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So yes you can indeed do this, just go to the I/O patching screen and change the channel source of the channels you want to stream to to “USB B”

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I have discovered this isn’t possible, still a great desk though.

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An update: I got a QU 24 in the end as the SQ6, lovely though it is, would have been overkill for a one band desk.

I can confirm that the QU24 streaming is absolutely bullet proof and works perfectly with a brand new Macbok pro 16″ running the latest macOS (Monterey). I should have known really and am slightly ashamed that I ever doubted an A&H product.

I can also confirm that, as Steffen said, the QU24 will stream 32 inputs and 30 outputs.

All in all the QU24 is a fantastic bit of kit that I’m extremely happy with and was a great step up from the WZ4, albeit a great console in it’s own right. Thank you A&H!

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@keith

Ps Forgot to say: for info, searching for  “QU/SQ USB Big Sur” comes up with nothing on Google so it’s good this info is now in the public domain.

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Thanks for confirming that Keith, that’s reassuring to know. I appreciate it’s difficult to update a website too often but it would be nice if this info was made clearly available in the product data on the website. If it is and I’ve missed it, my apologies!

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Very surprised this topic is so controversial. I’ve made a decision: I’m sending back the Mac mini M1 and will stick with my WZ4/USB module and Mac Pro running El Capitan. If I have to compromise I may as well do it with the 16 channels I’ve already got.

Hopefully with time the USB streaming performance of these digital desks will become clearer/better including with the M1 Macs.

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Oh now I understand what “Billyg” means lol.

Just to be clear I work on Mac and this is specifically about the M1 Apple Silicon Macs.

Steffen, interesting about the Danté on the SQ5, I’ll look into it.

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Sorry perhaps I wasn’t clear: when I said “analyse” I meant analyse musically what the musicians were playing, part by part, instrument by instrument with the goal of perfecting each musical piece.

I don’t want to seem like I’m arguing with you because you’ve been kind enough to answer 😉 but you seem to be reasoning that 18 tracks is enough for me because it’s enough for you.

My band is quite technical musically and has a lot of different parts. I disagree that 7 mics for drums is a lot (I actually have 8 including a hihat sdc) and in fact for a larger kit many more mics would be necessary.

I’m not a lover of compromise and I’m not prepared to compromise my setup to make up for a short fall in a mixer. I love A&H and would dearly love to get a qu or sq but if they are lacking in this department as they seem to be I’ll have to look at another model elsewhere sadly.

Is does seem crazy though and a real shame if true.

Interesting idea to not record the backing tracks with the live tracks but again frankly it’s a compromise and I don’t want to have to mess about syncing up tracks afterwards.

As far as mixing with video goes, yes I want to do single takes with multiple cameras simultaneously trained on the different musicians.

Again I don’t want to have to compromise my management of the project and be forced to adapt to the mixer.

Thanks for reading,
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Hi, thanks for your reply. Unless there are other USB topics in relation to M1 Macs that I missed you seem to be suggesting that the QU USB DAW streaming functionality is flaky at best. That is not good news. If that is the case is the USB DAW streaming on the sq any better?

For info I need to record my band rehearsals “live” for analytical reasons but also to mix down with video to present the band.

The 18 track limit is potentially a problem as I want to record all the drum kit and with backing/guide tracks things add up quickly.

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That’s exactly what I meant, exactly the reply I wanted.

Many thanks gentlemen for all your help.

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Sorry can’t see how to edit a post. I wanted to add: will the stereo inputs also be sent over USB to the computer?

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I’ve just had a look at USB connection to a DAW (I want to be able to record the whole band during rehearsal) and it suggests that you can’t send a signal to the DAW via usb and monitor the signal at the same time-you can only send a stereo signal back to the QU for monitoring. I hope I’ve this wrong as it would make things very complicated.

Could anyone confirm this?

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Thanks very much for this clarification. In that case I might just be able to scrape by with the QU 16 if I can use these stereo inputs as fully functional instrument inputs 🙂

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Hi Roy,

Thanks for your input. In fact I don’t need stereo monitors fir this application, I just want to be able to connect some stereo sources (keyboards, backing tracks etc) and be able to control their output levels to the various mixes.

So is it sufficient to choose a mix button on the right of the board then press the top layer button to be able to control the stereo channels’ level to that monitor?

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