Qu32 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary. All three share a common design and feature setaside from the obvious differences in channel count, the qu24 and 32 adds a few additional features, as well. Configure your mixer for daw control go to setup control custom layer and set the required fader. We currently have 16 wireless mics, and quite a few inputs on stage. For more information on custom control and to download the software please see here. Installupdate mwaves firmware open multirack soundgrid. Patch the sources to be recorded using the setup output patch. Allen and heath has a better reputation than behringer for quality but behringer makes way more products. Qu 16 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary. Qu 32 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary.
I mainly use the qu 32 for outdoor sports events where there are lots of different activities happening at the one time. Up to 7 devices running qu you plus an ipad running qu pad can be used at the same time. Firmware and show files are compatible throughout the ilive family, making it easy to transfer settings from one ilive system to another. A final point to mention is that the qusb and qupad apps must be at the same firmware version. I have been testing consoles for manufacturers for the past twenty years. We could probably get by with 24, but id like room. Theres some logic to the gld series since we already have some allen heath infrastructure, but i also feel like this board is a little long in the. Allen and heath qu24c 24 channel digital mixer chrome edition. Please note custom control requires dlive firmware v1. Devices with older firmware software will be highlighted in red. Addition of 4 dca groups channel naming and name sync to ipads and me1.
I was able to get more gain before feedback and distortion from the qu 16 mic and instrument preamps. Weve been using the allen heath qu series and are looking for a decent jump in functionality with our next purchase. The x32 needs a nice quick to switchover ups backup here in the usa, but less so in other countries that use 220v mains. Qu you connects via wifi to a qu 16, qu 24, qu 32, qu pac or qu sb mixer. If the qu 16 does use exactly the same preamps as the gld desks this would give me a lot of confidence in this desk. My decision for the x32 over qu would be simply functional and price. The featurepacked new chrome edition qu 24 now includes automatic mic mixing, more monitor mixes, a spectrogram for feedbackhunting, plus upgraded, high contrast metallic.
See available servers superrack soundgrid plugin host software. No body here is going to tell you that allen and heath sounds better than midas. If found incompatible software firmware a message will pop up. We mainly do corporate work, but do have to accommodate bands fairly frequently. We do about 3 or 4 live music gigs each month and had been getting by with an old allen and heath gl. This is available from the driver section of the product software pages. Soundgridqualified network switch to connect soundgrid network components. Asio is a trademark and software of steinberg media technologies gmbh. Aug 06, 2017 guest post from brian henson in the process of selecting a new mixer for my church, i wanted to research every option available. Click update button next to device to start the updater. Some of the worlds most respected audio engineers have chosen to use rackfx on tour in preference to topend plugins and external fx units. Qu mixers can sit at the heart of your studio and double as a tracking desk, audio interface and daw controller.
In the process, i created a spreadsheet comparing the features and specs of digital mixers, available at the time, that were within our price range. X32 vs qu 24 the qu 24 itself is priced about the same as the x32, the ar2412 has 50% more channels, but is also priced over double what an s16 digital snake head is. Feb 24, 2015 im currently deciding between an allen and heath qu32 and a soundcraft expression 3. The qu32s touchscreen is a major plus at this price pointipad not required. The qu 32 can also be used with the qu pad app, allowing you to use your ipad to mix from anywhere in the venue when connected to a wireless network.
Qu harnesses the full potential of digital mixing technology, with total recall of settings including the allimportant fader position and preamp gain, convenient recording and playback solutions, ipad control, personal monitoring options and the choice of local or remote cat5 io. The builtin usb interface on the qu 32 can handle up to 32x32 channels fullduplex of high quality 24bit 48khz audio. Sq mixers are core audio compliant on macos no driver required and support macos 10. Patch the sources to be recorded using the setup output patch usb audio. Its for a high school theater that seats almost 600.