Additional Matrix on SQ

[pCann]

+1 for more matricies please! Thanks you

[kub]

+1

i’ll take what i can get. 6x mono would also be awesome.
(that being said, it’s nice to see that suddenly some features seem possible. i always thought the stereo/mono limitation on buses (and their count) is also a part of a businessmodel. if you need more, go for the dLive. it’s that simple.)

[Ma]

Just running up the extra matrix vote. Literally the first thing that I noticed when using the board the first time. Was pretty shocked actually. Should have done my research ahead of buying. Would be happy to spend some money “upgrading” if there was ever an unlockable feature.

[Mr.Si]

After using our SQ5 for a year I have already outgrown my hunger for matrices. Please , we could use six. Is there a work around for Sub, Foyer, Cry room, Listening assist, Streaming/Recording, overflow room ? These all could use there own processing needs, but mostly follow the the main LR.

I’d use a Dante card if I were you and use a Dante network to route all these. Would be a good solution for your situation.

[nottooloud]

I’d use a Dante card if I were you and use a Dante network to route all these. Would be a good solution for your situation.

That wouldn’t address the need for different processing, but any 4×8 general signal processor would.

[kub]

any news on this?

[Palos]

I need more than 3 matrix, I don’t need them all to be stereo, I would love to be able to make different matrix to assign them to the audio, another mono matrix for the subs, another one to transmit to someone else, another one for front end, outfill, delay, etc. …… I need it urgent! I have got recently a SQ7 console and I realized that I only have 3 stereo matrix.

[Palos]

PLEASE!!! I really need more than 3 matrix, I do not need them all of them stereo, I also want them in MONO

[Hugh]

Keith has provided a detailed explanation of the design factors that control the max number of matrices available with FPGA console processing. Please remember the primary function of most all A&H consoles is to provide world class sonic quality with efficient SR processing: not necessarily a broad based multi function distribution network. Given the current amount of faith based large format SR activity it is entirely conceivable the Digico, A&H & Calrec focus may well include a broad based comprehensive distribution network that could utilize various desks within their current offerings. However IMO it is highly unlikley it would be an applicable fit for the reasonable entry level pricing of the SQ line.
Hugh

[harrisonhal266]

3 Stereo matrices are not enough… I would be happy with 6 mono matrices or would even be willing to sacrifice the amount of busses for matrices! Let’s make this happen!

[Si]

+1. Would be great to be able to have a matrix for mains, fills, sub and delay!

[Dilettant]

Hmm indeed this is a deep change in architecture. If that is really considered, I would go further:

We already have a lot of Flexibility in the Mix Busses: Mono or Stereo, Group or Aux/Main (Indeed i see no big difference between Main and Aux Busses?).

It would be really great if we could simply have any Bus switchable between Group, Aux and Matrix Mode. So People who don’t need Matrix Mixes at all could have thee more Groups or Aux Mixes. And People who need more Matrix Busses can sacrifice Aux or Group busses for that.

Another step further: make the FX Units assignable into any (Group?) Bus. THen the FX Sends can be use as general Busses as well. Should make things even easier since there is no more need to deal with different bus types.

At the End that would be a simplification: just 48 Inputs and 40 Bus Channels organized in Busses (Instead of 4 FX Sends, 12 Aux, 3 Matrix and one Main Bus which can all be stereo or mono), nothing else.

Maybe it could even be possible to configure between Input and Bus Channels (so you could even configure the Desk to have 12 Mono Input Channels, 9 7.1 Busses and 4 Mono Busses).

Any Bus could be configured:

– by Number of Channels (Mono, Stereo LR, Stereo MS, LMR, Quadro, 5.1, 7.1, whatever you need) – more Channels per Bus means less possible Busses of course.

– as a Group Bus, getting Signals from Inputs, may have (more than one?) FX Inserts and can be routed to any Mix Bus or Output Socket.

– as a Mix Bus, getting Signals from Inputs or Group Busses and can be routed to any Matrix Bus or Output Socket

– as a Matrix Bus, getting Signals from Mix Busses and routed to any Output

On the surface, it should be simply possible to assign any Bus to any of the Mix (including Main) Buttons.

It should be possible to guarantee Phase Coherency between Group Outputs, between Mix Outputs and between Matrix Outputs.

On Output Sockets of Mix and Group Busses there could be a Switchable Delay to compensate the different Latencies from Matrix to Mix, from Mix to Group and from Matrix to Group.

So the User has Choice: Minimum Latency but phase shifts between the Output variants or phase coherency but more latency on group and mix outputs.

As a next Consequence, the Number of even available Channels could be scalable by exchanging the FPGA Core Hardware by a bigger one with similar functionality.

Maybe I developed some concept which results in a dLive here, but that could be a possible way to go (although it will be _much_ effort but it would at least not break basic Concepts of the SQ Consoles like Phase Coherency).

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