[Mike StormParticipant]

@tylermartin86
On their FB page, A&H say: SQ does not replace the much-loved GLD. GLD is still a current part of our range, with a firmware update coming by end of the year.

There was mention on this forum too of an update coming. Not much details though. As you say, it does much more than what it did when I bought it, so I can’t complain.

I think the fact that you can keep your existing AR boxes if you upgrade to SQ is great and shows that they do care about us. They could have gone 96k DX only.

> They did this exact same thing with the iLive.
I don’t get what you’re saying. iLive got 9 free major updates within a 10 years lifespan, that’s not far from Yamaha (maybe better when you look at the features they added)!

[Mike StormParticipant]

I’ll throw in my 2 cents. I’m surprised that in this age of digital audio there are still so many people using analogue splits, with their heavy (and expensive) copper multicores, when you can use a single Cat5 instead. With dLive and GLD, once the gain is set in the ballpark at soundcheck, you can switch both desks to Digital Trim which will give the two engineers independent trim. I can understand the festival situation, but for recurring shows, tours etc. with the same crew, Dante or gigaACE should be a no-brainer.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Get a MS Surface instead?

[Mike StormParticipant]

Steffen, the problem lies in the word ‘reference design’ I think. It’s not an OEM chipset like Brooklyn or Ultimo that you just put on a card. It’s more like a development kit and if I were to guess, licensing cost might be the issue here.

[Mike StormParticipant]

I for one really love the ME-1 output, not just the level (it can get really loud!) but the clarity too. Personally I think it sounds better than other A&H products I’ve used, and way better than other personal monitoring mixers, but that’s subjective experience, not really based on specs.

[Mike StormParticipant]

ian.hind, you are confusing EOL with development cycles.
I’m pretty sure Qu is still in production, and is still supported by A&H. We got Sierra drivers and we will get bug fixes (if you ever find a bug), exactly as you do with your RME, so I don’t see the difference. If anything, to me less frequent maintenance releases mean that the software is stable and reliable, so kudos to A&H. The fact that we haven’t seen new features for a while does not mean that the product is not supported, or discontinued, or EOL. It simply means that they are busy doing other things, such as designing new stuff, and thanks god for that, otherwise we would all be mixing on a bunch of old 01Ds.

[Mike StormParticipant]

@ianhind, I guess most of us don’t have previous copper lines and wouldn’t want to pay for 48 preamps on a console at front of house when all the inputs are on stage.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Switching to a Qu-32 would be a much more cost effective solution, AND give you auto channel names on ME-1.

[Mike StormParticipant]

Apple doesn’t allow multiple versions of the same app. One of the App Store Review Guidelines is that developers should not “spam” the app store with multiple versions of the same app.

[Mike StormParticipant]

I’d say you need a dLive system 🙂
It might have been easier with A&H’s own ME-1 personal monitoring mixers?

[Mike StormParticipant]

But why would you not use the dLive software at FoH? You could split 64 channels internally to have independent processing (and PAFL) at FoH. Is there anything the LV-1 does, that Director doesn’t?

[Mike StormParticipant]

(and Midas)

[Mike StormParticipant]

Stix, PAFL is there. At the bottom of the faders.
Agreed Yamaha’s app is much more comprehensive. But look at SSL or Soundcraft.

[Mike StormParticipant]

But that’s precisely the point Stix. If you want full FX / scene / setup control, you have Director for that (which you can run on a Windows tablet by the way). I see the app as a convenient tool for basic mixing and processing.
What do you mean by PAFL select? You can control PFL, and you can even choose what PFL bus to control (you can have multiple in dLive) so you are independent form the desk PFL – I don’t think many other manufacturers offer that?

[Mike StormParticipant]

PAN law?
You’ll probably find the mono sum of L and R in a group equals the level of the mono source. A stereo source would display the same meter reading as the group I suspect.

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