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Publication AP9372 issue 1
Publication AP9372
Related Manuals for ALLEN & HEATH Qu-16
Summary of Contents for ALLEN & HEATH Qu-16
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Check www.allen-heath.com for the latest firmware available Check www.allen-heath.com for the latest firmware available Publication AP9372 issue 1 Publication AP9372… -
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Limited One Year Manufacturer’s Warranty This product is warranted to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for period of one year from the date of purchase by the original owner. To ensure a high level of performance and reliability for which this equipment has been designed and manufactured, read this User Guide before operating. -
Page 3: Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT — Read these instructions before starting: Safety instructions Before starting, read the Important Safety Instructions printed on the sheets supplied with the equipment. For your own safety and that of the operator, technical crew and performers, follow all instructions and heed all warnings printed on the sheet and on the equipment panels. System operating firmware The function of the Qu mixer is determined by the firmware (operating software) that runs it.
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Page 4: Packed Contents
Part: GLD-AR2412 Part: GLD-AR0804 LEDlamp 19” Rack Ear Kit for Qu-16 Right angled 4-pin XLR To mount the Qu-16 in a standard 19” rack or LED lamp with built-in flightcase. These fit over the plastic trims. dimmer Part: QU-16-RK19 Part: LEDlampX…
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Overview and Features ………………….7 System Architecture and Processing ………………8 Differences between the Qu-16 and Qu-24 …………….9 Connection Overview ……………………10 Local Input Connections ………………….10 …
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12.3 Mechanical Details ……………………59 About this guide This is the User Guide for the Allen & Heath Qu-16 and Qu-24 digital mixers. Please Note V1.3 This guide refers to Qu firmware . A few features are not supported by this release. -
Page 7: Introduction
There are two models in the Qu Digital Audio Mixer Series: Qu-16 – Compact, rack mountable mixer with 16 mic and 3 stereo line channels. Qu-24 – Larger mixer with 8 more mic channels, 2 more FX sends, 6 more assignable SoftKeys, and adding 2 stereo groups and 2 stereo matrix.
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Page 8: System Architecture And Processing
3.2 System Architecture and Processing The following diagrams show the Qu-16 and Qu-24 I/O (inputs and outputs), audio architecture and processing available. The differences between the models and the routing capability of each processing section is illustrated. Refer also to the more detailed System Block Diagrams at the rear of this guide.
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Page 9: Differences Between The Qu-16 And Qu-24
The extra features of the Qu-24 will be ignored when a Qu-24 file is loaded on a Qu-16. The extra features of the Qu-24 will be reset to factory default when a Qu-16 file is loaded on a Qu-24.
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Page 10: Connection Overview
4. Connection Overview The following connections are available on the rear panel of the Qu mixer. The Qu-16 is shown here. AES digital out Alt out Lamp 2Trk out LR main out Analogue Mix outputs Mic and Line inputs Talkback…
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Page 11: Local Output Connections
4.2 Local Output Connections Group, Mix, Matrix outputs – Balanced XLR line level outputs for the mono and stereo mixes, for example to feed monitor amplifiers, external processing devices, delay fill speaker systems and recording devices. These use low impedance, high quality differential driver circuits for connection to +4 or 0dBu equipment.
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Page 12: Powering Up The Mixer
4.4 Powering up the mixer The Qu mixer has an internal universal voltage power supply unit. This means you can use your mixer in most parts of the world without the need to modify the unit as long the local mains supply is within the range: Mains Voltage = 100 to 240 V.AC…
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Page 13: Connecting Dsnake Remote Audio
Remote Outputs — Qu mix and LR outputs are mapped to the output sockets on the AR rack. These duplicate the outputs on the Qu-16 rear panel. The following remote AudioRacks are available: AR84 main rack…
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Page 14: Qu-16 And Qu-24 Systems
The EXPANDER socket is not used for audio I/O, but can also be used to connect to a ME monitor system. dSNAKE All Qu-16 mixes including Mix1-10 and LR are available Qu-24 from rack sockets 1-12 (L=11, R=12). Qu-24 + AR84 AudioRack Remote Mic/Line inputs are available for CH1 to 8.
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Page 15: Connecting To The Me Personal Mixing System
5.3 Connecting to the ME Personal Mixing System The Allen & Heath ME Personal Mixing System can be used with the Qu mixer. This provides customisable personal monitor control for individual musicians and performers on stage. ME-1 personal mixer – A compact personal mixer able to work with up to 40 channels.
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Page 16: Operational Overview
6. Operational Overview This section provides an overview of the Qu layout and operation to help you get started quickly. The smaller Qu-16 is shown here. Touch Screen Screen select TouchChannel SuperStrip Qu-Drive Fader Flip Engineer’s monitor Copy/Paste/reset Function key…
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Mute key – Press to turn off the channel audio signal. This affects the send to all mixes including LR, groups, effects and stage monitors. The Mute key lights red when the channel is muted. It flashes when it is muted by a Mute Group master. Sel key (select) –… -
Page 18: Channel Processing
Stereo input ST1-3 = Source, Preamp, HPF, Gate, PEQ, Compressor, Delay FX Return 1-4 = FX parameters, PEQ Grp1-4 (not Qu-16) = Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ, Compressor, Delay Mix1-10, LR = Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ, Compressor, Delay MTX1-4 (not Qu-16) = Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ, Compressor, Delay 6.3 Working with the Processing:…
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Preamp An analogue preamplifier (‘head amp’) matches each connected microphone or line signal to the operating level of the console before it gets converted to digital to be processed and mixed with the other channels. Source lets you choose one of four sources as the input to the channel: Local –… -
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Gain Peak Turn up Gain so that the average loud signal reads into the yellow of the meter. Turn down if any red peak light flashes. Polarity Touch Ø to reverse the polarity of the input signal, for example that of the lower mic when working with two microphones on a snare drum. -
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(high pass filter) The HPF is used to reduce unwanted low frequency sounds such as vocal popping, wind noise and stage rumble. Switch the HPF in using the In key. Use the panel rotary or screen button and rotary to sweep the cut-off frequency until you have reduced the unwanted sound. -
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Use the In key to switch the compressor in and out and turn up Gain so that the average volume is similar. Attack sets how fast the compressor starts to work when the threshold is reached. Release sets how fast it stops compressing when the signal drops below the threshold. -
Page 23: Processing Libraries
Press the GEQ Fader Flip key to view and adjust the GEQ on the faders while a mono or the LR mix is selected. The screen highlights the active range of frequencies. Press the switch again to change range or return to normal mix mode. The faders toggle between the lower and higher ranges of frequencies with a useful overlap.
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Page 24: Channel Routing
6.6 Channel Routing The Touch Screen presents tabs to access the channel assignments and send levels when its fader strip key is selected and the Touch Screen Routing screen is active. The Channel Block Pan control provides quick access to the related mix pan setting for the channel. The key is used to access the Mute Group masters while in any Routing screen.
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Page 25: Working With The Groups (Not Qu-16)
FX mix use the Master Strip keys and the fader strips. Qu-16 FX3 and FX4 do not have dedicated sends. However, you can assign any of the Mix1-10 buses to feed these. To do this use the FX / Back panel screen.
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Page 26: Working With The Matrix (Not Qu-16)
Touch the buttons and value boxes and use the screen Rotary. 6.9 Working with the Matrix (not Qu-16) A Matrix is a ‘mixer within the mixer’. Inputs route to Each Matrix provides: the Groups, Mixes and LR. These can then be routed to the Matrix to provide additional outputs, for …
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Page 27: Mute Groups
Mono and stereo Input Channels FX Send masters FX Return channels Stereo Groups (not Qu-16) Assigning a single channel Press an input channel or FX send or return fader strip key and select the Touch Screen Routing screen.
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Page 28: The Master Strip
FOH (main PA) sound. sets the strip to control the FX internal effects send master. The Qu-16 has 2 FX buses, the Qu-24 has 4 FX buses. Mix, Grp sets the strip to control one of the mono or stereo mix or Group masters.
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Page 29: Working With The Sends On Faders
Group mixes – Selecting a Grp mix lets you assign channels and FX returns to the group. Main channel faders and pan positions are shown as they are when LR is selected. Groups are not available on the Qu-16. Press the…
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Page 30: Touch Screen Mixing Functions
7. Touch Screen Mixing Functions The Qu features an 800×480 pixel, colour touch screen for quick and intuitive setup and control of the mix. screens TouchChannel Touch to select each processing block Button Option menu Parameter box Other screens Status toolbar Screen Rotary Function key Edit keys…
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Page 31: Copy, Paste, Reset Keys
Status Bar – This lower screen toolbar shows useful system information and is always visible. key function — for example to show that the key is available to select a Library or Options page. Scene information – Shows the number and name of the current (Curr:) and next (Next:) scenes.
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Page 32: The Sel Screens — Processing And Routing
7.2 The screens – Processing and Routing Processing Screen – When selected this screen presents the processing such as Preamp, EQ, Gate, Compressor for the channel or master currently selected using its strip key. Touch the top part of the screen to select the processing block you wish to view or adjust, for example Preamp or PEQ.
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Page 33: Home Screen — Meters
Increase levels if the meter readings are consistently low. The Qu-24 meters screen is shown here. The Qu-16 does not include Group and Matrix meters. 7.6 Home Screen – RTA…
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Patch the source to be recorded using the Setup / Output Patch / USB Audio screen. Touch the track 17 box and turn the rotary to select the left source. Press the ‘+1’ key to increment the right source to track 18, or use the rotary to select an unrelated source. -
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Qu-Drive Multitrack page – This screen presents the controls for multitrack recording to and playback from a USB hard drive plugged the top panel Qu-Drive port. The blue Stop button lights if the USB drive is recognised by the mixer. The controls are disabled if not plugged in or recognised. -
Page 36: The Fx
7.8 The FX Qu features 4 internal stereo FX (effects) processors. Each can be loaded from a library of different effects types and presets. These are the same as found in the flagship Allen & Heath iLive digital mix system and are based on emulations of popular industry standard effects.
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This is used for effects such as reverb and delay. Choose which mix bus to use as its input. For the Qu-16, FX1 and FX2 have dedicated buses. If you want to use FX3 or FX4 as another system effect you could patch one of the Mix1-10 buses as its input. -
Page 38: Working With Fx — Adding Vocal Reverb
7.9 Working with FX – Adding vocal reverb: Press the FX key to open the screen. Touch to select FX1. Press the key to open the Library page. Recall a Reverb into the FX1 slot if one is not already loaded. Open the Back Panel view and check that FX1 is set for Mix>Return with FX1 as its input.
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Page 39: Scene Memories
7.10 Scene Memories Qu provides 100 Scene memories. These store and recall a snapshot of all live mixing parameters. Scenes have many applications. They can be used to store settings for bands during sound check for recall before they take to the stage during the show. Scenes can also be used for cue recall during theatre shows, or to provide a known starting point for different events or users in a multi-purpose venue.
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Routing and sends to all the mixes Preamps (Gain/Pad/Trim/48V/Pol) Mute Group assignments CH/ST process (Gate/PEQ/Comp/Dly) Group processing (not Qu-16) FX patch FX parameters Inputs/FX/Group Faders/Pan Inputs/FX/Group Mutes Outputs (All FX masters, Mix1-10, LR) … -
Page 41: Touch Screen Setup Functions
8. Touch Screen Setup Functions Press the Setup key next to the Touch Screen to open the Setup screens. Touch the top tabs to access the different categories of setup function. Touch the tabs below to open up the related options available. Dimmer –…
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Page 42: Audio Setup -Signal Generator
Mute – Turns the signal off. Assign – Touch to toggle the assignments to the LR and Mixes 1-10 on or off. Assignment to the Groups and Matrix is not available on the Qu-16. Note – To avoid noise in the system remember to turn the assignments off when you are finished using the generator.
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Page 43: Control Setup — Softkeys
Layer keys together. Use the space provided to label the custom strips. 8.5 Control Setup — SoftKeys Qu-16 provides 4 SoftKeys. The Qu-24 provides 10 Qu-24 shown SoftKeys. These are called ‘Soft’ because they can be assigned to different functions by the user.
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Page 44: Control Setup — Network
Unit Name – Enter a name with up to 15 characters to identify the Qu mixer on the network. The default name is the model number, for example, ‘Qu-16’ or ‘Qu-24’. 8.7 Control Setup — MIDI The Qu mixer can send and receive MIDI messages for remote control of many of its functions. It uses two MIDI channels, one for Qu mixing functions, the other for DAW control using the Custom Layer.
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Page 45: Usb Data — Scene Transfer
8.8 USB Data – Scene Transfer Individual Scenes can be transferred between Qu mixers via a USB device (key or drive) plugged into the Qu-Drive port. This provides a quick way to transfer settings without overwriting the current scenes and preferences.
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Page 46: Usb Data — Show Transfer
8.10 USB Data – Show transfer Qu mixer settings can be stored to a USB device (key or drive) plugged into the Qu-Drive port. Data can be archived to computer and transferred between Qu mixers. A ‘Show’ stores all the Qu mixer settings and memories.
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Page 47: Output Patch Setup — Surface
AR84 AudioRack plugged into dSNAKE The example here shows a Qu-24 with an AR84 rack connected. The Qu-16 can also work with just an AR84 connected. The screen presents a picture of the output sockets to show which Qu signals are mapped.
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Page 48: Output Patch Setup — Monitor
Note — Set the Global Direct Out source using a channel Routing screen. Note – The Qu-16 and Qu-24 have different output patching according to the tables below. Qu-16 dSNAKE Monitor Patch Qu out Qu out Qu out Qu out…
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Page 49: Output Patch Setup — Usb Audio
Main LR mix – post-fader 19-24 = ST1-3 L+R pre Main LR mono sum – pre-fader 25-32 = CH17-24 (Not Qu-16) Matrix post-fader (not Qu-16) PAFL Stereo PAFL monitor 8.15 Utility — Calibration Use the routines here to calibrate the touch accuracy of the Touch Screen and positional accuracy of the Motor Faders.
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Page 50: Utility — Qu-Drive
8.16 Utility – Qu-Drive This screen lets you check and format a USB device (key or hard drive) for use with Qu-Drive. Once formatted you do not need to format it again. Note – Formatting the USB device will erase all current data on it.
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Page 51: Utility — Firmware Update
8.17 Utility – Firmware Update The Qu mixer operating firmware can be easily updated using a USB device (key or drive). Make sure the USB device has been previously checked and formatted to work with the Qu mixer. If you need to format the device then use the Format facility in Setup / Utility / Firmware screen.
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Page 52: Working With A Daw
9. Working with a DAW The Qu mixer can stream audio and send MIDI messages to and from an Apple ® Mac computer via the rear panel USB B port. This lets you work with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) running on your computer.
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Page 53: Qu-Pad Ipad App
10. Qu-Pad iPad app Qu-Pad is an engineer’s mixing tool providing wireless mobile control for the Qu mixer. It gives you the freedom to walk the room or stage and control the sound right where it is needed. Qu-Pad is intended for live mixing control, not for system setup or memory access.
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Page 54: Resetting The Mixer
PA. Audio Groups unassigned (not Qu-16) Group and Matrix faders –Inf (not Qu-16) The Groups are unassigned and their master faders turned down (not Qu-16). Matrix sends assigned, post (not Qu-16) …
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Page 55: System Hard Reset
11.2 System Hard Reset A power up reset is available if you need to fully reset the Qu mixer settings and memories. This could be done to clear the system out before sending the mixer to a client, or if you suspect a system problem. To reset mix parameters before starting a show or sound check, use a Scene or the Reset Mix Setting function described earlier in this guide.
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Page 56: Specifications
12.Specifications Mic/Line Inputs 1-16 (Qu-16) 1-24 (Qu-24) Balanced, XLR and 1/4″ TRS jack, fully recallable Inputs Control Faders 100mm motorised Input Sensitivity (XLR / TRS) -60 to +10dBu / -50 to +20dBu Touch Screen 5″ TFT, 800×480 resolution Analogue Gain…
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Page 57: Qu-16 System Block Diagram
12.1 Qu-16 System Block Diagram Qu Mixer User Guide AP9372 iss.1…
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Page 58: Qu-24 System Block Diagram
12.2 Qu-24 System Block Diagram Qu Mixer User Guide AP9372 iss.1…
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Page 59: Mechanical Details
Mechanical Details The following provides information for mixer installation. The Qu mixer can be operated on a flat surface or fitted into a flightcase. The Qu-16 can be mounted in a 19” equipment rack or plinth. Ventilation — Make sure that air flow around the ventilation slots at the rear and underside of the mixer is not obstructed.
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