[sacsound58]

That is true. In the wrong hands, “M/S” could turn out to stand for “Mangled Sound!” However in the right hands (and with the right microphones) it could offer some nice options.
“Entry level” of course is a relative thing. This is an amazing mixer with an already-strong feature set which will fit in my computer backpack! I only recently acquired my CQ-18T but plan to use it for any number of different sound production/recording scenarios. The idea of being able to fly to gigs with this in my carry-on is awesome.

BTW, in the “General Discussions” part of the forum I inquired about using an XLR splitter cable to connect the “side” condenser microphone of an M/S pair to two inputs on the CQ. In your view would this work OK without doing any damage to microphone or mixer? I’d probably only activate 48V on one channel. I thought I’d get the CQ experts’ opinion first before jumping in with this. Please feel free to answer in the other forum if that’s more appropriate. Thanks!

[sacsound58]

Thanks for pointing out the M/S decoder on the SQ. I completely overlooked it. I’ll be using it frequently now!

I’d be interested to hear why you think the CQ is not the tool for M/S. I have other desks and audio interfaces I use in the field that have M/S decoding, but the CQ’s combination of portability and 16 inputs makes it quite attractive for a variety of gigs where M/S could come into play. I use M/S often for classical music recording, where it works great for Mains and section pickup, but it’s also a very good tool for drum overheads, piano, acoustic guitar.. anything with a strong stereo image.

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