I love this console

I love how easy it was to set up. I had it set up and audio coming out in less than 10 minutes. I turned on Protools 9 and selected my device in the hardware setup section. All inputs showed up and worked. The Preamps sound better than the ones in my M-Audio Fasttrack Ultra.
Can't wait to record with all 16 tracks.

Love It!!

This thing is awesome. Initial setup takes a while, but still less than a Yamaha 01. And the recording is stellar. I decided to record live on our second use and I'm hooked. It's so easy and so nice. I may try recording wet soon to see how it goes. Open TL files load up in Logic without any problem. This thing is the king of mixers in my mind. Next week in trying to set up an in-ear system which only requires a headphone amp and the iPhone I already own. How sweet is that!

Love it...alot.

I really like this unit alot. The fact that I can save 100 scenes into the board is great, but we only use about 3. It sounds pretty good and I don't have any problems with it. We haven't used it to its potential at all and it's STILL great. We're running 8 cordless mics, 2 keyboard ins, and a bass guitar. Sounds awesome. The fat channel ROCKS. Good unit...

Nashville Country Recording Artist

First I'd like to thank the staff at sweetwater for getting the Presonus in 2 days! THIS MIXER ROCKS! I use this mixer on my radio shows plus I use it to record and jam on live. Let me tell you it is AWESOME! It not only sounds freaking awesome it is soild and very well built AND beautifully lit at night

Rock solid!

This little guy is not so little, it really packs a punch for it's size. I use it with 2 QSC K10's and the K Sub, and found a combination that works well. Also, I recommend the case that SKB makes...had another brand, sold it and got the SKB one. It's 100% snug and waterproof.

Fabulous Little Mixer

This is one great little mixer, and it meets my needs perfectly. The quality of the preamps and the usefullness of all the features is absolutely top notch. I use it with a pair of QSC8 speakers, and a little Mackie SRM 150 Monitor. All together they make a very portable but incredible sounding live sound rig. I use a larger Presonus board for recording, but this little guy would work wonderfully for that application too. My Sales Rep was right on when he recommended this one.

Veratile

It seems Presonus improves the software/functionality with each new mixer (16.4 to 24.4 to 16.0). Advantages for the 16.0.2 include the small size, the small price, and the same preamps as for the larger mixers. MIDI control is unique to this unit and great if you are a one-man-band guitar player. I assume, but have not verified, that MIDI control can be used at the same time as Studio Live Remote control with an iPad. The SL Remote is a great feature for all the Presonus mixers to be able to mix front-of-house without the mixer being FoH. Another plus is being able to use the mixer as a controller for Pro Tools 9/10. An important missing feature for the 16.0.2 is the lack of direct outs for my 16-channel Aviom personal monitoring system. However, since most my inputs are line level, I route them through the Aviom ADC to the mixer with 4 XLR mic channels going from the mixer to the Aviom through the Aux outs (not need for monitoring since using Aviom). I also miss the SPDIF out that the 16.4 has (don't need a laptop to record).

Great Board - Some Compromises

This is an amazing digital console at an incredible price. You won't find a better, more portable board at this price point. Also, I'd like to point out that I owned the 16.0.2 and the 16.4.2 and know them inside and out.

I would like to point out that there are indeed some very major differences between the 16.4.2 and this new 16.0.2. Even though it's a small version of the StudioLIVE, there are some things that can be game changers to some people, and may not seem obvious up front. Here are just a few.

Differences
(16.0.2 vs 16.4.2)
NO Level Metering without button press vs Full Time Level Meters
4 Aux Sends vs 6 Aux Sends
0 Sub Groups vs 4 Subgroups
3 Band EQ vs 4 Band Semi Parametric EQ
12 Mono XLR Channels vs 16 Mono XLR Channels
4 Stereo Channels vs 0 Stereo Channels
Multimode buttons for Mute, Solo, Firewire Return vs Individual Buttons
60mm Faders vs 100mm Faders
NO insert jacks vs Insert Jacks on Every Channel on .4.2
All FX or nothing on .0.2 vs Individual FX Send Levels for each Aux

Those are the major ones that come to mind.

Sounds Great

I was very impressed. It sounded great, and I received lots of compliments on how much better our band sounded. It was also real easy to set up to record, just plugged into my macbook pro, and was easy to start recording right away with Protools. It takes a little bit to get used to using the fat channel, but after a few minutes it was a breeze to navigate.

Pristine Sound

This replaced my Behringer FX 2222 mixer, two Behringer Virt Pros for FX, a Behringer Ultra Curve for room EQ'ing, a sub mixer, and it sounds AWESOME playing through JBL JRX15's!

The only thing that sucks is you CANNOT record FX out, and they sound sooooo good to.
That winds up being not to bad because you can use the plugins in Studio One software but it's still a con.
Otherwise it's very user friendly and the Fat Channel does make it all sound really good.
If your using this live by all means go for it. I used to have all kinds of feedback issues with my old set up. This i can crank the vocal and still not get feedback. Nice!
For in the studio still a nice choice for recording through Firewire, just remember dry.
The included midi instrumenets are really nice in Studio One also.

Great product at a great price

As an owner of a StudioLive 16.4.2, I quickly became a fan of this product line. But I fly alot, and the 16.4.2 was too heavy to put in a proper flight case and escape paying excess baggage fees. The airlines destroyed the case I had over time so when I heard about the 16.0.2 and saw how small it was, I was smitten.

The smaller cousin sounds just as good as the bigger unit. There are a couple of differences, though... First, I miss the 100mm faders; this one has 60mm. Not a big issue, but it's a change that you have to adjust to.

Second, there is no way to route the FX to a fader; they have to be controlled with knobs and buttons. As someone that likes to blend FX, it's kind of hard.

And thirdly, I miss the metering that the 16.4.2 gives you on the selected input. You can't see gain reduction unless you change all meters to that function. I wish it showed that for just the channel you have selected.

But all of these are small issues compared with the compact size and great sound. I'm a big fan!