I’m still very new to the SQ board, but I’ve had some luck with the USB thumb drive, which I find really useful for virtual soundcheck.
It is a bit dicey and sometimes quits (the board notifies me that the thumb drive is too slow) so I remove the drive then put it back in, than about a minute later it works again.
One thing that I’ve found helpful is to only record as many tracks as are necessary. My first few attempts recorded all 32 tracks of the SQ-7, but – even when recording – the board notified me of write errors, and of course, read errors playing back, so the fewer tracks recorded and played back helps with stability.
Recording tie-lines to USB was really useful too, since the signal come straight after the preamp.
When playing back, I go to the I/O page and select inputs from the USB. When I’m on that page, i go to the library and pull up a preset for this routing, and it’s all playing back well. Then do the reverse to go back to the “local sockets”.
I only use this for Virtual Soundcheck, and has been really helpful.
There is a list of USB sticks that have been tested by users – check that out. There’s something like a thousand listed with hugely varied results.
As suggested above, it is far better to do it with a DAW connected to the other USB in/out – it will be far more stable.
Good luck!
Dave
