[DjBearParticipant]

Hi Dave!

I use the Behringer X Air X18 mixer, because it’s so simply compatible with BCF2000 that you need only to plug the MIDI Din Tx and Rx cables and they work together perfectly without any setup.
The Lan of the X18 is connected to a Gigabit router, so I can use the X Air Edit software on a MacBook, connected by Lan, and the X Air android app on wifi. (see on the picture)
All of the QU Mix outputs are plugged into the X18 by XLR cables.

The all system is very simple and stabile.

[DjBearParticipant]

Many people ask me about BCF2000 using as a group controller with QU mixers. I worked with analog systems from 1981 to 2015, so nowadays we combine the analog and digital connections. I can not connect directly a BCF controller to the QU units, but I can get the groups together (from not only one QU mixer) on a digital submixer, that I can control by BCF and I can see all functions on it’s softwares. Last week we used this system…

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[DjBearParticipant]

My QU-24 and 16 are connected to the same router, but as I see, we can not make a master/slave connection between the two consoles. I gess there is no such menu on these softwares.

[DjBearParticipant]

I haven’t tested through ethernet cable. We use Linksys 1Gbps wifi router for the connection.

[DjBearParticipant]

In April we may have a work for a symphony orchestra. That production needs 48 channels and more groups, so we are going to use two QU-24 for inputs and one QU-16 for groups. The whole console will be just 170 cm wide this way. (48ch analog consoles are often 2 meters wide or more.) Stereo MIXes (5-6, 7-8, 9-10) and main L/R outputs on both QU-24 will be the group outputs of different kind of strings, brasses, flutes, oboes, percussion, etc. Those 16 channels (8 stereo groups) will be controlled by QU-16.
So that will be a 48 mono and 6 stereo inputs setup.

[DjBearParticipant]

Oh, I see. All right, I’ll try it. Untill that let me give some help to the “multiple QU users”. On my first picture the QU-24 channels are separated on 3 groups in MIX5-6, MIX7-8, MIX9-10. These MIX outs go in the 3 stereo inputs of QU-16. So we got 40 mono and 3 stereo inputs. On my second picture you can see an installation for a rock band. 32 channels are enough for them. On QU-24 the channels from 1 to 11 are the drum section, the grey knobs control the rack and floor toms. The next five channels (blue knobs) are guitar channels. The last 8 channels receive keyboards. On QU-16 the first 8 channels are for vocals. The second 8 channels (yellow knobs) are group faders. Ch9 is the bass, ch10 is also a mono group for kick, snare and hi-hat. Ch11/12 is a stereo group for overheads and toms. Ch14/15 is the stereo group for guitars, ch15-16 for keyboards.

[DjBearParticipant]

Yes, definitely. If you can make clean photo or scan on your schematic drawings (size under 500kb), you can put it up here. I’m also thinking on it, because more people asked me to show them how I wired my systems.

[DjBearParticipant]

Workin on a new project…

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[DjBearParticipant]

Well, it was 8 years ago, when I ordered those colour knobs, but if you type “slide fader knobs” in a browser, you can find a lot of matches. The most important that you have to know the size of the gap on the bottom of the knob, because there are many kind, looking the same type.
I tried to search “fader knobs for allen and heath” and I also found matches.

[DjBearParticipant]

Sound engineering is my second profile. The last 7 years I was working with Gandharvák orchestra in MOM, MÜPA, etc. Now I might support a rock band but I’m open to any new possibility.

[DjBearParticipant]

I’ve ordered the colour knobs.

[DjBearParticipant]

Dear David Giga, on behalf of many QU console users I’d like to thank you for your amazing work with Mixing Station softwares!
I know the East-Europian area very well and I can tell, there are a lot of sound masters, who can not allow to buy iPads for work. So you gave us a very useful and perfect solution. Thanks again.

[DjBearParticipant]

Hi Alberto!
I’m Leslie Cobbler, I work in Hungary. I think QU system is perfect for many kind of bands and events. There are a lot of productions with small budget, but you can always solve the problems by a little brain work 🙂
We developed more installations for the QU system with two or three QU consoles, sound card and midi mixer as a group module, etc.
If I can help you any ways, please let me know.

[DjBearParticipant]

You can see this installation a bit more detailed on this film.

[DjBearParticipant]

I used this solution in big events, when there was a large drum set, 5 other percussions, bass guitar, choir, 3 singers, 4 keyboards, 2 violins 1 flute, 1 oboe, 2 sitars, 1 derbuka, etc. on stage, and I needed 40 channels. On the digital stage box I patched MIX5-6, 7-8, and 9-10 from the QU-24 to the 3 stereo inputs of QU-16, so I could make 3 groups for the 11 channel drum set, the other percussions, and the choir. The others were connected to QU-16, so I could use all the MIXes of the QU-16 for monitor mixing. The main L-R went to the sound processors and L-RAY systems.
On the screens of the four 10″ tablets on the flight case show the signals of the channels (QU-YOU software), the 12″ tablets on the sides runs the Mixing Station QU android software, one for the QU-24, one for the QU-16, and the a real time sound spectrum analyzer, named Spectroid.
I am happy to help, just ask, and I try to answer.

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