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No Mackie Control in windows but you can use standard MIDI messages for DAW control with limitation. I could only get the faders on the custom layer to respond. I wasn’t able to map transport functions, mute, sel and PAFL (tried with Reason and Studio One; they won’t let me map Note ON/OFF msg) without third party software involved (Bome MIDI translator).

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

If you decide give MIDI a shot, this document might be useful https://www.allen-heath.com/media/Qu-MIDI-Protocol-V1.5.pdf

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Look I’m not trying to be a smart ass or anything. My whole point was just that it’s not something that I’m expecting from a mixer. The Qu have plenty of processing power left and I’d prefer to see more useful features like multi-band compression, side chains or dynamic EQ. Sorry if you felt offended in anyway. I feel that things are getting out of hand.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

I never said they sounded good. I’m just saying that not all HPF have a slope and can be useful to do exactly what you want in the lower frequency range where you wouldn’t hear much of a difference while providing maximum protection.

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I know what a crossover is. It splits your signal into frequency bands and any decent one will let you choose the frequencies to do what you want. And have you ever heard of brick wall filters? No slope on that one. Good for them if they included HPF on all their Auxes. Still not the job of the mixer to protect the equipement. When I go to a venue with my mixer, I don’t ask for the specs of their cabs to make sure I don’t damage them. Protection should be at another level than the mixer. I also know that the alternative I gave you isn’t the best one. But since you seem to need one so bad, that’s the only one you have for now without getting new equipemnt.

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A crossover is a form of HPF. It`s not the job of the mixer to protect your equipment. Your equipment should be protected no matter what your audio source is. And notice that the HPF on the QU have a slope meaning that there is still some leaks under the cutoff point. This is a mixer. Not a speaker processor.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

That job belongs to a crossover. The only reasonable alternative I can give you is to cut the unwanted frequencies in the Mix GEQ.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

Bome MIDI Translator still works, doesn’t it?

It sure does.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

May I ask why you may want to use a HPF on a Mix? For me, it’s like having one on the LR mix; just doesn’t make sense to me.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

an FX Return is just like any other channel carrying a wet signal (signal processed by an FX) In the analog world, I used to return the wet on regular faders instead of using the stereo returns if they used knobs. When on the LR mix, faders will act the way you know them. When you select another Mix (Mix1-10 or FX1-4), the faders will act like the Aux knobs on each channel strips on analog consoles. On the Qu’s top layer, Faders with blue leds, most of them represents the Aux knobs in the master section of an analog console.

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

Just watch out for feedbacks if you send a reverb in another reverb for example

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

it MIGHT be possible that in order for the Qu to have ALL functions enabled you need to have a scene loaded whether there’s anything in it or not

Not supposed to. The Qu works fine after a complete reset like it was out of the box (Hold Reset and Setup while powering up).

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

Talking about sends on faders. Select the FX2 Mix then raise the FX1 Ret fader on the 2nd layer. Instead of sending a CH, you send the FX Ret

[BLKGHOSTParticipant]

Its not possible to assign another FX as input. They’re not in the lists. For Mix->Return, you only have the FX of the current FX (FX1 will only show FX1 as an input)

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(Actually are the FX returns available in this channel list?)

Nope. Only the physical inputs so Input 1 to 16,24 or 32 and Input ST1 to ST3

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