Video: PreSonus 1818vsl Mic Preamp - Quick Review

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24-bit / 96 kHz 18x18 USB 2.0 recording interface

2 dual-purpose, front-panel, mic/instrument input channels with:

Combo XLR mic and balanced ¼" instrument input

Class A XMAX™ mic / instrument preamp

Individual channel-trim controls with 0 to +35 dBu mic gain range

6 dual-purpose, front-panel, mic/line input channels with:

Combo XLR mic and balanced ¼" line input

Class A XMAX™ mic preamp

Individual channel-trim controls with 0 to +35 dBu mic gain range

True +48V phantom power for condenser microphones (switchable in two banks for channels 1-4 and 5-8)

Headphone jack with level control

Main-output level control

Power/USB sync LED

LED clip indicator for each channel

L/R main output meter (dual 7-segment LED ladder)

Mix, adjust input and playback-returns levels, and add effects and signal processing from your laptop or other computer

Studio One™ Artist digital audio workstation software included

Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL) control software included; manages:

Near-zero-latency monitoring with extensive signal processing

26 x 8 DSP mixer

StudioLive™16.0.2 Fat Channel compressor, limiter, expander, high-pass filter, and semi-parametric EQ for each analog input and its DAW return

2 stereo effects buses with reverb and delay

More than 50 Fat Channel DSP presets for enhancing instrument and vocal recordings

Input/Output -

1 USB 2.0 port

2 combo XLR / ¼" mic/instrument inputs

6 combo XLR / ¼" balanced mic/line inputs

2 balanced ¼" main (L/R) line outputs

6 balanced ¼" auxiliary (L/R) line outputs

8 channels ADAT optical input and output (at 44.1 or 48 kHz; 4 channels at 88.2 or 96 kHz)

2 channels (stereo) S/PDIF coaxial input and output

1 stereo ¼" headphone output

1 BNC word-clock output

MIDI In/Out

Digitalia -

24-bit resolution and 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz sampling rate

Professional-grade A/D/A converters (+114 dBu dynamic range)

Mac®- and Windows®-compatible, including Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7

Supports ASIO, Core Audio, Direct Sound (Windows XP), Windows Audio Session API (Windows Vista and Windows 7)

Physical -

1U rack-mountable

Road-rugged construction with all-metal chassis and metal knobs

Weighs 4.6 lb. / 2.1 kg

12 VDC external power supply (included)

Software -

Virtual StudioLive (VSL)

PreSonus' groundbreaking control software

Studio One Artist

PreSonus' revolutionary digital audio workstation, with unlimited track count and 4+ GB of 3rd-party resources.