[NemydomParticipant]

Good question! Could you please respond to this? Thanks

[NemydomParticipant]

Thanks Andre: there are no long runs in most of my cases. Midas Mr18 worked just fine. I want to be able to use all 16 locals plus two stereo pairs for the connection of different synths and other equipment. Anyway, lots of them are balanced, but they are not XLR, just TRS!

[NemydomParticipant]

Thanks Mark, but I am upgrading to SQ because of 96Khz – and there is no sense to move back to QU etc. Of cause I am aware of this opportunity and a couple more ‘works around’. At the stage, I will have to invest in some XLR male to TR/TRS (should be a significant investment, as I am trying to use Mogami Gold or similar) cables.. So maybe something like this as a temporary solution: D’Addario Male XLR male to balanced 1/4″ female adapter
Thanks for your response, Stephen. Do you think the above-mentioned solutions cables/adapters will work in my situation? I mean, for thew both balanced and unbalanced connection if a combo socket works fine on other, cheaper digital mixers?
Klaus, please ignore my “I believe“ etc.. It’s because of my not so good English. I would happily replace it with “I am sure” but it wouldn’t sound that polite in my opinion… A&H positioned the SQ as a semi-pro tool, not me. They mentioned many times in their videos that it is user-friendly for various users. Thanks for your response, anyway.

[NemydomParticipant]

Well, I am still using an unbalanced connection even for the keyboards, which have balanced jacks output (TRS) and support unbalanced connection from the same output. Examples would be Yamaha Montage and Roland Fantom G.
I believe that we are talking from different points of view: Pro and semi-pro. I don’t think a semi-pro or hobbyist would be very happy if they forced to use balanced XLR/TRS at home.. The majority of them don’t even know what balanced connection is…. As a result we have tons of equipment with unbalanced TS outputs, or balanced, but supporting unbalanced cables. And this not gonna change, I think.
Now, getting back to SQ. Is it designed as a 100% professional piece of equipment? I don’t think so. It’s not a D-live, or Avantis. Hence, I believe the request for combo XLR/Jacks, supporting an unbalanced connection is very reasonable, at least for the stage boxes.

[NemydomParticipant]

Andre, I can post a link to your videos on a couple of non-English pro-sound forums. I will do that.

[NemydomParticipant]

Hi Andre, thanks again for all the amazing videos you keep uploading. I have a suggestion if you don’t mind. I noticed you have a WAVES card in your SQ. Could you make a video, something like “SQ and WAVES cards for beginners”? I mean, I know what the WAVES plugins are, but using a WAVE card is so complicated area. One of the reasons is that most of the related videos designed for people who already know what is DANTE, Sound Grid etc… But I am not a pro sound engineer, but still want to know what it is!!!
Some related questions:
1)If I use WAVES SQ card without any other WAVE’s hardware, directly into my computer with WAVEs plugins – is it worth trying? Is the latency gonna be really bad?
2)Can I use plugins which I already own and use for my DAW? Which extra software do I need to use the plugins live?
3)Is it possible to see the WAVE’s plugins on the SQ screen? (probably a silly question, I know – but it’s not clear!)
4)How do you actually use your WAVES card? What WAVE’s software/hardware do you use, for what purposes etc etc.
5)What other applications are possible if I get a WAVES card for my SQ? Other than using WAVES FX plugins and multichannel playing/recording?
Many thanks in advance 🙂

[NemydomParticipant]

Thanks Steffen.
Thanks Andre, but I would prefer to allocate a physical “send” and a pair of returns to use my Eventide or Strymon delay in that case.. At least they both have midi and it’s unlikely to get in a situation where the delay is completely out of sync. Also, I am predicting the delay’s sound quality of Eventide/Strymon will be way better than the SQ’s plugin…Thanks for your videos, by the way. Watching every single one :))

[NemydomParticipant]

Thanks for your response. Would you suggest using an external delay unit? It’s not a problem, by the way – I just checking opportunities ets. I only waiting for my SQ – it hasn’t arrived yet..
…but does it mean the internal delay FX only relays on tap tempo, which has to be done at FOH?

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