I recently joined the A&H ecosystem with the purchase of an SQ5 and two dx168. For most of my work, the SQ5 will do just fine, but now I just got an incredible offer for a used CDM32, which I’m thinking about taking. Now with only the CDM32, I’d need at least a C1500 or some other Fader controller to go with it (Ipad is not my preferred way of working, I need faders in my hand). Since I wouldn’t need the CDM32 that often, maybe 10x a year for some bigger jobs, I can’t justify the price for a C1500 or a high-quality fader controller to go along with it. So my question is:
Can I use the SQ5 as a fader controller for the CDM32? So this would mean I would run dLive director on my laptop and control most of CDM32 with that (eq’s, dynamics, fx, etc. etc.) and then somehow hook the SQ5 up as a controller as well and only control the CDM32’s fader with the SQ5. Is that possible? I know I can’t use the SQ5’s processing in this scenario, but is such a setup generally possible? And if yes, how exactly would I hook such a system up? CDM32 on stage and from there? How would I connect the SQ5?
To help my purchase decision: can anyone from A&H comment on wether this might happen or is even in the pipeline already, or if this is not possible and I should not hope for this to be possible in the future?
you should not hope for it
the communication protocols are quite a bit different
and this will not be possible in the near future
and the Director has no fader remote capability at the moment
and I doubt that this will change
and A&H will not confirm any of their planned features until it is released… never (nearly)
on the other hand, the CDM32 is a full featured mixer without hardware UI
add a PC or MAC and you have all the power from the dLive
Are there any resources on how I could build my own fader wing without using the IP8? My dream setup would be a Microsoft surface with director running and something like the Behringer x-touch compact or even the new waves controller “Fit”. I just think the IP8 (or two of them if you want to go 16 faders) is waaay overpriced. I mean the waves Fit is half the price of two IP8’s and gives you arguably more. Any experiences with other fader banks than the IP8?
