[tourtelotParticipant]

So, false alarm. I had tried this early on but a second time unplugging and plugging the Cat cable into the DT168 brought the preamp controls back to life.

Whew!

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[tourtelotParticipant]

A bit more complicated but if it were me, I use my Rivnuts tool and install two on my CQ.

https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/W2007/10002/-1?srsltid=AfmBOopY54XQz-o9_pfZzW-2hq71cjjocMjK8CWTbIbPZKqqaIK5azI4oPg

I don’t know the CQ; is there room for the rivnuts?

If you do this sort of work, take the piece you are drilling off the panel no matter how many screws are involved. You do not want metal shavings floating around in the electronics of you mixer,

Or use a free-standing stand :):)

I know! I’m a bit obsessed with “doing it right” haha.

I installed one of these on my SQ to hold my MBP.

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Ah, good video!

And I agree with Tobi that it is easy to get input sockets out to a Dante card (and I didn’t know until today that was possible. Thanks!). But what happens after you get the patch made on the SQ may not be so easy.

I am warning the OP that getting educated in the Ways of Dante was not without its challenges for me and I have been a tech-geek for a lot of years. I am more than glad that I climbed the curve and wouldn’t go back to a non-Dante rig for anything. Simple rigs are pretty simple but big Dante networks take learning actual networking skills. As I said above, YMMV.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Yes, you will be able to take any inputs that come into your SQ from the stage box and distribute them with a Dante network. You will not, of course, be able to take inputs directly from the stage box and distribute them via Dante. Or send to outputs via Dante. I haven’t really puzzled out if tie-lines in the SQ would allow you to send inputs to, let’s say, a recorder on your PC with little in the way. The preamps in the AB168? Are they good enough that you’d be happy with them as your only preamps? That’s one of the great things about a fully functioning Dante rig is I can send the outputs from my Dante enabled preamps (think Grace or Millennia) directly to the recorders (plural) and not rely on my SQ for anything other than a 2-mix and monitoring (well, talkback and playback as well).

I’d be curious if you find that using an SLink stagebox and then routing via Dante works for you in the end. Please let us know.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

The AB168 is not Dante enabled if that is the root of your question. So IIRC, the AB168 will only work as a stage I/O box over SLink. If you want to move into multiple devices; computers, stage boxes, etc, you’ll need to use a Dante stage box like the DT168, some networked switches, Audinate Dante Virtual Sound Cards on your computers, and embrace the whole Dante network platform. It is not 100% necessary to use switches for a Dante network; Dante devices can be daisy-chained under some circumstances.

But I would advise looking at the Audinate website, as well as others like Youtubes for your start into Dante. There is a learning curve.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

I sometimes use Auria on my iPad for back-up multitrack out of the USB on one of my Grace m108 preamps. Works fine. I have not tried it out of my SQ but might give it a whirl.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

No one know if a scene will transfer from an SQ6 to an SQ5?

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Yep, your box was exactly like the one that I though of to do the trick. I like that you used a recycled box too. 🙂

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Thanks. I was hoping it wasn’t complicated. 🙂

Guess I can build a passive switching box from L/R Listen and Mono Listen to his powered monitors. Shouldn’t the ability to mono your mix be a part of every mixing console?

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[tourtelotParticipant]

“And I am not trying to “record” onto this stick. I just want to do scene/show backups onto the stick.”

Sorry, I misunderstood.

I use SanDisk sticks for SQ data and have never had an issue.

Maybe your USB port is broken?

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Lots of posts on the forum about USB stick troubles recording from the SQ series.

I highly recommend using an external drive with an outboard power supply (wall wart) for trouble-free recording.

Just my experience.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Maybe not the same issue, but maybe. I have found that sometimes, the I/O grids will show active I/O patches at the top when none exist. It is confusing. I find that if I simply make another in the column, any other, patch and then unpatch it, the grid shows the proper “nothing” patched.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

I am running OSX 10.15.7, Catalina, on all my 2012 MBPs.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Zach- Once you have set up the routing in your Dante network, you can disconnect the computer/Dante Controller and the devices will remember the settings. I would advise keeping a copy of Dante Controller in the vicinity, just in case, but you could run an SQ with a Dante card and a, let’s say, DT168 simply connected with one piece of Cat cable easily.

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[tourtelotParticipant]

Weird, I didn’t know that there was another Neutrik Ethercon connector. I had to go down and look and yes, all my Ethercons are NE8MX. Just lucky I guess. Funny to watch the evolution of these connectors as Neutrik makes them simpler and simpler to assemble. Just like Neutrik XLRs got simpler from the old days, and more part-swappable as they got further into the process. The earliest of both types of connectors were positively Rube Goldbergian. 🙂 Better these days.

I would make this recommendation to everyone who has basic bench skills. Buy the tools and roll-yer-own. Not only will it be markedly cheaper to do so, but there is satisfaction in building cables for your rig that are just the correct length needed and some satisfaction that you DIY’d.

You’ll need a crimper, and cable testers at least and tools such as jacket strippers and the like will make life easier. Do some research on what RJ45s are correct for the type of cable you are using (there are some differences) but after a pretty easy learning curve, you’ll be turning out professional and robust Cat cables with ease. As well, I always tack solder the drain wire to the metal shell on shielded RJ45, so another step, but it makes everything bomb-proof.

Like I said above, I have had, literally, no cable failures, ever. The possibility of a cable failing is so deep in the noise that I never consider it. I have spares on hand, of course, but even if a cableocaltpse occurs, a trip to Home Depot (and my Dante toolkit) would have me up and running in no time.

Funny that Audinate has Cat cable preferences since, mostly, no one would have any trouble with any quality cable. All copper wire is important though. No copper-coated aluminum for a professional rig please. : Good luck to all who dare down the DIY path. Very rewarding.

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