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2022/11/24 at 1:15 pm #110137
You are limited by the amount of output paths (12).
I have been around the houses on this; it’s possible to do it, using groups – BUT by adding a group you lose an aux, so you end up where you started.
Unfortunately you hit a point where the answer is “Avantis/DLive”.
2022/08/10 at 4:11 pm #108413+1
(I currently do it the group way)
2022/08/10 at 4:06 pm #108412Thanks Keith, appreciate the response!
Makes sense (from a technical perspective).
2022/07/28 at 11:32 am #108217DLive now has the Source Expander – which goes a long way to addressing feedback issues on key channels.
Along with proper gain structure/system tuning, this should definitely be enough to deal with feedback issues.
Personally, I’d much prefer to see this plugin make its way down to SQ – and have the R&D team work on some other things for DLive , rather than have “feedback eliminator” which is not something I see being used in pro settings very often at all.
2021/10/04 at 7:20 pm #103808Agreed that the Source Expander would be an extremely welcome addition. (So much so, that I have considered a hardware 545… as the full 5045 costs as much as an SQ console in the UK).
Hugh, while I agree that it’s unnecessary in many acoustic styles, in Pop it’s becoming increasingly essential to reach the “hi-fi” standards that audiences are becoming used to.
That’s not about the quality of the players; but more about the position of backline, size of stages, and volume of shouting audiences.While pop/rock music may indeed be “genre-specific” use cases, they’re hardly Niche markets… Personally I think it’s one of the tools within Premium desks that many users would get a lot of use from, were it to become an option on the SQ line!
2021/09/23 at 4:31 pm #103619It is not possible to use the USB-B Audio Interface with two applications at the same time.
This is not true. It may be a Windows limitation, but at least on Mac I do this all the time.
As others have said – I use Reaper for USB-B recording (multichannel 32 I/O), but I also use SQ as an interface for Smaart (using a spare mic input for my measurement mic).
Both these programs run quite happily together, simultaneously using USB-B as the interface.
2021/09/23 at 4:18 pm #103618RE: “DCAs for aux mixes”, A&H call these MCAs – they’re available on DLive, but not the lower consoles as yet.
I’d definitely like to see them added as a feature in future!
One hack, to get independent control of streaming and FOH – is to run BOTH of these as post-fade outputs (your LR mix is all channels at unity, like a monitor console setup).
That way you do all your processing, set both the auxes to unity, and tweak from there. You adjust FOH on your “FOH” aux, stream on your “stream” aux, and any level changes that need to be applied to both mixes can be done on the LR layer.This also allows you to have somebody else control the stream (on an iPad or similar) while you focus on the room.
Unfortunately you still don’t get independent groups/VCAs, but really they’re just a convenience rather than being *essential* to the independence of your mixes.
2021/09/23 at 4:08 pm #103617It sounds from this description like you’re trying to get a sound that the instrument isn’t best suited to.
If you (and/or the bass player) are happy with the sound from the amp, then you can DI from the bass head (rather than a DI box in front), or mic the cab.
If neither of you are happy with the sound of the bass, then the solution would be to change the bass.
If the bassist/MD are happy, and you’re just trying to make it sound like something it isn’t, I’d say you need to rethink the mix and work out how that sound can work for you.
I hope that helps!
2021/07/14 at 3:27 pm #102352I’ve been watching this discussion quite regularly – I would LOVE an SQ5-rack (SQ-SB)
For me, it’s a QU-SB, but SQ. I won’t bore you all with the details; but I’m a freelancer and I also run my own small company, and do lots of travel gigs (rarely flying, but small form factor is important so I definitely think of it as a “fly rig”).
– I usually need my I/O on the stage (like others have said, without spending $$$ on stageboxes). At FOH I could either use an iPad, or run cat5 down to control the existing MixPad app with a laptop/touchscreen option… there are many possibilities without changing any architecture or developing “new” apps.
– For gigs where total size of the rig isn’t as important, the ability to interface it with my current SQ-5 and/or QU16 (ie use it as a stagebox) is also essential; as long as it has SLink (and ideally an expansion slot) then it’ll do that job just as well as the SQ5 currently does.
– For situations when I’m onstage (eg playing drums in a band) I could also use a rack to run PlayBack, where I’d like my laptop on top of the rack. The new Rack-Mixer would then go inside a rack unit, with an analogue split system to plug into “whatever” FOH the venue has.
The rack mixer could then handle all the IEMs, plus the PlayBack outs using USB-B.I’d also use this setup when touring as a band’s sole engineer, mixing FOH on “desk du jour” while keeping the IEM side of things consistent.
Which brings me to … USB-B streaming. I currently record all my shows & run virtual soundcheck using 32/32 USB. The big thing that stops me going DLive (aside from price, but I might be tempted to swallow that) is… I’d lose the USB!
Dante card is another £1kGBP, so that’s not going to happen.The QU-SB (well QU in general) doesn’t have 12 discrete output paths, which is a total deal-breaker for me (especially as the x32 rack has 16). I can absolutely live with 12, especially as a trade-off to get the myriad other benefits of SQ.
In short – physical I/O, no physical control.
The mockups above are great (although power should be on the Back of the unit, not taking front-facing real estate!)
I’m also not sure whether softkeys are the best use of space? I’d rather have a touch-screen and rotary, if we’re going to start adding control; but honestly, the MixPad app is GREAT and I sometimes control my SQ5 just from that anyway (depending on where FOH has to be).
I’d say keep the cost down.Personally, the XLR/TRS combi inputs are a cool idea, but I wouldn’t use them – and the *other* things being discussed here which are NOT already features of the SQ range are, I think, irrelevant.
As it currently stands, without this unit existing – I’m looking at x32 Rack, plus some discrete bits of hardware (like DBX160) to replace the DEEP processing – AND then a bunch of analogue splits all built in, so that I could interface with all the A&H gear we currently use.
I would MUCH prefer to stay within the ecosystem (and I’d pay SQ5 money for the unit… although I’m probably in the minority there). So +1 +1 +1 to this product becoming reality please.
2020/05/19 at 11:05 am #91963I agree! This is one I requested a while ago (similar to MCAs on the higher line consoles)
2020/04/28 at 11:14 pm #91476This would be a welcome addition. Especially if it appears on a channel level (like the compressors) and doesn’t needed to be inserted as an effect!
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