Now that is a great format. When is this going to be sold & ship? How much $$$?

The 32 is too much machine for my live sounds needs and for my home studio, but especially too expensive for my budget. But the 16 would at times be too small.

This 24 would be perfect. Where do I sign up?

Unit is in testing, and I believe I saw that release was anticipated for end of April, assuning no hiccups in testing.

Argh! I should have known better to believe anything I read on the internet. Somewhere else on the forum someone stated that there wouldn't be a 24 channel version of the mixer. The 32 is way too big for me! Too bad I already bought it, and I'm stuck with it for a year! Oh well, another lesson learned.

The 24 channel is on its way...maybe in late April.
PreSonus has a seperate features page for the 24, and Sweetwater already is selling it on their website with a price and estimated ship date.

So I believe it is real. I plan on buying the 24...32 is too mush (machine and price) and the 16 will work in many situations but not all. The 24 is the perfect size.

Can some one please tell me if I can use this 24 version as a DAW controller only?
I mean later in the year, when DAW control is ready, can you use it without using the audio interface section? I want to use my UA interface and use the Presonus as just a DAW controller.

Please can someone confirm this, I will order the Presonus asap!

Sure you can, up to you. Faders, transport buttons and probably several other buttons too will be able to control DAW parameters. Connection will be from the network port and/or usb. Not sure which.

Integration will be less perfect than between StudioOne and StudioLive III where e.g. preamp gain and mixer processing can be controlled from within S1 (allowing e.g zero latency monitor mixes without losing computer processing over it.)

I preordered the 16 from Sweetwater, then switched my preorder to the 24 when that was announced. Sweetwater told me that their very first shipment of the 16 will be this week. The 24 is expected within the next few weeks--something like the end of April or early May. Sounds like they get a limited supply initially with either, followed by a larger supply a few weeks later. So, preorder now!

Just heard from Sweetwater and shipment of the 24 has been moved out to June 7.

markgreiner wroteI preordered the 16 from Sweetwater, then switched my preorder to the 24 when that was announced. Sweetwater told me that their very first shipment of the 16 will be this week. The 24 is expected within the next few weeks--something like the end of April or early May. Sounds like they get a limited supply initially with either, followed by a larger supply a few weeks later. So, preorder now!

I also changed my preorder from the 16 to the 24 SIII mixer. They advised I would need to wait until June. I believe is worth the wait. Maybe we get a firmware update by then.

So, I ended up ordering the 32 and it arrived Wednesday. I host an annual outdoor concert each June, and the projected release date of the 24 was just too close to that. Normally, I don't let near-term circumstances drive long-term equipment purchases, but I had also decided to upgrade to the pro version of Studio One (I had been using Cakewalk Sonar). So the total cost of ownership (including upgrading the 24 to the pro version) was $2,800 (USD) for the 24 and $3,000 for the 32. Just $200.

Although I'm aware that there is actually a common strategy for manufacturers in pricing their mid-tier product closer to the upper tier product, which I fell for I guess (note: it's not a dishonest strategy), I do think that PreSonus should consider dropping the upgrade price of Studio One Pro for the 24 to something like $150 to $200, instead of $300. Just a thought.

The 32 is beautiful and not really that much physically bigger than the 24 (although I already have a case I could have used for the 24--oh, well). I am happy.

Don't sweat the case part. They are close in size, but if you look closely at the specs, the Series 3 mixers are slightly larger than the AI counterparts.

Congrats on the purchase. Its an outstanding mixer.