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4.0 Getting Started
Before you begin, here are a few general rules of thumb:
• Always press the Mute All button on the mixer front panel or turn down the Main faders
in UC Surface and the Phones knob on the front panel before making connections.
• Before plugging or unplugging a microphone while other channels are active,
mute the channel you’re connecting to or disconnecting from.
• Do not allow your inputs to clip. Watch the level meters on your RM mixer; when
the LEDs near the Clip mark, the input LED will illuminate in red, indicating that
the analog-to-digital converters are in danger of being overdriven. Overdriving
the converters will cause digital distortion, which sounds terrible. The XMAX™
preamps in your StudioLive provide plenty of headroom; take advantage of it.
Your PA and studio equipment should be powered on in the following order:
1. Sound sources (direct boxes, microphones, etc.)
connected to the StudioLive RM inputs
2. StudioLive RM-series mixer
3. Computer (if applicable)
4. Power amplifiers or powered monitors
When it’s time to power down, your system should be turned off in the reverse
order. Now that you know what not to do, let’s get some audio going!
4.1 Level-Setting Procedure
This section assumes that you’ve already installed and configured
UC Surface on your computer or iPad and connected your
StudioLive RM mixer as described in the previous chapter.
1. Grab a microphone and a mic cable and plug them into the StudioLive RM’s
Channel 1 mic input.
2. Connect the Main outs of your StudioLive RM to your power amplifier or powered
monitors.
3. If you’re using passive speakers, connect them to your power amplifier using
speaker cables.
4. Plug your StudioLive RM hardware into a power outlet and turn it on.
5. Power on your speakers or speaker amplifier.
6. Launch the UC Surface software and select your mixer for control.
7. Go to Channel 1 of the UC Surface mixer and open the Fat Channel by clicking or
tapping the EQ Micro View.
8. If your microphone requires phantom power, engage the Fat Channel +48V button.
9. Speak or sing into your microphone at approximately the same volume you expect
during the performance.
10. Move the Fat Channel Preamp slider up while watching the input meter on the
Channel Strip and adjust the input gain until the meter reaches a little more than
halfway up. The meter should never go into the red area at the top.
11. Raise the Channel 1 fader until it reaches 0 dB (unity gain).
12. Bring up the Main Output fader until you can comfortably listen to your
microphone through your speakers.
13. Use the Fat Channel to add dynamics processing and EQ as needed.
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