[StonepianoParticipant]

Hi Alex,

It´s not the signal generator, the noise is not uniform. And there´s no external patch.

[StonepianoParticipant]

I might add, that the returns and auxes are completely noise- free, it´s just the matrix-send that hisses…

[StonepianoParticipant]

Well… the issue miraculously solved itself. When I connected the drive again, it works as intended. Strangely, this happened after registering the console, but I suppose that should have nothing to do with USB-functionality?

[StonepianoParticipant]

Hi,

I have a brand new Seagate 500Gt SSD- drive, it refuses to arm multitrack recording. No such issue with a 3.0 thumb drive. (although it wasn´t fast enough, files were broken)
The drive has been correctly formatted for SQ, any ideas why multitrack “arm”- button is greyed out?

[StonepianoParticipant]

Hello,

I´m still wondering… I have no need for a DAW- connection at a gig, I just want to record multitrack on an external hard drive, from the top-surface USB- connection, but the “Arm”- button is greyed out, why is that? In Qu it worked like a charm.

[StonepianoParticipant]

Another (related?) question: Which one should I choose as the clock-source- AR or SQ? Currently I´m on SQ “internal”.

[StonepianoParticipant]

Yes. A mixing-console is not a very good X-over… I´m still feeding my PA-amplifiers fully analogue via the system processor, while stage inputs+ monitor feeds go trough the AR2412.

[StonepianoParticipant]

Also be aware, that in order to use the A/B -outputs, they need to be routed trough the matrix, so it´s not like the “alt”- outputs were on the Qu… Took a while to spot that in the manual. You can, of course, send anything you wish to A/B, I´m using them for my nearfields, obviously listening to the master-buss.

[StonepianoParticipant]

Yes, found it, pretty well buried in the manual…

[StonepianoParticipant]

I am perfectly happy, and a lot less nervous now that I’m aware of the double- tap, which is actually not that quick, but relaxed… 😉

[StonepianoParticipant]

Thanks Keith,

That was the trick I was looking for.

[StonepianoParticipant]

Yes, there are. I have QLab- inputs on ST1, and a CD-player (remember,anyone?) on ST2.

[StonepianoParticipant]

“Scene Filters” is actually quite an appropriate headline- I would strongly recommend filtering any scene you might be part of at any given time… I played drums on a professional level for many years, and many years it took for me to understand what my job is: make other people sound good. Ditto for sound work, obviously. It definitely is not to bring as many blinking lights as possible to the FOH-position. “Look at my beautiful pearlescent, glittering set of drums!/ Look how many loudspeakers I have hanging there! And aren’t they loud, too!” Never mind most of even the high-profile gigs sound like crap. Time constraints/ venues where no music should ever be performed come into play, of course. But also engineers who don’t care about or understand The Music. Take the music away, and you’re left with a pile of junk a paying customer couldn’t care less about.

[StonepianoParticipant]

I have heard a lot of this “don’t piss off the sound guy”- stuff, and lived trough a hellish period in my professional life, listening to guys who think it’s their show. Well, it isn’t. My priorities -to get the next call- are, in this order:

The People Who Pay For The Ticket

The Musicians Who Expect Me To Understand Their Music, and make their audio environment comfortable

And, when somebody unexpectedly brings something new to the table, I accommodate,adapt,adjust,and make the best of what’s available at the time. And if something’s not feasible, I’ll tell them. And then we’ll find a way to approximate.

And then I get paid to do just that again.

Happy 2016, may it be prosperous for us all!

[StonepianoParticipant]

What I am dealing with cannot be compared to a band-gig, let me make this perfectly clear. There is a lot of pressure on the musicians also. The audio is expected to just happen, on the spot. We are not the focal point, but must deliver exactness.

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