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4 Universal Control-AI and VSL-AI
4.1 Universal Control-AI Launch Window
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4 Universal Control-AI and VSL-AI
Universal Control-AI includes two windows: the Launcher window and
the Device window. For the StudioLive, the Device window is the Virtual
StudioLive-AI (VSL-AI) application. VSL-AI provides bidirectional control of
channel, subgroup, aux, and main-bus levels; Fat Channel parameters; aux
mixes; effects; and the graphic EQs. It also provides a visual overview of your
StudioLive settings so that you can see, adjust, and organize them. VSL-AI
includes a librarian, allowing you to easily manage your presets and scenes.
Controlling your StudioLive with VSL-AI is as easy as drag-and-drop. Load Fat
Channel presets and scenes by simply dragging them onto the channel or mixer
overview. You can load Fat Channel presets as a complete channel strip or as
individual gate, compressor, and EQ presets. Through VSL-AI, you can back up
all of the scenes and presets stored on your StudioLive. These stored settings
can be loaded from disk or sent to, and stored internally on, the StudioLive.
Since control is bidirectional, fader moves and parameter changes made on the
StudioLive are reflected in VSL-AI. So, for example, you can set up the StudioLive
the way you want it and then save your scene and other presets in VSL-AI.
VSL-AI also lets you create a password for your StudioLive so that you can lock
out unauthorized users. (See Section 4.8.5 for details.) From the Launcher
window, you can set basic parameters such as buffer size and sample rate.
To use VSL-AI, you must do one of two things:
• Connect and sync your StudioLive to your computer using a FireWire
s800 cable. This option allows you to use all the features VSL-AI
provides, including Smaart Spectra Analysis and the Smaart System
Check Wizards while recording and playing back audio through
Capture, Studio One, or a third-party DAW of your choice.
• Connect your StudioLive and computer to the same wireless network.
This option will allow you to use your laptop to remote control the
StudioLive AI mixer anywhere in the venue, but the Smaart tools
will be disabled as these features require an audio driver.
4.1 Universal Control-AI Launch Window
The Universal Control-AI Launch Window offers basic configuration tools for
using your StudioLive AI mixer as an audio device on your computer:
Sample Rate. Displays the sample rate set on the StudioLive AI-
series mixer. Because your mixer is always the master clock, the
sample rate must be set in the System menu on your mixer.
Clock Source. Displays the master clock for the audio driver.
Power User Tip: As mentioned above, the StudioLive AI mixer is the master
clock for your audio system. The audio driver is clocked externally by the
mixer. This means that your mixer will not be forced to reclock (and mute
its outputs) if your computer crashes or is accidentally disconnected.