The CQ mixers are not expandable with stage boxes or MEs. The MEs are currently compatible with Qu, SQ, Avantis, and dLive.

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The Aux in is for an additional local input, rather than from the mixer. The MEs are personal monitors so you’ll need to record from your board or connect it to a computer.

The point behind a sub that will go lower than your content, or tweeters that go higher, is that they prevent distortion from frequency rolloff or phase distortion in the range that you can hear.

Watch this video as well as this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnncfGePhNR8n5Y

Noted, thank you. FWIW we wanted to do something different because every CQ video we've seen includes close ups of the unit. Perhaps you would enjoy our other video in this series. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g16xl4xppNWeeqsfeature=shared

Oh how we wish we had access to that! Unfortunately, that is under lock and key somewhere far away from us. If by some chance it happens to become available we will let you know.

Any answer to this would be subjective but we can discuss the facts. Audio interface manufacturers work to hit a price point for each of their products. Sometimes certain components are favored over others based on marketing and what customers find important. Generally speaking, a standalone, hardware microphone preamp or channel strip, especially at this price with such engineering legacy behind it, will contain higher quality components and result in a better sound (again subjective). There is a reason why top engineers own several different hardware preamps. They are purpose-built with love and lend their own character to the recording.

@Johnbanthony I watched another video of this preamp and vocals sounded too harsh dry to me for a preamp that costs over 2k.

@Johnbanthony I want a preamp that will give me this type of vocal tone, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXmoemubo9x1m6Msi=3wOz5YtPIv4Hhwet

@@AnwaarAliOfficial that's interesting. Remember that everything from the actual microphone to the cables to the converters in the audio interface can also affect tone and clarity.

It is better yes. Mainly because of the transformer. The transformers make it easy for the recorded material to sit nicely along with other material. Make it easy to eq. And ultimately, you can mix through this preamp and get a glued sound like no compression can. And remember, everytime you run things through this it is important to drive them into red. That is how you get that round sound without digital harshness. I woul buy these things any time of the day. Just makes recording, mixing and mastering way easier. Also, cannot stress enough how I stopped buying plugind when I started using class A stuff with transformers ie analog.

When connected to a DAW the midi faders will match the channels of your DAW.

Lots of saturation my friend. You can literally pin it red 😂 and still sound good. Saturation is natural compression. Just like Brice Sweeden used to say: compression is for kids 😂😂 . . .

@niozikpro5812 facts! Lol I've been playing with it more and now I've fine tuned it for my vocals. Compressor on but not even Compressing. Definitely red silk though.

In this video he does explain the differences @17:35 but we will keep this suggestion in mind for if/when we get Jonathan back into the studio.

Yes, you can daisy chain (pretty much) as many ME1 and ME500 units as you like if they all have their own power. If you’re using the MEU, then units connected directly will be powered via PoE. Each unit is a like a miniature mixer that receives and passes on any channels it’s sent. The main thing to be aware of is that the ME500 will automatically assign the first 16 mono or stereo channels you have patched to keys (stereo channels must be odd/even pairs and from stereo sources or tagged as stereo in the MEU). The ME1 can also work like this, but you also have the freedom to patch any channel to any key, use groups to send multiple channels to a single key (e.g. Drums) as well as there being a local mic for ambient sound.

We've heard yes as well. Jonathan talks about some of the differences in this video. We are not RND nor did we have any say in the design of the unit so we can't answer the second question.

@@Johnbanthony thanks I ended up getting the MBT and I love it. Love it love it with the MBP I still hate though they didn’t put the power button in the front of the MBT specially at this price point. Are you kidding me? Neve talk about I don’t even want to sex. I’ll be very insulting.

Are you trying to add individual elements of the drum kit, or the kit as a whole?

Kit as a whole

Not sure what the best sources for Cubase tutorials are but we covered everything you’ll need to setup your SQ.

Thank you for the suggestion!

Everybody has their own taste and working. We appreciate you taking the time to comment.

@@Johnbanthony We all speak english though... "Marketing" is the cause of so much confusion and BS.

Serban is getting arguably the finest engineered/tracks in the world to mix. Often songs are mostly finished before it even reaches him. Not to say he’s not amazingly talented, but he doesn’t need to reach for tools like this because they are inappropriate and unnecessary for the level of “rough mixes” that he’s bringing given to finish. This is a unit that exists solely to enhance and add analog coloration to productions and mixes that were clearly not tracked on analog gear every step of the way.

He literally mentions that it's technically distortion later into the video. Your condescendence is unnecessary

When you have stereo channels on the SQ, the pan knob changes the width.

I would contact your Allen and Heath Dealer. Pricing for Dlive can’t be advertised. It’s in the ballpark of the Dlive cards, and on sale through the end of the year. If you order a new Dlive, it may be preinstalled already.

We are using this with a USB A to B cable. It should not matter if you’re using a Type C connection, just make sure it’s at least usb 2.0. Are you using Windows or Mac? If you’re on a PC, you’ll need to install the driver

All A&H preamps are voiced similarly, clean and full, and the topology is very much the same across all XCVI ranges. There are technical differences with regards to components, transient response and conversion though, where the preamps built into the Avantis are closer to the dLive than those built into SQ. With both featuring SLink, it is possible to use dLive preamps with them by using DX series expanders, or you can even go all the way up to the PRIME preamps for the ultimate linearity and transparency.

Sorry but we do not have experience with the wing. Perhaps try a live sound engineer group on Reddit.

You’ll need to setup an aggregate device with the SQ usb and another software such as Rogue Amoeba Loopback. The problem you may run into to in that Protools Studio only allows 32 outputs and the SQ usb driver is fixed at 32 channels. Adding Loopback would create a 34x34 aggregate driver. Dante maybe better here since you can drop the channel count on DVS. The other option would be to loop your protools mix back into protools and out again over usb into Vmix. Then you would only be able to send 30 channels into Protools. If you have Protools ultimate, this is all moot though. You can go past 32 channels with PT Ultimate.

You're welcome!

The CQ AMM is gain based. You can only control the gain adjustment per channel.

According to Whirlwind, this will cause impedance loading.

They do different things, and the 5057 summing allows you to get a Large Format Console (LFC) sound and integrate outboard gear into the mix process, with the enhanced width and depth and “mix glue” that only analog summing provides. The MBT adds very different saturation, variable width, parallel compression and a xener limiter, and both flavours of silk, as well as mastering EQ. So they are in fact quite complimentary IMO. The 5057 brings LFC sound in a very repeatable/recallable, and very controllable manner, while the MBT allows you to master your tracks/mixes/instruments and finalize your tone with a very different set of parameters than summing.

@@Johnbanthony I see. Thanks a lot for responding!

Not sure of your question. The unit can be used for two guitars and one amp or one guitar and two amps.

How necessary do you think the sub is if you place a shelf filter in GLM on the 8351B's? Mine arrive tomorrow and I am upgrading from 8030A's and Dirac Live. I was able to extend the bass on the 8030A's a fair bit with Dirac.

@ Sub is necessary if you work full range of electronic instruments … i plan to get another 7350A.

This translates to "How to place a music to play". Can you please clarify what you need help with?