I know the SQ is meant as a stereo console, but it is really close to being useful in an LCR or Surround context even without a surround panner. What is missing is the ability to link stereo aux sends to the main channel panner. This would allow for aux-fed surround format output using post-fade sends and removing the sends to the main output.
Tl;dr, please let stereo aux sends link their panning to the main layer pan control.
For some additional context, the way I would set this up in my recital hall with 7.1 PA would be Stereo Aux 1 (L/R), Mono Aux 2 (C), Mono Aux 3 (LFE), Stereo Aux 4 (Side L/R), Stereo Aux 5 (Rear L/R). They would all be post-fade sends, following main panners, with routing to main output disabled. This would allow for overall control from the main layer, and then you’d control where signals go using aux mixes.
so let’s say you want a vocal to go just to C, you’d pull it from Aux 1, add it to Aux 2, and control level from the main layer.
Unfortunately, this feature suggestion is essentially already as old as the SQ itself.
The thread with the possibly most +1 votes for it so far might be found at the following link.
Perhaps it would be better to vote there, but maybe you can also find an even better one.
That thread has obviously proven to be ineffective, so I made a new post about it to hopefully draw more attention than a simple upvote on an existing but ignored post.
Posts are not “ignored” by A&H. They definitely see every single post made on this forum. Just because a request hasn’t been implemented to your wishes doesn’t mean A&H is ignoring it.
Requests like this always comes down to managing resources - both the device’s resources and the company’s resources. As such A&H has to prioritize which requests get implemented now, which requests get implemented later, and which requests don’t get implemented at all.
The first question that A&H has to ask is always “Does the device even have enough spare resources to implement the request”. Even if it does, the second question is always, “Is there enough demand for this request to warrant using the company’s resources to implement it.” In other words, A&H is going to prioritize suggestions based on the technical requirements as well as how much “bang for the buck” a change will produce.
A&H gauges “demand” using a variety of methods. However the best method available to the average user is to “vote” on requests on this forum. When you create new threads in an effort to motivate A&H into action, you are actually accomplishing the opposite because now “votes” are broken into multiple threads which can cause the demand levels to appear lower than they really might be.
lol relax. If it was an issue of resources and therefore something that couldn’t be implemented it wouldn’t take much to say that to the customers clearly asking for the feature. So yeah, it’s reasonable to think the post is simply being ignored.