It would be AWESOME if we could have a De-Ess function on the CQ Series. Since TouchMix have it, it might not be an advanced thing to integrate here.
That’s the ONLY thing I miss from my old TouchMix8.
+1 Its 2026 and de-essers aren’t new and the usefulness of then on some channels still remains.
Having de-esser available on any input channel makes sense from flexibility standpoint. If there was really was processing power limit on CQ, then put limit like number of channels max can have de-esser turned on once. I’d hope was at least 4-6 channels. Somehow on much older digital mixer tech (touchmix and soundcraft ui series mixers) de-essers were available on every input channel no issues.
You are correct. A&H didn’t “forget” to include a de-esser. It was a conscious decision by the A&H design team to leave it out of this console. Whether or not they can be persuaded to add it in the future is the real question here.