[Mfk0815Participant]

Hmm, and I thought we are talking about feature suggestions here. Hmm.
And A&H should decide whether it is possible to add an expander as alternative for the gate within the SQ range, not some of the users.

[Mfk0815Participant]

Fir each FX exists a dedicated FX Return channel which can be used for Main and Monitor mixes in the exact same way as all input channels. There is no difference, except that the signal comes from the FX engine instead of an input socket.

[Mfk0815Participant]

Hmm, the abbreviation of Trumpet has then to be ‘Trp’ because another one would be a complete no go 😉

[Mfk0815Participant]

I would appreciate it when A&H would talk with you about a closer cooperation and support you with the protocol of their products. Thatwould have a lot of benefits for all participants. A&H would have a professional partner for remote applications and do have more time to improve the product software, David can spare time which is wasted for reverse engineering, and the users will have a perfect remote application. The prototype of a win-win-win situation.

[Mfk0815Participant]

The rule of thumb for me is to use a DI box on anything which is not a mic and do not provide a balanced XLR signal. the three mentioned benefits are quite enough to use them, but it helps also to keep your stuff in a structure. because you can place the DI box near the instrument, you only need a bunch of XLR cables to connect the signal sources to your stagebox.
So I have some passive DI boxes (Palmer PAN 01 and PAN 04) for all sources like keyboards and other line level sources. for passive or acoustic guitars I have some active DI boxes (Palmer PAN 02). And I am quite satisfied with them.

[Mfk0815Participant]

How many channels are possible via USB?

Have a look at the current reference manual (page 94 will give you the answer with all the details and limitations).

How many channels are possible via WAVES/DANTE card?

Here, the product pages of the Dante card and Waves card might be helpful to give you needed answers.

using the mixer as a DAW controller -> I know that in that case no audio can pass the mixer.

That’s not true, the mixer can pass audio, only the fader on a layer where midi faders are assigned to are not controlling audio. but the mixer and its mix engine will still work as before.
I don’t know which DAW will work the best in combination with the SQ, since I do not use my SQ as DAW controller at all.

playing music from the DAW and record simultaneously from the SQ to DAW

Yes, the maximum number of signals which can be sent in the one or the other direction. Dante has one feature (for waves I do not know) which might be helpful for you. you can route in the Dante network your signals not only from one source, e.g the SQ, to one target, e.g your computer, but you can do it many to many. So you can use for instance one computer which runs your DAW and another which acts as a Plugin host. This is not possible when using USB.

One last advise: Maybe you should have a real deep look at all the documentation provided by A&H on their web site. That will help you to find the right answers on your own quickly, once you know the content of that documents.

[Mfk0815Participant]

You cannot share the USB-B Port on two computer. Under certain circumstances it is possible to use the SQ with two applications on one computer, but its not possible to use e.g ASIO on Windows with two application at the same time. I would suggest to think about a Dante card. there you can assign input and output channels of the Card to several computer, or should I say sources and targets, Which allows you to use external plugins. If you do not want to use Waves you can use alternative applications like Liveprofessor.

[Mfk0815Participant]

+1 from my side.

[Mfk0815Participant]

So, calm down. Do what is possible. Use the SQ-Drive or a DAW with USB-B and send some stereo mix, using a dedicated Stereo-Mixbus, via AES. More is not possible in your current situation.

[Mfk0815Participant]

But be aware that youonly can use either the SQ drive or USB B but not both.
And again, even if you do not want to hear it, adding a Dante card allows you to use SQ drive (max 32 signals) and Dante simultaneously.

[Mfk0815Participant]

USB B is only usable in combination with a Computer and a DAW. It is no host port, like the one on zhe top of the console. Using a newer firmware on your SQ you can record, as Phil said, up to 32 individual signals via SQ drive at 48 kHz Sampling rate. It might be worth To have a look at the current reference manual, chapter 13, for details.

[Mfk0815Participant]

I personally won‘t do that, frankly spoken. The QU16 is more ore less a 16 channel mixer while the producer is a 32 channel mixer. You can „replace“ the buildin input sockets by using an AR2412, AR804 or AB168, for example, but you cannot extend the channel count using a stagebox. With an extra stagebox you can use up to 38 inputs simultaneously on the X32 producer. Furthermore you have more FX on the X32, extra DCA and Matrix, Mixbusses ….
no stagebox of other brans can be used with th QU16, only the three one mentioned above.

[Mfk0815Participant]

This is not really true. 3-pin XLR are used for balanced mono signals or unbalanced stereo signals. But there are also, for example, 5-pin XLR which are used, for example, for stereo microphones or mono tube microphones.
But the 3-pin XLR sockets on the SQ are balanced mono sockets only. You have to usetwo ofthem for stereo signals in both directions, input and output.

[Mfk0815Participant]

But one question, have you ever installed a newer firmware, either on the SQ or the dLive? and if yes, why? You bought a piece of gear with all the features you needed then and that should be enough now.
and furthermore, if you have installed the newer firmware, will you use the new features which comes with the new firmware?
digital consoles are, in opposite to analog consoles, prepared to be enhanced with firmware updates. and even if the decision is made with less features, the wish is valid to get some enhancements of the console. for me I always struggled with the lack of an expander for all A&H digital consoles I use. With the latest feature update of the dLive A&H proved that they also can provide an expander for their products. Ans so the wish pops up to have the same enhancement on the SQ and Avantis.
That is so simple nowadays.

[Mfk0815Participant]

You have to set the channel source of the Aux to postdelay. See chapter 8.2 of the current reference manual for details.

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