Allen Heath QU Question

[Mike Caldwell]

I've been working with a Qu32 for the last couple of days and was wondering if the high pass filter is available on the mix outputs. To me it appears that it is disabled, EQ, comp, delay are all available.....or did I just miss something obvious right in front of me the whole time.

Thanks
Mike C.

 

[Gordon Brinton]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

No, it is not available at any output channel. It is a function for input channels only to reduce microphone wind noise, vocal plosives and rumble.

If your mix send is too rumbly, you can either roll off lows with the EQ or fix it at the source channel.

 

[Rob Timmerman]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

No, it is not available at any output channel. It is a function for input channels only to reduce microphone wind noise, vocal plosives and rumble.

If your mix send is too rumbly, you can either roll off lows with the EQ or fix it at the source channel.

There are excellent reasons to want a HPF on outputs besides rumble, so the omission seems strange. I'm asusming that it isn't possible to convert the low band of the EQ into a HPF, the way some other vendors allow you to?

 

[Mike Caldwell]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

It would be not so much to fix the mix but to properly high pass stage monitors, delay fills, front fills, que mixes to small speakers, maybe even the mains.

 

[Gordon Brinton]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

It would be not so much to fix the mix but to properly high pass stage monitors, delay fills, front fills, que mixes to small speakers, maybe even the mains.

Yeah, I see what you mean. I do that in the DSP on my power amps, but not everyone has that luxury.

 

[Mike Caldwell]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

Maybe that will be added in firmware 2.0.

If I'm not mistaken the Soundcraft Compact has the high pass filter available on the mix outs.

 

[BJ James]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

Every out has both PEQ and GEQ. If you widen the q on the lower PEQ it becomes a shelf filter.
While it would be nice to have the uniformity between the ins and outs, it hasn't prevented me from doing what I need.

 

[Rob Timmerman]

Re: Allen Heath QU Question

It would be not so much to fix the mix but to properly high pass stage monitors, delay fills, front fills, que mixes to small speakers, maybe even the mains.

Or perhaps to prevent the isolation transformer you're using on the feed to videoland from saturating...