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2023/01/17 at 12:04 pm #110933
Can we *please* get the SQ5 in a box form? Like the Qu-Pac? Most places I mix are short of real estate, and I don’t have room to carry a full size desk with faders….
Please!
Plus y’all would sell so damn many you’d have trouble keeping up with demand!!!2023/01/19 at 4:00 pm #110992+1
Can’t understand why it hasn’t been done already! It’s common sense to produce SQ-Pac!2023/02/09 at 4:37 pm #111404+1
The SQ-Pack (SQ-Rack), which is in the request phase, will be useful in tight offstage spaces where installation is difficult.
2023/02/10 at 1:39 pm #111428The footprint difference between a SQ5 and any stage box is negligible however the versatile benefits of tactile controls in most world class SR applications is obvious for many activities. Bottom line: put the SQ5 down on the floor as if it were a stage box and mix away with your I-Pad. It might be a good idea to fully shape the mix with the unwanted tactile controls before the show since several critical set-up functions are not available with the I-Pad. In the event this protocol is not needed or acceptable buy a QUsb that will do exactly what you want to do. We have beat this request to death over and over in the past and IMO, A&H have made an appropriate decision to offer their best world class processing only with tactile controls with ancillary Wifi controls for both entry level up to the flag ship D-Live and all FPGA offerings in between.
If and when A&H determines a footprint and function alteration to the entry level SQ5 is needed it should probably be toward development of a new small footprint mini Avantis, offering more efficient processing and expanded I/O accommodations for extended deployment of expansion stage boxes. IMO A&H has a perfect entry level footprint in the SQ5 that doesn’t need to be altered or replaced and apparently sales in the market place are in agreement.
Hugh2023/02/10 at 3:28 pm #111436Personally, I’d love to see an SQ version of Behringer’s Midas M32C. Mixer brain with all the control ports and a bit of mix position I/O. Leverage my stageboxes.
2023/02/26 at 3:30 pm #111719Agreed, we had to buy a full SQ-5 to have as a backup for our SQ-6 when it needed to be sent out for service. The QU line isn’t helpful as we can’t connect our QU-SB to the GX4816 stage rack, nor are the show saves compatible. It would’ve been nice to save a few bucks to have a “headless” console for backup or smaller uses that want feature compatibility with other SQ but could live without the control surface for a finite time period.
2023/05/01 at 2:33 pm #112666Hugh said:
We have beat this request to death over and over in the past and IMO, A&H have made an appropriate decision to offer their best world class processing only with tactile controls with ancillary Wifi controls for both entry level up to the flag ship D-Live and all FPGA offerings in between.
Not quite so, while D-Live comes as a Mixrack & Controller system, there’s nothing to stop you going out with just the Mixrack.
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Personally, I’d love to see an SQ version of Behringer’s Midas M32C. Mixer brain with all the control ports and a bit of mix position I/O. Leverage my stageboxes.
I’m with you. While I’d assumed that what we’d want is an SQ5 with no control surface, a brains-only box makes more sense, as it has the flexibility of using whatever IO you already have.
2023/05/02 at 3:58 pm #112680Alec, there are several d-live mix racks that require a separate controller that all offer tactile controls. Perhaps you will explain exactly how an A&H mix rack will function with out an a&h proprietary controller.
Hugh2023/05/02 at 6:47 pm #112682Alec, there are several d-live mix racks that require a separate controller that all offer tactile controls. Perhaps you will explain exactly how an A&H mix rack will function with out an a&h proprietary controller.
HughNONE of the D-Live Mixracks require the use of a physical DLive Surface. They can all be controlled with nothing more than the DLive Director software running on a computer. You can also use the A&H IP6/8 for some small physical fader options with or without a DLive Surface.
In addition, there are other third party solutions that work as well. There is now a DLive version available for the popular Mixing Station app. The app natively supports MIDI devices and it is trivial to plug in a motorized MIDI fader bank like a Behringer X-Touch Extender or Waves Fit Controller to the device running the Mixing Station app to have physical faders as well. Personally I’ve use Mixing Station running on a cheap Android tablet with a Behringer X-Touch Extender to control a variety of A&H consoles.
Long story short, there are plenty of ways to control any of the DLive MixRacks without having to spend the money on a DLive Surface.
2023/05/03 at 12:06 pm #112687Brian, I stand corrected!
Hugh2023/05/10 at 8:20 pm #112832+1
2023/05/11 at 1:28 pm #112845The OP never indicated any intention in working with a very expensive D-Live Mix rack: Alec in his post #112666 introduced a mix rack option. Given the fact I have never owned or operated a mix rack I was not familiar with their possibilities or limitations. I do own and work with a DX168 & DX32 expansion stage boxes that rely upon proprietary A&H XCVI core processing with a controlling desk, D-Live, Avantis or SQ. In any event the SQ5, that is relatively close to the same foot print as a proposed “SQsb”, would be a much smaller and vastly less expensive input tool than any of the subject Mix Racks: and the OP would need only an I pad for a control device.
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