Bro really living up to his channel name. The current and only digital consoles I've ever mixed on are the Allen & Heath dLive (school), SQ5 (school portable), Avantis (church), and the Behringer x32 (Church). I've mixed on logic pro for a short time, but I never fully learned it before we got the Avantis.

The way of showcasing the sense could make some more professional look. Please, show your correct attitude. Do not showcase unpleasant guy. Thank you. P.S. despite the video sense, turned off at the 1m27sec, because of the approach. Best Regards

I own the allenheath for years. Never have any problems with it. What are you talking about?

I connected 2 exactly like the video. Unit 2 is creating a ton of clicking noise

Live sound is not DAW mixing !!! This dude knows nothing about LIVE SOUND SIGNAL FLOW! He mentions trying to insert a graphic equalizer on a single channel. Imagine if you had to do that to a dozen different podium Mics how much processing with that take🥴 not to mention Ewing, the Mike individually interrupts the recording process chain everything that happens for the house will be permanently on the recording that’s done separately newbie 😵‍💫

Why do you look like The Deep

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I happen to really like the SQ series and use it often. That being said, I love this review and review format. I see it as a little bit of hyperbole while bringing up excellent points. As a heavy user of the SQ, I think almost all of his points are valid. I probably would have added metering as another area that is inferior to similar class consoles (even the X32/M32 has better meters). Even though I love working on the desk, I think it's good to objectively look at things with a critical eye. It's still a great mixer even with it's flaws. This review was entertaining and accurate. :)

Anyone who would listen to this tool shed after his going full on Karen bitching about this mixer 🙄

Some people are just not cut out to be audio engineers.

How do I get this idiot to stop spamming every A&H search? It's just opinionated drivel and it comes up on EVERY SQ search

You are TOTALLY wrong at every angle! I currently own Allen Heath Mixers including SQ 5 and SQ 6, QU-SB. I love them and HATE HATE HATE the workflow of Midas/X32 mixers! Plus the Allen Heath preamps are truly transparent and awesome! There are many many reasons I only use A&H. Yes there are a few things I would like on the A&H mixers, especially in regards to their ipad control software. Note that I have used or owned MANY digital mixers including Soundcraft, Mackie DL1608/DL32, Behringer Xair, QSC Touchmix etc etc.. No brands are perfect, but A&H nails it for sound, workflow and quality.

All sound like 1st world problems.

This board is awesome. It can be a learning curve but by far the best board I have ever owned

I love the SQ mixer, but I can agree, there are several issues, which are mostly software related. When I mentioned them to A&H support, they haven't got reasonable answers just bullshit. They should handle these kind of problems, and they should have a really exceptional mixer. Some examples below: VERY CONFUSING - When switching off and on, the outputs show a strong transient signal (bang, click). There is no such phenomenon on the DX 168 stagebox and much better on Behringer X32 series. Even in the event of a power outage, this is quite harsh, especially in a professional environment. VERY CONFUSING - In principle, the PFL Trim setting would allow me to match the audio level of the listening and the master in the headphones, which works, but I think it's a big problem that the 12-segment LED display shows the trimmed signal, not the reality. However, we want to capture the real signal level on the display, the trimming here should only change the PFL volume in the headphones. VERY CONFUSING - The routing screens should clearly indicate whether the given channel is assigned to the given mixes. At the moment this is very unclear, if the fader is at zero it is not visible at all. Since I haven't found any other screen where the assign is nicely transparent, I think this is a pretty critical problem. It is important to be easy to see, for example it would be practical to indicate it by marking the outputs numbers with different colors. VERY CONFUSING - The length of the names of the channels and Scenes is very limited, so it is difficult to give a descriptive name, 25-30 years ago this was natural, but today it is not. VERY CONFUSING - When entering Scene names, the Cancel button is right next to shift, it's easy to accidentally press it, so the entered text is lost, which is very annoying. VERY CONFUSING - There is no cursor when entering names, if you want to rewrite a character at the beginning, you have to delete the whole thing and re-enter it CONFUSING - Channel strips can only be transferred from the mixer to the MixPad application, it does not work the other way. This reduces work efficiency. It would also be great if all six layers could be synchronized at the same time. CONFUSING - In the case of channel strips, the user can choose from only eight colors, which is quite a few, and choosing black makes the display virtually unreadable, which is not a good solution. If we add to this that the red color in its current form is also difficult to read and confusing, then only 6 colors remain, which is poor compared to the competitors. Why can't an RGB palette be used? The hardware does not know, or could it be solved by software? CONFUSING - 300 Scenes is a very large number, it would be nice if it could be grouped in some simple way into at least 4-6 groups, which could be easily filtered on the screen. For example, I have live and studio configurations, as well as templates, which I use to get started. CONFUSING - On the SQ-5 but even more so on the DX-168 stagebox, the size and surface of the ventilation slots is very large, which greatly increases the chance that dirt, liquid, foreign objects (pins, screws, paper clips, etc.) will enter. into the inside. In my opinion, this is a rather serious error possibility, which is unfortunate for such an expensive and professional device. IMPROVEMENT - In the case of softkeys (especially for the SQ-5), it would be good to create Banks, i.e. e.g. the 8 soft keys organized into banks A, B, C (1 key is bank select) I could use 3*7+1= 28 functions. Different colors could be used to indicate which Bank is active.

Completely agree with you! On the Si. Absolute trash. Though I wish other consoles had the color led strip that runs the length of the fader channel. SQ is one of the best consoles on the market from any manufacturer right now.

Find another boards that has the same I/O capabilities, And has pre’s that sound just as good as the SQs, and allows you to set up nearly your whole console from the physical surface without having to go into the GUI, all while coming in at the same price point as the SQ. I’ll wait. Justice for my boi! Thou dare speakth the name of SQ with such blasphemy. SQ is easily one of the best consoles out there right now. Most of the faults you mentioned, while mostly legitimate, aren’t SQ problems. They are A&H problems. Almost all their boards are that way. And yes, the GUI is very ‘English’ (as in the former country, not the language) which is another way of saying ‘backwards’. And yes, the way stereo channels interact with scene/show controls is really annoying. Especially when you realize that the said channel auto assigns itself to the main mix every time it’s toggled between mono and stereo (at least on Dlive). But you can program so much of the SQ console from the surface that you rarely need to go into the GUI. SQ is leaps and bounds over anything they’ve ever made (along with Avantis). I will never get tired of showing up to shows with an SQ and blowing everyone else at the festival out of the freaking water with how flexible it is with I/O, how fast it can adapt, and darn good it sounds (not that pre’s make a mix, they don’t. The engineer does. But good pre’s sure do help. Especially pre’s that like it hot! Like the SQs).

A lot of the things mentioned in this video are user error. You don’t know how to use the desk. Such as the PFL with automix. This is definitely the type of guy that says Denon DJ is better than Pioneer DJ.

I'm looking for a digital mixer for my studio because I wanna get out of mixing ITB just for the fun of it. I'm not mixing hits, it's just local bands for fun but i'd like to get the highest quality possible when returning back to my DAW for a final mix. I do most of the work in the box. Thoughts?? I realize the SSL Bix Six is of course the way the go, i'm looking for automation and flying faders.

Hating on a fairly decent console then going on to cry about lack of graphic eq. I don’t think I’ve used a graphic since 2008, things maybe different at your church

This guy is 100% a Reddit mod

il have it if you don't want it

Dude chill xD Is this a joke? This mixer is pure gold for most situations in live mixing and considered the price. Please, who ever reads this - Don´t listen to him!

Never seen anyone using one..And I'm sure theres better and cheaper alternatives! Had 2 analog allen & heath mixers, they're probably rust at this moment, always broken, some wire bands conecting everything inside it were always disconecting, randomly

Dude's talking about sq7 as if it is ls9.

Bad planning on your part, doesn't make the SQ junk.

I don't Understand why it took that long for you to find Dante 45 when Date is an IO card, so obviously you would chose the I.O ports on both tabs? 😂😂I mean, I use it 50 times a year and never spent 54 seconds finding that tab 😂.

Thank you so much for warning me about this piece of s***

Sounds like adapting isn’t his thing. The x32 has its fair share of disadvantages and the CL series is a price point that isn’t even fair to the conversation. If “trash” is what you have concluded i’d hesitate to listen further.

Now that I own an SQ5 by myself i see one valid point: The scribble strips are really too small and plain! Yamaha TF or even Behringer consoles show, how it's done.... The other point i see: It's really hard to get an overview over the I/O routing.... BUT: The 'double click view'-feature really helps (shows the I/O of every channel on the channel strip). No perfect solution but very helpful in most cases.

Respectfully, I use the SQ5 and some of the points that you're making are BS or maybe due to a faulty unit. The scenes save everything without the need of a USB drive and recall everything flawlessly, to mention one.

I wish I saw this vid 7 days ago. I fixed the pfl auto mixer issue in settings but it sucked to figure that out in show. I have to agree with all your points. It is very frustrating to mix on this console when you are used to Yamaha or Midas/Behringer.

Atleast 8 characters ? Are you fckin writing a novel?

Trying to get views by trashing a fine product. Someone needs attention.

I come from the Soundcraft Ui24R. (if you think you know about that specific model but never got into that specific model, shh. I'm not speaking for the Ui12 or Ui16, or the Si boards.) With Ui24R I can simultaneously multitrack record out to a DAW, including LR and AUX mixes; AND... USB drive record LR mix, and multitrack record for redundant multitrack. I hate the mute setup on the SQ. If a channel is mute grouped, I can't unmute that channel in my aux without unmuting it everywhere else. Also, I can't mute a channel in my aux without muting the channel everywhere else. IF I hit a channel mute button that is actively mute grouped, I doubly mute that channel. I have to unmute the group to activate my channel, then re-mute other channels I don't want. I hate the screen and knob setup interface for processing.. especially EQ. For context, I used the Ui24R with a Dell 27 inch touch monitor and several iPads. On the touch monitor you can see everything all the time. All meters, all send levels on all channels, LABEL ALL MUTE AND VIEW GROUPS... EXRREMELY fast and easy to create any kind of group... (view, DCA, sub, mute, etc.) A processor touch setting page becomes the whole page. I just wish somebody made a mixer that combines the preamps and sound quality of the SQ and the strengths and workflow of the UI24R. I wanted to cascade a second Ui24R unit for 20 additional inputs but the Ui24R still lacks in some areas that a major board that the SQ has.

TF5 or QU32?

Dumb take = click bait

I agree with the geq routing shit. Been wanting to send a drum mix to a bus where I can compress and EQ but you can't do that with this!!! I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYMORE "AUX" CHANNELS TO DO THAT COMPLICATED ROUTING SHIT BECAUSE EVERYONE'S USING MONS AND I GOT 6-7 SPEAKERS!!

channel name checks out...

Dont think theres any desk that could improve your whiney voice!

As an SQ user...... everything you've said is addressed at a higher budget. You DO get what you pay for. But in my biased opinion, on the SQ you get more than what you paid for at this price point compared with the competition. I actually think the biggest floor on the SQ is the amount of parameters that can only be changed on the surface by the single general purpose rotary encoder (which went faulty on my first SQ). But again..... budget.

All can be fixed by Firmware Upgrade.

If you're crying about not having a graphic eq to eq a podium mic, you're stuck in the 1990s. A parametric with sharp notch filters is the better option.

I have been working all year round for at least 6 years with SQ5 and SQ6 and I have also worked with Digico and Midas, SQ is my favorite console for ease of use, if you don't need many matrices and many buses this console is the best !!!

I think you are super delusional buddy U can save a scene without a USB stick I have been using Allen and Heath for almost 6years and even SQ series when it launched was most efficient and best series for storing and recalling scenes please get your facts right and don't dish a brand most professionals use 2:03

People, it clearly states that these are COMPLETELY BIASED reviews. Wanna hate A&H on a larger format? Try an Avantis. Personally, I love those but don't really dig the q, sq 5,6, or 7. Makes no sense but that's where I am.

Dude, it is a superior mixer for it's value. Please do not compare it to a CL/QL5, it is not even close to the price range but has a greater sound quality with 96k FGPA processing. It has cheap expansion cards, awesome add-on plugins and you can supercharge it with A&H Prime top of the line preamps or just DX168 equipped with D-Live's preamps.

Dude! You CAN pfl when using the automixer. RTFM and stop being a sh*thead!

The thing these consoles, and a lot of A&H consoles lack for me, is output trims.

Comparing a SQ with a QL/CL. 😂 If you need hours to setup your Scene, it's not the consoles fault. 🙈