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“To clarify – although there is nothing planned for imminent release, there will be more feature updates for the SQ in the future. Promise.” Keith Johnson, July 2023

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Yes! Please, please, please! That would be so handy! Even for my home setup, I found there weren’t enough colours!

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+1
Can’t understand why it hasn’t been done already! It’s common sense to produce SQ-Pac!

[NemydomParticipant]

+1, Please, please add Transient Designer!

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Thanks, Tobias, appreciate your support 🙂

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Good question. I would like to know that too.

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+1

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“To assume there is a preset that will universally fit these needs is beyond wrong: it’s dumber than a box of rocks. The five comp package A&H has made available for the SQ line offers a wonderful choice of plug-ins that will fit about any particular need. These are wonderful tools that you need to learn how to use rather than asking for an impossible one button solution!”

Please let me.. kind of… dismiss this comment, because of the following reasons:
1)I was not asking for a one-button solution
2)Waves, Steinberg (Cubase), and lots of other compressors do have plenty of presets, and their creators are not idiots… I think so.
3)Looks like you didn’t get the point of my request, could be a pro vs hobbyist thing – don’t worry about that 😉

Thanks anyway 🙂

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Agree, the noise from the Dante card is VERY annoying. As already mentioned, could A&H at least add an option to turn it off, while the card is not in use. Please!

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“The only way to disable it would be tio unmount it from the console prior to boot.”
I expected this, that’s why I asked A&H to add the option to disable the cards into the next OS update. I think it is very logical: what is the point to run the fan if the card is not used?
Also, that would be very silly to physically unmount the card every time you don’t need it: the connector may be damaged one day!
By the way, my DANTE fan is way louder than the SQ internal fans… well, not that loud to consider its change, but still very annoying.

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Thanks Keith

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Thanks for your response Keith. That makes sence. I have seen what Dylan is using – great video.

After you confirmed what I already suspected (DVS does add significant latency), I have another question:
What about RME Digiface Dante USB3 interface? Would it be similar to a PCI dante card?
Thanks

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No problem Soren – all good:)
“But yes, you need to know if the jack outputs are balanced TRS or unbalanced TS to get the right cable.” Yes, but using wrong cable not necessarily cause a problem: You can plug a Balanced cable into unbalanced Nord’s output and it will work perfectly with SQ or other equipment with balanced input. …and I can give you lots of examples like that, not only Nord.
… or vice versa: You can plug an unbalanced cable into the balanced output of Yamaha Montage or Fantom G, and it will work without an issue.

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Hi Mike, ioTon and Soren, sorry but don’t think you are right in the following:
1) it was not a stereo Jack Output on the GEM – there were two jacks: one left and one right. Not sure if the two were balanced or not, though.
2)D’Addario PW-P047Z is NOT STEREO to MONO, it is XLR to TRS. I realize that TRS can be a stereo, but it’s not applicable to my situation.
3)Hey guys, D’Addario PW-P047Z adapter actually resolved the issue (along with a TS cable, and yes, it was two of each – for left and right) – so the problem is not related to the adapter.
4) incorrectly wired 1/4 to XLR cable – not the case – worked fine for other equipment
You are right in the following:
1)”when you plug a cable into it it starts to get fairly long and can put a lot of stress on the XLR jack” I absolutely agree! But where is the official solution from A&H? Probably an XLR to TRS cable?
2) “it should be a TRS into two TS, if you take an unbalanced stereo output (like a headphone output) into two mono inputs” Agreed! (…but it’s not applicable) ;).

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I also recommend to get some of those: D’Addario PW-P047Z
It’s called D’Addario Male XLR male to balanced 1/4″ female adapter. Please do not be confused with the low price: this thing is of the highest quality: has gold plated contacts etc.
Now the story:
I tried to connect a GEM rack synth from early 90s (sorry, can’t recall the model) to SQ5’s XLR input. I used the same cable as I mentioned above.
Unfortunately the result was unsatisfactory: no low frequences, and generally there was something very strange with the sound: like a kid has played with a graphic eq’s sliders on the way from the synth to PA 🙂
I changed to another input of my SQ, thinking that something wrong with the settings – no changes.
At that time, I had another digital console with me (Midas brand), which had XLR/TRS combo inputs. I plugged the same TRS/XLR cable into MIdas and everything worked as it should.. So the connection was: GEM’s output > TRS/XLR cable > XLR to Midas’ XLR/TRS combo jack.
After that I connected the GEM with a TS cable, using D’Addario PW-P047Z adapter, and suddenly everything worked as it should. So once again: GEM’s output>TS cable> D’Addario PW-P047Z adapter> SQ XLR input. At the same time, I had two NORDS with unbalanced outputs connected directly, using XLR/TRS cables without issues!
I was trying to understand what was going on. I am not a professional audio engineer, but I do have some technical background, I do understand balanced vs unbalanced etc… unfortunately I could not find any reasonable explanation of what has happened.
So, two things:
If someone has any idea of what has happened with GEM to SQ connection – I’m very interested.
Secondly, in any case, I do recommend getting the D’Addario PW-P047Z adapters – they are great.
Actually one more piece of advice: If you have any equipment with unbalanced outputs, I wouldn’t go for a show without having some DI boxes, even if works well at home. I personally didn’t have any bad experience, but I am a hobbyist, and only use SQ for fun jamming with friends…The real stage experience may be right opposite.

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