I didn't have the script, there was no rehearsal and we didn't even get a sound check with the cast. The Automatic Mic Mixing (AMM) feature on the SQ is a life-saver for me - I had a gig recently that had 23 headset mics on stage for a stage reading of a script. They are still waiting.įor corporate work the SQ is terrific.
It is a feature that folks on the A&H forums have been wanting for years. That does make it difficult to do any musical theater with the console if one relies on scenes to control mutes and DCA assignments.
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On the SQ there is no way to edit the order of Scenes or even edit the Scenes in an offline editor. I do agree with Kevin concerning the Scene management. I do like the sound of it, and, unlike Kevin, I think the layout of the console and the touch screen is vastly superior to the M32. Having used both consoles, I can say that I think the SQ for me is a superior console.
I also didn’t think it was capable enough for their needs. And I told the sound company that tasked me with that, that I didn’t think he would like it because of the illogical operation of the console. I was lent the SQ6 to evaluate to see if it would be appropriate for a relatively small church where the Music Minister is unbelievable fussy. They also bought and SQ6 for the youth room and an SQ5 to somehow incorporate in to the dLive for IEM monitor usage. But they had problems with the main processor card in it at least twice so they sold it off and got the dLive. They went from an Avid Profile surface with a house rack and 2 stage racks. So that is why I say it depends on what you want to do with the SQ6 or even the dLive. I have been using 2 Midas M32s at the same time for Musical Theater lately. It can talk Midi or OSC or actually Midi and OSC at the same time and can control up to three mixers from different or the same manufacture at the same time.
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It can run on a mac if it has a true version of windows running on it. The scene management program I use is a windows program. There also isn’t a windows driver that they make or that they are willing to recommend for their Midi over TCP/IP and if they can’t get that right and support that that is a problem for me. The dLive Midi isn’t fully implemented yet, to the best of my knowledge, you can’t do channel EQ control and there may be some other things it can’t do. If you want after this week things slow down a little for me and I can go play with one of them that is available to me. I can guess but I don’t want to say exactly what the behavior is without playing with it again. I would have to get my hands on one again because I basically put them out of my mind for consideration due to the behavior. It is fine for storing a concert setup but not for sequencing thru cues for a Musical or editing those cues on the fly during rehearsals.
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While discussing the SQ scene management with the full time audio guy at my church the subject of the scene management came up and the same weirdness that I though the SQ has he said the dLive also has. I am sure I have written about this in the past but I don’t have the time to look up those things now. I am sorry I am in the middle of an insane week. I had this discussion with A&H many years ago (at a trade show) after using an iLive for Musical theater and they just didn’t seem to get it. The scene management in my opinion is not ready for theatrical use. If you already have a Midas M32 you will be extremely frustrated by the SQ6. The only hope on that front would be if they were to ever make it able to be properly controlled by external theater software. The logic behind the scene management in the SQ6 and the dLive to me is definitely not theater ready. And some of the same complaints that I have on the SQ6 seem to be how the dLive also works so not a good fit for me. With my testing the sound difference wasn’t significant enough for me to suggest the SQ6 in its present firmware state. But I have been able to come up with reverb settings on the M32 that sound just like the SQ6. I really like the freely assignable layers on the SQ6 and I like the sound of the stock reverb for vocals. I regularly use the M32 for live concert and Musical theater work. I had an SQ6 (loaner for testing) and a Midas M32 next to each other in my home office and played with them for over a month.