dB, simply click or tap the Reset button. This will

return each slider to 0 dB so that no frequency band is boosted or attenuated.

Draw Tool. Allows you to draw an EQ curve with your ﬁnger or mouse.

SL Room Control provides ﬂexible control over your graphic EQ settings. You

can use the sliders to control each band individually or control several bands

at once or you can simply draw an EQ curve and ﬁne-tune from there.

To enable GEQ-curve drawing, click or tap the Draw button and

slide your ﬁnger or mouse over the graphic EQ bands. Each band’s

slider will snap to your ﬁnger or mouse as you pass over it.

4.5.1 Saving and Loading Graphic EQ Presets

Save. To save a graphic EQ preset, tap or click the Save button and enter a name for

your preset.

Load. To load a graphic EQ preset, tap or click the preset name in the preset list and

tap or click the Load button.

Delete. To delete any preset in the preset list, select it

and tap or click the “x” next to its name.

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4.6 Speaker Edit Page

To edit the parameters of any loudspeaker on the network or in a group, click or tap

on the “gear” below the meter in its icon. This will access the Speaker Edit page for

that speaker from anywhere in SL Room Control.

Speaker Edit Enable. Enables/Disables speaker editing.

By default, Speaker Edit is enabled. Click or tap the button to disable

speaker editing; this will bypass all parameters, and you will no longer have

remote control over the speaker. In this way, you can monitor performance

without risking making any changes to a speaker or A/B your changes.

Mute. Mutes the loudspeaker.

Click or tap the Mute button to mute the currently selected loudspeaker.

You will be alerted when a loudspeaker is muted wherever

its icon is visible in SL Room Control.

Solo. Solos the loudspeaker.

Click or tap the Solo button to mute every other speaker in the group.

Temperature. Displays the current temperature of the ampliﬁers.

Temperature monitoring for your loudspeaker is available in real-

time from the Speaker Edit page. This is especially useful when

using your loudspeakers in elevated temperatures.

Note: Your loudspeaker should remain below 147˚ F (63.9° C). If it exceeds

this temperature, power oﬀ your loudspeaker immediately.

HPF (full-range only). Remotely enables/disables the highpass ﬁlter.

When enabled, this button engages a highpass ﬁlter that removes

frequency content below 100 Hz. (This low-frequency content may

introduce destructive cancellation and reinforcement when combined

with the highest frequencies reproduced by a subwoofer.) The ﬁlter may

also be used to remove stand thumps, mic-handling noise, etc.

Power User Tip: In addition to the highpass ﬁlter, phase- and time-alignment settings

are applied. These settings are optimized for use with the StudioLive 18sAI; however

you can use this mode with any subwoofer. Because these are fundamental tuning

parameters, your loudspeaker will mute momentarily while they are applied.

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