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On my QU-SB, I eventually ordered a new USB jack and installed it. This fixed a non-functioning USB port. It had definitely degraded but in my case, it was a physical problem. I had noticed that stick would be recognized if I pushed on it a bit in a certain direction. That trick eventually stopped working so I changed the USB jack.
Again, faced with figuring out which show my recording came from, I did search and came up on this post.
Any chance of having a Qu-Pad software update which would get date/time from iPad and put it on the QU-Drive files or folder?
So, if we start a Qu-Drive recording from iPad Qu-Pad app, then there could be a date/time for the recording?
Looks like I found my answer here … https://community.allen-heath.com/forums/topic/qu-mixer-mix-out-to-sampler
So, it seems fine to short outputs pin 3 to pin 1, and seemingly recommended when connecting to unbalanced input of other equipment. Similarly would be okay to use unbalanced 1/4″ from Matrix output of QU-SB as it would short together Ring and Sleeve.
Given that these female XLR are connected to OUTPUTS of mixer, better to let Pin 3 float. Grounding has no effect on the 1/4″ TRS since not connected to anything there. However, grounding Pin3 would be shorting an output of the mixer to ground. If you are making your own cable, you might as well let that float.
Personally I am poking around on this forum to find out if its okay to short one side of a balanced output of the mixer. If you can avoid it, then avoid it (as I recommend above). In my case, Matrix outputs on my QU-SB are balanced and I would like to plug in a pair of unbalanced 1/4″ TS there. The sleeve of TS will short the ring output of jack to ground. Is the circuit designed to handle that? Who knows the answer to this?
I am pretty disappointed in the QU-drive feature on my QU-SB. Its been a nightmare trying to find any USB storage device that works reliably. And the other day I powered off the device without stopping the recording and now am spending hours trying to figure out to recover the data. I see that there is a topic here about how to recover the data, and it involves using a Windows computer. Is there a process to do this on a MAC? Thanks.