User Manual

The Shape of Things to Come
Made from 18 gauge, cold-rolled Zintec steel, Qu-16’s
distinctive frame is designed for strength, rigidity and
ease of rack mounting. We’ve done unspeakable
things to that chassis in the lab and it’s taken
everything we’ve thrown at it – even being stomped on
by our resident ex-tank crewman.
Silence
Silence is a precious commodity in the live or studio
environment, which is why nobody wants those
moments of stillness ruined by the whirring of fans
coming from the mix position. Qu-16’s sleek profile
generates optimal airflow through the mixer, eliminating
the need for any fans.
The
The shape has some unexpected benefits too. When
we started taking Qu-16 out to gigs we soon found the
space beneath it incredibly useful for keeping our USB
drive, talkback mic, cue sheet and other clutter tucked
out of the way. We’ve even had engineers hanging the
mixer from a handy scaffold bar and mixing vertically.
Qu-16 is equipped with 5 cores of high efficiency ARM
core processing, with dedicated ARM cores running
the touchscreen display and surface, USB streaming,
Qu-Drive multi-channel USB recording / playback,
Ethernet and fader automation. Between them the ARM
cores provide state-of-the-art processing, working in
parallel to deliver extensive control, instant-on
operation, and lightning-fast response.
operation, and lightning-fast response.
The mixer’s DSP farm exploits next-generation dual
core DSPs, giving 10 DSP cores, with 8 dedicated to
the channel and mix processing alone. With so much
DSP power under the hood the channel processing is
only using a fraction of capacity, so Qu-16 is
future-proofed, with ample room for updates and extra
functionality.
The
The Qu-16 DSP architecture employs varied bit depths,
tailored to specific algorithms, with 48 bits on critical
EQ functions and a 56 bit accumulator on the mix bus
where it really counts, allowing every nuance of the
audio to be captured in the final mix.
ARMed to the Hilt