How did you format? A quick format through windows will only make the memory available to overwrite, but not erase completely. You want a full format.

Better yet, use the tool at the link below.

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

Yes you need a different card. The correct card is

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J ... UTF8&psc=1

Hi,
I tried recording a concert on the sl 32r. It is completely messed up. There are missing samples all few seconds. I tried 2 different cards already. Same problem. This is stereo only at 48kHz. Shouldn't any card be fast enough? One of them came from a video drone, which surely has a higher requirement on the sd card and I used the sd card formatter. Is anybody successful in recording with the Rack version and what can I do?
Thanks
Chris

Most sd-cards are optimized for single file streaming. Think a fast video stream.

As soon as you introduce multiple streams, like 32ch of audio or so, then most cards will barf as they can’t sustain the high speed when reading and writing multiple files simultaneously.

andresrowig wroteHi,
I tried recording a concert on the sl 32r. It is completely messed up. There are missing samples all few seconds. I tried 2 different cards already. Same problem. This is stereo only at 48kHz. Shouldn't any card be fast enough? One of them came from a video drone, which surely has a higher requirement on the sd card and I used the sd card formatter. Is anybody successful in recording with the Rack version and what can I do?
Thanks
Chris

PreSonus has published two articles about this theme. Would they answer your question?

Which SDHC Card should be used with SL Series III Consoles?
https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000219906-Which-SDHC-Card-should-be-used-with-SL-Series-III-Consoles-

Recommended SDHC Cards for Multi-track Recording
https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000921126

The 32r only records 1 file stereo at a time on sd. No multitrack recording. All the articles and comments are about multi track

You still have to erase the card using the tool and it must be an Overwrite format. And yes, that takes time.

The quick format option doesn't reset the memory cells, which means that the card will have to squeeze the overwrite time into the recording process as soon as it arrives at previously used memory blocks. Which explains the chops.

I know this is off topic, but has anyone tried playing mp3s, like for break music, using the SD card?

The Series III mixers have an integrated 34x34 SD recorder with Capture on board as software, while the Series III rack mixers have a stereo SD recorder. The file format used is WAV. The typical use of the SD recoder is the multitrack recording of concerts and events.

What you are looking for is the classic "Tape In" function, which can be sourced via analog inputs (RCA), Bluetoooth, AVB Network and USB. There is also an option to choose SD card as source, but you would need Capture to play the tracks, which means that you have to first load all songs into Capture, which need to be in WAV format. This is possible, but I suppose it's much easier to use the "Tape" section of your mixer...

Owners manual sections 6 ("Tape Control") and 7 ("SD recording")

VERY GOOD NEWS SDXC!!!
TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK... NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED AND I AM NOT A PRESONUS EMPLOYEE NOR A PAID ENDORSEE... FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY!!!
FYI - update - While I know this is still never going to be officially supported, I have discovered that using Sandisk Extreme MicroSD XC I V30 U3 A2 rated cards of the following sizes: 64GB, 128GB, and 512GB test perfectly every time tested as good for the max 34 track simultaneous audio recording on my Series 3 SL32 board. The key seems to be using the following for wiping and formatting the SDXC micro cards:

I tried several formatting/partitioning utilities/softwares and found that AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition works every time where ALL others fail with SDXC cards. I have only used the "write 0" wipe option once. It is optional so far but I wanted to test all methods. Whether I just deleted the exFAT partition and then performed adding and formatting a new FAT32 partition or first did a "zero" bits wipe and then created/formatted the new FAT32 partition, all 3 of these SDXC drives tested perfectly over and over for 34 track capable write speeds on the StudioLive 32 Series 3. Just FYI...

Hopefully I'll eventually get around to actually writing 32 simultaneous audio tracks if I can get enough people to participate or find someone with audio splitters so that less sources can feed muiltiple audio inputs at once. The most I normally record at once is 12-18 tracks.

These 3 cards were purchased brand new straight from Western Digital/SanDisk.

See attached photos showing the cards and screenshots of the speeds and test results on the mixer for each card. I performed multiple tests for the 512GB SDXC just to show repeatability.








Peace!
Will

Keep in mind, all other SDXC cards I tried previously failed miserably below 16 tracks ratings before I discovered the AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition as the best FAT32 total wipe formatting tool! Don't know why it works better.

I am now going to test some really fast Samsung Micro SDXC cards I tried before this round of experiments and see if they perform better now. If they do, then it's a combination of the cards used plus using the AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition free download program. Will update as soon as I have more info.

Thanks!
Will

Two new Lexar full size SDXC cards rated at the latest greatest speeds still fail miserably below 16 tracks every time even formatting with AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition. They did not improve.

Samsung micro SDXC card I have is next.

Tested a little older Samsung Micro SDXC card that originally only tested for 24 tracks consistently.
Wiped it with zeroes and then partitioned/formatted it with AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition and now get 33 to 34 tracks on it. I've had that micro SDXC for a couple of years.

My conclusion is use new micro SDXC cards straight from Western Digital/SanDisk site (better guarantee of no flaky fake ones), use AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition to do a full "zero out" wipe, then partition/format and you have a very great chance of having a 34 track capable card of the very large variety. 64GB and 128GB cards were the fastest data rates, but I consistently made the grade with the 512GB card. 128GB card is a full night of 32 track data for most gigs. I would assume the 256GB cards will work as well. I will probably purchase and test one from Sandisk at this point. It's only time and money. LoL!!!

Nice thank you. I will be looking into these options.

New update. I need to play with the 512gb some more. It will not go to the record session screen when trying to create a new session.

HOWEVER, there is no problem with the 128gb sandisk and I am currently recording 32 tracks of white noise (channels faders maxed with trim gains maxed). It reported 7 hours and 41 minutes of recording time available when I started a little while ago. You can see on the attached screen pic that I was a couple minutes into the record test. With where the meters are with the channels maxed out, I should be able to hear any dropouts of the noise when I load it into Studio One 4.

I may go close to the 7 hours, but will let it run a minimum of 4 hours.

I would stick with the 128gb Sandisk micro SDXC cards until I buy and test a 256gb card of the same model. I am also going to revisit the 512gb card as well.

Regardless, I would say a couple of 128gb cards at 7.67 hours of 32 track audio each would make it easy to keep a full show capable card pre-formatted at all times!

I hope this helps!

Update- Sdxc 128gb still recording 32 tracks. I actually recorded a very very short time 32 tracks before starting the long 32 track test as can be seen by the current time and total time plus time remaining.

ThNks for doing this will try out this

While there were some errors, I never found any glitches or dropouts. Talk about a long and boring listening session...