Audio Console - Virtual Soundcheck

In this video I go in-depth into the setting up for virtual soundcheck on an Allen & Heath SQ

[@MrJonathanflick]

This is GREAT!!! We have the Avantis at FoH and the SQ5 in Livestream and I have been looking for an "easy" way to use the SQDrive to do virtual sound check on the SQ5 from the SQDrive. Using scenes is a great way. Thank you.

[@upliftaudio]

Glad it was helpful! I also have a scene setup to quickly change where our livestream audio comes from. Normally we have someone mixing livestream on a DAW and I have that tielined through the mixer but if I can’t find a someone I use a scene to flip from tielines to the output of a post-fader mix on the SQ.

[@lhenn_]

One thing I struggle with is gain when recording multitracks via USB and DAW and playing them back from the DAW. They are recorded at a much lower level and when I playback, I'd need to adjust the gain for the channels, but that's not really the goal of a virtual soundcheck, is it? ;)

[@upliftaudio]

I don’t know how you are setting your gain but if you are not then you should be trying to average 0 dB on the meter. This unfortunately would be -18 dBFS in most DAWs which can be a bit low. You can boost the signal level in your DAW if it isn’t enough signal when playing it back.

[@davidforcey3809]

Can the multitrack recordings be used with the SQMixPad software OFFLINE? In other words, can I make a multitrack recording live on the console (to an SSD drive) and then somehow connect that multitrack file into SQMixPad on a PC and listen to the result on headphones?

[@upliftaudio]

No. No audio passes through the app, either on an iPad or a PC. You would need the mixer to play back the tracks. Or you could mix them in a DAW but you can’t use the app that way.

[@davidforcey3809]

@@upliftaudio Thanks! I realized the ignorance of my question a few hours after asking. The app only acts as a "remote control" for the desk. It would be like expecting your TV remote to show you media content independent of the television. Thank you for the reply!

[@ashishpelar3483]

Can I Get Your Multitrack Recorded Audio For Practice

[@upliftaudio]

I don’t have them anymore but I have used these one’s and they are really good (and free) learn-more.getmxu.com/free-multitracks

[@revelationevents2323]

It’s very confusing.

[@upliftaudio]

Anything in particular? Maybe I can make a video to help explain that better