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2020/03/21 at 10:09 am #90420
Oh Hi, Debby! Fancy meeting you here.
It’s a mini 7″ Android that I bought just for playing mp3’s. (Not the same tablet that I use to run the mixer.) It stays on the little tablet shelf at upper left of the mixer. I don’t see anything in the sound settings or in the accessibility settings either, but I’ll keep looking. It’s apparently a stripped down or “light” version of Android.
Anyway, that’s okay. I already have the system summed in the Ashly Protea speaker mgt now. I used to always run the system in stereo, but wanted to try mono for a while. The Protea is a permanent part of my upright mixer case now. I like using it because I was able to tweak my crossover settings, more so than I could on the powered speakers, and now the system sounds even better. (Most of the bass guitar notes are more even in level and everything sounds a bit more full and rich.) It seems the whole problem/solution was a blessing in disguise.
2020/03/19 at 2:02 pm #90392I forgot to mention in my last post that he could simply use the Main L/R out with the Art Cleanbox. It’s XLR in and 1/8″ stereo out. I was under the assumption that, while streaming, he is not using the house PA system because there is no audience allowed in house. In which case, I don’t know that it needs to be isolated if there are no other devices causing hum and he doesn’t make long cable runs with it.
Either way. He is probably getting the idea by now.
2020/03/19 at 8:40 am #90388The 2Trk plugs already come directly from the L/R Master fader. No need for any patching within the mixer settings. However they are balanced outputs and the Lumens requires an unbalanced input. This is easily rectified with something like the Art Cleanbox Matching Transformer It has balanced XLR in and an 1/8″ unbalanced stereo mini out for recording.
2020/03/17 at 9:14 pm #90347I don’t have either Cubase version, but I can make a suggestion. I attempt to solve most problems by Process of Elimination.
It may be a problem with only one WAV file. With the Cubase 5 files on the flash drive and working, copy/replace only one file at a time, testing them on the mixer each time between file copies.
If you are certain that all parameters are set the same in both versions, then perhaps a file-compare utility/app can find what is different between flash drive copies.
Sorry I couldn’t help more. Just giving you food for thought. Good luck.
2020/03/15 at 9:50 am #90292That is correct. The QU does not have WIFI inside. Only a hardwired LAN connection will work. Furthermore, the router or AP used must be able to assign IP addresses to each device on the network.
I don’t know if something like this would work or not. I have never tried it. Ethernet to WIFI adapter
2020/03/15 at 9:35 am #90291I assume that you have loaded the DAW control driver on both Macs?
As an alternative, you can plug the QU Pac directly into the Motu M2 and record from there as usual. Simply run two XLR mic cables from the MAIN L/R out to the front panel inputs on the Motu. Make certain that you turn both GAIN knobs all the way down, do NOT turn on 48V, and set it to LINE input. The Gain knobs are there to boost a weak incoming signal, but when they are set to zero, the incoming signal just passes through the preamp stage unchanged. If the signal from the QU Pac is set to a moderate level, you should be good. If you get no audio at all, then turn the gains up a little bit. Experiment.
Good luck.
2020/03/14 at 3:00 pm #90280That summing box would indeed be useful.
But wait! I do have an Ashly Protea signal processor. It can easily patch any input to one or more outputs and visa-versa. Done!
2020/03/14 at 12:33 pm #90278To save using two channels on your mixer you could use the ALT output to drive the system and in the IO set up menu for the ALT output select L+R (mono sum). The ALT output is 1/4 inch TRS balanced and not XLR.
It would be nice if I could just patch L/R main to mono sum in the same way. Perhaps in a future firmware update.
Thanks, guys. This all gives me some ideas. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything hidden within the mixer settings.
2020/03/13 at 2:41 pm #90261The real problem here is exactly as the title says; too much gain. …Or more specifically, poor mic choice for a loud source.
Because the mic is a condenser, it has very fast transient response. This means that the initial attack of the top drum head is preserved as a very fast high spike in the signal. (Dynamic mics tend to naturally compress this.) Secondly, the mic has a high sensitivity rating (3mV/Pa) which means the output signal is already much hotter than most dynamic mics. Thirdly, you have placed it on one of the loudest instruments in the world which is being played heavily at times. I know the mic is aimed at drums, but a tightly tuned (poppy) snare being played extremely hard is delivering too much dynamic range for the mixer to deal with.
Result: The initial transient peak is so high that it is overdriving the analog preamp in the mixer, causing brief distortion with each hard hit. Adding reverb only serves to make the distortion more audible.
The only quick fixes I can think of would be as follows:
1. Use a heavier in-line pad, but then the light hits will not be loud enough.
2. Use an outboard compressor prior to the mixer to control transient peaks, but then you won’t have phantom power to the mic.
3. Use a lower sensitivity dynamic mic.
4. Don’t hit the snare so hard. Avoid rim shot.
5. Detune the top head to reduce its volume, but then it won’t sound as cool.2020/03/06 at 9:17 pm #90061I know this is a long shot, but it may be worth mentioning.
Make certain that all mono channels did not accidentally get un-assigned to L/R.
While in normal L/R mix mode, (LR is lit and mono channel layer is active,) press the “Assign” button to make sure that all channel select lights are lit up. This indicates routing goes to L/R.
2017/02/14 at 10:41 am #61310I am not certain about ipads, (as I use android,) but I found this on the QU-Pad overview page…
“The Qu mixer supports a maximum of 8 iOS device connections, including up to two iPads running Qu-Pad, with the other devices running the Qu-You Personal Monitor app or Qu-Control Customisable App for Install which are also available free from the App Store.”
https://www.allen-heath.com/ahproducts/qu-pad/
I also found this on the QU-Control overview page…
“Qu mixers support simultaneous connection of 7 iOS devices running Qu-Control or Qu-You, plus an iPad running Qu-Pad.”
https://www.allen-heath.com/ahproducts/qu-control/
Overall, I understand them to mean 8 devices total. If 2 devices are running QU-Pad, then the remaining 6 devices can be running either QU-Control or QU-You.
(Confusing)
2017/02/07 at 3:27 pm #61144You may want to consider a wireless transmitter and receiver kit. Always check the specs for distance range because they all have limits. Good luck.
2017/01/24 at 2:18 am #60840I have a portable mp3 player that I plug into the 1/8″ ST3 jack. That’s why it is there.
2017/01/23 at 1:56 pm #60824I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks like all you need to do is install the proper DAW Control Driver, (maybe the Mackie protocol) from the A&H website. https://www.allen-heath.com/key-series/qu-series/#tab5
And then go to PREFERENCES within Audition and choose that protocol. This video should offer some help. It is for version CS6, but version CC should be basically the same because it followed CS6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKT20GmFS1E
Hope this helps.
2017/01/04 at 2:10 am #602822. No. You are simply setting all the channels assigned to that mix to post-fader, so when you bring down any fader on the LR layer it will bring down the level of that channel on that mix buss as well. The Channel Source is simply used to determine where, in the channel signal chain, the source is tapped for the mix. You could set everything for that mix buss to Pre-EQ for a monitor mix, so that will make sure that any EQ changes on the channel strip will not be reflected in that mix.
Help me if I am approaching this all wrong but, I just can’t seem to get that vision of analog signal path out of my head. In a traditional input channel, the last thing that the signal passes through is the Fader, (barring any routing switches). So if you set the aux source to be taken Post-Fader, it is automatically Post-everything-else in the channel. You can’t take the signal from two different places simultaneously. Thus, I am having trouble understanding how the Mix Source can be both Pre-EQ and Post-Fader.
Should I envision that the Fader is being moved to the Mix Source point?
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