NAMM: A&H PACS MORE IN
22 January 2015
Allen & Heath has its own take on the ‘stagebox’ mixer, introducing Qu-Pac, with its built-in touchscreen and iPad control app. You only have to look at the bent steel form factor to instantly comprehend that this is fundamentally a Qu-16 in a box, with its 16 mono inputs, three stereo inputs and 12 mix outputs on the rear panel, which can be expanded to 38 in/28 out by connecting to Allen & Heath’s family of remote AudioRacks over Cat5. Like its Qu brethren, the mixer offers total recall of settings and preamps, multi-track recording to USB via Qu-Drive, a choice of personal monitoring solutions, channel ducking, multi-channel USB streaming and the iLive FX Library. Unlike rackmount digital mixers which wholly rely on tablet control, Qu-Pac’s full-colour five-inch touchscreen (as found on its other Qu mixers) gives easy access to all functions, providing a simple interface for day-to-day operation and a backup in the event of any wi-fi snafus. A fully customisable Qu-Control screen can be set up with ‘widgets’ for channel levels, mutes and assignment switches, arranged to suit the application and the experience of the user. Fifteen softkeys allow further customisation, while different levels of user access can be set up and password protected. A no-brainer for bands mixing their own sound or pubs/schools etc.
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