Description
Powered by Allen & Heath’s revolutionary XCVI 96kHz FPGA engine, SQ-5 is built for professionals in demanding live sound, recording and streaming applications. Delivering class-leading high-resolution audio with an ultra-low <0.7ms latency, the SQ-5 gives you unrivalled power and audio fidelity.
Feature Quick View
Audio and Processing:
- 96kHz XCVI FPGA processing
- 48 input channels
- 12 stereo mixes + LR
- 3 stereo matrix
- 8 stereo FX engines + dedicated stereo returns
DEEP processing ready
Onboard I/O:
- 16+1 built-in mic preamps
- 2 stereo line inputs
- 12 XLR line outputs
- 2 TRS line outputs
- AES output
Control:
- 16+1 Faders / 6 Layers
- 7” capacitive touchscreen
- 8 assignable SoftKeys
- SQ-MixPad app
- SQ4You app
Expandability and Integration:
- SLink port for remote audio / expansion
- 64×64 I/O port for audio networking cards (Dante, Waves, MADI, SLink)
Recording and Streaming:
- SQ-Drive direct recording to USB
- 32×32 96kHz USB interface
Features
Drag-and-Drop Layout
Channels and mixes can be dragged and dropped to any strip, with custom naming and colour coding on the displays, allowing you to build a mixing environment that works for you.
At-a-Glance Metering
Each strip features Allen & Heath’s patented Chromatic channel metering system, giving you at-a-glance level indication thanks to LEDs with variable brightness and colour.
Intuitive Control
SQ’s dashboard is centred around a high-res 7” touchscreen, framed by an array of high-grip, illuminating encoders to create an intuitive, integrated blend of clear visual feedback and immediate, hands-on control.
Speed Up Your Workflow
All SQ mixers feature SoftKeys which can be assigned to commonly used functions. The SQ-6 and SQ-7 also provide assignable Soft Rotaries for even more custom control.
Processing – Powerful Processing
Every input has HPF, a super-fast gate with sidechain and filter, a musical 4-band parametric equaliser with RTA, and Peak/RMS compressor for control and shaping of levels and transients.
Mixes have both a parametric and 28 band graphic EQ along with compressor as standard, all ready to switch in when required.
FX – World-Class FX
SQ is armed with 8 stereo FX engines and comes complete with the acclaimed RackExtra library, featuring emulations of legendary classic reverbs, gated reverbs, delays, modulators and more.
Every engine has its own dedicated stereo return too, so you don’t need to use up any of your 48 input channels.
Integrated USB Interface – Record. Stream. Mix.
SQ’s built-in 32×32 96kHz audio interface enables easy multitrack recording, backing-track playback, livestreaming and virtual soundcheck.
The interface is class-compliant on Mac OS X making it truly plug ‘n play, with ASIO and WDM compatible drivers available for Windows computers.
You can even map the SQ’s faders, rotaries, channel keys and softkeys to control your favourite DAW using the Allen & Heath MIDI Control app.
SQ-Drive – Record to USB
No software setup, no soundcard driver issues and no extra laptop to bring to the performance.
The integrated SQ-Drive makes it quick and easy to capture and playback 16 channels (96kHz), 32 channels (48kHz), or a stereo recording of the performance direct to a USB key or drive.
AMM – Automatic Mic Mixer
SQ’s advanced automatic mic mixers (AMM’s) make it a natural choice for mixing conferences, panel talks and TV shows. They’re fully integrated in the mixer too, with no extra latency, so you don’t need to route the audio to an internal DSP rack or an external plugin system.
Two fully independent 24 channel AMM’s can be utilised for two zones or combined into a single 48 channel AMM for larger events.
Video
Allen & Heath SQ – Part One: Overview w/ Keith Johnson
SQ Product Manager Keith Johnson takes you on a brief overview tour of SQ – our new 96kHz compact digital mixers.