[Mike StormParticipant]

I tend to agree with people here, but I can see why the focus (for the apps) is on Qu and SQ. A good iPad app is essential for budget mixers. You wouldn’t buy the thing if it didn’t have one. As you move to large touring consoles, it seems to become more of an optional tool. Agree Yamaha has everything, but look at Digico, SSL, Avid, Midas Pro…

Also remember that Qu and SQ don’t have Director. With dLive we have Director which can run on a Windows tablet, so they are already giving us a good alternative to iPads.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Bo James, Proportional is much smoother at summing frequencies, for example if you grew up with the classic 60Hz bell-shape on your graphics for that extra punch, it’s way more musical than the onboard graphic.
I don’t get the Digi-Q though. If I wanted surgical eq for PA tuning, I would get a Lake.

[Mike StormParticipant]

All good points. They also have different workflow, for example separate banks of faders on GLD. And different accessory modules (madi, ethersound). But remember GLD was over 6k €/$ a few years ago, without stageboxes (and only 4 preamps)! How can you expect SQ to have everything for this price?
SQ already has better sound, lower latency, 96k Dante. I also like the fact that you can run a single cable to a hub on stage and plug in several stageboxes. GLD would only give you 32 inputs on a single cable.
And if the development of GLD, Qu, dLive is anything to go by, you will see SQ growing with every firmware release. That’s what I call a sound investment 🙂

[Mike StormParticipant]

I disagree with other users here. There’s plenty of other plugins on the market priced in excess of $100, including UAD. If Waves wants to sell their stuff real cheap it doesn’t mean everyone else has to follow. Remember you still need a Waves card and server to run Waves plugins, no audio professional will run native on USB.
Yes, the non-portability of the A&H plugins is a bummer. On the other hand you get them on every channel, no external hardware, not to mention zero latency! No external plugin will give you zero latency. Even if they do delay compensation, you’re adding latency to all channels, not ideal for live monitors especially if you work with IEM.
In short I don’t have a problem with the cost. These are professional tools. Go buy yourself a single hardware 1176, or 48 dbx 160 if you like, then you might change your mind.

[Mike StormParticipant]

MADI or AES would incur the least transport latency provided the external insert is digital. However if you’re talking plugins, plugin processing is where a lot of the latency actually occurs, not during transport.

I’m curious, what are you missing in dLive that you need an external insert for?

[Mike StormParticipant]

Aggregate CoreAudio device on a Mac? Not sure how the clocking would work though.

If you meant Dante audio + DAW control over USB, that should be fine (use USB for MIDI only). I think you can also use the ‘DAW Control’ driver over the Cat5, IF you bridge Dante to the SQ network (there should be a mixer setting for this?). That would save you a second cable for DAW control.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Sell your ARs and buy a DX Hub and 3x DX168 (or more!). You’ll upgrade to 96k audio in the process 🙂

[Mike StormParticipant]

I would seriously consider separating the control and Dante network on Shure. Do you really need Dante redundancy from receiver to the dLive? I imagine it’s short Cat5 cables on stage…

[Mike StormParticipant]

As a workaround, can you set the Recall Filters of the login scene in question, to match the Role Safes for that user? You could even have this Scene outside the assigned scene range if you wanted, so the user would not be able to change the filters. Just a thought.

[Mike StormParticipant]

You can use any spare Mix to feed FX 3 and 4. Or a Direct Out if the FX is only used for a channel.
You can also insert them on any input or output channel.

[Mike StormParticipant]

You could get a soft carry bag instead…
https://www.leisuretec.co.uk/product/ab168-optional-carry-bag-for-ab168-weball00196

[Mike StormParticipant]

That’s called a DM0! IP8, full editor software, ME output, multiple slots etc.

[Mike StormParticipant]

It’s more operations, but you can reset name and/or colour to default values from the MixRack / Config / Name&Colour screen, for a single channel or for a range of channels.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Also, if you have a chance, try those systems out and listen to them. There is quite a lot of difference in sound quality when you compare ME-1 with Behringer or Aviom (the A-16ii at least, I haven’t tried the new stuff).

[Mike StormParticipant]

I haven’t tried recently but I believe it’s something to do with the order you put the files on the key. Try emptying the key and copying files in the order you want the tracks to appear.

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