My decision for the x32 over qu would be simply functional and price. Up to 7 devices running qu you plus an ipad running qu pad can be used at the same time. 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. 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. Allen and heath has a better reputation than behringer for quality but behringer makes way more products.
This is available from the driver section of the product software pages. The qu32 also bundles together crucial features lacking in many of its competitors. 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. Sq mixers are core audio compliant on macos no driver required and support macos 10. Installupdate mwaves firmware open multirack soundgrid. Qu32 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary. Its for a high school theater that seats almost 600. And that family is an extended one, with no fewer than 6 mixracks and 7 surfaces to fit a range of roles and budgets, plus an array of software, apps and remote controllers.
Asio is a trademark and software of steinberg media technologies gmbh. 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. Qu mixers can sit at the heart of your studio and double as a tracking desk, audio interface and daw controller. The x32 needs a nice quick to switchover ups backup here in the usa, but less so in other countries that use 220v mains. A final point to mention is that the qusb and qupad apps must be at the same firmware version.
Please note custom control requires dlive firmware v1. Jul 23, 2019 the qu mixer firmware and qupad app maintenance version numbers n do not need to be identical, for example qupad v1. The builtin usb interface on the qu 32 can handle up to 32x32 channels fullduplex of high quality 24bit 48khz audio. Firmware and show files are compatible throughout the ilive family, making it easy to transfer settings from one ilive system to another. We currently have 16 wireless mics, and quite a few inputs on stage. If found incompatible software firmware a message will pop up. We could probably get by with 24, but id like room. Touchscreen, ipad app for wireless mixing, dsnakecompatible. I have been testing consoles for manufacturers for the past twenty years. The featurepacked new chrome edition qu 24 now includes automatic mic mixing, more monitor mixes, a spectrogram for feedbackhunting, plus upgraded, high contrast metallic. The qu32s touchscreen is a major plus at this price pointipad not required.
Qu 16 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary. Allen and heath qu24c 24 channel digital mixer chrome edition. Addition of 4 dca groups channel naming and name sync to ipads and me1. Patch the sources to be recorded using the setup output patch. Devices with older firmware software will be highlighted in red.
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. Feb 24, 2015 im currently deciding between an allen and heath qu32 and a soundcraft expression 3. We do about 3 or 4 live music gigs each month and had been getting by with an old allen and heath gl. Configure your mixer for daw control go to setup control custom layer and set the required fader. Qu 32 boasts 4 stereo rackfx engines, featuring lovingly crafted emulations of legendary. 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. On start up multirack will scan for connected devices. No body here is going to tell you that allen and heath sounds better than midas. We mainly do corporate work, but do have to accommodate bands fairly frequently. Soundgridqualified network switch to connect soundgrid network components. For more information on custom control and to download the software please see here. See available servers superrack soundgrid plugin host software.
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