QU32 – Stereo Recording to USB Stick Stops Randomly

[WestafurdParticipant]

I have a Qu32 mixer and have been trying to stereo recordings to a Sandisk Extreme USB3.0 64GB thumb drive (tested by A&H). I am trying to record for about 1.5 hours (~1.5GB stereo) and about 50% of the time the recording just hangs at around 1-1.5hours. It appears to be recording but the elapsed timer has stopped and no recording is happening until I stop and restart. The mixer is updated with the most recent FW from A&H. Going to try a new stick but any help is appreciated.

[wildmanParticipant]

I have a QU 16 and I use the same Sandisk Extreme thumb drive to record my band’s two to two and one half hour practice every week. I have never had any problems with the recordings. Always finishes the recording with 0 errors. I only use 10 channels and my individual track wav files are usually somewhere between 1 and 1.5 Gb in size, depending on when I start the recorder and how long we go.

I know this does not provide any recommendations for you, but I thought it might be helpful to know that this should work. I agree with your suggestion to try a different thumb drive, but the Sandisk Extreme is usually very reliable and compatible with the QU mixers. They can however be pretty temperamental with USB storage devices.

Good luck!

[MarkPAmanParticipant]

Have you re-formatted the drive from the Qu (as recommended) before you start?

[WestafurdParticipant]

Yes I initially formatted the stick with the board as recommended. After having the issue a few times I reformatted with the board again and still had the issue. I bought another stick but unfortunately the Extreme was sold out on Amazon and so I bought the newer faster model (Extreme Go USB 3.1/3.0) but the board can’t format it or read it even if I format it separately. I’ll submit that to the list of storage devices for Qu-Drive as not functional. If I record smaller amounts 30-40mins at a time I haven’t seen an issue but its a very annoying work-around.

[garyhParticipant]

It’s my understanding that you shouldn’t use USB 3.1 drives at all.

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