[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hi Slammin,

We will be answering all the questions that were not answered during the webinar, though it will take some time as there are around 500… 🙂

Thanks,
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hi All,
Glad that some of you could join us for this, hopefully it was useful and you got a bit more insight into SQ.
Apologies to those who weren’t able to see the videos – They will be cut into the recordings, which will be available shortly.
Cheers!
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hi cornelius78,

Currently SQ-Drive records stereo or 16 tracks at 96kHz direct to disk. We will be looking at adding the option of a higher track count with a lower sample rate in the future too.

Thanks,
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hey Gsus4th,

There is nothing planned at present, though we have definitely had quite a few requests already!
Both the Qu-Pac or Qu-SB are suitable for most situations though, and so I’d be (genuinely!) interested to know which features of the SQ you’d need in this form-factor that they don’t provide?

Regarding the multitrack recording on SQ-Drive – you can use this for recording or playback, and channels are fully patchable, so you could indeed use this to add prerecorded audio in your performance.

Thanks,
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hi All,

There is an LR bus and 3 x Matrix outputs for this (or a post-fader aux as ddff says).

Thanks,
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

@cornelius78

…exactly!
and THEN you could still put an SLink option card into either SQ if you needed more i/o at monitor or FOH positions if needed.

Thanks,
Keith.

[KeithJ A&HModerator]

Hey Funkcity,

An interesting question!
The SQ is a 48 input mixer, with an extra 8 stereo FX returns, so if we were cheeky, we could say it was a 64 channel to mix.
Where you get these 48 channels from is very flexible, in that you can use the local i/o, SLink port, USB-B or an option card (Dante and Waves will be the first available).
With SQ-6, this means there are (a quick addition later..) 319 potential input sources.
Using gigaACE on the SLink port means you can indeed link to another SQ (or dLive), though this would be for audio as opposed to any control data if that’s the kind of link you mean.
SLink is also compatible with our AR/AB units (dSnake) and DX, so overall we have actually focused quite heavily on expandability and compatibility/integration.
Granted – the SQ is not a 128 input dLive, but then, that’s why dLive exists.

In terms of your experience with Qu-Pad – you can, of course, set up your custom layers to be the same as on the Qu.
However, because of the 6 customisable layers in SQ, we have included mirroring of the hardware layers, as well as the input/mix/fx etc… layers, which are now customisable too!

SQ is not a replacement for any of our current digital range, it offers something different. 96kHz and our FPGA technology in a small form factor.
We have the more straight-forward Qu series, the very high end dLive series, and then SQ and GLD somewhere in between, with both suitable for different applications.
For example, the GLD has larger screens/surfaces and more physical controls, whilst the SQ has a 32×32 USB interface, so it’s really up to the needs of the engineer.

Thanks! Keith.

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