Table of Contents
1 Overview — 1
1.1 Introduction — 1
1.2 StudioLive CS18AI Control Surface Features — 2
1.3 Active Integration — 2
1.4 What is in the Box — 3
1.5 What You Will Need — 4
1.6 About This Manual — 4
1.7 Technical Support — 5
2 Getting Started — 6
2.1 Minimum System Requirements — 6
2.2 System Setup Overview — 6
2.3 Registering Your CS18AI Control Surface — 7
2.4 Updating CS18AI Firmware — 8
2.5 Powering and Testing the CS18AI — 14
3 Networking the StudioLive CS18AI
Control Surface — 16
3.1 Networking Overview — 16
3.2 Connecting the StudioLive CS18AI to one
StudioLive RM Mixer — 19
3.3 Connecting the CS18AI to an RM Mixer and Studio
One — 23
4 Connecting the CS18AI to Your
Audio System — 25
4.1 Mic and Line Inputs — 25
4.2 Headphone and Monitor Outputs — 26
5 Controlling StudioLive RM-series
Mixers with the CS18AI — 28
5.1 Accessing Channels with Layers and Filter DCA
Groups — 28
5.2 Basic Channel Operation Summary — 30
5.3 Processing Signals with the Fat Channel — 31
5.4 Channel Strip Controls — 48
5.5 Global Mixer Controls — 49
5.6 Master Control and Touchscreen — 55
5.7 System Menu — 64
5.8 Working with Filter DCA Groups — 67
5.9 Aux Mixes and Subgroups — 73
5.10 Internal Effects Mixes — 77
6 Rear Panel — 83
6.1 Physical Connections and Controls — 83
7 Reference — 85
7.1 StudioLive CS18 Technical Specifications — 85
8 Warranty Information — 87
8.1 How Consumer Law Relates To This
Warranty — 87