ALLEN & HEATH Qu-16 User manual
For Firmware V1.2
Check www.allen-heath.com for the latest firmware available
Publication AP9031
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Qu-16 User Guide 2 AP9031 iss.3
Qu Series products complies with the European Electromagnetic
Compatibility directives 2004/108/EC and the European Low
Voltage directives 2006/95/EC.
Any changes or modifications to the equipment not approved by Allen &
Heath could void the compliance of the product and therefore the users
authority to operate it.
Qu-16 User Guide AP9031 Issue 3
Copyright © 2013 Allen & Heath. All rights reserved
Allen & Heath Limited, Kernick Industrial Estate, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9LU, UK
http://www.allen-heath.com
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.
In the event of a failure, notify and return the defective unit to the place of purchase. If this
is not possible then please contact the authorised ALLEN & HEATH distributor or agent in
your country as soon as possible for repair under warranty subject to the following
conditions:
Conditions Of Warranty
The equipment has been installed and operated in accordance with the instructions in this
User Guide.
The equipment has not been subject to misuse either intended or accidental, neglect, or
alteration other than as described in the User Guide or Service Manual, or approved by
ALLEN & HEATH.
Any necessary adjustment, alteration or repair has been carried out by an authorised
ALLEN & HEATH distributor or agent.
This warranty does not cover fader wear and tear.
The defective unit is to be returned carriage prepaid to the place of purchase, an
authorised ALLEN & HEATH distributor or agent with proof of purchase. Please discuss
this with the distributor or the agent before shipping.
If the unit is to be repaired in a different country to that of its purchase the repair may take
longer than normal, whilst the warranty is confirmed and parts are sourced.
Units returned should be packed to avoid transit damage.
In certain territories the terms may vary. Check with your ALLEN & HEATH distributor or
agent for any additional warranty which may apply.
If further assistance is required please contact Allen & Heath Ltd.
ALLEN&HEATH
Qu-16 User Guide 3 AP9031 iss.3
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.
Firmware is updated regularly as new features are added and improvements made. This guide
relates to Version 1.2 firmware.
The latest firmware can be downloaded from the Allen & Heath website, transferred to USB key
and then loaded into the Qu mixer using the Firmware Update utility.
Check the Allen & Heath website for the latest version of Qu firmware.
Software licence agreement
By using this Allen & Heath product and the software within it you agree to be bound by the
terms of the relevant End User Licence Agreement (EULA), a copy of which can be found on
the Allen & Heath website in the product's pages. You agree to be bound by the terms of the
EULA by installing, copying, or using the software.
Further information
Please refer to the Allen & Heath website for further information, knowledgebase and technical
support. You can join our Allen & Heath Digital Community to share knowledge and information
with other Qu users.
General precautions
To prevent damage to the controls and cosmetics, avoid placing heavy objects on the
control surface, obstructing movement of the motorised faders, scratching the surface or
touch screen with sharp objects, or rough handling and vibration.
Protect the equipment from damage through liquid or dust contamination. Avoid dust or
small objects getting into the fader slots. Cover the mixer when it is not being used for a
long period.
Computer and touch screen technology can be affected by extreme cold. If the
equipment has been stored in sub-zero temperatures allow time for it to reach normal
operating temperature before use at the venue. Recommended operating temperature
for Qu is 5 to 35 degrees Celsius.
Avoid using the equipment in extreme heat and direct sunlight. Make sure the mixer
ventilation slots are not obstructed and that there is adequate air movement around the
equipment.
Transport the Qu using a touring grade, purpose designed flightcase with adequate
foam lining and internal support for protection.
Clean the control surface with a soft brush and dry lint-free cloth. Do not use chemicals,
abrasives or solvents.
It is recommended that servicing is carried out only by an authorised Allen & Heath
agent. Contact details for your local distributor can be found on the Allen & Heath
website. Allen & Heath do not accept liability for damage caused by maintenance, repair
or modification by unauthorised personnel.
Qu-16 User Guide 4 AP9031 iss.3
1. Packed contents
Accessories available
Qu-16 Mixer
Safety Sheets
AP3345 – English
AP7287 – French
AP8513 – Chinese
•Read this before starting
Mains lead •Check this
is correct for your territory
User Guide
A
P9031
LEDlamp
Part: LEDlampX
Right angled 4-pin XLR
with built-in dimmer
19” Rack Ear Kit
Part: QU-16-RK19
To mount the Qu-16 in a standard 19” rack
or flightcase. These fit over the plastic
trims.
120m (396’) Cat5 drum
AH8721 •For use with
dSNAKE remote audio
80m (264’) Cat5 drum
AH7000 •For use with
dSNAKE remote audio
Soft cover
AP9262
Qu-16
REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT
Register online at:
http://www.allen-heath.com
Qu-16 User Guide 5 AP9031 iss.3
2. Contents
1. . ............................................................................................... 4
2.o .................................................................................................... 5
3. ....................................................................................................... 7
4. .. ...................................................................................... 8
4.1 ................................................................................. 8
4.2 . . ........................................................................... 9
4.3 ................................................................................ 9
4.4 . ............................................................................... 10
5. dSNAKE ........................................................ 11
5.1 AudioRack . .................................................. 11
5.2 ME . ............................. 12
6. .............................................................................................. 13
6.1 . ................................................................................... 13
6.2 . . ............................................................................ 15
6.3 ................................................................................ 15
6.4 .. .......................................................... 15
6.5 ............................................................................. 20
6.6 . .......................................................................... 21
6.7 . .......................................................... 21
6.8Mute .. ......................................................................................... 23
6.9 Mute . ...................................................................... 23
6.10 The Master Strip . ..................................................................................... 24
6.11 : . ............................................................ 25
7. .. .................................................. 26
7.1Copy, Paste, Reset ................................................................................... 27
7.2 Sel – ............................................... 28
7.3 . ................................................................................... 28
7.4 – . ................................................... 28
7.5 – . ................................................................. 29
7.6 – RTA ............................................................................ 29
7.7 – USB . ................................................................. 29
7.8 ................................................................................................ 32
7.9 – . ....................... 35
8. ........................................................... 37
8.1 -PAFL . ........................................................................... 37
8.2 - Talkback . .................................................................... 37
8.3 –Signal Generator ........................................................... 38
8.4 – Output Patch. ............................................................... 38
8.5 – dSNAKE Output Patch . ................................................... 39
8.6 – . ................................. 40
8.7 - SoftKeys . ............................................................ 40
8.8 - MIDI . ................................................................. 41
8.9USB Data – ....................................................................... 41
8.10 USB Data – . .............................................................. 41
8.11 USB Data – . ....................................................................... 42
8.12 ....................................................................................... 43
Qu-16 User Guide 6 AP9031 iss.3
8.13 - . ............................................................................ 43
8.14 – Qu-Drive ................................................................................. 43
8.15 – ............................................................. 44
9. DAW ................................................................................................ 45
10.Qu-Pad iPad ................................................................................. 46
11. ...................................................................................... 47
11.1 – . ...................... 47
11.2 ................................................................................. 48
12. . . ............................................................................................ 49
12.1 - ............................................................................ 50
12.2 ....................................................................... 51
Qu-16
V1.2.
Allen & Heath
.
:
- USB DAW MIDI
Apple® Mac. Windows® PC i
Qu-16 User Guide 7 AP9031 iss.3
3. Introduction
Qu-16 - Allen & Heath,
GLD iLive. Qu-16
, ,
, USB
iPad.
16 / XLR TRS
3
AR2412 or AR84
4
.
alkback
24
16 – 10 mix, 2 FX, LR, PAFL
12 XLR – 4 + 3 + LR
2- AES,
TRS Alt Out, PFL
2 TRK
- Preamp, HPF, Gate, PEQ, Compressor, Delay
o LR – Graphic EQ, Compressor, Delay
800x480
Mo
-
AnaLOGIQ™
, iLive
4 Mute
4
100
Qu-Drive 18- / USB
USB MAC (PC
)
MIDI DAW Mac ( HUI Mackie )
USB ,
Qu-Pad iPad
Co ME
( V1.2)
Qu-16 User Guide 8 AP9031 iss.3
4.
Qu-16..
4.1
Mono Line Input –
¼” TRS (Tip, Ring, Sleeve)
,
.
,
TRS.
DI ,
,
.
Microphone Input – XLR
,
DI .
DI ,
,
48V.
-
48V.
Stereo Line Input –
ST1 ST2 ¼” TRS (Tip, Ring, Sleeve)
,
CD .
L/M.
RCA phono
RCA .
Talkback Input –
XLR ,
.
.
AES
2Trk
Alt
LR
Talk-
back
ST1 ST2
1-10 Mic and Line inputs 1-16
dSNAKE
USB B
Kensington
Lock
Cable
clamp
. ./
Pin2 = hot
Qu-16 User Guide 9 AP9031 iss.3
4.2
MixOutputs –
XLR , ,
.
+4 0dBu. Ma
+22dBu.
,
, 3 XLR (””)
1 (””).
Main LROutput –
XLR
. FOH
,
.
AES Output – 2- ,
XLR co
.
AES (Audio En-
gineering Society)
AES.
Setup / Audio / Output Patch.
Alt Out – “”
TRS
+4 0dBu,
, ..
Setup / Audio / Output Patch.
2TRK Out – TRS
+4
0dBu, .
LR.
4.3
Lamp – 4-
””
.
Allen & Heath LEDLamp
.
USBB – USB ,
.
USB 2.0.
Apple MAC. Win-
dows PC .
Network – Ethernet (100 Mbit/s)
CAT5 c
TCP/IP
( )
Allen & Heath Qu-Pad,
iPad. Lnk ,
.
dSNAKE – Allen & Heath
,
AR2412 AudioRack
ME.
Pin2 = hot
Qu-16 User Guide 10 AP9031 iss.3
4.4
Qu
, ,
:
=
100 to 240 V.AC
= 47 to 63Hz
-
.
ACMAINS IN – IEC
.
,
.
–
.
.
,
.
Torx T20.
Fuse –
.
,
,
.
Power ON/OFF –
.
–
ON/OFF.
.
. CH1
.
–
,
.
,
.
–
Home. Shut Down t
,
USB.
ON/OFF. complete, press the ON/OFF
switch to turn the mixer off.
Qu-16 User Guide 11 AP9031 iss.3
5. dSNAKE
Qu-16 .
“digital
snake” & Heath Allen &
Heath ME.
5.1 AudioRack
Qu-16 Allen & Heath GLD-AR2412 GLD-AR84,
Qu-16 Cat5
dSNAKE.
«Digital snake” - dSNAKE -
CAT5
.
.
Cat5 - STP (
) Cat5 . ,
, ,
. =
120
- dSNAKE
--,
Qu-16 CH1-16 ST1-3.
- dSNAKE
Qu-16. (
) dSNK ()
.
- Qu-16 LR
AR.
Qu-16.
The following remote AudioRacks are available:
AR84 CH 1-8
Mix 1-2, LR dSNAKE link
AR2412 CH1-16,ST1-3 Mix1-10,LR ME-1 Monitor
dSNAKE :
24
12
40
– Gain,
Pad, 48
Qu
Neutrik EtherCon
.
EtherCon
.
Qu-16 User Guide 12 AP9031 iss.3
5.2
& Heath Qu-16.
.
ME-1 -
40 . -
.
, 16
,
.
40 M
dSNAKE CH1-16, ST1-3, LR, FX1-3
Mix1-10 .
M-1 .
M-1
,
. ,
CAT5
Po thernet lln &
Heath ME-U hub.M
, dSNAKE,
CAT5.
AR2412 AudioRack - ME-1 , Ethernet
ME-U MONITOR, EXPANDER
AR2412
Qu-16 - ME-1 , Ethernet
ME-U Qu-16 dSNAKE
, AudioRack. 5
ME-U PoE.
Qu-16 - ME-1 , Ethernet
ME-U -16 dSNAKE
, AudioRack.
, Cat5 ME-U PoE.
www.allen-heath.com
EXPANDER
MONITOR
dSNAKE
dSNAKE
ME-1
Qu-16 User Guide 13 AP9031 iss.3
6.
Qu-16 .
6.1
Qu-16 16 ,
. ,
.
Fader Flip.
,
.
Layers – , 32 .
16 .
3 , ,
.
,
TouchChannel
SuperStrip
Fader Strips
Ma
Mix assign
Layer select
Copy/Paste/reset
Mix
Sel
Qu-Drive
Fader Flip
Qu-16 User Guide 14 AP9031 iss.3
Mute – .
, LR,
. Mute
, , Mute Group.
Sel – Channel Processing.
SuperStrip .
, Processing
Routing.
Sel :
– Assign,
Sel ,
Master Strip. Sel
, .
/ – Pre-
Fade, Sel
. Sel
, .
– Copy,
Sel .
Paste, Sel
.
– Reset, Sel
.
PAFL –
.
PAFL. PAFL.
PAFL .
, PAFL, Setup
:
uto-cancel – .
Additive mode – .
Sel follow PAFL – Sel ,
PAFL .
LRto PAFL – LR ,
PAFL.
Output AFL – PAFL
AFL ( ).
PFL. AFL,
.
Intput AFL- PAFL
AFL. PFL.
PFL ,
GAIN .
–
.
ute:
Pk – , ,
3dB . .
.
0 – , 0dBu,
18dB.
.
Sig – , .
-26dBu.
– , ,
.
, Mix Select
Master Strip.
GQ Flip
Sel. 0dB
.
Qu-16 User Guide 15 AP9031 iss.3
6.2
SuperStrip .
Processing.
Sel.
Mono input H1-16 = Source, Preamp, PF,
Gate, PQ, ompressor, Delay,
Stereo linking
Stereo input ST1-3 = Source, Trim, PF,
Gate, PQ, ompressor, Delay
FXReturn 1-4 = FX parameters, PQ
Mix1-10= PQ, GQ,
ompressor, Delay
Main LR = GQ, GQ,
ompressor, Delay
6.3 :
Sel.
.
Processing
.
.
.
6.4 :
Fn «»,
.
, .
- “Store New”.
,
.
128 .
- “Recall”,
. “Recall
‘,
.
-
“Overwrite”,
, «»,
. ‘Name’,
.
Qu-16 User Guide 16 AP9031 iss.3
- Mic / Line
Qu.
dSNK -
dSNAKE.
Qu-DRV -
USB.
USBB -
Mac. Fn
.
CH, ,
.
.
Local ( Gain) - Mic / Line
Qu. PADLSS
.
dSNAKE ( Gain) -
AR2412
AR84 AudioRack
Qu dSNAKE CAT5.
Pad..
USB
Qu-Drive (- Gain) -
jt
USB,
Qu-Drive. + /-24.
BUSB (- Gain) -
Mac
USB B . + /-24.
USBSelect Preamp control
(Local or dSNAK) USB
(Qu-Drive USB B).
48,
,
DI box. 1
, .
.
-
,
48.
Gain
Qu-Drive USB ( )
Local ( Gain) dSNAKE ( Gain)
Qu-Drive (- Gain) USB B (- Gain)
Qu-16 User Guide 17 AP9031 iss.3
GGGaaaiiinnn
Gain ,
.
, .
Polarity -
Ø
, ,
.
Preamp
Insert ,
. ,
.
.
FX / Back panel
4
.
Delay -
85 .
,
,
.
Linking ()
, e
/
. ,
, ,
.
.
, :
Preamp – Gain/48V, Polarity
Dynamics (Compressor Gate) - Side Chains
Main mix – Fader/Mute, Pan
Apply .
Noise Gate
,
.
In
Gate.
Insert socket
.
Depth -
.
20db.
Threshold
“”.
GR,
.
Hold ,
.
Attack , ,
.
Release ,
.
Peak
GR = Gain
HPF GATE PEQ COMP DELAY
0
Gain/Trim Insert
Post-Preamp Pre-EQ Post-EQ Post-All
Qu-16 User Guide 18 AP9031 iss.3
.
In.
. 12dB
20 - 2.
.
PEQ-
.
20 - 20 4 :
LF ()
LM ()
HM ()
HF ()
3 :
Gain – o 15.
Frequency – a sweep
20
o 20 , ,
.
Width– a
.
1.5 1/9 o.
-
.
.
,
,
. ,
.
Thres
() .
GR
.
Ratio: (1:1) - ,
;(Inf) - .
3:1.
Compressor active
GR = Gain Reduction
Qu-16 User Guide 19 AP9031 iss.3
In
Gain,
.
Attack ,
. Release
,
,
. ,
,
, , .
‘’ . HardKnee
,
. Soft Knee ,
1:
. .
4. ‘’
. ‘’
.
.
.
, ,
.
Insert
, .
, .
.
FX / Back panel
4
.
Delay 170 .
,
, ,
.
GEQ ( )
GEQ EQ
LR.
, ,
.
.
20 - 20 28 1/3
31.5 16 ,
+ / -12 .
In /
GEQ. ,
.
1/3 , .
.
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