Please add peak indicators for all VU meters on QU screen and on mixpad. They’re invaluable for identifying unexpected pops from bad cables. On mixers such as the Soundcraft Ui24r (which I switched to this from), this is an option you can enable.
What do you mean by peak indicators?
Last time I was sitting in front of a QU there were several peak meters in place.
https://support.allen-heath.com/hc/en-gb/articles/48350838932369-Qu-5-6-7-Meters
I’m talking about on the screen itself, or even the stereo meter next to it.
The Pk lights are certainly helpful when the signal is actively peaking, but they don’t stay on past the moment of peak, so if there’s a sudden loud pop or similar sound that last only for a split second, there’s no immediately visible way to see which channel it came from.
This is an option that many mixers offer and do well; many DAWs such as Pro Tools has this feature. In the pictures, notice the small lines on the meters that indicate where the signal peak was; they reset after just a few seconds (which is more than enough time to get the information needed)
The name for the feature is peak hold.
Which Qu are we talking about?
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I use the new QU but it seems like a handy feature across the whole lineup if it isn’t already existent.