PreSonus StudioLive AR8c Analog Mixer with Studio One Pro Software

I love this product from Presonus. How many times do you feel great about the company you buy a product from? Not all that often. PreSonus just does it all the right way. Besides it being a great mixer for music, Podcasting, anything you want to throw at it, they give you so much free software it is absolutely incredible. They are generous it's incredibly well priced, and I absolutely love that it is also pretty easy to use. Good tech support when needed too. Great company and a great product.

It’s easy to use. Stable on PC (which is rare). Highly versatile. I am using it to record and mix at 96 k. I tried all the other usb hybrid mixers and this is the most ideal for my use.

I was hoping for an upgrade in the faders if you’re taking this on the road , I’m still using an older one in my studio but I’m not sure they would stand up to live use not bad but the faders could be better and it would be nice if outputs could be TRS 1/4 and XLR

I use this mixer to record and edit my own and clients’ podcasts. It works flawlessly. This is my second PreSonus mixer as I upgraded from the AR12 to the AR12c.

This unit looks like it would be ideal for recording and live sound. Unfortunately it never did work as it was supposed to. It recorded about one quarter of the time. The software (Ampire) has lots of digital patches for guitar effects. Unfortunately they only worked after about an hour on the phone with Sweetwater Music's tech support.I tried repeatedly to contact Presonus' customer support but always got a message about extremely high call volumes and COVID 19. Then I was invited to contact them via e-mail. I only received automated responses. Never a human being who might actually been able to help.I finally sent the unit to Asurion . After waiting nearly a month I received a voice mail telling me my equipment was still under factory warranty and was being sent to Presonus. God only knows how long they'll futz with it.Sorry for a negative review but I am not at all happy with Presonus or Amazon for their handling of this situation.

GREAT SOUND. EASY TO USE!

I have purchased over seven of these for the production of a TV show that I do for my son. He was seven when he started. Every six to nine months the unit starts to act up and then dies. I try to return it to the company and then it is gone for months and then I get it back and it might run for a month or two more. in the mean time I cannot be down. I have a show to produce every week so I have to go and buy yet another one. Here is the kicker. IT IS A GOOD BOARD when it works so I keep having to buy it. So if you want a good mixer it is great. but if you want it to last. this is not the best solution. Now this new one I bought this week. Is already turning off by itself and it has only been a week. So I gotta go back to tech support and I bet they are going to want me to mail it in again. I can't have downtime. My studio runs 4 days a week.

Came in good condition, however I was extremely disappointed in the very small 39 inch USB-c cable 😒. At a minimum this should ship with a 10ft cable IMO. So far this is my only criticism.