User Manual

Qu Mixer Reference Guide 8 AP9372 iss.8
4. Introduction
4.1 Overview and Features
Building on the heritage of the GLD and flagship iLive digital consoles, the Qu presents exceptional
performance together with an intuitive analogue style user interface with a motorised fader per channel,
knobs and touch screen, total recall of all settings, full input, output and FX processing, USB streaming
and hard drive multitrack recording, digital snake capability and remote wireless control using an iPad.
There are four models in the Qu Digital Audio Mixer Series:
Qu-16 – Compact, rack mountable mixer with 16 mic and 3 stereo line input channels.
Qu-24 – Larger model with 24 mic and 3 stereo inputs. Adds stereo Groups, Matrix and more SoftKeys.
Qu-32 – Largest model with 32 mic and 3 stereo inputs. Adds 2 more stereo Groups.
Qu-Pac – Rack mountable version of the Qu-32 without faders, for iPad control.
Qu-16 Qu-24 Qu-32 and Qu-Pac
 16 Mic/Line channels  24 Mic/Line channels  32 Mic/Line channels
 3 stereo Line channels  3 stereo Line channels  3 stereo Line channels
 24 sources to the mix  32 sources to the mix  40 sources to the mix
 12 mixes (4 mono, 3 stereo, LR)  12 mixes (4m, 3(5)st, LR)  12 mixes (4m, 3(7)st, LR)
 4 FX (2 send buses)  4 FX (4 send buses)  4 FX (4 send buses)
 4 SoftKeys  10 SoftKeys  10 SoftKeys
 24 out, 22 in USB streaming  32 out, 30 in USB  32 out, 32 in USB
 2 stereo Groups (mix mode)  4 stereo Groups (mix mode)
 2 stereo Matrix  2 stereo Matrix
All models
 Extra stereo outputs – AES digital, Alt Out, 2TRK out
 Built-in Automatic Mic Mixer (AMM) for conferencing
 Talkback mic input
 dSNAKE Cat5 snake for remote audio using AR2412, AR84 or AB168
 Mix mode to convert audio Groups into extra stereo Mixes
 4 Mute Groups, 4 DCA Groups
 AnaLOGIQ™ total recall analogue preamps
 Effects ported from flagship iLive console, with dedicated return channels
 Master strip for quick access to mix levels and processing
 Input channel linking for stereo sources
 Input processing – Preamp, HPF, Ducker, Gate, PEQ, Compressor, Delay
 Output processing – PEQ, Graphic EQ, Compressor, Delay
 800x480 pixel colour touch screen for quick control
 Motorised faders for sends on faders and GEQ fader flip (not Qu-Pac)
 Quick copy and reset of processing, mixes and scenes
 100 Scene memories
 Channel Safes, Global and per Scene Recall Filters
 FX, processing and channel User Libraries
 Qu-Drive for stereo and 18-track recording/playback to USB hard drive
 USB streaming to/from an Apple
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Mac or Windows™ PC computer
 MIDI DAW Control driver for Mac (converts to HUI or Mackie Control)
 USB transfer of Scenes, Libraries, Shows
 User assignable Custom Layer
 Qu-Pad engineer’s mixing wireless remote app for iPad
 Qu-You personal monitoring app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android
 Compatible with the Allen & Heath ME personal mixing system
 User Permissions to restrict operator access
 Qu-Control screen for installed sound control (Qu-Pac only)