+1 for this feature. I just moved to CQ20B from an XR18, and I think DCAs and mute groups are the only real omission for the way i use it.
I’m Not sure if this is the right topic to post about here. I’m using the main outs for the tops and the aux for the sub, Because my speakers dont have a built in crossover, so I Set the EQ to act as a crossover. My problem is, when I want to raise or lower the overall volume, I need to do it 2 times, Once, at the main fader (for the tops) and the second time at the aux fader (for the sub). This is pretty disappointing, I haven’t expected this with the CQ18. Am I missing some Information on how to do it correctly? I read the manual, And played around a bit on the mixer to figure out a way to control Everything with one fader, but haven’t been able. Does anyone have any advice or can Tell me where is the appropriate place to post this question? Would be much appreciated, thank you.
See page 63 of the users manual, OUTPUT section:
Input Send Levels (Out 1-6 only) – Select whether send levels from the inputs are
Pre Fader (independent of send levels to the Main LR output) or Post Fader (they
‘follow’ and are relative to the send levels of inputs to the Main LR output).
Thank you, I have read that and I also thought that this might be my solution, but after Experimenting, I was able to confirm that ‘postfader’ only makes it follow the ‘input’ level to the mains, Which means that I’m required to move individually each channel fader. (Unless there is such a thing of ‘Groups’, but I’m pretty sure, there isn’t.) But thank you for trying to help. God bless you!
You’re right. An option for the AUX OUT “follow Main L/R fader” could be useful here and is missing.
Wow , that would be an easy solution. I didn’t think it would be that easy:)
DCA addition gets my vote too.
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“Fader-Groups” would be very helpful:
If you move one fader of the group the other members follow this movement relatively.
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No DCAs is turning out to be THE issue that will make me move away from the CQ for live use. Need at least 2 DCAs, but 3+ would be better. Please add this, at least with the app.
Why buy a CQ then?
From reading the specs you can quite clearly see that there are no mention of DCA’s. You might best with the QU or SQ if DCA’s are so important.
Why buy a CQ then?From reading the specs you can quite clearly see that there are no mention of DCA’s. You might best with the QU or SQ if DCA’s are so important.
Because:
- CQ is cheaper than either QU or SQ. I didn’t have the budget for those.
- Other mixers in this price range have DCA’s (XR18/MR18)
- Having a DCA wasn’t (quite) a deal-breaker feature… i chose A&H reputation over Music Tribe… but it was pretty close, and is definitely a missing feature in a mixer in this price range
- Shoudn’t be too hard to implement in software, perhaps even just in the app, like CQ4You which does something similar to a DCA?
- And after all this is a forum for feature suggestions… so not unreasonable to suggest features which it doesn’t already have?!
The CQ is an ideal fit for nearly every application I have where I do not require an analog control surface; only the lack of DCAs holds me back from using it everywhere and purchasing another as a backup.
SQ and QU (except perhaps QU PAC) are not the form factor needed (ability to be a stage box). But Qu PAC is older and lacks some of the other features that CQ has (like 96kHz to SD recording), and quite simply is not the sort of box that seems friendly to just sit and mix at during events where I have access to the mixer with a small group. The CQ occupies its own niche here.
I do not think adding a few DCAs will cannibalize QU PAC sales, and I am sure A&H are concerned about encroaching here if they make CQ too feature rich.
But A&H PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS ON THIS ONE! How to efficiently mix with a live drum set with 7 mics without some sort of DCA, or connecting a sub mixer?? Adding a simple software DCA (or two or three, ideally) in the app would cement your leadership in this space without hurting Qu PAC sales. Qu PAC has a lot more expandability and if you need that you are not going to be looking at CQ.
Hello,
I am a drummer and take care of the sound for two bands which I play with and regrouping all the drum channels in one subgroup would be great, especially when we need to modify the front volume in live during the gig !
So I also vote for an update of the mixer software to add subgroups (or eventually DCA groups as already mentioned)
Thanks in advance, engineers from A&H 
In the market sector that the CQs fit, the main competitors have Fader Groups and/or DCAs. So the question is whether to lose sales to Music Tribe/Soundcraft or worry about customers purchasing a lower priced mixer from A&H. My experience is that improving the features in your own products does not hurt you sales overall. Whether DCAs are implemented in firmware or software is not important and the fact that Mixing Station has implemented virtual DCAs in software proves there is a solution.
The 20-B is not practical without DCA’s. I only use it for very small groups without a drum set, and no more than 2 singers. It is like driving a car with a one speed transmission. I did not know tat it did not have have a DCA. I would not have purchased it until it had that feature.