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  • #84885
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    Beetho
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    Hi everyone,
    I want to have some ideas from SQ ( Allen&Heath ) users or other tech people. In our church, we have the Allen&Heath Sq6 console with the Dante card installed so that we can link our other console Gld80 for the video section.
    Now, I want to know if it’s possible to have include plugins like Waves and how to do it. In fact, have you some ideas to do it ? Low cost is preferable but I want to consider every options.
    I was thinking of going with waves plugins because of the limitation we have with the new add-ons on the SQ ( multiband compressor and the other only possible on the fxRack )
    Thanks in advance.

    #84887
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    Without the Waves card and Waves server, you’re going to introduce a lot of latency, so you’d be only able to use plugins like reverb and delay.

    What were you wanting to use?

    On the other hand, if you had a Waves card in the SQ and a Waves card in the GLD, you’d be able to accomplish what you wanted with low latency (assuming you also had a Waves server).

    Art

    #84888
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    Well, I wanted to use like the multiband compressor or de-esser for several channels but since the new plugins are on the RackFx, it limits the use of strips assign. And in the futur maybe use other waves plugins.

    #84894
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    For those, you’d need the Waves card and a Waves server or your latency would be too high.

    #84898
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    Beetho
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    Well since I have already an Dante card install in my Sq6, is there a way to still use the waves plugins ?

    #84899
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    andiabwaerts
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    to really use dante for plugininserts with acceptable roundtrip latency you will need a hardware dante device on your computer side like the rme digiface dante or a dante pcie card from focusrite or yamaha.

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    #84905
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    rottmat
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    Hello,

    I use a dante card in my sq6 and a vds. one notebook on stage to generate midi sounds (keys and some times drums) and a second on the foh position for some f6 and other plugins. host is cubase. with the right config the latency is no a point if you dont use iem.

    #84919
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    As far as I can tell, the hardware investment to get Waves to use with the SQ is gonna be around $2-3k… not including the plugins.
    a UAD Live rack will be a comparable investment through Dante, and you already are invested into the Dante system…

    to me, it’s a big investment for what I’d consider to be a small % improvement to the sound quality from what I already get from what A&H provided already, and while MBC is cool and all, even the LiveRack version I’d have to use on a submix, I have a hard time justifying the cost both monetarily and the expense of a rack slot…

    I’d imagine they’ll be looking for ways to increase our rack slots soon to compensate…

    #84925
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    Yeah, you’re right. It’s really a lot of money to invest if I’m going to the hardware route to get Waves. There’s a bundle from Waves : https://www.waves.com/hardware/wsg-bridge-impact-dante-combo

    More I think about it and more I think it’s not really worth it for now.

    I went to see the UAD Live rack from the website and it’s interesting but around the same price.

    Well, I’ll wait for what A&H will do because it’s a lot to sacrifice for the new addons in my opinion.

    #85235
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    UAD’s Live Rack is MADI, not Dante.

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